Don't Forget To Dance

Best Coast - “When I’m With You” (from Crazy For You)

Best Coast is an LA-based duo that just released their 1st full-length ablum, Crazy For You. Which I just happen to be currently obsessed with. It’s the perfect album for summer- poppy, lo-fi surf-rock. I definitely think this will end up in my top albums of 2010, so you should go get it if you haven’t, ya fool.

(It’s a good companion to the previously posted Tennis. We definitely seem to have a vibe going here this summer.)

“Marathon” by Tennis

Gee, it’s been awhile.  What is it about the summer and unlimited free time that makes me forget to sit around and waste some time?  But speaking of summer, Tennis (a band that’s mad buzzin’ right now on the biggest time waster of all - the Internet) is  a great band for the current season.  Tennis is a married couple who bought a sailboat and spent eight months sailing around the East Coast.  They wrote some songs about their experience, and the result is some terrifically catchy, instantly endearing, 1950s/60s era surf pop. 

Unfortunately, they only printed 300 copies of their first 7” and it’s already sold out, but with all the buzz I’m sure they’ll print more.  In the meantime, enjoy “Marathon”, which would make a great addition to any summer playlist.

Band of Horses - “Blue Beard” (from Infinite Arms)

I’ve been meaning to post about the latest Band of Horses album since it was released. It’s gotten mixed, or good-but-not-glowing reviews, yet I am pretty enthusiastic about it. I suppose it’s not blazing any new trails in music, I just think it sounds nice. Especially the track “Blue Beard”. It sounds like a song to enjoy while watching the fireflies in your backyard at night.

Gauntlet Hair - I Was Thinking

GAUNTLET HAIR IS: ANDY R. AND CRAIG NICE. WE HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE FIFTEEN YEARS OLD. WE ARE IN LOVE…IN A PLATONIC BFF SORT OF MANNER. THE WRITING OF OUR FULL ALBUM IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. WE WILL HAVE IT FOR YOU SHORTLY. -HAIR HTTP://FORESTFAMILYRECS.COM/

Toro y Moi - You Hid (Studio Session)

1 guy. 3 hours. All instruments.

Off the Causers Of This album, Toro y Moi brings out the chillwave and lets you know it’s ok to disconnect and lay out on your lawn for hours on end. doing. absolutely. nothing.

Here’s the album version for the full synth effects:

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round

Off the Before Today album which was released on June 8th.

Touring now. http://www.arielpink.com

“TAOS” by Menomena (from Mines)

Menomena’s third album, titled Mines, is due for release on July 27th.  This should excite you for the following reasons:

1. Experimental (and yet accessible) indie rock is so hot right now.
2. The guys from Menomena are pretty hot, too.
3. Menomena consistently make fantastic music.
4. From what I heard of it, Mines sounds consistently fantastic.
5. Menomena is just plain fun to say. (Or, if you’re feeling like a Muppet, to sing.)

So get excited already.

Wolf Parade’s “Pobody’s Nerfect” (from Expo 86)

I am completely enamored with Wolf Parade’s third album, Expo 86 (set for release on June 29).  Their sophomore effort, At Mount Zoomer, felt so disjointed and rambling that it left me (and most critics) a bit cold, but the band with more side projects than should be possible seems to have found a way to come together and produce another focused, solidly great rock album that’s almost as good as their debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary.

I read somewhere that Spencer Krug’s main concern with writing and choosing songs for Expo 86 was whether or not he could dance to them, and it’s a benchmark that served them well.  For the most part, the songs on Expo 86 are up-tempo toe tappers, and surprisingly sunny for a band that tends to skew dark. (And that album cover?  Awesome.) 

This one’s a keeper, kids.  Get excited for it.

Arcade Fire - “The Suburbs”

So DFTD isn’t the first to bring you the the new Arcade Fire single off their latest album The Suburbs (set to be released in August)…  Get over it.  

Our friend Paul’s Facebook status said “the new Arcade Fire single sounds like a B-side of Neon Bible, which is lame.”  Get over it.  

Maybe it does, but I still like it.  Get over it.

Morrissey’s “Suedehead”

Moz and I share a birthday, which just so happens to be today.  I believe this is both awesome and bears comment.