There hasn’t been an album that’s really standing up right now. So in the meantime, I thought I’d pull together a few tracks that I think should give anyone an excuse to take a chair outside, open a bottle in the middle of the afternoon and chill under the sun….
The idea here is simple: a list of tracks that were released in the last 9 months..or so…or maybe it’s just list of what I think needs to be on everyone’s playlist this summer
The Avener ‘fade out lines’
Technically this should have probably been on last summer’s list but I only discovered this track after Les Trans this past December. And since it is just plain awesome, it’s got to be on.
The entire album is well worth buying too by the way….it’s not available digitally in the US, people, so you’re going to have to buy that good old CD if you want it
Jamie XX ‘loud places’
Awesome dubstep track from the XX-man. The rest of the album is also likely to become an essential play this summer
Hot Chip ‘need to know’
I know already talked about that track but: a summer playlist without Hot Chip on it, it’s like a Saturday afternoon without apero…it’s NO BUENO
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba ‘musow fanga’
Their 1st album came out on Subpop a couple of years ago and I just love the energy he’s getting out of his instrument plugged on a wah-wah pedal…….
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/musow-fanga/id980250484?i=980251572
I couldnt find the track to stream so here is a cool teaser on the making of the album
Balthazar ‘then what’
Every so often, we get a reminder that Belgium is essential to the world music scene. I probably don’t come across these as frequently as I wish now but Balthazar’s Thin Wall is a great indie, classic album…and this track is the highlight.
Blur ‘thought I was a spaceman’
Out of respect for these guys who put together a pretty decent album after years off the music map..
and it proves the point that, in fact, old glories are sometime able to pull off a great record. I would attribute that to all the side projects Damon Albarn nurtured in the last few years experimenting across the board. And of all those, ‘Mali music’ remains the best one
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mali-music/id862514861
Bonus Track: Kazy Lambist ‘doing yoga’
I have no idea what music they play in a Yoga class….but this the music for Papa & Mama to play after the kids went to bed…..
les galettes 
…pas la possibilité d’écouter à l’instant, car ça va bouffer le son des dessins animés des filles, mais, bien contente d’en avoir de nouveaux à me mettre à l’oreille dès que j’ai à nouveau l’autorité et le pouvoir sur ma vie !
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