before we get to todays track by the stellar m83, its time to announce the winner of our sts9 giveaway! traffic was definitely way up yesterday. guess it goes to show that if you give it away for free, they will come. anyway, we got a pretty good amount of entries once i weeded out the duplicates. really people, if youre going to enter 4 times with 4 nondescript email addresses, either space them out so they are not sent all within 10 minutes, or at LEAST change the subject line or body of the email so they are not all exactly the same. you know who you are, but i still gave you one entry. i numbered each correct entry based on the order they were sent and then used a random number generator online to pick the winner. of course the answer was peaceblaster: the new orleans make it right remixes (but i also accepted peaceblaster as a correct answer). and the winner is……

jess cosentino!! surprisingly, so many people entered that somebody won that i actually didnt know. even though a lot of people i knew entered. so thats sweet.

congrats and hope you enjoy your new tunes and swag and thanks for checking out the site. hopefully we can do millions more giveaways in the future.

back to business. if you need a nice and rockin beat to carry you out of the work week and into the weekend, look no further, as todays track by french group m83 will do just that. i first heard “kim & jessie” months ago and wasnt quite sure what i thought of it. then i heard it again, and again, and it grew on me. then i heard a few other songs and got their “saturdays = youth” album and liked it a lot, but never investigated any of their back catalogue, nor did i know there was a back catalogue. i always considered them electronic, but never really considered them electronic dance, so when i was waiting to see them at pitchfork on sunday i didnt really quite know what to expect, so i was pleasantly surprised when they turned in what i considered to be the best performance of the weekend.

i think a few things contributed to this, besides my lack of expectation. it had been cloudy for most of the day but by the time their set began, there wasnt a cloud in the sky. as the sun was just beginning to set, it electrified the orange in the flaming lips backdrop and the blue of keyboard/vocalist morgan kibbys shirt (see above). then the show began and the songs took on a new life. by the time the group got mid-set and played “sitting”, todays song, the crowd had erupted into an all out dance party. the entire audience was completely into what the band was doing, and m83 was of the utmost sincerity when they showed their appreciation for the crowds continued support, and you could tell they were feeling the energy too. they were also among the loudest bands of the weekend and could be heard loud and clear even from the back of the park. its now 5 days after pitchfork fest, and this is the one show i cant stop thinking about. i wanted to do a week of french artists, but theyve been so top of mind all week that i couldnt hold out. cant WAIT to see these guys in a smaller venue.

m83 – sitting

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