boy oh boy have i been getting a lot of emails, tweets and comments from people hinting that i need to put together another music mix soon. the last one i posted was back in march, and for that i’m sorry – but you see, i have been without a steady internet connection for about 10 weeks (!!) until i finally managed to get internet hooked up in my flat this week. cue: yay. many, many yays.
so i’ve been catching up on what’s been released in the past while, which is always enjoyable. amongst this batch of new tunes is a new passion pit track, which i was really excited for because i LOVED manners – i played that album non-stop when it came out back in 2009. take a walk is quite a different direction for them… i don’t know how i feel about it yet, but i threw it in anyway.
one of my favourite new discoveries has to be TV Girl – and here’s some most excellent news: you can download their entire album for free at stereogum.
i also posted a couple of these tracks over at Noonday Tune, a collaborative music blog by twitter pal Rowan who has rounded up 9 south african twitter folk to contribute a track a day at noon local time – the perfect accompaniment to the sound of cape town’s noon day gun.
so, what new stuff have you been listening to? i’d love to know.
Beautiful Life. download it here. tracklist:
- Kishi Bashi – Bright Whites
- Here We Go Magic – How Do I Know
- Stepdad - Must Land Running
- Thundercat – Walkin’
- TV Girl - I Wonder Who Shes Kissing Now
- Goldroom - Fifteen (ft Chela)
- Passion Pit – Take A Walk
- RAC - Hollywood (featuring Penguin Prison)
- Craft Spells - Talk about the Past
- Dent May - Best Friend
- Beatenberg – Echoes
- Kindness - House
- jj – Beautiful Life
cover image courtesy of life. all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!
