May Is Here: New Music from LCD Soundsystem, National and Broken Social Scene!

Don't have much time to write and have SOOO much I want to share on the amazing Coachella weekend that just passed (my favorite in the 4 years I have been to the festival and possibly my favorite weekend EVER). One band that was present, James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem, who had THE performance of Coachella (with 10 foot disco ball hanging overhead the whole time) has put their new album This Is Happening (which is as unbelievably brilliant as their last, Sound of Silver) up for free streaming on their website HERE. He is also playing the Hollywood Palladium on June 4th and the Glass House in Pomona on June 5th - more info on presales HERE.

Not to be outdone, the two other most anticipated albums of May (and in my opinion the year, unless Radiohead surprises all of us) have been put up for streaming as well. The National's High Violet is on the NY Times website HERE only until April 27th so listen soon! It is destined to be another classic slowly burning into your mind.

If that wasn't enough, Broken Social Scene's new album, Forgiveness Rock Record, that I have raved about on this site multiple times already, is streaming on their website HERE! They have already put out two songs ("All Is All" and "World Sick") that will definitely be on my year end best songs list.

Enjoy,

MD

Coachella IS Coming! Coachella Commitment Day 3 Mix Featuring Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Spoon, MORE!

Coachella is only 2 days away (2!) - Get ready!

Without further ado, I present the final installment of the "Coachella Commitment" Mixes - the EPIC Day 3! "Day 3 Commitment" is the next level. After two full days of intensity (sun, LOTS of people, port-o-potties), those around for Sunday deserve a medal. This year with Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Spoon, Pavement, Gorillaz, it is my favorite lineup of the festival - so looks like I have no choice but to power through. I hope all of you do as well!

Like everything on this site, this mix is an editorialized selection of my favorite acts performing this year and my favorite song(s) by them. For those acts with two songs, they should not be missed. For those with just one, I am going to try to catch them for at least a few songs. Some others worth considering and not on the mix - Jonsi (lead singer of Sigur Ros - don't love his solo stuff but his voice is otherworldly) and Local Natives (excellent LA band playing on the early side - wrote more about them HERE). Below is the tracklist and at the bottom is the link to the download. Next to some artists I have put a link to previous posts I have written on them for more details and tracks.

Coachella Commitment Day 1 Mix Tracklist:

1. Phoenix - Lisztomania ( Off of DYB's Favorite Album of '09; More Info HERE)
2. Spoon - The Way We Get By
3. Pavement - Cut Your Hair
4. Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night (I may talk about this guy a tad bit too much like HERE)
5. Julian Casablancas (Lead singer of The Strokes; more HERE)
6. Phoenix - Long Distance Call (25 Hours A Day Remix)
7. Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
8. Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
9. The Big Pink - Dominos
10. Miike Snow - Burial (DJ Medhi Remix - who is playing as part of Club 75 Sunday!)
11. Gorillaz - Stylo
12. Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat
13. B.O.B. featuring Amy Winehouse - Grip Your Body
14. Florence & The Machine - You've Got the Love (see also Day 2's xx remix of this excellent song)
15. Yo La Tengo - Here To Fall
16. Thom Yorke - The Eraser


DOWNLOAD DAY 3 MIX HERE

Enjoy and see you there,
MD

PS New LCD Soundsystem Album is up and available to stream on their website! Check it out HERE. Awesome so far!

Coachella IS Coming! Coachella Commitment Mix Day 2 Featuring MGMT, Tiesto, 2ManyDJs and Many More!

Coachella is only 3 days away (3!). Tickets appear to have sold out (though rumors persist that they may release some day of...who knows?). All set times are up (HERE) so its fully time to get serious - Coachella is approaching fast...

Given the immediacy of the coming festival is it time for BOTH Coachella Commitment Day 2 AND Day 3 to be released! Here is Day 2 - Day 3 follows TOMORROW!

For Day 2, I have a special treat. My good friend DJ Mikky Eriksen, an excellent up and coming DJ out of LA (check out his many sweet house and electro-rock mixes HERE) and my resident expert on all things electronic has put together a SICK mix focusing on all the great electronic acts gracing the stage that day. On Day 2, if all else fails, head to the Sahara "techno" tent - there will definitely be a party going on all day. Its such a techno heavy day that Tiesto is gracing the final performance of the Coachella (Main) Stage that night. Should be an absolutely epic electronic music event. Here is the tracklist and link to DJ Mikky Eriksen's Coachella Day 2 mix:

Florence & The Machine - You Got the Love (The XX Remix)

Miike Snow - Sylvia (Dirty South & Sebastian Ingrosso Remix)

