Even if remixes aren’t generally your thing, you’re going to want to listen to this one. Diplo has reworked Grizzly Bear’s Shields B-side track “Will Calls” into a chilling (and thrilling) bass-filled event — retaining the merits of the original by keeping Ed Droste’s heartfelt vocals at the forefront. Check out this dynamic derivative below and follow the link to Soundcloud for a free download.
Now that I’m back from abroad, I’m amped to finally be sharing my list of stand-out indie tracks from the last year!
In no particular order, below are my top 50 artists and/or tracks of 2012. Since I started blogging midway through the year, some of these artists have been honored with a post prior and some have not. Thus for the sake of diversifying, in some cases the featured track below is not necessarily my favorite but a varying version of the original or new track entirely (but equally adored, obv).
1. Alpine – Hands
2. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
3. Trails & Ways – Border Crosser (Seshen Remix)
4. Air Traffic Controller – You Know Me
5. Electric Guest – This Head I Hold (their cover of Little Dragon’s Ritual Union is a must-listen as well)
6. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
7. Beat Culture – Useless
8. Tennis – Origins
9. Tanlines – S.A.W.
10. Beach House – Myth
11. Blackbird Blackbird – Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush Cover)
12. Dems – Down on You (Hannes Fischer Remix)
13. Charli XCX – I’ll Never Know
14. Lord Huron – The Stranger
15. Ellie Goulding – Figure 8 (Alias Mix)
16. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) – Tapes & Money
17. Flight Facilities – Clair de Lune (ft. Christine Hoberg)
18. Wild Belle – It’s Too Late
19. Dirty South & Alesso – City of Dreams
20. Alt-J – Something Good
21. Bumblebeez – Next to You
22. St. Lucia – Closer Than This
23. Crystal Castles – Wrath of God
24. Sky Ferreira – Everything is Embarrassing
25. Ben Howard – The Fear (Moonlight Matters Rework)
26. No Ceremony/// – Feelsolow
27. The 1975 – You
28. Ultraista – Smalltalk
29. The Zolas – Knot In My Heart
30. Southern Shores – New Love
31. Django Django – Default
32. AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It (Bondax Remix)
33. Dan Croll – From Nowhere
34. Germany Germany – With You (ft. Kotomi)
35. Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (The Knocks Remix)
36. Sun Airway – Close
37. Grimes – Genesis
38. Youth Lagoon – Daydream
39. Miike Snow – Bavarian #1 (Say You Will)
(Track begins at 3:05)
40. Wild Child – The Tale of You & Me
41. The Naked and Famous – Young Blood
42. Dwntwn – See My Eyes
43. Passion Pit – Take A Walk
44. Beat Connection – Think/Feel (ft. Chelsey Scheffe)
45. Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute
46. Years & Years – I Wish I Knew
47. MS MR – Hurricane
48. Kindness – House
49. Hot Chip – How Do You Do (Todd Terje remix)
50. Wild Cub – Thunder Clatter
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
These tracks also received a considerable amount of air time on my playlist this year.
1. The Xx – Sunset
2. Bloc Party – Truth
3. Cat Power – Ruin
4. Adventure Club – Retro City (Bronze Whale Remix)
5. Panama – It’s Not Over
6. Santigold – Disparate Youth
7. Phebe Starr – Alone With You
8. Viceroy – Chase Us Around – (Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver Remix)
9. U-Tern – You Don’t Know Me
10. The Establishment – Love Like This
Grizzly Bear released their new album, Shields this Tuesday, and thusly played to sold out shows at 930 Club in DC this week. Having missed my earlier opportunity to purchase tickets, I started a twitter campaign in an effort to gain last minute entry. I came as close as to have someone email me with details…but in the end they had to rescind their offer. As a consolation, they offered to write me either a song or sky message…neither of which has ever been done for me I don’t think. Almost makes up for it…almost.
Anyway, below is the sweepingly melodic and layered track “Sleeping Ute” off of the new album.
My favorite from their previous album, Veckatimest…the hauntingly beautiful “Ready, Able.”
And still earlier Grizzly:
Each day, spend it with me now
All my time, spend it with me now
poetry in an empty coke can 