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term="SBTRKT" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Com Truise" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="J Cole" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Big Sean" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rick Ross" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mickey Avalon" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lil Wayne" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ace Hood" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gucci Mane" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dirt Nasty" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nicki Minaj" /><title>Lisztomania: Hip-Hop Songs Heard Ad Nauseam in Florida</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I7zkkxgwLBc/Tw9WOM6WB4I/AAAAAAAABe0/I2IJg2YxDJw/s800/Shark.JPG"&gt;&lt;img 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This past holiday season, I headed off to sunny Key West, Florida with a group of friends to ring in the new year as ridiculously as possible. For anyone who hasn't been, the unsuspecting, small island is like a micro-Bourbon Street, with less public nudity and beignets, more stone crabs and Czech strippers. The open container laws are about even. Such is life on Duval Street. While I was adequately prepared for any and all daytime/evening antics, the bars' DJs did little to vary their nightly setlists. After five days, I'd heard "The Motto" over 50 times. I'll say this, all the ad nauseam song repetition only helped to blur those nights together.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here are nine tracks that were heard in trashy clubs or hungover headphones too much. They should help Ken Burns soundtrack any potential documentaries of our trip...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/SBTRKT - Wildfire (Drake Remix).mp3"&gt;SBTRKT - Wildfire (Drake Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Drake - The Motto (feat. Lil Wayne).mp3"&gt;Drake - The Motto (feat. Lil Wayne)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Big Sean - Dance (A$$) [Remix] (feat. Nicki Minaj).mp3"&gt;Big Sean - Dance (A$$) [Remix] (feat. Nicki Minaj)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/J Cole - Work Out.mp3"&gt;J. Cole - Work Out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Mickey Avalon - What Do You Say (feat. Dirt Nasty).mp3"&gt;Mickey Avalon - What Do You Say? (feat. Dirt Nasty)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Ace Hood - Hustle Hard Remix (feat. Rick Ross &amp; Lil Wayne).mp3"&gt;Ace Hood - Hustle Hard Remix (feat. Rick Ross &amp; Lil Wayne)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Ludacris - Shake and Fries (feat. Gucci Mane).mp3"&gt;Ludacris - Shake and Fries (feat. Gucci Mane)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Earl Sweatshirt - Drop.mp3"&gt;Earl Sweatshirt - Drop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/DJ Khlad - I'm on One (feat. Drake, Rick Ross &amp; Lil Wayne).mp3"&gt;DJ Khlad - I'm on One (feat. Drake, Rick Ross &amp; Lil Wayne)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;As with every oncoming new year, we take the end of December to reflect on the people we should've kissed, the phone calls we shouldn't have made, the opportunities we squandered, the surprises we relished and, most importantly, our favourite music of the months past.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I wish there was more science to lists like these. Nowhere have I been taught a calculated method, nowhere have I read a compelling essay--end-of-the-year lists are confounding, subjective and bullshit, yet important. Whether internalized or not, anyone compiling their 'best ofs' considers themselves tastemakers and one can't shift the pop-culture discourse around them unless they have a stone tablet to hold up to their peers and anyone who'll read/listen. It's not that I loathe making them or cringe at reading others'; I'm fascinated at how so many dissimilar people can reach so many similar conclusions and vice versa. My approach is two-pronged: I go with my gut while considering the cultural landscape. I recognize that loving one thing doesn't make it the best, nor does society's applause. I'm a shape-shifting romanic, contrarian and pragmatist.&lt;br /&gt;
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I've been making these lists since 2007. While the full lists have always been a conjunction of appreciation, criticism and fondness, the peaks more or less come down to what I've listened to the most that year--trusting my tastes--with posterity acting as tie-breaker. My Best of 2011 list isn't any different...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;- Top 25 Albums of 2011 -&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25. Radiohead - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ffbdh6h2hrh1w9n" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The King of Limbs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24. M83 - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?fd0an1sssh4gbpa" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hurry Up, We're Dreaming&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23. Sleep ∞ Over - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?enqox55j6ome5f5" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Forever&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22. Iceage - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?j5mok76i0j5zg71" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;New Brigade&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21. Thundercat - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ldorzxa2kzvhlx4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Golden Age of the Apocalypse&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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20. Oneohtrix Point Never - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?r37gxhhvhcz8r0v" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Replica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19. ASAP Rocky - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?rvghtq8or4ql92w" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;LiveLoveASAP&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18. Tycho - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ywp7w1w900931he" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dive&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17. Ducktails - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4407xy09yz58nl4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Arcade Dynamics&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16. SBTRKT - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2rcqa79yyky1s6r" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;SBTRKT&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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15. Jürgen Müller - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?raivj9mp975in9b" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Science of the Sea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14. Ty Segall - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0q7hzhw3iyae2az" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Goodbye Bread&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13. Nicolas Jaar - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9p3uwjdui711tyi" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Space Is Only Noise&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12. Panda Bear - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?08n69yfar3ore9u" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tomboy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11. Julianna Barwick - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?acs1g5sbxs19umf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Magic Place&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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10. Tim Hecker - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?pc96or1vnvr2n49" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ravedeath, 1972&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
09. Youth Lagoon - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?6pyzn75g4g751th" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Year of Hibernation&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
08. Pure X - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f352xtdz0ja7ksu" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pleasure&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
08. Bon Iver - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0dloqwbzhqlx0p5" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bon Iver, Bon Iver&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
06. WU LYF - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?51ustom1bi61r6n" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Go Tell Fire to the Mountain&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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05. The Weeknd - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4r11jbhd08m9lmp" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;House of Balloons&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
04. Washed Out - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?eb0a94m0w8on5am" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Within and Without&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
03. Real Estate - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?defrf7d6i6osnng" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Days&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
02. Drake - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?uguvcole1e20bvh" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Take Care&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
01. James Blake - &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7yor7z63636c2ob" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;James Blake&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Like the list? Download each album by clicking on its respective title.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;As with every oncoming new year, we take the end of December to reflect on the people we should've kissed, the phone calls we shouldn't have made, the opportunities we squandered, the surprises we relished and, most importantly, our favourite music of the months past.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For me, Christmas time and New Year's usually means vacation. Whether it's returning home to Detroit or a haphazardly planned excursion with some good friends, I'm normally away from the internet, soaking up whatever trouble I've gotten myself into. While I've succeed in hedonistically being away from my computer, here's the second (dare I say better?) half of my Best of 2011 song list...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;- 2011's Top Tracks, #25-1 -&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25. Adele - Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx Remix)&lt;br /&gt;
24. Twerps - Dreamin'&lt;br /&gt;
23. Azelia Banks - 212&lt;br /&gt;
