Today’s Indie: Get Lucky / Daughter (Daft Punk cover)
‘so let’s raise the bar / and our cups to the stars’
London trio Daughter take on Daft Punk’s first single off of Random Access Memories, and the result is an unlikely cover of an inescapable song. The hushed yet fierce vocals of Daughter’s Elena Tonra from the band’s BBC Radio One Live Lounge performance captivated my ears, like just about everything that she sings. As a bonus track, here is Atlas Genius’ take on the same tune.
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Today’s Untz: Crickets (Viceroy Remix) / Drop City Yacht Club
Jewels & Sapphires (Goldroom Remix) / Owl Eyes
What a wonderful day here in the city of San Francisco. It’s sunny and warm outside and we’ve been space blessed with releases from both Viceroy and Goldroom. And since they recently played here in the city together I figured I’d highlight both tracks.
Both are ripe for good weather and good times. Whether that’s on a sunny beach, in a sunny park, or a decked out school bus chillin on the side of a San Francisco street. Enjoy! #tom
Today’s Indie: One Day – Reckoning Song (Wankelmut remix) / Asaf Avidan & The Mojos
‘one day baby we’ll be old, oh baby we’ll be old / think about all the stories that we coulda told’
Well we made it to Friday so here is some indie to put a pop into your step as you head into your weekends, a great rework on a song by Israeli folk rock band Asaf Avidan and the Mojos.
It is hard to avoid the recurring chorus of ‘one day baby we’ll be old’ in this track, and songs that focus on the inevitability of the passing of time and our circling around the sun can sometimes cause a fear in me, or a lump in the back of my throat. Yet this one makes me want to get on my feet / dance / run / move / live in the moment in a brilliant way… one day we will be old, let’s have some stories to tell. #indie / tory
Today’s Untz: Right There / Deepjack & room4space (NYDY Sunrise Edit)
“Turkish producer and DJ Emre Senol, who is known to electronic music fans as room4space, begun experimenting with electronic music a few years back and started producing his own sunset inspired music with tropical nu disco vibes, sweet vocals and funky basslines not long ago.
Playing in various well known clubs and festivals such as Cream, Faces Club, Factory, Red Room, Voxx and Secer Club, has helped him gaining a good reputation in the music business.
Along with Mehmet Kurudere, who uses Deepjack for his deeper productions and has released various bouncy and melodic tracks in recent years, the duo decided to give us their latest edit exclusively for you.” -NDYD
Today’s Untz: Sparks / Don’t Mind // Peat Oak feat. Furns
Danish native Pete Oak is first onboard with his 2 tracks EP, Suns & Moons. On both he is featured by the lovely vocals of Furns.
Sparks (Original Float Mix) is the calmer of the two and gives you the impression of joy & satisfaction.
On Don’t Mind (Original Mix) we raise the stakes but keep the basic idea, to include you to a melodic and powerful experience.
Pete Oak – Suns & Moons will be out on Monday May 27th as a Beatport Exclusive and in all other stores on June 10.
Today’s Indie: Am I that Lonely Tonight / Justin Townes Earle
Wont be the Last Time / Justin Townes Earle
‘maybe I broke myself a promise / that I never meant to keep / it won’t be the last time’
Am I That Lonely Tonight starts with, ‘I hear my father on the radio / singin’ “Take Me Home Again” … sometimes I wish I could just get away / sometimes I wish that he’d just call.’ Having a thrice Grammy winning father will do that to you, and the proceeding tracks of the album Nothings Going to Change the Way You Feel About Me Now follow a somber ripple of Justin Townes Earle’s revelations, as he weaves his words brilliantly through addictions and breakups and really, really bad nights.
While there are some great foot tappers interspersed throughout like Baby’s Got a Bad Idea, I am drawn to the slow the world down tracks on the album, with intimate storytelling that feels like it was made to be heard when you are curled up on the couch on a dreary day, taking in the quiet comfort of the rain. Special shout out to the darling Kristen for sharing. Happy Friday. #indie/tory
Today’s Untz (or Indie?): Drones / Night Drive
From their Fbook page: “For if we look closely around us we find, crisscrossing the manifestations of failure and collapse, early signs of growth and new potential. If we listen closely we can hear the Third Wave already thundering on not so distant shores. Millions are already attuning their lives to the rhythms of tomorrow. We are the children of the next transformation, the Third Wave. We are also changing the way ordinary people, in their daily lives, behave. For when we change the deep structure of civilization, we simultaneously rewire all the codes by which we live.”
<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/65600704″>Night Drive – Drones Promo</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/nightdrivemusic”>nightdrivemusic</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
Today’s Indie: All I Want / Kodaline
‘all I want is nothing more / than to hear you knocking at my door’
Sometimes we miss things the first time around in this life. For every time we can be at the right place and right time to find something or someone or a song, we can be at the wrong place. Such is the case with these two Kodaline tracks, although my “wrong place” was not wrong at all, but rather the sun strewn sands of Thai islands wrapping up our Asia trip last December. Still the world of coulda-woulda-shoulda and FOMO (fear of missing out) is an everyday part of being a music lover; what if you pass your next favorite artist on the street, make eye contact and walk on by?
Thankfully my second chance for Kodaline came from a friend sharing a killer “Best of SXSW” playlist this week, which included All I Want. I apparently also have been living under a rock that would have eventually hit me on the head anyway because the Irish foursome’s track was featured in Google’s 2012 Zeitgeist video.
Still I am happy I found these tracks when I have – All I Want starts with the stripped down earnest emotions of high schooler’s poem on love gone wrong before building into something soaring and stirring, and this take on All My Friends instantly put me back to a few springs ago, driving into a desert with my best friends.
All My Friends / Kodaline (LCD Soundsystem cover)
‘you spend the first five years trying to get with the plan / and the next five years trying to be with your friends again’
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Today’s Untz: You Don’t Know Me (Bit Funk Remix) / Portland
Here’s a great remix from Bit Funk. This is such an uplifting and energetic tune with a slow build. I love the chopped up vocals and accompanying piano sounds. I’m no concert clapper (mostly bc people are off beat), but this tune makes me want to put my two hands together, look up at the open sunny sky, and smile. #untz/tom
Today’s Indie: Delivery Shirt Press (Pirate’s Song) / Poet’s Row
‘hot shower then get dressed / but there is tightness in your chest’
Heartfelt Folk. Colorado trifecta Poet’s Row have self defined their genre as such and for the most part it suits them well, but it is the little bite to the vocals of Delivery Shirt Press that got my attention on first listen yesterday. Their sound (impressively) evokes pieces of Colorado cousins Elephant Revival and The Lumineers with a side of Austin’s Wild Child, and I find myself swaying along as I type away about it. You can hear more from this fledgling folk trio and buy their self titled album which was released this March on bandcamp. Hope to be hearing more from them soon! #indie / tory
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