[playlist] Hump Day Power Play (9-19-2012)

Fall Mix

Fall is officially here this week, and what better way to welcome the brisk autumn breeze by listening to this airy compilation of HDPP jams? There simply isn't a better way. Period.

Stream the playlist below (or by clicking here).

:: Hump Day Power Play (9-19-2012) ::
01 :: "Dead End" - The Whitest Boy Alive
02 :: "Tropical Birds" - Miniature Tigers
03 :: "Foreign Room" - Telekinesis
04 :: "Speak In Rounds" - Grizzly Bear
05 :: "Young Bride" - Midlake
06 :: "One More Time" - French Kicks
07 :: "Vaporize" - Broken Bells
08 :: "Waiting For A War" - The Morning Benders
09 :: "Blue As Your Blood" - The Walkmen
10 :: "When They Fight, They Fight" - Generationals
11 :: "Vapours" - Islands
12 :: "Heart it Races" - Dr Dog
13 :: "The Next Time Around" - Little Joy
14 :: "Click, Click, Click, Click" - Bishop Allen

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[playlist] Hump Day Power Play (5-2-2012)

Recovery Mix

I've been super sick lately, and the frequency of posting here has suffered. While sleeping off the headaches, I found myself listening to the Hula Dream Mix that I posted a few weeks ago. In an attempt to create a sequel mix, I ended up with something much different. I'm not really sure what to name the resulting Hump Day Power Play (but it did help in my recovery).

Hear it by simply clicking here. Playlist is below.

:: Hump Day Power Play (5-2-2012) ::
01 :: "Leave House" - Caribou
02 :: "Burning" - The Whitest Boy Alive
03 :: "Not The Same" - Tanlines
04 :: "Beat The Bright Out Of Me" - Kishi Bashi
05 :: "El Toro" - Bonobo
06 :: "Before the Dive" - St. Lucia
07 :: "Amor Fati" - Washed Out
08 :: "Odessa" - Caribou
09 :: "1976" - RJD2
10 :: "As Serious As Your Life" - Four Tet
11 :: "All Of Me" - Tanlines
12 :: "What You Were" - The Drums
13 :: "Vibrationz" - Javelin

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The Whitest Boy Alive: Rules

Second album by The Whitest Boy Alive

The Whitest Boy Alive released their second album this month, and I completely missed the memo. I'm not really sure how it happened to slip past my radar, but on March 3, the band released Rules online, as well as to Japan and Australia. I had originally expected the album to drop at the end of this month (which is still technically true), but it looks like they're taking online orders right now (via their website). If you don't want to buy it online, you'll have to wait (see below):

uk: march 30th
usa: march 31st
canada: march 31st

I've only listened to Rules a hand-full of times, but my first impressions of it are very good. Unfortunately, I can't verify just quite yet if the album is adjectivally named. There seems to be a little more electronic influence in this cut than its predecessor, but then again, The Whitest Boy Alive originally started out as an electronica side-project. Perhaps the band is getting back to its roots?

Check out the album if you haven't already. You can hear a couple tracks off this sophomore effort at the band's MySpace page, too.

Buy album here