Hey, good news, I can still see! So you’re not free from me just yet. In other news, Sweden wins again. Miike Snow is releasing the long awaited follow up to their 2009 debut album aka my favorite album of 2009 with Happy To You, out on March 20th. Of the couple of songs we’ve heard from the album, this somewhat brooding tune is my favorite so far, and it’s not just because of some guest vocals by one of the most babetastic babes out there, Ms. Lykke Li. It’s almost as if this song was written to be played live as you can just hear how easy it will be for them to slowly grow this tune until the crowd is unknowingly in the midst of an all out dance party. If you like Miike Snow in recorded form, you will adore them in live form.
I consider myself a pretty big Lykke Li fan, both because I like her music and because she has such a classic sort of beauty (a simple image search will validate this claim) and just so happens to be smokin’ hot. And I’m also a pretty huge Gold Panda fan because Gold Panda is a G. And I guess even though I knew that Lykke Li tends to get the heavy remix treatment, I never really considered the possibility of those two artists joining forces in such a way that I could enjoy both of their sounds at the exact same time. Even though I feel like I’ve really gotten to know just a handful of albums so far this year, I have given Wounded Rhymes enough spins to know that I like it and want to listen to it more. “Sadness Is A Blessing” is definitely one of the album’s slower tracks but still a pretty good one, so I really like the approach Gold Panda took to give the song a little more forward movement. And there’s definitely a slow buildup to the bit around the 2:15 mark that’s nothing but pure Gold Panda goodness. I haven’t listened to the majority of the Lykke Li remixes out there for the new album but the promise of Gold Panda beats was too much to ignore.
EDIT: Just after this was posted, coincidentally, the official video for the original version of this tune was released. Check it out below.
There seemed to be lots of big news coming out of the twitter today. You know, the twitter, the place where I get all of my music news. Besides the Girl Talk album coming out of the blue (sorta?), the biggest today for me was that I discovered a million new videos for songs that I have been digging 2 da max. 2 of which I’ve posted before, and one which I haven’t posted before, but everyone else in the world has.
First up is the most exciting for me personally, the video for the newest Gorillaz track “Doncamatic” featuring Daley on vocals. Has Daley done anything before this? I’m not really sure, but either way, his vocals are pretty much perfect for this song. It’s kind of embarrassing for me that I didn’t much like this song until I heard the SICK AS HELL Joker Remix. Here’s the video, which depicts Daley in a submarine on a quest to rejoin the Gorillaz on their quest to….do something? Sidenote: The video for “El Manana” is incredible and gave me chills when it was up on the giant screen at their show last month. I can’t embed it but watch it here.
Next up is from our girl Lykke Li. She recently released a few tracks and the internet was abuzz. I’m not really one for trying to post things “first” because I know that’s never going to happen, and then I didn’t feel like posting it at all because literally everyone else ever did it. But now that there’s a shnazzy video, one in which my girl Lykke Li makes hand gestures around her nether regions at one point, I thought it was time. If you recall, “Little Bit” was one of the very first songs I ever posted on this site, because Lykke Li is my homegirl and I have a mad mad crush on her. So now that she’s transitioned from shy and restrained in “Little Bit” to some guaranteed arse in “Get Some”, let’s look at her some more. You can download the song for free at lykkeli.com.
Also, I love Lykke Li and her vintage good looks.
And last but certainly not least, our friends Cassius have returned with a new EP and we are smitten with their jam “I Love You So”. And now there’s a playful new video to accompany it. I just referred to a video as playful, so sorry for that. Either way, we love the song and the video, even though there are some mad haters on this song for one reason or another. It turns out the video came out about a month ago, but we just saw it today so it’s new to us.
I’m starting a new tag/category/feature/whatever you want to call it. As you may have guessed, it’s called “Better Late Than Never”. These are the songs that everyone knew about 2 or 3 or more years ago, but I just heard for the first time. And I’m not ashamed of it either. There’s just too much good music out there that it’s impossible to hear it all, and I’ve never claimed to be in the know anyway.
The fact that today’s installment includes resident sultry Swedish musical crush Lykke Li and I never knew about it is a testament to what a horrible individual I am. Good news is, thanks to Sheena Beaston‘s ipod hitting all the right notes and my excessive use of social media, I was able to catch this beautiful, emotional and electronic in all the right places gem. It seems like this kind of song has been done quite a bit, but with Kleerup‘s production and Lykke Li’s voice (perfect for a tune such as this), it’s the real deal. I can’t believe it took me this long to hear it, but better late than never. See what I did there? I know I know. I promise to never do that again.
Also, I just noticed she’s going on a mini tour and playing lots of new songs. So anyone in the following cities, I hate you a lot.
November 1 – Berlin
November 2 – Paris
November 4 – London
November 8 – Stockholm
December 1 – New York
Well ladies and gents, our friend Gigamesh, who you may remember from the classic hits Lykke Li – Little Bit (Gigamesh Remix) and Radiohead – Everything in its Right Place (Gigamesh Remix), among so many others, is in the process of making the move from Minneapolis to Miami, and what better way to commemorate such a huge life change than with a mixtape? And lucky for us, he’s offered up his Moving Cities mixtape to us to share with all of our loyal readers! It starts out a little playful (remember folks, this mixtape is all about moving out and moving on), but it doesn’t take long before it spirals into a funky, soulful, disco-infused party with an old school flavor that cannot be denied. And what’s even more, we even get a taste of “Back Again”, an unreleased Gigamesh track!
Give it a listen below, and if you dig it as much as I do, you can download it by clicking right here!
