GvsB II is only a few short weeks away (July 28) at the Granada Theater here in Dallas. We’ll have a limited number of shirts (pictured below) available at the show and free posters for the first 100 or so people through the door, but for those of you that can’t make it, we’re giving away 5 shirt + poster packs right here. Just leave your name and your favorite song of 2012 so far in the comments below + like us on facebook, and I’ll pick 5 winners the week of the show. And of course, if you’d like to see Glass Candy, Chromatics, Twin Sister, Taken By Trees, Laurel Halo and A.Dd+ at the party of the summer, you can still grab tickets here.
Fineshrine!
Fineshrine – Purity Ring … William Kammler
Oblivion!
Here, in heaven 4 & 5
Beach house – troublemaker
my favorite song this summer that i am obsessed with is “big parade” by the lumineers. their album is on repeat at the moment.
i would love this poster shirt set! we can’t make it and i am completely bummed. but at least its a night of snuggles for my 2 year old.
There are so many songs that are my favorite of 2012.. hmm just to pick one.. it will be… Chromatics’ ” Back from the Grave ” a very lovely song to hear all year long.
shit it looks like i copied Cory’s! Fineshrine is my favorite but my second favorite is definitely Doused by DIIV
peaking lights – hi lo
lo hi *
DIIV “Doused”
five seconds…….
Lady.
Zoom by Last Dinosaurs!
“Lady” by Chromatics
Five Seconds by Twin Shadow.
We bought tixs to the show & cannot make it because we’be been called out of town on business! Ugh! Any idea what we can do with sellling or giving away our tickets?
Favorite song so far this year…hard to choose! I’m still really digging Sarah Jaffe’s “Glorified High”.
Can’t wait for Purity Ring’s album on the 24th!
Thanx for all the music!
We have the best onLake Lewisville because due to your monthly mixes!
Wow! I’ve completely impressed myself with the typos in that post. :o( I’ll slap myself for that one. Sorry folks!
Chromatics – Kill for Love
My Ma
Grimes – Eight
Wasted Days by Cloud Nothings
ZZZ Top
Cloud Nothings – “Wasted Days”
Hi,
Oddisee – Maybes from People Hear What They See.
Diiv- “doused”
“Obedear”- purity ring
Oh &
“Sinful Nature”- bear in heaven
the Lumineers- Big Parade
Burial – “Ashtray Wasp”
Friendzone – Rest
Tomas Barfod – Broken Glass
Fire’s Highway – Japandroids
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland – The Narcissist
Dirty Projectors – Just From Chervon
i still love oblivion
Favorite song of 2012 so far is “Fall In” by Cloud Nothings
Mozart’s sister-don’t leave it to me
Chromatics – Into the Black
Chromatics – Kill for Love
So far, my favorite song of 2012 has been “Hallways” by Islands.
Give Out by Sharon Van Etten
Just Friends – Avalanche
Afria talks to you- Delicate Steve
Fiona Apple “werewolf”
beach house – other people
still loving ‘mountain eyes’ by grimes’ boy, majical cloudz
And the Girls -Donora
✢ Moons – Wave At Night ✢
Lone- Spirals (feat. Anneka)
Dusty Rhodes by Lotus Plaza!!
Noah Berthiaume. Pyramids by Frank Ocean.
Videotapes by Blouse
Circumambient – Grimes..
Really Grimes whole Visions album is fabulous!
John Talabot – Depak Ine
Animal Collective – “Honeycomb”
Climax ft. Diplo Brian Ducoffe
My favorite song is Get Free by Major Lazor
Peaking Lights – Cosmic
Tides
h e r e, i n h e a v e n 4 & 5 (CFCF Remix)
my favorite song of 2012 thus far has definitely been “Obedear” by Purity Ring.
It’s a shame I won’t be able to make the show because I’ll be out of town at a honor society convention in Brenham. I really hope I win =)
Dead Pontoon by Toro y Moi
Song of the year is a tie between two Purity Ring songs – “Grandloves” because Megan and Issac know how to do a duet right and “Saltkin” because 2:46 is to die for. Yeeuh. <3
“So Will Be Now…” – John Talabot
Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute
“hidden (sportag mix)” by erika spring
Alunageorge- Just a touch
FM Belfast “Stripes” or “Lupine Dominus” by Thee Oh Sees
“Just For Chervon” by Dirty Projectors
Kill For Love – Chromatics
“Brodermordet” by War
“Beautiful Son” – Peaking Lights
memoryhouse….the kids were wrong
COME BACK by LOTUS PLAZA
Fitzpleasure Alt-J !
