Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand Video

Duck Sauce's Barbra Streisand video came out a few days ago. It's everything that's fun about New York City in 3 minutes and 14 seconds.

Barbra Streisand (Fare Soldi Remix) - Duck Sauce

Florence + The Machine x Robert Palmer

Florence's Welch's voice is undeniably sexy in this 1986 classic. This has been out for months already but I just got wind of it today.

Addicted To Love (Robert Palmer Cover) - Florence + The Machine

Midnight Magic x Jacques Renault

It's so funky, I'm gonna die! NYC-based disco group Midnight Magic has yet make waves on the blogosphere. The group has three former members of Brooklyn's Hercules & Love Affair: Andrew Raposo, Morgan Wiley and Carter Yasutake. To add to that, it's a must to know that Andrew and Morgan were once part of a Dim Mak project called Automato, where they worked with Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser of Holy Ghost!. The other awesome members of the group are Tiffany Roth, Caito Sanchez, Nick Roseboro, Jason Disu and Max Goldman.

Beam Me Up - Midnight Magic

Jacques Renault, one of NYCs resident DJs, lays the grooviest beats he's got onto this track. Pure genius!

Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix) - Midnight Magic

If you're in New York, make sure to catch them at Highline Ballroom tomorrow (Friday, the 24th) at 10:30PM or at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 6 at 8PM.

Mayer Hawthorne x Classixx

Not holistically as soulful as his other tracks, but the vocals are still dead on. This being a Classixx production, you'll hear the signature synths and beats they've been using on their past couple of remixes.

No Strings (Produced by Classixx) - Mayer Hawthorne

Napoleon In Rags

The people over at Tenga Music sent over this track and it immediately caught my attention. Great stuff out of Swindon, England.

Napoleon In Rags find a perfect balance between heartfelt emotional songwriting and raw, ballsy indie with a lo-fi edge. One of the most exciting live new bands you'll see, they've already wowed audiences on the Glastonbury BBC introducing stage and have supported indie a-listers such as Bombay Bicycle Club and Babyshambles.

Their next London date is a headline performance at the hugely popular Bangers and Mash club night at 93 Feet East on October the 2nd, which will feature DJ sets from Metronomy and DJ@WAR amongst others.

Don't Let It Out - Napoleon In Rags

The Heavy + The Dead Weather

If Giselle says it isn't a shoe, it isn't a shoe!

The Heavy is a Neo Soul/Indie Rock band from England. The guitars are face-melting and the vocals that are reminiscent of James Brown add the perfect groove. Who would have ever thought of such a combination.

How Do You Like Me Now? - The Heavy

The Dead Weather is an alternative rock band from Nashville, Tennesee. They are often referred to as a supergroup because of the big names that comprises it: Alison Mossheart (The Kills), Jack White (The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs). This track is from their second album, Sea of Cowards that came out last May.

I Can't Hear You - The Dead Weather

Toro Y Moi @ Daytrotter

Chaz Bundick made an appearance at Daytrotter recently. He left with a few of his tracks stripped down to the core of goodness. Beautiful acoustics. This is one for the headphones! You can download the session here.

Low Shoulder (Daytrotter Session) - Toro Y Moi

Talamak (Daytrotter Session) - Toro Y Moi

MillionYoung

My classes aren't as big as this but it sure does portray the whiteboard with precision. Those scribbles, along with the comfort of my seat caused me to fall asleep in class this morning for a few seconds at a time. Anyway, as I walked out of the building and back to my apartment, this song came on. Perfect for the cool weather that just came without notice.

Mien - MillionYoung

Bonus: I've heard this song countless times on the radio station that my parents like listening to back home in Manila. Came across it on some of my daily reads and thought it was really funky edit. If the previous one isn't fit to get you through your Manic Monday, then this surely will!

What a Fool Believes (Mad Mats Rework) - The Doobie Brothers

September Playlist

As promised, the September mixtape is out today. Welcome to the -ber months people!

Download the mix here. 64.21MB

Tracklist:

1. Summer Camp - Round The Moon
2. Etherea - It IS You!
3. Pepper Rabbit - Older Brother
4. The Strange Boys - Be Brave
5. The Five One - Mandatory
6. Jamaica - Jericho
7. Zoot Woman - It's Automatic
8. Eli Paperboy Reed - Just Like Me
9. Letherette - Blad
10. Reporter - Click Shaw (Runaway Remix)
11. Ra Ra Riot - Boy (RAC Remix)
12. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (Anoraak Remix)

Nightriders

Nightriders are the Boston dance duo; Matt Johnson and Joe Faria, where a chance meeting in 2004 at Boston’s legendary superclub, Avalon, (and many drinks later); formed a solid friendship. They list influences such as Quincy Jones, Brothers Johnson and the modern styles of Daft Punk, Groove Armada, Sebastian Tellier, Jamiroquai, Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx, Air, and Royksopp.

This track is drenched in funk. The guitar licks and the synthesizers hypnotize your body unknowingly. I'll definitely make it a point to see these guys when I head up to Boston at the end of this month.

Keep It Comin' - Nightriders

I know that East Coast is just waiting for Hurricane Earl to pass us by so that we can all have a nice Labor Day weekend. This should be enough though to get the weekend started the right way.

I also haven't been on top of my game with posts the past 2 weeks because I've been busy attending to school and some other freelance gigs. Should return to daily posts next week! And the September Mixtape is out this Sunday so check back then.