[playlist] Hump Day Power Play (7-25-2012)

Phantasmagoric Mix

Happy Wednesday everyone! I had some difficulty naming this week's HDPP, as it seems I may overuse the word "dreamy" to describe a lot of my playlists. How else can you characterize a group of songs that transport the listener to the nonphysical realm of existence in which the physical human body is said to have a counterpart? Perhaps I should use phantasmagoric? Seems to fit the bill.

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:: Hump Day Power Play (7-25-2012) ::
01 :: "The Look" - Metronomy
02 :: "Myth" - Beach House
03 :: "Run My Heart" - Twin Shadow
04 :: "Heaven's On Fire" - The Radio Dept.
05 :: "I Remember" - Yeasayer
06 :: "Boyfriend" - Best Coast
07 :: "Shallow" - Beach Fossils
08 :: "All The King's Men" - Wild Beasts
09 :: "Bermuda Triangle" - Deep Time
10 :: "The Bay" - Metronomy
11 :: "Desire Lines" - Deerhunter
12 :: "Rinse Me Down" - Bombay Bicycle Club
13 :: "Conversation 16" - The National

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[playlist] Hump Day Power Play (7-11-2012)

Keep Cool Mix

With record temps topping the weather charts, it's been a challenge to beat the heat. Luckily, this week's HDPP is pretty damn cool...

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:: Hump Day Power Play (7-11-2012) ::
01 :: "Gallop" - Jeremy Jay
02 :: "Spin The Bottle" - The King Khan & BBQ Show
03 :: "I'm Watching You" - Jay Reatard
04 :: "Baby Missiles" - The War On Drugs
05 :: "The Same Thing" - Cass McCombs
06 :: "Face It" - Beach Fossils
07 :: "Walkabout" - Atlas Sound
08 :: "The Magic" - Joan As Police Woman
09 :: "Come Closer" - Miles Kane
10 :: "Piledriver Waltz" - Alex Turner
11 :: "Cheerleader" - St. Vincent
12 :: "The Alter" - Wye Oak
13 :: "Undertow" - Warpaint

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[playlist] Hump Day Power Play (6-6-2012)

 
Stargazer Mix

This week's HDPP features songs that I'd classify somewhere between melodic shoegaze and otherworldly pop - music perfect for observing interplanetary events like the Venus transit. This mix has been on repeat since its conception, and it keeps getting better with each listen. Hopefully you enjoy it as much as I have.

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:: Hump Day Power Play (6-6-2012) ::
01 :: "Alphabet Song" - Lower Dens
02 :: "Before the Bridge" - Future Islands
03 :: "Rock On" - Love Inks
04 :: "Be a Body" - Grimes
05 :: "Cannons" - Youth Lagoon
06 :: "Gila" - Beach House
07 :: "Give Out" - Sharon Van Etten
08 :: "Jesus Fever" - Kurt Vile
09 :: "Party Talk" - Craft Spells
10 :: "It's Real" - Real Estate
11 :: "Out in the Way" - Beach Fossils (w/ Wild Nothing)
12 :: "Mona Lisa" - Atlas Sound
13 :: "Used to Be" - Beach House
14 :: "Tin Man" - Future Islands
15 :: "Blackeye" - Love Inks

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[playlist] Hump Day Power Play (4-18-2012)

 Afternoon Dream Edition

I can't get enough of Kishi Bashi's newest LP 151a, and since you can't access that album on Spotify currently, I've put together a playlist that pulls from the same sounds of airy/folksy dream pop. As the weather warms and the days grow longer, this week's Hump Day Power Play is perfect for lounging next to the open breezy window. So go ahead and grab your favorite book, hit play on this HDPP, and as always, enjoy.

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:: Hump Day Power Play (4-18-2012) ::
01 :: "Bright Whites" - Kishi Bashi
02 :: "Get Alive" - Au
03 :: "While We're Young" - Department of Eagles
04 :: "Tracy's Water" - Patrick Watson
05 :: "The Transfiguration" - Sufjan Stevens
06 :: "Immanent Domain" - Miracle Fortress
07 :: "Crystalfilm" - Little Dragon
08 :: "Fisherman's Son" - Port O'Brien
09 :: "Daydream" - Beach Fossils
10 :: "Landline" - Oberhofer
11 :: "Minnesota, WI" - Bon Iver
12 :: "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Songs" - Father John Misty

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[playlist] Hump Day Power Play (2-15-2012)

Wild Cloud Nothings Editition

This week's Hump Day Power Play started around two songs: Cloud Nothings' "No Future/No Past" and Wild Nothing's "Chinatown". From there, it only made sense to through in the likes of Yuck, Black Lips, and Beach Fossils. The result was a smooth mix of shoegaze and noise pop/garage, which is quite good, in my opinion... but you don't have to take my word for it!

Hear it by simply clicking here. Playlist is below.

:: Hump Day Power Play (2-15-2012) ::
01 :: "No Future/No Past" - Cloud Nothings
02 :: "Get Away" - Yuck
03 :: "Mr. Driver" - Black Lips
04 :: "What a Pleasure" - Beach Fossils
05 :: "Innovator" - Plains
06 :: "Chinatown" - Wild Nothing
07 :: "Baby's Arms" - Kurt Vile
08 :: "Yellow Wings" - Keepaway
09 :: "Elephants" - Warpaint
10 :: "Me and You" - The Strange Boys
11 :: "Daydream" - Beach Fossils
12 :: "Modern Art" - Black Lips

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