OverDoz. – Lauren London
First Wave – Ital
Mount Eerie – Through the Trees pt. 2
Gotham by AnCo
Or oh no wait, There’s A Light Out On The Horizon (Drumless) by Chromatics
Chromatics – Hands In The Dark! :)
“Clouds” by Deep Time. So absurdly catchy!
Odd Future – Oldie
Goddess Eyes II by Julia Holter
Fineshrines by Purity Ring
Hardknock (ft. CJ Fly) by Joey Bada$$
Irene by Beach House
You With Air by Young Magic
Jai Paul – jasmine
Too Late by Spiritualized
World Domination (Prod. MF DOOM) by Joey Bada$$
Just Friends – Avalanche
Jessie Ware – 110%
danny brown – grown up <3
Storm by Django Django
Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure Remix)
TOPS – VII Babies
Glorified High by Sarah Jaffe
Tiger Waves: “Weekends”
Big Beast by Killer Mike
Summer Heart – I wanna go or Chromatics – Back from the grave
The River – Chromatics
love is luck, the walkmen
Doused – DIIV
Love is Luck by The Walkmen
animal collective – honeycomb
Long Long Thoughts – The Resonars (Trouble In Mind)
Oblivion by Grimes
Here in Heaven 4 & 5 (CFCF Remix) – Elite Gymnastics
seriously, this is a killer track
Ruin by Cat Power
Myth by Beach House
Same here.
high summer by jj
Dressed For Space by Trust
Lemonade-Neptune
The House That Heaven Built – Japandroids
Grimes + Blood Diamonds “Phone Sex”
The River – Chromatics
Elite Gymnastics – Here In Heaven (CFCF Remix)
Grimes – Circumambiant
Better Days by Young Prisms
Symmetry – City of Dreams
Get Free – Major Lazer
Phedre – In Decay
Grimes – “Oblivion”
Killer Mike – Southern Fried
The whole Death Grips album
Twin Shadow – Five Seconds
Floating Spit – Perfume Genius
IO Echo – When The Lillies Die
Jessie Ware- Wildest Moments
Chromatics, “These Streets Will Never Look The Same Again”
Beach House – Wild
Walk The Moon – Anna Sun
Beach House – Lazuli
CHURCHES – Lies
Andrew Bird – Sifters had me until you posted Lykke Li’s cover of Silver Spring the other day. Can’t get enough.
Bear In Heaven- Idle Heart
“Blueberry (Pills & Cocaine)” Danny Brown
Beach House – Wishes
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Baby”
Tycho’s remix of Little Dragon’s Little Man!
Twin Shadow —-Five Seconds
Myth by Beach House
Outer Limitz – I Kontact
Chromatics – Back From the Grave
Jai Paul – Jasmine
Phedre – In Decay
Friends -ruins
ghost loft – seconds
M.I.A. Bad girls
what happened with the Peaking Lights test pressing contest?
“Pyramids” – Frank Ocean
Stay Useless– Cloud Nothings
David Byrne & St. Vincent- Who
Chromatics – Lady
Five-way tie…
Twin Shadow – “Five Seconds”
Nite Jewel – “One Second Of Love”
Chairlift – “Amanaemonesia”
Beach House – “Myth”
The Walkmen – “Love Is Luck”
chairlift-i belong in your arms
TIE
Frankie Rose // The Fall
+
Chromatics // Back from the Grave
Azure Blue – Seasons
icona pop- i love it
Gun Has No Trigger – Dirty Projectors
iamamiwhoami – sever
Here, in heaven 4, 5 ELITE GYMNASTICS !!
