Playlist for July 2012

It was tricky to compress this month's best music into a two-hour playlist, in part because I was making more of a note of tracks to go into it. I probably could've done three hours, but in the end decided to concentrate on stuff not found elsewhere on the blog to counterbalance the tracks representing the month's Recommended Albums - of which there were five: three albums and two EP's - and Singles of the Week - of which there should be more of; I might have to move the day I do them on for that. I'm currently also listening to some albums from earlier in the year, so there's a high chance there will be some more Recommended Albums soon.

This month's playlist is below, firstly in hyperlink-crazy format (be aware that a few lead to Youtube videos with ads):

Antibalas - "Dirty Money" (Radio Edit)
Blur - "Under The Westway"
Twin Shadow - "Golden Light"
Ty Segall Band - "Tell Me What's Inside Your Heart"
Dirty Projectors - "See What She Seeing"
Tame Impala - "Apocalypse Dreams"
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Only In My Dreams" (Single of the Week)
Dan Deacon - "True Thrush"
Aesop Rock - "Gopher Guts"
The Gaslamp Killer - "Flange Face" (feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)
John Tejada - "The Function And The Form"
Tall Ships - "Gallop"
The xx - "Angels"
Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Taken By Trees - "Dreams"
Sun Airway - "Close"
The Field - "Comenius Garden"
Evian Christ - "FYTS"
Frank Ocean - "Bad Religion" (link to live Jimmy Fallon performance)
Passion Pit - "Love Is Greed"
SBTRKT - "Gloss"
Flying Lotus - "Between Friends" (feat. Earl Sweatshirt and Captain Murphy)
Bat For Lashes - "Laura"
Macklemore X Ryan Lewis - "Same Love" (feat. Mary Lambert) (Single of the Week)
The Antlers - "Zelda"
TNGHT - "Higher Ground"
Animal Collective - "Today's Supernatural"
David Byrne & St. Vincent - "Weekend In The Dust"

Here's the vastly incomplete Spotify version (it runs for around one hour). I also went back to last month's playlist and filled in some of the gaps.

Electronic, Hip-Hop and Dance Playlist for June 2011

Here are a few electronic, hip-hop and dance tracks I've been playing this month. Pretty broad for a playlist but I think it matches the quality of the music I feel the need to compile, much of which will feature on albums I'm really looking forward to hearing.. Although I'm bound to regret this later I've embedded a load of players linking to appropriate tracks, and many of these tracks are downloadable, in particular those with *asterisks. I'll let the music do the talking for me:


Nas - "Nasty"
*Gold Panda - "MPB"
Jamie xx - "Far Nearer"

YACHT - "Utopia"

*Thundercat - "Daylight"
Zomby - "A Devil Lay Here"

*Balam Acab - "Oh, Why"
Ford & Lopatin - "Channel Pressure"
SBTRKT - "Wildfire"
Clams Casino - "Treetop"

John Maus - "Head For the Country"
Washed Out - "Amor Fati"

Shabazz Palaces - "Swerve... The reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not Withstanding)"

The Rapture - "How Deep Is Your Love?"
*Sun Airway - "Wild Palms"
Brian Eno - "Pour it Out"

And just in case that multimedia onslaught is too much, here's the list again without any fancy distractions:

Nas - "Nasty"
Gold Panda - "MPB"
Jamie xx - "Far Nearer"
YACHT - "Utopia"
Thundercat - "Daylight"
Zomby - "A Devil Lay Here"
Balam Acab - "Oh, Why"
Ford & Lopatin - "Channel Pressure"
SBTKT - "Wildfire"
Clams Casino - "Treetop"
John Maus - "Head for the Country"
Washed Out - "Amor Fati"
Shabazz Palaces- "Swerve... The reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)"
The Rapture - "How Deep Is Your Love?"
Sun Airway - "Wild Palms"
Brian Eno - "Pour it Out"

Apologies for any mistakes, or any number of things at could go wrong. Enjoy.