How the shit did I miss...(2012)?

alt-J - "Breeze Blocks"



Everything Everything - "Cough Cough"

Also see: "Kemosabe"

Artist: The Jungle Giants

The Jungle Giants - "She's A Riot"

Very sweet (as in genuinely sugary) band from Brisbane, picked up by Triple J Unearthed. Really catchy and I can't help supporting a good band from my hometown.

On Repeat: SBTRKT

SBTRKT - Trials Of The Past

SBTRKT's self-titled album was out in 2011, but it's only now that a clip for "Trials Of The Past" has been released, throwing it straight back on to repeated-play.

Playlist: Dance, Dance

Some impressive and unusual examples of music video dancing.

1. Janelle Monae - Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow 
3. Radiohead - Lotus Flower
4. Daft Punk - Around The World

5. Nouvelle Vague - Dancing With Myself (using footage from Vivre Sa Vie) 

6. Custard - Girls Like That

7. Michael Jackson - Beat It (come on, dancing and knives?)

8. Chemical Brothers - Do It Again 

9. Slow Club - Two Cousins (featured this before, but how can you not?)

10. Beck - Hell Yes

11. Missy Higgins - Unashamed Desire (pretty good actually!)

12. Will Smith - Men In Black

13. Beirut - Elephant Gun

Playlist: A Lifetime Ago

Okay, so 2006 - 2009 wasn't that long ago, but in 2006 I was 18 and that feels like a very long time ago now. In 2006 it was my first year at uni - a time of my life that I genuinely treasure and that shaped who I am today. Anyway, enough of that, here's some music I was grinding to during those years.

1. Camille - Ta Douleur
1. Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (weird video, please excuse)
2. TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
3. The Strokes - You Only Live Once
4. Sarah Blasko - Flame Trees (Cold Chisel cover)
5. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
6. !!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Must Be The Moon
7. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
8. The Books - Tokyo
9. Midnight Juggernauts - Into The Galaxy
10. The Rapture - Don Gon Do It
11. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battle The Pink Robots Part 1
12. Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road
13. Pavement - Range Life
14. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
15. Klaxons - Atlantis To Interzone
16. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
17. Black Keys - Midnight In Her Eyes
18. Infadels - Love Like Semtex
19. Justice Vs Simian - We Are Your Friends
20. Feist - My Moon, My Man
21. Hot Chip - Over And Over
22. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
23. Bloc Party - Banquet
24. DJ Shadow - Six Days