Kendall's Favorite Songs of 2008 : Part 5

Fifth and final installment of Kendall's Favorite Song's of 2008. I'm glad it's over, now I can get back to my regular twice a month post schedule.

Dance
The Bloody Beetroots – Rombo
The Bloody Beetroots – Butter
Justice – Planisphere Parts 1 through 4
The Golden Filter – Solid Gold
The Phantom’s Revenge – Moondancer
Surkin – Chrome Knight ft. Dave 1
A-Trak – Say Whoa
BURNS – Make Love
Beni – My Love Sees You

Australia
Miami Horror – Summerfest ’86
Miami Horror – Make You Mine
Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
Ladyhawke – Dusk Til Dawn
Ladyhawke – My Delirium
Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire
Cut Copy – Far Away
Cut Copy – Out There On Thin Ice
Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
Empire of the Sun – Standing On The Shore
Empire of the Sun – Swordfish Hotkiss Night
BMX – WAR

Hip Hop
Kid Sister – Get Fresh
T-Pain – Can’t Believe It ft. Lil’ Wayne
Lil’ Wayne – 3 Peat
Lil’ Wayne – Let The Beat Build
The Count & Sinden – Hardcore Girls ft. Rye Rye
Wale – The Kramer
Young Jeezy – Put On ft. Kanye West
Kanye West – Street Lights
Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me ft. Calvin Harris
Herve & A-Trak – Roll With The Winners ft. Cadence Weapon
Kid Cudi – T.G.I.F. ft. Chip The Ripper

B More
Debonair Samir – Freaky Girl

Indie Rock
Metronomy – Heartbreaker
Magistrates – Make This Work
Ghostland Observatory – Freeheart Lover
Boy Crisis – L’homme
Bloc Party – Mercury
Starfucker – German Love
Black Kids – Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo)
Cansei De Ser Sexy – Move
The Ting Tings – Shut Up and Let Me Go
Tokyo Police Club – Tessellate

Indie Pop

Priors – What You Need [YSI]
Lykke Li – Breaking It Up [YSI]
Lykke Li – I’m Good I’m Gone [YSI]
The Twelves – Works For Me [YSI]
Little Boots – Meddle [YSI]
N.E.R.D – You Know What [YSI]
Sam Sparro – 21^st Century Life [YSI]

* pic: The Struggle by Rik Oostenbroek aka NKeo

Tonight - Designer Drugs @ Boondocks

Houston, catch Designer Drugs tonight at Boondocks. If you’ve checked your Reader anytime in the last three weeks you already know what’s up with Designer Drugs. For those of you who don’t even know what “Reader” I am referring to, let me put you on some game (see, I am Black). In the last three weeks Designer Drugs has released three badass remixes and are set to release their debut single Zombie through IHEARTCOMIX on October 26.

It looks like DD has figured out the way to receive sustained attention from the “30 seconds of fame” culture of the Blogosphere. “How, how do I, an online artist, get attention from the Blogosphere and achieve complete internet success?” asked the online artist in the back corner of Myspace. Well, Online Artist, normally I would charge you $19.95 plus shipping and handling for such information but since I like your face and I have free time at work, I’ll give you a quick rundown.

Artists must launch a three-pronged attack that begins with the release of multiple remixes or original productions in a short period of time. In today’s example, DD released three aesthetically similar, well-produced remixes of artists ranging on the popularity scale from International Superstar, to Blog Superstar, to “Who The Hell?”. Next, the artist must go on tour. This makes the artists tangible to the listener, more than just another unread, then read tab on the Google Reader of the average blog connoisseur. And finally, to ensure maximum money making potential, the artist must hit the internet with his single, EP or full length album available on iTunes, Beatport, Turntable Lab, your local corner store, etc. So, if my theory holds up (it does), Designer Drugs are on their way to become millionaires and so can you (no you can’t).

Okay, that’s enough Rudimentary Online Marketing 101 for today, hit up Designer Drugs’ myspace page to listen to Zombie right now, and if you missed the aforementioned badass remixes you can pick them up below.

IAMX – Spit It Out (Designer Drugs Remix) [YSI]
Mariah Carey – I’ll Be Lovin U (Designer Drugs Remix) [YSI]
Little Boots – Meddle (Designers Drugs 80s Coke Jam Remix) [YSI]

Meddle (Designer Drugs 80s Coke Jam Remix)

You wanna know what Little Boots' Meddle would sound like in 1985 while you were high on Colombian nose candy dancing in your pastel colored Ralph Lauren suit? No? Well, I don't care, download the new Designer Drugs Meddle remix anyway, it's awesome.

Little Boots - Meddle (Designer Drugs 80s Coke Jam Remix) [YSI]

Friday Mix Up 5

First up we have the Computer Fairyland Mixtape from Little Boots. I, along with the rest of the blogosphere, received the email on Wednesday, so I'm pretty sure yall already have the mixtape. What you don't have is Little Boots' American release debut, the Arecibo EP. Arecibo drops mid-Novemeber through IAMSOUND Records in vinyl and through iTunes. Check the IAMSOUND website to get a specific date and make sure you purchase the EP to add to your Little Boots shrine you have undoubtedly begun building in your closet.

