playmix 14 :: i like it when you lose control

here you go boys and girls. playmix 14, curated with love by taylor boyko, tyler parker, and myself. this is a much more hi energy mix than the dreamy 13. perfect for skipping through puddles, skiing, or flying the hell away from the cold to some place hot. hope you enjoy.

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1. Jack Penate – Pull My Heart Away
2. Toro Y Moi – Low Shoulder
3. Yeasayer – ONE
4. White Flight – Dream Lover
5. Vampire Weekend – Run
6. Gossip – Heavy Cross (Yuksek Remix)
7. Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Original Mix)
8. Phantogram – When I’m Small
9. Beach House – Walk In The Park
10. Kurt Vile – Blackberry
11. Spoon – Out Go The Lights
12. Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
13. Pete And The Pirates – Knots
14. Best Coast – When I’m With You
15. The High Wire – It’s No Secret
16. Broken Bells – The High Road
17. Monsters Of Folk – Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F)

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the bodies lying in the sand

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teen dream is the best album of 2009 that won't be released for another two weeks. front to back this collection of songs is a complete revelation: they carry you away.

beach house silver soul
beach house walk in the park

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new beach house

come see the new beach house in norway. we can sail there really really really really fast on this.





beach house norway






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look nick! guitars!

so i was accused yesterday of exclusively favoring music with synths and/or a drum machine. if that were totally true i would have no problem admitting it. ...ok that's not true. i would have a problem with being a 100% bass-head, just like i would have a problem listening to any genre of music exclusively. in the interest of balance i wish to present my case for a non-synth-based artist.


exhibit a: grizzly bear.

lovvvve grizzly bear. last time i saw them i'm pretty sure i blacked out from concentration and emotion. i'm seeing the grizz and beach house tonight at the palladium and no band with a moog is better at...

oh wait, they do use keyboards.




fuck it. didn't radiohead permanently destroy the walls and restrictions regarding "rock" music back in the 90's? i like my rock n' roll with a korg synth and effects pedals. ...or at least a nice electric keyboard and some reverb.




here's an unreal duet with victoria legrand of beach house. when they perform together tonight i'm going to melt.

grizzly bear slow life (feat. victoria legrand)




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hawksbill blues

hawksbill turtles can live to be 200 years old. they spend most of that time swimming the oceans by themselves, alone. i wonder if they hum anything in their turtle heads while cruising the oceans, eating jelly fish.

i imagine the easy drone-rock organ, reverbed guitars and gauzy vocals of beach house playing on a constant, 200 year loop.

devotion is one of my favorite albums of 2008. ...and it just happens to have a stand out track called >>

beach house turtle island

and

beach house gila