Miike Snow feat. Run The Jewels - Heart Is Full (Remix)

Please don't knock over my heart
Cause my heart is full of you
Yeah, my heart is full of you
I don't worry 'bout tomorrow
Cause my heart is full of you
Yeah, my heart is full of you

iii has been out for a few months now, and it's a been a solid return for Swedish dance rockers Miike Snow. My favorite track from the album is, as you might guess given the way things are going this week, a collaboration. And, yeah, we've got Run The Jewels again. "Heart Is Full", which was also the first single from iii, combines dope beats, some sweet soul vocals and a nice "intro" from Killer Mike.  The video, sans RTJ, is a nice bit of scifi action too.

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DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak

We the best
We will cut a frowny face in your chest, little wench
I'm unmentionably fresh, I'm a mensch, get correct
I will walk into a court while erect, screaming "Yes!
I am guilty motherfuckers, I am death."

So, it's looking like this week's going to be all about rap team ups and collaborations! He's my entry: a new one from the amazing DJ Shadow, one of the only DJs I've ever seen rock an outdoor festival stage during the day using only turntables. It's been, oh about five years since we've heard from him and the hype around his new album, The Mountain Will Fall, is growing by the day. As you might expect. We love our Shadow! On "Nobody Speak" he's teaming up with Run The Jewels (who can also rock a daytime festival stage) and it's funky, horny goodness all around.

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Chairlift - Moth to the Flame

I should know better than to take your love letters to heart
When the game's already lost before it starts
But hope hides inside the cliché
Like a nod of understanding
From the poet who first felt this way
How can I turn away?

Keith introduced me to Chairlift when he added "Crying in Public" to his fav new releases list, back in January. We both dig their sound, so we made an effort to see them at this year's SXSW. The duo did a beautifully theatric job performing to the packed club. Fun fact: the band started out making music for haunted houses!

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Secession - Touch (Part 3)

I can tell
By the look in your eyes
That I'm wasting your time
Don't turn your back on me

Listening to the new M83 (our Most Important from yesterday) puts me in a nostalgic mood, so I figured I'd keep it going with some lesser known artists from the 80s. First up, Secssion. I don't think they got much radio play, but they were definitely a mainstay on the dance floor. "Touch", and it's various parts were in pretty heavy rotation, but I was more partial to the lighter, slightly less danceable, "The Magician", which you can listen to via the 80's-tastic video below.

M83 - Go!

F-F-Feels like we-we-we'll be frozen, frozen
N-N-Need you to-to tell me "Je t'aime", "Je t'aime"
Full speed cause we gotta look to discover, cover
G-G-Get me j-j-just a little closer

Digging the new M83. It reminds me quite a bit of a lot of the old 80's Eurodisco stuff I loved growing up.

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