This season of Gossip Girl has been slow and (more often than not) boring. So slow and boring that I just watched episode 9, thus the tardiness of this post.
I’m going to switch up the way I do these because the plot hasn’t been the only thing taking a toll this season. I’ll still give you every week’s full playlist, but I’ll focus on the tracks that truly made the episode special.
No track played this entire season deserves it more than Anya Marina’s wonderful cover of T.I.’s radio-killed “Whatever You Like”. Continue reading →


Ezra is jumping on the auto-tune? Is this the Discovery influence coming to play? Is auto-tune the new trend in indie rock? These questions can wait, because you have to go listen and/watch Vampire Weekend perform a new track off their highly anticipated sophomore album Contra.
The blipster of the Knowles family and Queen B’s little sister Solange took the time to cover one of my favorite songs of the year, and I’ll love her eternally for it. Her “Stillness Is The Move” cover is built one of the most recognizable Dr. Dre samples out there (yes, that funky, ear-bending “
Remember when the other day, you relaxed to the calm grooves of
You probably know Charlotte as the guitarist that has played with Bat for Lashes. At least, that’s how I know her. And I didn’t even know THAT until I saw them live. Either way, I was pretty stoked to find out that she has solo work because I assumed, if she’s played for Bat for Lashes — and I love Bat for Lashes — then I should love Charlotte Hatherley. If a+b=c, and a+ … blah blah blah–I failed to realize that logic doesn’t automatically mean you’re going to love someone. So what all this brings me to is that I didn’t really care for “Full Circle.” I mean, Natasha Khan’s vocals are so much better …
Animal Collective’s new 10″ for “Brother Sport” has been released. Buy the gorgeous 10″ slab of wax at 
I was immediately drawn into “People C’mon” by Delta Spirit off their debut album, Ode to Sunshine. They have been compared to Cold War Kids, and with reason, but that’s not a bad thing in my book.

