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Peaking Lights - “Hey Sparrow”
Love the colors in this video.
Clinic - “Miss You” (Peaking Lights Remix)
I’m having a bitch of day. And that requires having a sock monkey dancing joyously on my dash.
TEEN - “Sleep Is Noise” (Peaking Lights Remix)
Whoa. One of my newer favorite bands remixing one of my newest favorite bands. Absolutely adore both TEEN and Peaking Lights!!
Peaking Lights - “Dream Beat”
Nothing like a new Peaking Lights video for one of my favorite songs off the new album Lucifer to kick off my Wednesday.
I’ve been a bit quiet lately, just a lot going on. Such is life. Day off today for a little recoup. Peaking Lights and a little culinary therapy in the form of hummus, salsa and blueberry chutney should help destress.
Got a mixtape for you all I’ll post soon! Happy Friday!
Peaking Lights - “Beautiful Son”
Beautifully psychedelic new video for “Beautiful Son” by Peaking Lights.
Peaking Lights - “Beautiful Son”
You know what tomorrow is, right? Tomorrow Lucifer, the new album from Peaking Lights, drops on Mexican Summer records. Psychedelic dream pop with dark smudges of krautrock straight out of Madison, WI.
Been streaming the whole thing over at the Guardian. Can’t wait to get my hands on this one.
Yellow-marbled beauty from Peaking Lights (Taken with instagram)
Best of 2011 - a flamgirlant mixtape
It’s that time of year where we make lists! Nice lists, naughty lists (quite fond of those) and my favorite, “Best of” lists. It’s fun to take a step back and really evaluate all of my loves over the past year and let me tell you, I really got around! Some albums were mere crushes or flirtations, others I fell for hard and fast but then cooled and still others where the love started as a spark and grew to a great roaring fire.
After much soul searching and extreme self-imposed stress, I believe I came up with my Best of 2011. 10 favorite albums, 5 favorite EPs. As is my tradition, I created a mixtape for you all to download and enjoy. 2 tracks off of my favorite albums and a single track off of my favorite EPs. Maybe we share loves, maybe you’ll fall for someone new, give it a download and let’s find out! Can always give it listen over on 8tracks too!
Best of 2011 - a flamgirlant mixtape
Top 10 Albums
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks : Mirror Traffic
01. Forever 28
02. Long Hard Book
Unknown Mortal Orchestra : Unknown Mortal Orchestra
03. FFunny FFriends
04. Boy Witch
Widowspeak : Widowspeak
05. Puritan
06. Limbs
The Shivers : More
07. So Long Woman
08. Kisses
Yellow Ostrich : The Mistress
09. WHALE
10. Hate Me Soon
Real Estate : Days
11. Kinder Blumen
12. Out Of Tune
tUnE-yArDs : W H O K I L L
13. Powa
14. You Yes You
Megafaun : Megafaun
15. Real Slow
16. You Are The Lights
Peaking Lights : 936
17. Birds of Paradise Dub Version
18. Hey Sparrow
Chad VanGaalen : Diaper Island
19. Freedom for a Policeman
20. Heavy Stones
Top 5 EPs
Crystal Stilts : Radiant Door
21. Dark Eyes
White Denim : Takes Place In Your Workspace
22. Cat City
Chapter 24 : Chapter 24
23. You Said
Each Other : Taking Trips
24. Odd Body of Water
Continents : Spiriting
25. The Perfect Circle
As always, show these bands some love! Buy a record or a Tshirt, go see a show. Show them how much you also dig ‘em buy throwing some money their way. Support the bands you love!
Hit up my mixtape hub ‘o love to hear other things that scratched my itch this year. And hey, looking forward to spending some great musical times with you all this next year.
xox
flamgirlant
