Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Lights

| Keith
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
You shine it when I'm alone
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
And dreaming when they're gone

You may know Omar Rodriguez Lopez from bands At The Drive-in and The Mars Volta, but have you heard any of his solo stuff? Well, if you haven't, you've got a lot of catching up to do. I read somewhere he's put out over 30 albums as a solo artist! Add in his other work, collaborations, etc. and you've got a crazy huge body of music to go through. You could do worse starting with today's Most Important, "Lights", a dreamy, electro-rock cover of Ellie Goulding's hit, with a great hook.

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Real Estate - It's Real

| Kerri
I carved our names into
A tree
I walked on decomposing
Leaves
I skated on the frozen
Sea
It's real as far as I
Can see

Wrapping up this week with a pleasantly chill tune from Brooklyn's Real Estate. Head's up, Portlandia: they're playing with the fun punk girl band Potty Mouth at the Crystal Ballroom on Friday. (We got to see Potty Mouth open up for Beach Slang a few months back.)

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Vacationer - Good As New

| Keith
I've got a good friend living it up when I'm home
Yea I've got someone waiting for me when I'm gone
Yeah I have got a good one lifting me up when I'm down
Well it's been perfect time and new moon rising
You are looking to,
I'm feeling good as new, new
Feeling good as new, new

So Kerri has declared this feel good week huh? Well I'm pretty sure the dreamy, emo, summer-pop of Vacationer fits the bill. This is dance-in-your-seat-go-for-a-summer-drive music if I've every heard it.

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Lemolo - Hold Light

| Keith
Hanging on what the radio says
Standing tall but it's my knees that bend
Never wrong, never stick out your neck
Looking strong but your hard to defend

How about some cosmic chill out this Sunday, eh? Lemolo, a recent discovery for me, reminds be quite a bit of two of my favorites, Eisley and First Aid Kit, and "Hold Light" is a perfect song to help you wind down your weekend.

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