happy new year

Hope you guys had a good holiday, here are a couple things I've been enjoying lately. Regularly scheduled posting will resume tomorrow:

I received a myspace friend request from El Guincho, who's also a member of Barcelona's tribal/psych pop outfit Coconot. On his sample-heavy Alegranza solo LP, El Guincho draws from the worlds of tropicalia, afrobeat, dub, and elsewhere to create an ethereal summer pop gem in the vein of Person Pitch. And we know how I feel about that.

mp3:
El Guincho fata morgana
El Guincho final de archipielago

(in fairness, these are two of his most Animal Collective-iest songs. check out the more african and brasilian-influenced jams at his myspace page)

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elsewhere:

Mumdance turned Diplo's remix of the Black Lips' "Veni Vidi Vici" into this weird grime-psych jam, with a little help from East London MC Jammer:

(via Mad Decent)

mp3:
black lips x diplo x mumdance veni vidi vici (feat. jammer)

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finally:

We spent New Year's Eve at the Mohawk in Austin with White Denim, Pink Nasty, and Brazos. They formed a six-piece mega-WD that was pretty fucking amazing. Here are a couple shots:

white denim

pink denim

white denim