Hercules & Love Affair Video

Hercules and Love Affair do a pretty righteous version of Daniel Wang's "Like Some Dream", which I posted here a few months ago, before transitioning into their own song "True False / Fake Real". Props to the trombone player, he's pulling off some nice trills even though he's puffing out his cheeks which is like the first thing they teach you not to do in middle school band class.



If you were wondering, that black guy dancing around doesn't play an instrument or sing in any of the other videos, he just dances around.

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A Milli

So A Milli was probably the most played song this year. I guess Lollipop might give it a run for it's money, but A Milli will probably be the single that people think of when they remember Tha Carter 3. Here's a sweet remix of it by Flying Lotus. I'm posting it because I thought I was really tired of A Milli, but this seems to breathe a little bit of new air into it. Even though the remix is probably three months old.

Flying Lotus - Robo Tussin (ft. Lil Wayne)

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In other news, Tha Carter 3 placed #11 in Pitchfork's top albums of the year. I was pretty surprised not to see it in the top 10. I didn't want to write much about their list, but I am going to. Here's my quick rundown of the albums on their top 10 that are worth saying anything about.



#1. Fleet Foxes? Haven't listed to them, don't care.
#2. Portishead? Are you fucking kidding me? I laughed out loud once or twice while listening to this album.
#3. No Age? Haven't listened to them, don't care.
#4. Cut Copy. I listened to this album twice in a row when I first heard it. It's great, deserves it's spot.
#7. Vampire Weekend. Really?
#8. M83. Are you fucking kidding me? Again, this album is laughable. I feel like people who dig this album are just trying to prove that they like 80s pop music.
#9. Hercules and Love Affair. Deserve to be higher, although they did get the nod for best single of the year.

They put the Arthur Russell comp at 30 or so, which I don't agree with and also surprised me given the amount of love they have been sending his way lately. Another big surprise to me was the inclusion of The Dodos record as an honorable mention. I thought it would be top 10 for sure, at least top 20.

I totally sympathize with the Tiny Mix Tapes article that Chris posted a few days ago. I just don't give a shit about most of this "best new music".

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Mountain Mix #1

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Mountain Mix #1
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James Pants – Rhythm Track #6
Greg Wilson – Chocolate Factor
De la Soul – The Magic Number
Bar-Kays – Montego Bay
Orlando Riva Sound – Moonboots
The Strikers – Body Music (Instrumental)
Hercules & Love Affair – Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
Metro Area – Read My Mind
Tek Box – Move Your Hips
Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover (Mystery Monterrey House Remix)
Matthew Dear – Deserter (Four Tet Remix)

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