Auditory Sedatives.

lizraine:

You say it’s the life, boy, you say it’s your life.

Check Your Time, Westbound Train.

Don’t tell me that we’ve grown for having loved a little while.

Hello My Old Heart, The Oh Hello’s.

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I could write for days about the relevancy of this song, but I think it might just be better for you to listen and connect for yourself.

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Into the pit of your heart.

Black Magic, Magic Wands.

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I love every single thing about this jam. It’s like 90’s rock meets a modern vibe, and it’s a little reminiscent of Blue Foundation (in a good way). I don’t know if you guys have noticed yet, but I tend to have an affinity for any kind of jam that has a nice, heavy bass beat, and this song has just that.

A little rock, a little funk, a little throw-back.

Get into it.

And if you find you’re diggin’ it enough to have it on constant repeat like me, pick it up for free on iTunes right now! It’s the Indie Spotlight of the week.

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lizraine:

Did that full moon force my hand?

Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars.

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The perfection of their harmonizing never ceases to blow my mind. It’s like their voices were crafted to suit each other.

I remember hearing this song for the first time and getting full-body shivers from the intensity of the entire song; from the heavy strumming and bass to the powerful wails from each of them; it’s all so cohesive and beautiful.

And the bridge? Are you kidding me!

Powerhouse vocals paired with a soulful, woodland funk rock that is truly one of a kind.

lizraine:

This is a ground-breaker.

Earthquake (feat. Tinie Tempah), Labrinth.

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Guys. This beat is siq.

Yeah, with a Q, even.

Stop what you’re doing and bump it.

Right meow.

I don’t believe in illusions because too much is real.

Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover), Lady Sovereign.

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This song came up on shuffle the other day and I legitimately spent a good hour dancing around work to it, while doing inventory. The beat’s just there; it’s definitely Euro, but in the best way. It’s not too much of anything, and there’s just enough of the punk rock feel to keep it in the realm of appreciating the original version.

Lady Sovereign is so funky with her style of sound, I love that this is hers, without making it too different.

Beyond that, shuffle really nailed it with bringing this back to me. Relevant to my life right now; makes me want to dance; helps me mute and melt the problems away.

Enjoy.

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I don’t want to live that way, reading into every word you say.

Somebody That I Used To Know (The FatRat remix), Gotye feat. Kimbra.

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Currently obsessed with this remix.

That is all.

Listen. Love. Dance.

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I don’t want to think this through, I just want one night with you.

One Midnight With You (Mayer Hawthorne x M83), The Hood Internet.

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I didn’t think anything could top the quality of “Midnight City” on it’s own, but somehow The Hood Internet intuitively knew that throwing down Mayer Hawthorne’s soulful “One Night With You” verses over it would work.

And it does.

So well.

Listen. Dance. Dig. Love.

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Everywhere I go, people still want to know.

My Cool, Adam Tensta.

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Bringing this jam back because it’s from The Rescue days, and it’s always relevant, and with all of these crazy amazing things happening with IC and, more importantly, the awareness that’s been raised about Kony and his LRA, I think an IC-related jam is necessary.

I first heard this song three years ago this month, in March of ‘09 when IC released “The Offical Rescue Plan” video for The Rescue event that was held in April.

Although I wasn’t able to directly participate (due to having just moved to a new place and not yet having a decent car to make the 4-hour drive to the Birmingham meeting site), the only way I could get involved was to be a part of the Livestream (Mogulus, as it was called back in the day) community of other folks who couldn’t make it/had already been rescued at their respective site.

And to say that The Rescue changed my life, would be an understatement. Although I couldn’t be there physically, I was there through all of it - and with the brilliance of technology, I could be in several places with hundreds of other folks, all at once.

Beyond that, I’ve since then gained such an awesome group of close friends, and it’s all thanks to our shared support and love and countless hours of staying up until stupid o’clock in the morning, all during The Rescue - y’all know who you are, and you know how much I adore you :)

Anyway, so that’s the summation of what this song means to me, and why I love it. I suppose I should also say that it’s just a bangin’ jam on its own, and you should listen to it just for that!