I think we’ve said as much in the past, but this really is one of our favorite mixes.
(Related side-note, if you’re interested in hearing our past monthly mixtapes, which we’ve been doing for a little over two years now, you can search ‘mixtape’ on this site or, for the more recent ones and ongoing, listen and explore via our Mixcloud page.)
But, with one foot out the door as we head for our first visit to Japan ٩(◕‿◕)۶ we give you our May 2017 mix.
We’re starting off with a really lovely song from Brooklyn newcomer Kate Kay Es (wait for the horns). Next we feature our favorite track off Future Island‘s new album and a driving new single from Portland, Oregon’s Grace Mitchell (one of a few post-Coachella finds) before hitting an Australian rock block with two new favorites of ours—Golden Vessel out of Brisbane + Vallis Alps out of Sydney (who happens to be playing Lightening in a Bottle up the coast at the end of the month and are fucking awesome). Next, a great, upbeat track from French producer Kidswaste; a hella catchy song from London duo Oh Wonder (another Coachella find); one of our favorite tracks from English singer-songwriter, Shura (ditto on the Coachella); a cool, quirkily beautiful new single by Sleep Party People (AKA, Copenhagen’s Brian Batz); a great introduction to the new album from California’s own Kacey Johansing (album out June 2); a catchy electronic number from Brooklyn duo Beacon; a great, vocal-centric new one from Salt Lake City/Chapel Hill’s Mideau, who we interviewed back in 2014; the welcome new single from LCD Soundsystem; and ending out with a beautiful, dreamy track from DC’s Humble Fire that melts into a haunting new song by New Zealand artist Aldous Harding. Throwing in the very cool video Humble Fire did for their track below our playlist too just because we like it so much.
Enjoy and また近いうちにお会いしましょう!
