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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.