The Monday Mixtape - A Musical Recap of My Weekend

Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays...
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Nicolas Jaar - Work It
Spectrals - Big Baby
Jamie Woon - Spirits (YouTube Version)
High Places - Year Off
Best Coast - How They Want Me to Be
Ducktails - Sit Around With Ya
Belle & Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming (Cold Cave Remix)
Toro y Moi - Saturday Love
Vivian Girls - Take It as It Comes
Dirty Beaches - Golden Desert Sun

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MP3: Lindstrøm Remixes Best Coast

Well this is a pleasant surprise: Lindstrøm did your summer a favor by dropping a twinkling remix of Best Coast's "Boyfriend." The Norwegian producer applies his best ABBA impression onto the lovesick track and the results are slinking and shimmery.

Grab the remix and the original down below...

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Best Coast - Boyfriend (Lindstrøm Remix)
Best Coast - Boyfriend

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New Tallest Man on Earth Track, Courtesy of Adult Swim

I gave a shout-out to Adult Swim's 2011 Singles Program a couple of weeks back, but after all the goodness they've been hosting, the project's more than earned a golf clap.

They've been releasing new tracks from artists you probably love, once a week, for over a month now, and the results have been all hits, no misses. That being said, this week's contribution from The Tallest Man on Earth is a hands down favourite so far.

That track, along with three other highlights, is down below, but feel free to head over to the Adult Swim site to catch 'em all.

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The Tallest Man on Earth - Weather of a Killing Kind
Active Child - Hanging On
Best Coast - Gone Again
How to Dress Well - Us in the Sense of Forever

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MP3: Night Manager - "Pizza Party"

Since summer's now in full swing, I planned on posting that new Best Coast jam (apropos, no?) currently spinning over at the 2011 Adult Swim Singles Program, but it seems I've found something a little better*.

"Pizza Party" is a confusingly titled, fuzzy gem from Brooklyn's Night Manager. And though it's more shady than Best Coast's usual fare, the reverb, riffage and harmonies more than make up for it. It's something Robert Smith might play on the iPod while you rub sunscreen on his back at the beach.

*But actually, the Best Coast, How to Dress Well and Ford & Lopatin tracks streaming there are solid. You can download them all (and future releases) by clicking here.

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Night Manager - Pizza Pasta

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Wavves Releases "TV Luv Song," Announces Love of TV

Yesterday night, Wavves dropped "TV Luv Song" onto the internets. The hounds are shouting Black Flag/"TV Party" comparisons, but I call their bluff. The track's just another slacker anthem from Wavvesbro that finds him returning to self-titled form -- straightforward, homemade garage-punk.

Hosting the song gives me an excuse to play Wavves catch-up, so you can also grab a King of the Beach bonus track and his recently released 7" split w/ Best Coast.

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Wavves - TV Luv Song

Wavves - Mutant (Bonus Track)

Best Coast - When You Wake Up

Wavves - Stained Glass (Won't You Let Me Into Your Heart)

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The Monday Mixtape, P4K Music Festival Edition

Most Mondays, I post a handful of MP3s that I've had on heavy rotation. Some new tunes, some old tunes, all good tunes.

Note: This week is made up of a few of favourite tracks heard this weekend at Pitchfork's music festival.

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All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem

Texico Bitches - Broken Social Scene

A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under - Why?

Dancing on my Own - Robyn

Tiny Cities Made of Ashes - Modest Mouse

Morning Light - Girls

Deli - Delorean

Hold the Line - Major Lazer

Goodbye - Best Coast

No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future - Titus Andronicus

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Shocker: "All Summer" Is a Summertime Jam

Selling out sounds pretty good, eh? Citizen Insane favourite, Bethany Cosentino (aka Best Coast) recently teamed up with Kid Cudi and Rostam Batmanglij (of Vampire Weekend & Discovery) in the name of Converse.

The track finds Cudi and Bethany trading vocal duties, while Batmanglij goes all Jack White on us and handles drumming duties.

Cudi smells like pot and still sounds like he doesn't have a care in the world and Bethany's guitar/vox are beachy and reverbed, so nothing's really new here, but the song's a jam if not only because its sonics stay true to its title.

Download the song below and, if you're so inclined, check out a behind-the-scenes clip of the collaboration over at SPIN.

EDIT:// Check out the new music video up above.

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All Summer - Kid Cudi, Best Coast & Rostam Batmanglij

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