Hello everyone! Hope we’re in the mood for some smooth jams. This weekend is all about taking it easy and relaxing…at least for me since I’m finally done my exams and that’s how I do things.

Broken Bells, which is actually comprised of Danger Mouse and lead singer from the Shins James Mercer(two things I already love) , have already put out their album Broken Bells and I’m digging it.

Here’s the song The High Road from their album.

The Ghost Inside is also a good listen.
Listen at GrooveShark.

Never In Order

Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know

Junior Boys – Parallel Lines

Starky – Hey Bang Bang

Band of Horses released a new video for their song Compliments off of their upcoming third album infinite arms.

Exiting!

Got a lot of work this week so I’m just grooving out to some Presets.

Girl and the Sea is a great tune and has an awesome video  ↓

BUT ALSO:

Have I talked about the Valerie and Friends album? If I haven’t then i’m ashamed of myself because it’s totally awesome. Every single track on that thing is pure love. It’s a compilation album featuring the likes of Minitel Rose, Anoorak, Jupiter, College and much more all under the name of Valerie Collective. You can listen to the entire album on Grooveshark right here. DO IT!

SOME PICKS FROM THE ALBUM

Loose Shus – Red Sonja

Electric Youth – Faces

The Outrunners – Runaways

The Joy Formidable – Cradle

Good things come out of England.

Asaf Avidan and the Mojos is a band from Israel and I’ve been listening to their album on GrooveShark all week. The singer has a really captivating voice and he sounds just like Janis Joplin or something.

The song Weak, the fourth song from Avidan’s album The Reckoning is one of those songs that you can just sit down and listen to over and over again because of his unique and soothing vocals.

Also you have to listen to the song Her lies BUT you have to listen to this live session right here. Music starts at around 1:30.

Don’t Forget:

Dirty Goods – Hollywood [youtube]

Dinosaur JR – See you [youtube]

**I’d just like to add that GrooveShark is a totally awesome site for listening to music for free without having to download. If you like a song then you can simply heart it and add it to your playlist. I use this site everyday and just wanted to point it out to anyone who may be looking for a new way to listen to music online! 5 Stars!

Maybe I should start linking to GrooveShark instead of youtube…I hate youtube.

Guys like Reggie Watts, Dub FX and Joe Driscoll are just insanely cool and good at what they do. These artists basically combine their vocal talents with beatboxing, sound effects and an awesome looping pedal instrument to create their songs and style. It’s incredibly fun and addictive to hear them play and is a must listen this week!

I was really digging Reggie Watts’ I Just Want To. It’s so catchy and really fun to watch him put everything together in the video below as you see how he just does his thing.

Also I’d just like to note that I want Reggie’s afro…and I love his suspenders in this haha.

Don’t forget to check out:

Dub FX – Made
Dub FX – Love Someone
Joe Driscoll – Just Once

Seriously i’ve just been browsing dowdenboy‘s Youtube account all morning  he’s got some more amazing videos for these artists and much more!

Marina and the Diamonds are catching momentum in North America which is great for the UK band. For those who were subscribed to the diamond’s newsletter you would also have known that the album The Family Jewels is finally out. Definitely worth a listen if you’ve been a fan and have previously liked tracks that we’ve posted here before.

More treats that came along was that we got a nice free download of the track Hollywood the Fenech Soler remix. This track is definitely a banger and the video for the original Hollywood music video was really well done.  You can listen and watch the original here.

Marina and the Diamonds – Hollywood (Fenech Soler Remix)

Just lay down, close your eyes and listen

White Lies – Farewell To The Fairgrounds [mp3 @  mp3bear]

Maximo Park – Books From Boxes [ mp3 @ zshare]

Filthy Dukes – Somewhere at Sea [mp3 @ mp3bear]

Wow my posts have been coming in huge gaps, I apologize for this. As a consequence my weekend bangers list just keeps growing so consider this the ultimate getting-back-on-track week.

It’ll be filled with knockouts; as usual.

Yeasayer is here with their brand new video for the song Ambling Alp. Love love love them! First time I heard them was way back in April when Annie posted the song Tight Rope on a previous post. The video is definitely a must watch and that’s why I’m featuring it here. Very interesting video but I think it’s fitting.

Good news Ottawa! Woodhands is coming on April 8th at Mavericks! Saw these guys back at the blues fest and it’ll definitely be worth it.
Woodhands – I Can’t See Straight [mp3 zshare]

Don’t forgot to check out their myspace to hear some other fine tunes and buy the album!

Instant Love

White Lies – Death [vimeo]
Pendulum – Hold Your Colour [ mp3 filestube]
Empire of the Sun – Half Mast [mp3 zshare]

**I found that live video for the white lies and decided to post it instead of an mp3 cause I thought it was way worth it. They’re really good live.

Anyways, I think it’s safe to say that we’re trying to shy away from posting youtube videos because they are so unreliable sometimes. On that note: Expect another post as soon as tomorrow!

If I had a club, this is what I’d play. Straight up non-stop dancing and singing throughout the entire night.

DJ’s take note:

this song in particular has been on repeat for the last 3 days… Simian Mobile Disco – I Believe

Simian Mobile Disco – I Believe [mp3]

Personal side note: I also named my fish Simian.

David Guetta – When love takes over [Youtube]
Eric Prydz vs Floyd – Proper Education [filetube]
Alex Gaudino – Watch out[Youtube]

Metronomy – A thing for me