Kith+Kell - Music to Ponder 2012

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We are so excited about our Guest Witness series that we are starting. This week we are featuring Kellen Malloy from the band Kith + Kell. We’ve featured his debut album Wilderness King before, make sure to check it out here.

Today’s Guest Witness feature by Kith + Kell, Music to Ponder 2012.

 

Top 5 Crushes of 2012

 

1. Julia Holter – Ekstasis

2. Caroline Polachek – Chairlift – Something

3. Claire Boucher – Grimes – Visions

4. Nicole Miglis – Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters

5. Annie Clark – St. Vincent – Coachella performance

 

Five Great Electro Albums – 2012

Vcmg – SSSS
John Talabot – Fin
Burial – Kindred – EP
Chromatics – Kill For Love
Hot Chip In Our Heads
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MUST HAVES
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Moonrise Kingdom Soundtrack (GO! see the movie first)
Nicolas Jaar – BBC Essential Mix – From 5.19.12
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Random Stunning Show of the Year

Master Musicians of Bukkake (ya, I know…) at the Bootleg (LA Psych Fest) – deer head, Arab tuaregs, deeep stirring synth lines, retro-psych rock w/tinges of neo-folk and apocalypse. and the best projection of the night–which at a psych fest is a hefty feat.

 

Some Purrrty (or badass) Songs Present & Past

 

MELLOW-ish

Visitor – Hundred Waters

Fineshrine – Purity Ring

Destiny feat. Pional – John Talabot

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Tonahutu Meadows – Trayer & Paul Giese (2010)
Xtal – Aphex Twin (1992)
MISC

Dreams’ – Blood Diamonds

‘Amanamnesia’ – Chairlift
‘Aquarius Heaven’ – Can’t Buy Love (end 2011) [Dark Raunchyness]
‘Lift Yr. Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven...’ – Godspeed! You Black Emporer (2000)
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DANCE

These Streets Will Never Look the Same – Chromatics

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Sprawl II (Soulwax Remix) – Arcade Fire

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Mother Project (Goldroom Remix) – Niki & the Dove (2011)
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Memories of the Future – Oliver (2011)
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The Feeling – Toby Tobias (2009)
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Lifelike – Sequencer (2009)
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