Our Life is Music
Let's Dance Already
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DJ Plaidapus - ‘I Remember Shelter (The XX vs. Deadmau5 & Kaskade)’ -
Paris (Ooh La La) - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
I LOVE Grace Potter, can we trade lives please?
(Source: hitplay-getlost)
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Radiohead - The Butcher
Always a fan of Radiohead
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She & Him - Fools Rush In
Zooey Deschanel’s voice is so lovely
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Le Rev - Escape me
Before CC Sheffield teamed up with Tiesto, both versions are great in my opinion!
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Santigold - Go (ft Karen O)
“People want my power, and they want my station.”
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Crystal Castles - Not in Love (ft. Robert Smith of The Cure)
Great Combo these two!
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Karen O - If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
A wonderful cover, Karen does country so well!
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Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
This video & song are pure perfection …. such a great looking band might I add too!
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Jamie XX’s remix of “Rolling In The Deep” by the enchanting Adele. First of all, I love his consistency with using mallet-esque sounds in his work. What’s also impressive is his fearlessness with his arrangement of this song. He withholds the best vocal hook until the middle of the song, flaunting his ability to keep energy in a song while staying fairly minimalist. He kills it when the chorus comes in and suddenly the vocals are treated down an octave. Jamie knows what to mess with and what to leave alone. To put it somewhat obnoxiously: Remaining admirably unconventional whilst preserving the marrow of a song.
If you listen to other remixes of this song, you’re most likely to hear quite in-your-face renditions that, sure, match Adele’s strong voice with busy or loud beats and overused club-y synth bass, but can become monotonously aggressive. I only say this because it seems quite formulaic: 1. Speed up song; 2. Add go-to synthesized bass riff; 3. Follow original structure of song closely; 4. Pad with occasional showy cut-and-mix vocal clips and an uninspired added melody. You might really like the MegaMix remix or Keljet’s, but I just plainly don’t feel like it’s putting anything new on the table for this song. - “No feeling to it, bro.”
So thank you Jamie XX for never compromising your individual sound and technique.
The Old, The New, The Originals & The Remixes. As Long As It Fits The Mood