Erika Spring – Hidden (Jensen Sportag Remix)
chromatics, the streets will never look the same
Threeway
Phedre :: In Decay
x
John Maus :: Bennington
x
The Alchemist Ft. Danny Brown :: Flight Confirmation
Ellie Goulding – High for this
Japandroids – House That Heaven Built
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: baby
The Page – Chromatics
It’s a tie between
Five Seconds by Twin Shadow
&
Nowhere by Wild Nothing
L$D – Don’t Smoke My Blunt Bitch
Fiona Apple, HOT KNIFE
Ty Segall Band – Wave Goodbye
Troublemaker by Beach House
Ty Segall & White Fence- Time
Theme Park – “Two Hours”
Chairlift – Amanaemonesia
“Kill for Love” by Chromatics is still my favorite song of 2012.
Nightmusic – Grimes
Major Lazer – Get Free feat. Amber
Goddess Eyes II – Julia Holter
Ab-Soul – Terrorist Threats ft. Danny brown
Beach Fossils- youth
Ty Segall & White Fence – “Time”
Tie between
Usher-Climax and Beach House-Myth
Yoyo G vs B
///Wild-Beach House///
Tears – Health
For me it’s The Hours, Beach House.
Major Lazer – Get Free
“Don’t Owe Me A Thing” by Pavla & Noura.
LIARS-brats
Daughn Gibson : Lookin’ Back On ’99
d’Eon Transparaency Pt. II
Kill for love- chromatics
Father John Misty – “Only Son Of A Ladies Man”
Usher’s Climax, obviously
No. 1 Against the Rush- Liars
Beach House – New Year
Daniel Rossen- Silent Song
Chromatics – Into the Black
Blood Diamonds feat. Grimes – Phone Sex
Swing Lo Magellan — Dirty Projectors
Chromatics– “Back from the Grave”
Love Love Love – Of Monsters and Men
Grimes – Genesis
Jai Paul – Jasmine(Demo)
Purity Ring – Odebear
Vowels=space and time- Grimes
Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute
Pond – Elegant Design
Grimes – Oblivion
Back From The Grave, Chrimatics :)
Purity Ring – Obedear
A$AP Rocky – Goldie
Chromatics, Back From The Grave
Laurel Halo – Thaw
Cheers.
Elvis Depressedly – Warm Wolves(Milking Mary)
Conditioning – Cadence Weapon
Flight Facilities – With You feat. Grovesnor, by far the best song of the year.
Frank Ocean – Pyramids
Phèdre – Aphrodite !!!
Cam Wolf:
Fineshrine — Purity Ring
Chromatics – The River
Young Jesus – Family and Friends
Frank Ocean – Pyramids
Daniel Rossen Up on High
SCHOOLBOY Q – HANDS ON THE WHEEL
lower dens – propagation
peaking lights – beautiful son
Forgot to leave my name on my first holler.
It’s a tie between
Five Seconds by Twin Shadow
&
Nowhere by Wild Nothing
Sunless ’97 – Body Weather
Lemonade-Neptune!
beach house- Irene
Osiris of the East – SpaceGhostPurpp
Gossip
War – Brodermordet
“Baby” – Dean Blunt &I Inga Copeland
Purity Ring-Fineshrine
Burial- ashtray wasp
Time by Ty Segall and White Fence
(Nico Jaar + Sasha Spielberg) – Avalanche
CHROMATICS = KILL FOR LOVE
Nicolas Jaar-BBC Radio 1 Mix-”Conversation on Twin Peaks”
Purity Ring – Odebear
ombre – cara falsa
single mothers – hell (is my backup plan)
Beach House – Lazuli
lower dens – brains
Beach House – Literally every song from Bloom. Or “The Hours”.
grimes – circumambient
doldrums – egypt
A$AP Rocky – Goldie
Death Grips – The Fever (Aye Aye)
Phèdre – Aphrodite
Lemonde – Softkiss
Chief Keef – I Don’t Like
ok-you win
Definatly DIIV – Doused.
