Like a Knife Beneath The Water

Tweezy here with some perfect songs for your lazy sunday with a headache. Stumbled across this song from Portand, Oregon's White Hinterland. The minimal beat and echoing female vocals meld perfectly with the steady bassline thumping quietly throughout the track.

"Icarus" - White Hinterland

This next one is from Texas producer Bryce Isbell. "Haunted" is a slow motion, layered track with more going on every time you listen. (Think glo-fi meets funky drums and you might get the picture.) Isbell collaborates with Neon Indian's Alan Palomo on his latest album DEFINITELY check it out.

"Haunted" - Bryce Isbell

Here's a standout cover of MJ's classic "Human Nature" from favorite Toro y Moi. Different than most of Toro's songs this one is a fairly straightforward take on the original with vocals that are very close to perfect. This one is a keeper.

"Human Nature" - Toro y Moi

To end things, here's a classic song from 80's indie band The Wedding Present. I  just recently got my hands on the NME C86 tape (look it up if you dont know what it is) And this is one of the standout tracks. Absolutely driving, perfectly lo-fi. Worth all the time it took to find, definitely keep this in your rotation

"This Boy Can Wait" - The Wedding Present

TWEEZY OUT

Untzing Around the World

All this snow has gotten me a tad down and I can't help but thinking of hitting the road. Like my other Untz compadres, I am generally pulled to wherever super sonic jams are being played.

"Paris is really coming out with some great tunes lately", I said to myself this morning or perhaps London, so I grabbed the Untz Blimp (Pictured above) and went to London.

Here I paid homage to the great Rod Stewart. But Rod was tired and needed a break so he had this great band with a French name from Brooklyn stop in to cover one of his slickest jams.

Au Revoir Simone - Young Turks (The Disco Pusher Remix)


My only requirement in paris was seeing Breakbot, but we also listened to this other slick jam

Shout out Louds - Fall Hard (Breakbot Remix)


Coer De Pirates - Comes Des Enfants

Finally I was in the mood for Vodka, so we blimped on to Russia.

IAMX - Nightlife (Russian Adults Remix)

After little trip we settled down back in America with some classic Kool and the Gang

Kool and the Gang - Mother Earth

My Holy Ghost Trip....

There's something to be said for a disco production duo who record with all live instruments and vintage synths. DFA's Holy Ghost! have been churning out remixes for the likes of Phoenix, Cut Copy, MGMT, and Panthers for years; not to mention producing a few knockout tracks of their own. This past week the duo released a cover of "On Board" by Friendly Fires, giving it the DFA disco touch with a thumping bassline and spacey synths echoing throughout.

"On Board (Friendly Fires Cover)" - Holy Ghost! feat. The DFA Celestial Choir

Friendly Fires Returned the favor, covering Holy Ghost's classic "Hold On." They keep the song structure the same but beef up the production with some interesting synth and drum work, definitely worth a few listens.

"Hold On (Holy Ghost! Cover" - Friendly Fires

BONUS:

Here are some old Holy Ghost remix favorites.

The duo turn this track by Phoenix into disco magic, the repetitive synths and organic drums meld perfectly with the vox

"Lizstomania (Holy Ghost! Love Paris Remix)" - Phoenix

Here's their remix of "Goblin City" by Panthers; a simple echoing dubbed out jam that is dancefloor perfection, get your boogie on indeed.

"Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Disco Dub Mix) - Panthers

TWEEZY OUT

High Delight

Two Door Cinema Club- Undercover Martyn (Softwar Remix)

For those of you that love Cut Copy check out this remix, it's rife with soulful buildups, dreamy vocals, and glimmering dance floor ready beats.

Yeasayer- Ambling Alp (The Very Best Remix)

If someone were ever to make a movie about my life, I would want this to play during the end credits. 

Local Natives- Who Knows, Who Cares

This band has been described as a west-coast Grizzly Bear, while descriptions like that are normally stupid, it works in the case of Local Natives, as they take a similar approach to harmony heavy folk pop but infuse it with some California sun. 

BRAHMS- Toward the Ghost (demo version)

Dark new-wavey dance track from Cale Parks' new band. They're playing with Sleigh Bells at The Mill on April 3rd, hot damn.

