I'm back to drop a few tracks that I started listening to last month and have grown on me since. I'm going to skip mainstream radio tracks that are getting a bit ubiquitous like Pharrell's hat's "Happy" and stick with the lesser-known stuff. Many of these tracks came off of best-of-2013 lists so the true hipsters out there will likely already be familiar with all of these. I'll never be a true hipster and I'm OK with that.
Man this guy has been doing things for a while. The Northern Borders definitely has a Four Tet vibe to it, which means it's up my alley. The kind of stuff I would have put on my Discman in my dorm for an all-nighter many years ago. "Cirrus" is the big release from the album, but I thought I'd share this lesser-circulated track for your listening pleasure. Oh, and if you didn't know: a bonobo is a type of monkey.
My brain melted when I saw this. The artists behind probably my favourite album of 2013 remixing "F For You" (a decent song, but not one of the album's show-stoppers) with Mary J. Blige. YO!!!! I am embedding the video in case her 43-year old silhouette impresses you too. Mary J. better watch out - this may be opening the door to Patti Labelle territory (yes, that's a "Not Tonight (Remix)" reference…and oh yeah, that's Mary J. in that video).
Ed Sheeran, remixed. I suppose even that can happen. But then again, there's a Soundcloud clip out there of him and Passenger mashing up "Thrift Shop" and "No Diggity", so like Kevin Garnett said "Anything is possibllllllllllle!". "I See Fire" is his latest work and was composed for The Hobbit 2 and plays over the end credits. Kygo's remix adds a bit of bounce to it, making it a little less dirge-y. When I first heard this I thought there was no way that was Ed Sheeran, not being used to hearing his lower register. It's cool that he plays all of the instruments on the original aside from the cello. Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalists are amazing to me.
OK fine, here's the "No Diggity"/"Thrift Shop" mash-up:
After Sam Smith broke through with a big helping hand from Disclosure, many sites/bloggers/music types have projected greatness for him this coming year. "Nirvana" is the second track on the EP he released in the summer of 2013 and has received a fair amount of acclaim. Last week, he released "Money on My Mind" as the lead track from his first full-length album, but I'm a much bigger fan of "Nirvana".
Lastly, a little something from someone I know very little about. This song is the first track from Mikal Cronin's second full-length album MCII, an album which seems to have earned some fairly high praise. While I would never guess that someone into "garage punk" or "noise pop" would be my idea of a good time, this is a really good listen and I thought I'd pass it on to you.
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