Home Is Where The Heart Is

Seems I'm gonna be a bit later than I thought with my review. For now, I'll leave you with one of the most blogged remixes of the day.

The XX - Shelter (Tiga Remix)

Blow Them Away

What Kind Of Breeze Do You Blow? has been one of the better blog bands of the year, surprising us with a sound that can more or less characterize the year: transition from the hard stuff to softer tunes, but still wanting to keep what felt so good about the recent dance scene. Fortunately for us, WKOBDY? is not just blog music, they will probably start making a bigger splash soon with the release of their EP on Brilliantine by mid-December. To start the ball rolling, they left us with a track with dramatic razor synths, and whining pitches reminiscent of Symbolone. Enjoi:

What Kind Of Breeze Do You Blow? Unanswerable (alt)

BONUS:

The XX - Night Time (What Kind Of Breeze Do You Blow Extended Edit) (alt)

For Your Eyes and Ears

There's a lot of music videos coming out now of the music we like to showcase on this blog, and we usually never post any, so I'm going to make an exception today and give you some of the cooler ones. The first one comes from super-duo Duck Sauce, formed by A-Trak and Armand Van Helden. I think they really captured the imagery their song gives off with this one:



Duck Sauce - aNYway (alt) REMOVED BY REQUEST

This next one is quite the psychedelic mindtrip. It's impossible for this blog to pass up on anything Midnight Juggernauts related, not only because we are fanboys but because everything they do has seal of approved quality.

This New Technology - Midnight Juggernauts from midnight juggernauts on Vimeo.

Midnight Juggernauts - This New Technology (The Emperor Machine Remix) (alt)

If somehow this skipped you by, don't let it. Florence + the Machine is getting a lot of love lately, I've really liked a couple of the remixes, and the video for "You've Got The Love" harkens back to glam disco days.


Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love

Florence and The Machine | MySpace Music Videos

Florence + the Machine - You've Got The Love (XX Remix) (alt) Now @ 320 kpbs! Thanks DD!

Finally, party starter album of the year Major Lazer's "Keep It Goin' Louder" comes with an acceptable Halloweenish theme. I don't know how much people are about this album, but if you haven't given it a good chance it's worth doing so, especially for songs like this.



Major Lazer - Keep It Goin' Louder (ft. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze) (alt)

Slow More

So there's this band, called The XX. They are decent, bits and pieces remind you of Chris Isaak, some of Interpol, some of Broken Social Scene, Radiohead production...nice bands to remind you of, if you ask me (also reminds me of Jack Johnson, but I know some of you would refute that with ire). I don't know how much I like this record so far, it seems a bit taught and reserved, like it keeps from going to the place it might want to, forgoing loud melodical outbursts and disciplining the addition of sounds and production. Honestly, I don't know that I'd like it to go anywhere else, otherwise these guys might just go full Evanescence on us.

Seriously, it is a beautiful album, made for days of introspection, people watching, grey skies and will be in dramatic movie love montages soon. Well worth a listen.

The XX - Infinity (alt)
The XX - Fantasy (alt)