Arrested Development- Mr. Wendal 

Because I felt like it.

James Pants- We're Through

This is a link to the video on youtube. This song is a few years old but the video is too damn good not to share, its like if you combined an 80's infomercial with "Little Shop of Horrors"

Sunday Funk - Day

What makes a beautiful day even better - Funk music of course. Feel free to start slow grinding all day long to these fresh tracks

Coupled with a hearty breakfast - this jam can start the day off right

6th Borough Project - Do it To the Max

A tender love song for those who share a love of slick grooves

Hoochie Coo - Ain't nothing like you


For proper listening please play this while driving a Cadillac

Hot Chocolate - Cadillac (The revenge re-edit)

Marvin Gaye - Need I say more. This is just about the catchiest tune I have heard in a while.

Marvin Gaye - Heavy Love Affair (The Revenge Rework)


The 80s never seem to stop producing sweet jams

West India Company - Thieves of our lovers lives

Blancmange Game Above My Head


Gunstar has a very cool thing going on in this song.

Gunstar - The Dream Machine

Good night and Good Luck

All I Can Do Is Daydream

It's friday morning and the headache won't seem to go away. The only answer is music that transports you to a bleached out polaroid of a 1984 beach and makes the sun shine on you even in the dead of winter. This track from mystery band Feathers came out a while back, but didn't reach the popularity of their first single. "Small Rooms" is a perfect blend of dreamy vocals over a driving, danceable beat that is perfect beach day magic.

"Small Rooms" - Feathers

Up next is a song from a band I know literally nothing about. The song speaks for itself though, it's a catchy and laid back downtempo tune that is sure to get heads nodding.

"Softcore Sex Dreams" - I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper

So I've been into Sweden's Sally Shapiro for quite some time now, her italo-disco sound and breathy voice are pure sex. Here's "Miracle" a track that is sure to please all.

"Miracle" - Sally Shapiro

Now to finish off this post, here's the best little piece of glo-fi daydream magic that I have heard in quite some time. The ambien dripping loops and unintelligible vocals meld with a repetitive synth riff that makes for pure escapism.

"Ready For The World" - How To Dress Well and Cokc Dokc

Tune in. Lay back. Crank it up. Feel it everywhere.

Tweezy out.

How Do I Reach These Keedz?

Keedz is a hard act to understand. Is it Justice trying to release a track under a different alias? Is it a new group that samples something that sounds like Justice? As it turns out, this band remains a mystery, even though the song was released a few years back. All I know is this track rocks the shit.

Keedz - Stand On The Word

This next track grooves. It's slow and steady and definitely wins the race.

Pional - In Another Room (Original Mix)

This is one of my favorite songs of the year so far. Van She takes a good song and makes it latenight gold with a perfect driving pulse blended with poppy and dreamlike overtones.

Dragonette - Pick Up The Phone (Michael Van She Remix)

"Ohhh bra, I just totally stomped that tweaked 1040 tailspin." That's what I think of when I hear this song. This one's for Bacon, the bro-iest bro I know.

Javelin - Lindsay Brohan

I guess this track falls in the wonderful and white-hot genre of glo-fi. If you don't understand what glo-fi is, eat a bar of Xanax and go sailing on a perfectly sunny Cape Cod day in August.

Active Child - Body Heat (So Far Away)

After looking at Hypem's 2009 Zeitgeist, I realized how much of an impact Phoenix had on music last year. I found myself listening to songs I know and love by them a lot this month. This remix is a perfect blend of familiarity and innovation.

Phoenix - Long Distance Call (Sebastian Tellier Remix)

The forceful synth, which is pedaled throughout this track, invokes feelings of utter joy. I cannot help but smile when hearing this beautiful song.

Visions of Trees - Sometimes It Kills

Here's another rockin' remix of a track by The XX. You cannot help but groove to the arpeggiating synth, which acts as an outstanding backbone for this jam.

The XX - Infinity (Christian TV Bootleg Remix)

Trinity College is rocking the shit out of pop culture right now. Here's new hotness: Alex Kluger ('08) is now DJing under the name Alpha Kilos. Here's his mashup of Fleet Foxes vs. Outkast vs. Lil' Wayne.

Alpha Kilos - Lil' Fleet