Computer Fairyland Mixtape

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The Polish DJ collective known as Hungry Hungry Models sent me their interestingly titled mixtape, Chopin Was A Pussy Slayer, a couple days ago. I looked into this Chopin character and learned, among other things, that he was Polish, which explains why they chose this particular composer from the Romantic period, and I also learned that he died when he was 39. That's when I realized this mixtape is supposed to promote the practice of safe sex amongst us youngsters. See kids, you can't just go around "slayin pussy" because one of these days, that pussy is gonna burn you. Burn you to death. If it could happen to Chopin, it can happen to anyone. So download the album below and as you're pre-partying with your "pussy slayin" crew, remember to keep it safe tonight kiddos.

Tracklist:
1. Intro: Par-T-One - I'm So Crazy (3 Is A Crowd I'm So Lazy Remix)
2. Kraze - The Party
3. Black Box - Ride On Time
4. Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations
5. Liquid - Sweet Harmony (Mike Mago's Bmore Action Edit)
6. Gala - Freak From Desire (Round Table Knights Master mix)
7. N.E.R.D. - Everyone Nose (Douster Remix)
8. Broken Hookers - Dig This pt. 1 demo
9. Mofo - On Rocks (Krazy Fiesta Remix)
10. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (Alex Rage's Hype and Sweat Mix)
11. Sidechains - Dance While You Can
12. Surkin - White Knight Two
13. DJ Rob 3 - The Chase
14. Idiotproof - The Deacon (Duke Dumont 'Live From Brooklyn' Remix)
15. Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body
16. Outlander - Vamp (Dirty Disco Youth's Rave Work)
17. The Teenagers - Love No (Tepr Remix)
18. Fake Blood - Mars
19. The Loungin' Kollective - Riddim Come 4ward (Herve's Fire Pon Dem Version)
20. Outro: Daedelus - Drummery Jam

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And lastly, we have the newest mix from one of my favorite electro duos IN THE WORLD, The Twelves. Any mix that has Heartbreaker in it is A-okay in my book. I just wish it was the Breakbot remix, then we would all be in electropop heaven. If you haven't heard the first "episode" from The Twelves, you can pick it up here.

The Twelves: Episode II

Tracklist:
1 - Zeigeist - Humanitarianism (The Twelves Replay)
2 - Radiohead - Reckoner (The Twelves Replay)
3 - Mirwais - Naive Song
4 - Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit
5 - David E. Sugar - To Yourself
6 - The Virgins - Rich Girls (The Twelves Replay)
7 - Daft Punk - Voyager
8 - Jupiter - CHIP
9 - Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (The Twelves Replay)
10 - Metronomy - Heartbreaker
11 - The Twelves - Works for Me (The Twelves Replay)
12 - Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance (The Twelves Replay)

Little Boots & Portmanteau

Before I heap praise onto Portmanteau for their cool electro tracks, I must admit I felt a sizable level of apprehension about initially giving their tracks a listen. First off, the name Portmanteau. Calm down guys, we didn’t all go to Ivy League schools here. I like my electro groups to have monosyllabic, at most disyllabic names. Daft Punk, Justice, Danger. See what I mean, easy. I can’t even pronounce the last part of their name, let alone spell it. Once I overcame the confusion their name caused, I began reading the email and found this, “Portmanteau combines live instrumentation, children's instruments, synthesisers, samplers, visuals, and their owl known only as "the Colonel".” I think the presence of any animal in a track (especially one ironically named “the Colonel”) is enough to make any electro fan stop and think for a second. I don’t claim to speak for all electro fans but I’m sure most would agree that we don’t want “experimental” music, we want bangers made for maximum dancefloor grinding. The Looks not Pet Sounds.

However, it didn’t take long for my love of new music to quell my rising apprehension and I downloaded the tracks anyway. And what can I say, they are good. I didn’t even hear an owl in any of the tracks, but I did hear the rest of the good stuff mentioned in their email. My two favorite tracks, Thouse and Defibrilator, are included below. Check out more tracks here.

Portmanteau – Thouse [YSI]
Portmanteau - Defibrilator [YSI]

*No animals were hurt during the making of these songs (not sure if this is true, but I don’t want PETA on my ass).

My anchor for today is the new Little Boots track, Meddle. Meddle is another anchor track that I’m not being totally cynical about. I became an instant fan of Dead Disco (which Little Boots was a member of) after I downloaded their self-titled EP and the numerous remixes of their work. So when I heard Dead Disco was actually dead, of course I was like, “WTF?” Then, I heard Little Boots was gonna keep up the good fight and release more music on her own and I was like, “YES!” Stuck on Repeat, Little Boots’ first release was pretty dope and Meddle is also dope. So there you go, this is not simply a shameless attempt at more blog hits.

Little Boots - Meddle [YSI] *Removed upon label's request.