And here’s the full tracklist, just in case:
[Intro: So Long, Farewell]
Faze Action – Moving Cities
Midnight Magic – Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)
Gigamesh – Back Again [unreleased track]
Gigamesh – It’s So Intense
Jimmy Edgar – Hot, Raw, Sex
Midnight Star – Midas Touch (Bassapella)
Social Disco Club – Acid Town
Liquid Liquid – Optimo
Voltage – All Night (Azari & III Remix)
Marching Band – Another Day (Gigamesh Remix)
Estate – Dancing Time
MC Shy-D – Shake It (Gigamesh Edit)
Barry White – Change (Gigamesh Edit)
And if you still haven’t gotten your Gigamesh fix, check out this CLASSIXX remix he put together a while back. Pretty fantastic.
happy dance party friday. since the office is closed on monday, there is even more reason to dance today. on that note, not one, but TWO remixes of one of my favorite tunes, “little bit” by the lovely lykke li. the original version of this song was actually the fourth song ever posted here on dailybeatz way back in may, can you believe it? and i heard a pretty cool remix at a show a few months back and have been meaning to look around for it, and just remembered today to find it. while i have no idea if i found the remix i was looking for, i did find some cool versions by gigamesh (whose excellent radiohead remix has been posted here before) and cansei de ser sexy, more commonly known as CSS.
the gigamesh remix has much of the same style as their radiohead remix. that is, the song stays pretty much untouched, but there are really nice beats laid over the song, and a song that was already excellent, though not necessarily danceable, is now danceable, and you dont feel like youve lost what you originally loved about the song. as for the css version, the music from the original has been almost completely stripped out of the song and its given a fresh and sometimes dirty electronic treatment. their take is much more of a departure from the original, but its so bright and fun that you dont even care, especially around the chorus, and its got the same CSS sound that so many of us know and love. im curious to see which version the dailybeatz readers prefer, so let me know. and in case you were wondering, i still have a mad crush on lykke li.
well this sure was an exciting weekend. thursday night i went to see mstrkrft at the crofoot, one of my favorite venues (if not for the bouncer mentioned below). the opener was grand dad crunk who was pretty excellent. my favorite was when he dropped “little bit” by lykke li over a crazy beat. i dont know who he is, but apparently he is zozzys brother. and apparently everyone in the metro detroit area except myself knows who zozzy is. mstrkrft was rockin as well. they drank a lot on stage and took several pulls of mr. beam. i dont know what else to say other than that. the crofoot is really the best place to take pictures because the stage sort of juts out a little, and the balcony goes all the way to the back of the stage, so you can take some excellent shots where you essentially get the perspective of the performers and get the entire crowd in the shot as well. but only if you make it out alive with your pictures.
things were going fine until just before we left, i decided to hit up the balcony for a few more shots. i got some great ones and just as i took the last shot, the bouncer on the stage shined up his flashlight and told me to stop taking pics, which i did. figured id just take off and go on my way. but as i got to the bottom of the stairs from the balcony, i realized the bouncer had made his way through the entire crowd and was waiting for me at the bottom of the steps, at which point he demanded that i “delete every f***ing picture of that f***ing camera right now”. real nicelike, because clearly i was being raucous and unruly [aside: is it inherent for all bouncers to be on power trips?]. so i did, and was pissed, and left, because i had some crazy good pics. ive since replayed the scenario hundreds of times in my head. had i known he would be waiting for me i would have removed the memory card or took a different exit out of the place (i think theres a back staircase as well). or had i not been caught so off guard, i would have argued with him until he kicked me out, since i was leaving anyway. but, we live and we learn, and that is why i will be trying to get a photo pass to every show from now on, including this past weekends bassnectar show that you will see and hear about later this week (check out the facebook page for a sneak peek at some of the pics. 90% of them are average but i think about 10% are good).
on to the latest in my ever continuing series of new songs that are now old news. this time, its from one of my favorite bands that only has one album out, yeasayer. ive loved their “all hour cymbals” album for quite some time now, but it wasnt until i saw them at bonnaroo (pictured above) this summer that i really “got it” and understood what a weird and unique group they were. i saw them at pitchfork later in the summer which was also great, but theres just something about being in one of those big bonnaroo tents in the middle of the night that adds to the eerieness and excitement of their performances.
i was pretty effin pumped to learn that a new album “odd blood” would be released in 2009, and that they were releasing a free single that very day to whet our appetites. the song is called “ambling alp” and its got just about everything that i love about yeasayer but with a much happier sound than what i think of when i think about “all hour cymbals” (although thats definitely got its happy moments as well). and most of all, its got that unique je ne sais quoi that i seem to find so often with yeasayer, all over a pretty cool tribal sounding beat. definitely among my most anticipated releases of 2010.
well kids, its happened. the twilight phenomenon has officially taken over the indie music world. as im sure many of you know by now, the next movie in the twilight series, new moon, is being released later this year and along with the release of the movie is the release of the soundtrack which is strangely full of many of our favorite artists like grizzly bear, muse, sea wolf, editors, lykke li, bon iver, and yes, even thom yorke. while im pretty tired of how twilight has taken over the world, i think the fact that we get some new tracks from all of these great artists is enough even to make perpetually bitchy looking twilight star kristin stewart smile.
the song sounds like classic thom yorke. pretty dark and pretty electronic. fortunately, i like this song way more than the last new thom yorke song i heard, the hollow earth. i have a feeling that most of the soundtrack is going to have this really dark feel about it, and i guess it will expose the teenybopper twilight fanatics to some of the excellent music thats out there, which i guess is a good thing, assuming that any shows of these acts are 18+. this intolerance of youngers is perhaps rooted in my seeing “where the wild things are” this past friday with tons of little children in the theater, and from my passion pit experience at lollapalooza. sorry kids.
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