Tracey Thorn - Grand Cayon (Dirty South Remix)

Hop Chip - Over & Over (Solid Groove Remix)

Major Lazer- Pon De Floor (Laidback Luke Remix)

Empire of Sun - Walking on a Dream (Kaskade Mix)

Tegan & Sara - Back in Your Head (Tiesto Remix)

MGMT - Kidsos (Sebastian Ingrosso Mix)

David Guetta - Memories (Barletta Remix

Bloody Beetroots - WARP (2ManyDJs Mashup Mix)

David Guetta & Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over (DG Podcast Mix)

David Guetta - The World is Mine (DJ Red & Josh Dupont Remix)

Tiesto & Sneaky Soundsystem - I Will Be Here (Laidback Luke Remix)

Kaskade - Move For Me (Extended Mix)

Tiesto - Walking On Clouds

David Guetta- Love is Gnuk (Axwell Mix)

Tiesto - Delerium - Silence (In Search of Sunrise Mix)

Tiesto- Adagio For Strings

Kaskade - I remember (Caspa Remix)

MGMT - Time to Pretend (DMoe Funk Club Mix)

DOWNLOAD DAY 2 MIX HERE

Enjoy,

MD

Coachella IS Coming! Coachella Commitment Day 1 Mix Featuring Jay-Z, LCD, Passion Pit, MORE!

Coachella is only 9 days away (9!) and I may have to freeze myself until then to contain my unbridled excitement. Instead I have decided to dedicate DYB to all things Coachella until then INCLUDING Introductions to the most exciting (and some lesser known artists), Recommended schedules for each day and most importantly MIXES including all the best, most exciting artists. Get ready!

Without further ado, I present the "Coachella Commitment Day 1" Mix! "Commitment" because Coachella is not for the weak. It is intense (sun, LOTS of people, port-o-potties), but always always AMAZING! Like everything on this site, this mix is an editorialized selection of my favorite acts performing this year and my favorite song(s) by them. For those acts with two songs, they should not be missed. For those with just one, I am going to try to catch them for at least a few songs. Some others worth considering and not on the mix - Gil Scott Heron (70s legend I wrote about HERE) and Fever Ray (female half of The Knife - out there, but very cool). Below is the tracklist and at the bottom is the link to the download. Next to some artists I have put a link to previous posts I have written on them for more details and tracks.

Coachella Commitment Day 1 Mix Tracklist:

1. Yeasayer - ONE (More Info HERE)
2. Jay-Z - Heart of the City
3. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (More Info HERE)
4. Sleigh Bells - Crown on the Ground (More Info HERE)
5. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing At My House
6. Passion Pit - Moth's Wings (More Info HERE)
7. Jay -Z - 99 Problems
8. Aeroplane - Friendly Fire's "Paris" Remix
9. La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix) (More Info HERE)
10. Deadmau5 - Ghosts N Stuff
11. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
12. Wale - TV In The Radio (Produced by David Sitek of TV on the Radio)
13. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks (More Info HERE)
14. Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son (More Info HERE)
15. Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring
16. The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
17. Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell

DOWNLOAD MIX HERE


Enjoy and see you there,
MD

Coachella IS Coming! Introducing Club 75

Coachella is only 15 days away (15!) and I may have to freeze myself until then to contain my unbridled excitement. Instead I have decided to dedication DYB over the next 15 days (15!) to all things Coachella until then INCLUDING Introductions to the most exciting (and some lesser known artists), Recommended schedules for each day and most importantly MIXES including all the best, most exciting artists. Get ready!

To kick off the COACHELLA IS COMING! section, I want to introduce one of the most exciting and unique collaborations at the festival, Club 75. Most will be surprised to see Club 75 in BOLD with billings comparable to such acts as Phoenix, Spoon and Strokes lead man, Julian Casablancas (all of who I highly recommend seeing as well) until they know who is in this electronic music supergroup. Club 75 consists of Xaiver de Rosnay (1/2 of Justice), Zdar (aka Cassius and the producer of Phoenix), DJ Medhi and Busy P (only the founder of Ed Banger Records and Daft Punk's original manager) - now that's a bit more exciting. This collaboration started five years ago at REX CLUB in Paris with all these electronic geniuses behind the deck and each one stepping forward and taking over at random whenever they had an idea on where to take the music. "From hip-hop to rock to house to techno to rock" this should be an all-out party in the Sahara "techno" Tent! Check out a mix from Club 75 below:

Club 75 - Mixmag Presents Club 75 Mix

More Coachella knowledge to drop on all of you soon. For know...

Enjoy,

MD