August 6, 2008
Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon (full album stream) →
Haven’t fully digested this, but enjoyed it on first listen. Spacey indie/pop/country with high-gloss psychedelic production. I think I might be more into the textures (shiny! colorful!) than the songs themselves, but that’s kind of how I listen to music anyway. That said, there definitely is the occasional forgettable melody on here, and some flat/thin vocals.
Also colorful:

Santogold/Diplo’s Top Ranking mixtape. Totally fun listen — definitely the best thing I’ve heard from Diplo’s camp in a good while.
