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By Angel Ceballos. Click photos to enlarge.

You know, incase you haven’t smiled today.

“Music will bring them back into it.”

Vinyl Williams - Chroma Heart

Big fan of Vinyl Williams, big fan of this video. Track comes from the new EP Ultimate World released yesterday via Warmest Chord a label who releases records and screen prints.

Pure Bathing Club - Ivory Coast

After I’ve been sitting on this for close to 2 week now, I still haven’t figured out what I’ve wanted to write about this. All that comes back to me is after I heard it, is I immediately pre-ordered the EP from Father / Daughter Records due to the downright gorgeousness of this track. The harmony, the slight jangle, the elevator orchestra, the chord progression, just everything combined. It’s as if you took at the angst from Dum Dum Girls and slowed it down to 3/4ths the BPM they roll on with. My homegirl Jessi should expect some pestering for more tunes from this Portland band.

You can pre-order the album right now [which I highly suggest] and download this track fo’ free.

Blacks& - The Race is On

At the beginning when I first heard this song, I thought I was getting into the California Games (the NES game) soundtrack. But what evolved was this dinnertime-island-surf-pop vibe fueled by “whiskey and head nods”. Consisting of Donald Eley (The Sea of Cortez) and Tiger (NazcarNation) and Jules Bellin (POLLS) and Jutty Shark these L.A.-natives tastey gems that shape a sunny Sunday evening.

They’ve released a little EP [where this song is free] themselves which you can pick up on their bandcamp and iTunes.

Dent May - Best Friend

It’s hard to get over how good this song sounds to me today. I dunno if it’s the Spring-time-needing-Summer feeling I have today or what but this breezy 70s-pop song hits me so right.

New album drops June 12th, 2012 out on Paw Tracks.

Beyoncé has a tumblr now. It’s amaze.

(Source: beyonce)

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Honey Dove (Live)

via holysoul:

Soul is dead?

To answer Holy Soul’s question, I sure hope not.

Lotus Plaza - Strangers

I’ve always found it interesting to listen to solo projects. It’s fun to me to figure out a member of a larger entity brings to the table. This is the solo project of Lockett Pundt, the guitarist for Deerhunter, and given the overall feeling and sound of this and other tracks I’ve heard from him it’s quite evident the vibe he brings. I remember flippin’ my lid when I heard ‘Desire Lines’ off Deerhunter’s latest Halcyon Digest and Lockett was able to showcase his vocal and full-on song writing abilities. So if like me where Desire Lines was your favorite song off Halcyon Digest then this track is definitely for you.

This first single from Lotus Plaza‘s upcoming ‘Strange Action At A Distance’ which was just released this past Monday [4/2/2012] via Kranky.

XXYYXX - Breeze

This Orlando, FL native is probably killin’ it in the hallways of his high school. At just 16 years old he’s created these dripping-wet tracks that should get him a date to prom with the best chick in school. I highly suggest you listen to TIED2U and Love isn’t Made [ft Steffaloo]. They melt brains.

Pick up his album fo’ free thanks to Relief in Abstract Records.