putting the j in jjosh

is my new favorite genre. Ok, you could say that this is a little too insider-y for NYC, but there's still something great about it.

I love this…when that rock flute shows up at the end I was like "wha?"

[from SFJ]

This track is really cooking and then this drum solo happens that makes you go "wha — ?"

Nice work kidz, keep making crazy dances up and doing them and blowing people's minds and they don't really understand you but they can't argue with your movez. Keep it up. Apparently this is called turf dancing… [from kottke]

so I downloaded that most recent mixtape from the Hood Internet…and it's pretty blah, which is how I feel about most of their stuff…I dunno, maybe the tracks are better if you know all the sample sources, but that's never stopped me before…

but this one track, damn I can't stop playing it over and over! for some reason Maxine hates the dolphin-like synth sounds, which I love, so I can't really play it out loud in the house, but I'm listening to it over and over on the headphones…so many great lyrics…"training all my zeros to perform like a figure 8"…

hood internet – dark pink goo (Aesop Rock feat. Rob Sonic x Tobacco)

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Wow, this is epic…I think I got this from Vince? it's a lot to take in, but also very relaxing…nice…

got this from JeffH and it is a good time. as one commenter says on the vid's page: "my day was going mediocre until I saw this."

Bhangra in the East Village from Derek Beres on Vimeo.

This is great and then at 2:00 in it gets really really great. I loved Caribou's last album, looks like I'll have to check this one out too…

CARIBOU – Sun from Caribou on Vimeo.

I mean sure, it sounds like Cream, but it is also awesome. Bonus for great video.

This is the new one from !!!, which they claim should be pronounced as any three sounds in a row, chik chik chik or boom boom boom or whatever…

I saw these guys play in DC once in this tiny art space on Eye St downtown and they tore the roof off, it was amazing. This song has a stone groove that just doesn't stop, kind of like most of their other tracks…the video is helpful and mindbending…

They play Williamsburg Waterfont on Aug 15, if you're in town, you wanna go? It's free!

do you like feeling good? I hope so, because that's how you're going to feel after you watch this. crank the volume if you can…

Restless People – Victimless Crime from Sean Mattison on Vimeo.

this track…I keep listening to it over and over (the album version), it's got something so good about it…it's great that at Glastonbury Florence showed up to make it happen with the xx, and I love that she sings it in the same way they sliced and diced her vocal on the remix…great… FIXED!

anti-tv screed, matrix style? minus…

mind melt animation? plus!

"The Music Scene" from Anthony Francisco Schepperd on Vimeo.

this vid has a nice smooth feel…and right when I said to myself "I hope they take it to the next level", they did!

"Surrounded By Your Friends" by Hooray For Earth from Johnny Woods on Vimeo.