FunJunkie's 2010 Summer Burn!

For the fourth or fifth year in a row now, i'm participating in FunJunkie's annual Summer Burn. Essentially, the fine chaps over at the site host an annual "mix swap" with anyone who signs up to participate. To prove you're not a wanker who just wants free CDs for nothing, you have to sign up ahead of time and even send them a postcard to prove you are for reals, but other than that, it's just putting together a mix of just about anything one that you, the sender, feel is "summer-y" music. Pretty simple, eh?

In return for your efforts, you are supposed to receive two random mixes from two random folks who also are in the mix mastering mood. Unfortunately, i think i'm batting under .500 in the receipt department over the past few years, but i do it because i love making mixes. It's called the Summer Burn as CDs are due to be sent out on the actual summer solstice, but, as usual, i'm a couple of days behind. However, my mixes officially are done, i've spent all morning working on the covers, and they'll be in the mail first thing tomorrow (still need The Missus to help a bit with the covers, what with me having sausage fingers and all). But why should the fun stop with two random strangers when i can share the fruits of my loom with literally hundreds, if not thousands, of random strangers?

Now, i'm leaving a couple of tracks off these posts (Part II to follow shortly, but blogger.com only allows for so many labels per post, so...) because A. i don't want to raise the ire of any lawyers bitching about recent releases and B. gotta have a lil' sumfin' special for the folks who actually signed up, right?

Many of these tracks already have been recommended here at LET, but when combined into one mix, well, they'll probably cause an aural orgasm the likes of which your undergarments may not survive, so consider yourself forewarned. For hot, sticky nights. Drugs not included, but certainly not discouraged, either.

Without further ado, Burn, Baby, Burn, Part the First.

mp3: When I'm With You (Best Coast from Best Coast 7" )

mp3: Blackmagic (José James from Blackmagic)

mp3: Snowflake (Malachai from Ugly Side of Love)

mp3: When I'm Small (Phantogram from Eyelid Movies)

mp3: Lovers' Carvings (Bibio from Ambivalence Avenue)

mp3: All I Want (Joni Mitchell from Blue)

mp3: Sweepstakes ft. Mos Def and Hynotic Brass Ensemble (Gorillaz from Plastic Beach)

mp3: Beautiful People (The Books from The Way Out)

mp3: Sole Brother (Born Ruffians from Say It)

mp3: Dontchusee (Chin Chin from Chin Chin)

mp3: Go Outside (The Cults from The Cults 7")

mp3: Where's Danny? (Danny! from Where's Danny? )

mp3: At Last (The Dø from A Mouthful)

mp3: We All Wanna Be Prince (Felix Da Housecat from He Was King)

mp3: Photo Shoot (Gucci Mane Remix) (Flying Lotus from Adult Swim and Beaterator present ATL RMX)

mp3: Fresh Hex (ft. Beck) (Tobacco from Maniac Meat)

mp3: We Are Water (HEALTH from Get Color)

mp3: Hurry Up and Wait (Nocando from Jimmy the Lock)

Another Late Free Music Friday: The Swedey, Flowery, Fraternally, Poorly Lit, Grandfatherly, Mostly Honkified, Somewhat Soulful Edition

Ah yes, the joys of blogging. i had almost forgotten how nice you feel on my bare feet, all squishy like between the toes.

Just because i've been busier than a one-winged pigeon at an all-you-can-eat popcorn buffet doesn't mean my metaphorical skills have improved one bit. Fortunately, that hasn't stopped anyone from sending me all sorts of freebie music to share with the unwashed masses.

If you've read here for any amount of time, you know i'm just silly for damn near anything from our Scandinavian brothers and sisters. The People's Record, the latest from Club 8 due on May 18, 2010, is no exception. Lead single "Western Hospitality," in addition to clearly speaking to my day job in the hotel industry, is full of the "woah-oh-oh-ohs" that makes any song a rump shaker. Throw in those soaring keys, funky drums and come hither vocals, and the neighbors might damn well feel like calling the law because there's little doubt you're going to want to blast this one at maximum volume at your next get together, key party, swingers affair, neighborhood block gathering, etc. On a tangentially related note, is it just me or is lead singer Karolina Komstedt a ringer for a young Jenna Elfman?

mp3: Western Hospitality (Club 8 from The People's Record)

As long as we're talking about joyously spastic music perfect for white person booty wiggling (not that brown, black, yellow, polka dotted and any other colored asses aren't welcome, too), Fang Island has a new eponymous one out, and lead single "Daisy" sounds a bit like Vampire Weekend, but with a bit more testicular fortitude. i just realized whilst penning the prior sentence that Vampires have fangs, but i'm not sure if there's any kind of weekend island plans the undead have of which any vacationers should be aware. i'll leave that to each of you to determine for yourselves individually, but LET accepts no responsibility for any Nosferatusian hickeys.

mp3: Daisy (Fang Island from Fang Island)

Changing the tenor of things completely, but not ratcheting down the good times one iota, Born Ruffians are here with their latest single, "Sole Brother," from Say It (due out June 1, 2010). This is a slower number than the aforementioned, but it's got a similar kooky groove those indie kids are just so darned mad for these days.

mp3: Sole Brother (Born Ruffians from Say It)

To bring down the honkey factor of today, here are a couple of new gems from my fave hip-hop label, Stones Throw. Using his recent Ethiopium as fodder, Oh No has remixed the Whitefield Brother's "The Gift." What's more, it appears Now-Again has signed artist Dimlite, hinting that future releases are in the works.

mp3: The Gift (Whitefield Brothers ft. Edan Y Mr. Lif from Earthology)

mp3: Diana Won't (from Dimlite)

To end on a paler note, every one's favorite pa's pa, Jason Lytle, dropped a new video and hints that he's forming a new band with members of Earlimart and Grandaddy, apparently called Admiral Radley. Hopefully, much more on this to follow.

Jason Lytle "Wonder Why In LA" from jason lytle on Vimeo.