in another little music drought, of sorts. haven’t picked up anything new in over a month i think, but thanks to some excellent mixes by my friend ted (download them for yourself on his page!), i’ve at least had some fresh beats to spice up my commute. i heartily recommend the first one, which is a little disco-rockier if your tastes are closer to mine. i especially love him for bringing my attention to this justic remix by mstrkrft, which is banging all over the damn place. and so it’s a ‘just’-ly deserved pay day song. ha! puns.

other than that i think the only album i’m feeling the need to go out and purchase any time soon is the new beirut album, flying cub cup. check out that website, they did a live video for each of the songs on the album, all in interesting organic locations. i can’t stop listening to them lately, possibly because of what i can only pin down as a ‘gentle beauty’ their songs have. i don’t know if i’ve ever been excited by a band i’d describe as ‘gentle’ before (maybe iron & wine?), but the olde tyme euro gypsy vibe is just hitting some spot for me lately. seriously, check out those videos (#1 is even filmed walking down a stairwell, it’s so perfect somehow).