German Error Message – Some Storms
violens-der microarc
DIIV- how long have you known
Five Seconds – Twin Shadow
Erika Spring – Hidden
favorite song from 2012 so far is definitely lotus plaza – monoliths
Marco Meza – “DANNY BROWN – Grown Up”
Genesis- Grimes
“Ashen Snow” – Dirty Three
PURITY RING – OBEDEAR
Pure Bathing Culture – Silver Shore’s Lake
“Hammer Meets Tongs”-Lorelei
Oneohtrix Point Never – I Only Have Eyes For You (remake)
Gun Has No Trigger – Dirty Projectors
Grimes – Be a Body (侘寂)
dignan porch – sad shape
Usher – Climax
Lofticries – Purity Ring
killer mike ft. el-p – butane (champion’s anthem)
Action Bronson – Bird on a Wire
Beach House – Myth
Purity Ring – Fineshrine
POLIÇA–Dark Star. Those t-shirts are awesome and I’ve been listening to the GvsBII Mixtape a few times a week since you released it. I forgot how much I loved that TTA vs Taken by Trees remix. Good luck on your concert!
TOPS – VII Babies
Spiritualized – Hey Jane
Chromatics – Kill for Love
Basil Nikolopoulos
Grimes – Be a Body
Caleb Croy
Twin Shadow-Slow
Five Seconds – Twin Shadow
Beach House – New Year
Chris Cottel
Terrorist Threats–Ab Soul
l$d – don’t smoke my blunt bitch
The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather
Grimes – Oblivion
“Baby” All 3 of ‘em
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafiti
Donnie Emerson
Hacker – Death Grips
Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute
Beat Connection- In the Water
Daniel Rossen- Saint Nothing
John Talabot – So Will Be Now (feat. Pional)
Twin Shadow-You Call Me On
Lotus Plaza – Strangers
Saint Motel, 1997 :) Great track!
Dirty projectors-Gun has no trigger
antlers – drift dive
Irene – Beach House
The Tallest Man On Earth – Little Brother
Jai Paul – jasmine
Cloud Nothings – No Sentiment
Just Friends – Avalanche xo
Fireshrine by Purity Ring.
Purity Ring – Fineshrine
Iamamiwhoami – Kill
Pure Bathing Culture – Silver Shores Lake
Cosmic Waves – Peaking Lights
Friends – Va Fan Gor Du!
Daughter – Medicine
Lower Dens- Alphabet Song
Molly Nilsson – (Won’t Somebody) Take Me Out Tonight
Grimes – anything but especially Oblivion
Honeycomb – Animal Collective
Dirty Projectors – gun has no trigger
Honeycomb – Animal Collective
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: “Baby”
Phone Sex – Blood Diamonds ft/Grimes
Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
Diiv – doused
Beach House – The Hours
Obedear by Purity Ring for sure.
QueenS by THEESatisfaction
Animal Collective – “Gotham”
Just Friends – Avalanche
‘Honeycomb’ – Animal Collective
Lady – Chromatics
iamamiwhoiam – Drops
In Seattle. Wish I could go.
World Tour — “Believe”
Beach House – Irene
iamamiwhoami – Kill
Chromatics – Birds of Paradise
White Birds – Hondora
Drift Dive – The Antlers
Chromatics – Lady
DREAMBEAT – PEAKING LIGHTS
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Yeasayer – Longevity
At Home-Crystal Fighters
Tiny Victories – Lost Weekend
Genesis – Grimeszzzzzz
Favorite song of 2012 – Anenon, “The Sea and the Stars” off Inner Hue on Non Projects
Grimes – Genesis
I think Purity Ring’s Lofticries is technically a 2011 release, so I’ll say that White Fence’s “It Will Never Be” is one of my favorite jams of the year.
Alt-J – Breezeblocks
Icona Pop-I Love It
Beach House – Irene
Fear of Men – “Green Sea”
James Blackshaw – Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Mount Eerie – Through The Trees pt.2
Hard to beat Charli XCX’s HEARTBREAKS AND EARTHQUAKES mixtape, but I’d say Grimes’ Oblivion……or maybe Chromatics Into the Black.
Major Lazer ft. Amber – Get Free
I have no Facebook :(
Chromatics – Kill For Love
It’s a tie between Jasmine by Jai Paul and Portals by Nathaniel Eras.
Beach House – Irene
Chet Faker – Terms and Conditions and I really need a new T-Shirt.
Grown Up – Danny Brown
Grimes – Nightmusic (feat. Magical Cloudz)
Imhotep by JIIIIIM
^ ^ ^
Tough question, but I’m going to go with Sleepy Sun “Stivey Pond”.
