After seeing Javelin play live at my school last Friday, I couldn’t help but be disappointed that they didn’t play this song, which is quite possibly their best and easily my favorite. I’m not usually one for instrumentals, especially in a genre thats not jazz, but the retro meets other-worldly flavor of “Intervales Theme” makes it a song that bears repeat. However The Hood Internet took this original and made it even better with the famous C.R.E.A.M. Theme, done for Anatomy Magazine. Check out the original and the remix below.
Self described as “Afro-beat, dancey pants, indie pop love music”, I can only assure you that Givers aren’t quite as twee Vampire Weekend as they let on to be. Rather Givers posses an extraordinary talent to incorporate recent influences like the former, along with acts like Dirty Projectors and MGMT to create a lush electro-afro-centric soundscape filled with chiming guitars, optimistic call and response vocals and warm synths. In “Up Up Up” you’d swear this band is a sum of all these other band parts, but rather its just one of many standouts on their debut LP In Light.
Check out the track, and if you like it, right click the link before for the free download.
I’ll be the first to admit I slept on Islands first two LP’s Return to the Sea and Arm’s Way but I happily stumbled upon Vapours the other day (yes that is indeed the charming British way of spelling vapor) and to my surprise I found this little gem as the title track no less.
To be clear, Islands aren’t usually the type to do a standard rock number but it works well here, with a rhythm guitar and bass groove that would have found itself happily on any Talking Heads number, while the vocals run something near The Strokes, if only slightly more discernable. Enjoy the music and right click the link below if you feel like downloading it.