song of the summer from Calvin Harris (choice remix by Diplo x Grandtheft)
POP

Taiga by Zola Jesus
(Mute)
looks like / what I wrote before / what I wrote after / live review
"Beggin for Thread" by BANKS (Harvest) remixed
In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith (Capitol)
"Go" by Grimes (Arbutus) watch
"Hideaway" by Kiesza (Island) watch
INDIE
The Tone by BLAUS (Tricycle) what I wrote
"Malachite" by Lydia Ainsworth (Arbutus) watch
ALTERNATIVE
"They Don't Know" by White Sea (Crush) what I wrote
Neuroplasticity by Cold Specks (Mute) what I wrote
ROCK

Familiars by The Antlers (ANTI-)
looks like / what I wrote
FUNK
"Walking With Elephants" by Ten Walls (Phonica) stream
PUNK

For Those Who Stay by PS I Love You (Paper Bag)
what I wrote before / what I wrote after
Feel Something by The History of Apple Pie (Marshall Teller) what I wrote
ELECTRONIC
"Horus" by SLUMBERJACK (onelove)
Alone for the First Time by Ryan Hemsworth (Last Gang) what I wrote
"Seeya" by deadmau5 feat. Colleen D'Agostino (Ultra) stream
How to Run Away by Slow Magic (Downtown) what I wrote
"Bill Murray" by Phantogram (Republic)
Our Love by Caribou what I wrote
FOLK
"Looking Too Closely" by Fink (Ninja Tune) what I wrote
"Glacier" by James Vincent McMorrow (EMI)
HIP HOP
"Fancy (Motez Edit)" by Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX (Island) interview
"0 to 100 / The Catch Up" by Drake (OVO) stream / remixed
POST-ROCK
Rave Tapes by Mogwai (Rock Action) live review
Awake by Tycho (Ghostly International) what I wrote
SCORE
Palo Alto by Devonté Hynes
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time melts like snow off the porch |
2014 was a year that finally put this blog title to use, with the arrival of producers such as Porter Robinson and SLUMBERJACK alongside electronic pop and alternative artists Black Atlass, Tove Lo, Lydia Ainsworth, Vaults, and YOUNG & SICK. It was Last Gang Records' 10th year anniversary; it saw the rise of Fool's Gold, Mad Decent, and the revival of DFA, Mute. There was the surge of English and Australian electronic, French club bangers and tropical house. Everything was remixed... again and again. We went to mass raves.
But beneath this EDM bubble, and if you looked for it, stayed the reassuring presence of sound indie rock, tasteful pop, experimental minimalism, PBRNB / new soul, and skate punk shenanigans. To 2015 we go.