Chromatics – These Streets Will Never Look the Same
Beach House – Equal Mind
Grown Up – Danny Brown
Grimes – Nightmusic
Beach House – The Hours
Burial & Four Tet – Nova
Beach House-Irene
The Magnetic Fields – Quick!
kitty pryde – ok cupid
Animal Collective – Honeycomb :)
“Only In My Dreams” – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Jai Paul :: jasmine
:)
“Back from the Grave” – Chromatics
“Civilian” by Wye Oak. T-shirt or no t-shirt it’s an absolutely stellar tune!
whoops, i meant “spiral” by Wye Oak
Shadows On Stars – “Here”
Estate- “tripp em up”
Lotus Plaza – Jet Out Of The Tundra :D
Lemonade – “Neptune”
it’s still gotta be:
schoolboy q x asap rocky – hands on the wheel
though twin shadow’s ’5 seconds’ is current fav
Lost _ Frank Ocean
ON FIRE
Beach house – Anything!!!
purity ring-obdear
Genesis by the lovely Grimes!
Made my year by far.
Five Seconds – Twin Shadow
Frank Ocean Orange Swim everysong
Dean Blunt and Igna Copeland // “The Narcissist”
Oli Slack- Wonderland… Hands down for sure
Blood Diamonds – Grins X Charli XCX
My favorite of 2012 thus far is Delta Rae’s “Bottom of the River”. Rare to hear something so unique on Letterman.
Sarah Eisenlohr… My favorite song of 2012 is Summer Camp “Always”
Chromatics- Kill for Love
Beach House-Myth
Sweet Life- Frank Ocean
BEACH HOUSE – WILD (hands down)
Blood Diamonds ft. Grimes – “Phone Sex”
Seapony – Always
Burial & Four Tet – Nova
Grimes – genesis
two inch punch – moonstruck
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Baby
“Ima Read” by Zebra (fucking) Katz ft. Njena Reddd Foxxx
Hanging On – Active Child
or
Little Black Submarines – The Black Keys
Yo! Time to win some tshirts, but first!
Gardens and Villa – Black Hills
King Tuff – Bad Thing
Holograms – Chasing my mind
Mister Lies – Cleam
Parentz – I believe I can Die
damn, i would love to be at this
show but i’m too damn broke to
travel that far! oh well, one of
these prize packs would make a
great consolation prize! :-D
my favorite track so far this year
has to be hands down lo hi by the
amazing peaking lights. no other
song has taken me to such heights.
Lotus Plaza – Remember Our Days
Back to the Grave – Chromatics
How embarrassing, Back *from the Grave – Chromatics
How can you have “a” favorite of 2012? There are so many. Twin Shadow’s – 5 sec of your heart or Holy Other – Held, i guess. Thanks for the awesome music you bring to this site. Love it.
Chromatics – Kill for Love
grimes – oblivion
chromatics – kill for love
danny brown – molly ringwald
Grimes – Oblivion
Beach House – Myth
Major Lazer – Get Free feat. Amber from Dirty Projectors
and the new one Toro y Moi x Tyler, The Creator – Hey You
Zebra Katz – Ima Read
Flight Confirmation (Feat. Danny Brown & ScHoolboy Q) – The Alchemist
Moonface: Heartbreaking Bravery
Please Be My Third Eye – La Sera
Hacker- Death Grips
grizzly bear – sleeping ute
track: Plural Sex by You Slut! (UK math rock group)
like…check
Myth – Beach House
Haitus Kaiyote – Nakamarra
Twin shadow five seconds love your mixes every month thanks
Lazuli- Beach House
Blood Diamonds x Grimes – Phone Sex!
Fang Island – “Asunder”
laurel halo-light & space
Monoliths….lotus plaza
Beach House-Lazuli
Look Out For Detox – Kendrick Lamar
Seams – “Punch”
Liars – “No.1 Against The Rush”
Nice Face – “Equipped”
Sulk- Trust
Oblivion by Grimes
Twin Shadow – 5 seconds
Major Lazer – Get free
Dirty Projectors – Just From Chevron
Myth by Beach House
grimes – oblivion
Alt J – Fitzpleasure
ZacK from champion of birds.
Sun Airway – Close
Wherever, Boy- LA Vampires x Octo Octa