The Anti Hype

One my guilty pleasures in a song is a great bass line and the use of a hi-hat. So I thought I’d make a post about songs that have just that. This is sort of a spur-of-the-moment thing, so we’ll see how this works, if it does at all.

First is the song that made me think of this idea. Lousy Reputation by We Are Scientists. A three piece rock suit that delivers rock with no filler. Stream their full album here.

Then there is Giddy Stratospheres by The Long Blondes. A really good English indie rock band, also could be called glamour punk, whatever that means. Buy the album (really worth it) or song here.

(And I Was A) Boy From School by Hot Chip has a bit of disco/dance vibe to it. The whole album is actually worth checking out and buying. This too comes along with a cool video.

Moving along, this remix of Justice‘s D.A.N.C.E. by Mstrkrft is simply killer. Personally, I like it more than the original song. I’m still not sure as to what I think of Justice though. I actually found this one via Kidz by Colette.

You’ll probably recognize this by Daft Punk. It’s recorded on a handheld so it has bad sound quality and isn’t the full thing but you’ll get the mp3 further down it’s simply but a taste of hi-hat goodness. Alex actually told me about them, so long ago.

Frase+Bri is a duo from New Zealand, creating what I’ve read as rave-pop. 8hr Crush will get anyone moving. You can stream it here.

Émilie Simon is an incredibly talented French singer. She released a US album at the end of last year but has several others. Not only can she compose and play several instruments, she’s also kinda cute and by “kind of cute”, I mean very cute. Watch and listen to some interviews with her here. Most importantly though watch this and then watch her live here.

“On the other Side” by the Strokes is quite a contender. To be quite honest, I was very impressed with their third album First Impressions of Earth. I just found their first two albums to be sort of the same and didn’t think they many distinct songs. That’s just me though.

Finally, I’ll end on a jazzy note, click on this link but don’t watch the video, you’ll just go “wtf.” Don’t watch, just listen to it. That my friends is “Dance Me To The End Of Love” by Madeline Peyroux, her voice is reminiscent of Billie Holiday… Buy the album here, or at least the song.

Download the whole shabang here (90mb), plus a few extra songs. This is the first in many playlist posts, we’re in the works of integrating some more stuff to make it everything better but the music cannot wait!

Ok so I lied… one more thing that I have to post, simply because I mentioned hi-hat and bass. Do you know the only thing that could make that better? A synth-line.

At first listen, I just dismissed it as some throwaway pop song, but clocking in longer than five minutes, I’m not sure, although the radio edit is cut by around a minute. I only listened to the full version of this song about a few months ago though. It also made me wonder how much, if any, of Madonna’s material she comes up with, but I suppose with this type of music it doesn’t really matter. To further extend a rant, just because a song is played on the radio and sort of pop-ish doesn’t make it a bad song…at least not most of the time.

-Erick

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