22. Radiohead - The Daily Mail&lt;br /&gt;
21. Dive - Sometime&lt;br /&gt;
20. XXXY - Ordinary Things&lt;br /&gt;
19. North Highlands -  Roundhouse&lt;br /&gt;
18. Jürgen Müller - The Elusive Seahorse&lt;br /&gt;
17. Clams Casino - Motivation&lt;br /&gt;
16. Beirut - East Harlem&lt;br /&gt;
15. Grimes - Oblivion&lt;br /&gt;
14. Jai Paul - BTSTU&lt;br /&gt;
13. Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure&lt;br /&gt;
12. M83 - Midnight City&lt;br /&gt;
11. ASAP Rocky - Purple Swag&lt;br /&gt;
10. Tyler, The Creator -  Yonkers&lt;br /&gt;
09. James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream&lt;br /&gt;
08. Burial - Stolen Dog&lt;br /&gt;
07. WU LYF -  Spitting Blood&lt;br /&gt;
06. The Weeknd - The Morning&lt;br /&gt;
05. Drake - Marvin's Room&lt;br /&gt;
04. Zoo Kid - Out Getting Ribs&lt;br /&gt;
03. Jamie xx - Far Nearer&lt;br /&gt;
02. Purity Ring - Ungirthed&lt;br /&gt;
01. Real Estate - It's Real&lt;br /&gt;
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Like the list? Like &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/12/citizen-insanes-best-of-2011-top-tracks.html" target="_blank"&gt;Part I&lt;/a&gt;, you can download every song in one ZIP file by clicking &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?fdj1o1dmvreqn3r" target="_blank"&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;As with every oncoming new year, we take the end of December to reflect on the people we should've kissed, the phone calls we shouldn't have made, the opportunities we squandered, the surprises we relished and, most importantly, our favourite music of the months past.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
While these Best of 2011 lists are admittedly overwrought and a little pointless, I can't help but throw my hat into the ring, compiling my top tracks of twenty-eleven, many of which you've already read about here... Just like last year, I'm hosting all 25 MP3s, which you can grab via the link below the laundry list.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;- 2011's Top Tracks, #50-26 -&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
50. Beach Fossils - Calyer&lt;br /&gt;
49. ASAP Rocky - Bass&lt;br /&gt;
48. TV Girl - Benny and The Jetts&lt;br /&gt;
47. Vivian Girls - Take It as It Comes&lt;br /&gt;
46. Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci&lt;br /&gt;
45. Cosmonaut Grechko - ニバルニソトラニルニトラソ (y0c1e Cover)&lt;br /&gt;
44. Dirty Beaches - True Blue&lt;br /&gt;
43. Bombé - Wilhelm's Fucking Best&lt;br /&gt;
42. Kanye West &amp; Jay-Z - Niggas in Paris&lt;br /&gt;
41. First Rate People - Funny Games&lt;br /&gt;
40. Active Child - Playing House (feat. How to Dress Well)&lt;br /&gt;
39. Regal Safari - Only&lt;br /&gt;
38. Nodzzz - Heyday Past Heyday Due&lt;br /&gt;
37. Fleet Foxes - Montezuma&lt;br /&gt;
36. Frank Ocean - Songs for Women&lt;br /&gt;
35. Neon Indian - Polish Girl&lt;br /&gt;
34. Elite Gymnastics - Here, In Heaven 2&lt;br /&gt;
33. James Blake - Lindesfarne&lt;br /&gt;
32. Foo Fighters - White Limo&lt;br /&gt;
31. Megafaun - Kill the Horns&lt;br /&gt;
30. Major Lazer - Original Don&lt;br /&gt;
29. Bon Iver - Beth / Rest&lt;br /&gt;
28. Metronomy - The Look&lt;br /&gt;
27. SBTRKT - Something Goes Right&lt;br /&gt;
26. Drake - Trust Issues&lt;br /&gt;
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Like the list? Download all 25 songs in one ZIP file by clicking &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2lj7m7drdh9m36y" target="_blank"&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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When you grow up in the midwest, you almost exclusively experience music in cars. Especially in a state like Michigan, nearly half of your waking hours are dedicated to driving to school, driving to athletic practice, driving to dinner or the grocery store and driving to your girlfriend's house. It was in my dad's truck I first heard Seger's "Old Time Rock &amp; Roll," Zeppelin's "Black Dog," the Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" and The Beatles' "Helter Skelter." All foundational music experiences, cars gave me &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helter_Skelter_(song)#Recording" target="_blank"&gt;blisters on my ears&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Moving to New York meant losing my car, which also meant no more shouted sing-a-longs to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Threat" target="_blank"&gt;Minor Threat&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Joke" target="_blank"&gt;Killing Joke&lt;/a&gt;, no more putting Girl Talk or Lil Wayne on blast and no more first listens to bands I'd come to love. Rain, snow, or shine, I had a gluttony of CD cases ready to soundtrack wherever I was going, whoever I was with. What I never accounted for in the big city was its subway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sure, commutes to and from work are overly-congested, hardly a place to experience something like &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Emma,_Forever_Ago" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;For Emma, Forever Ago&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, but there are few things better than the isolation offered by 1 a.m. rides with a belly full of scotch. The way underground lights flicker and sway before giving way to the stars over the Manhattan bridge, the Hudson's reflection and Lady Liberty's spotlights--It's the closest I've come to matching my old Accord's stereo system.&lt;br /&gt;
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For the past few months, I've seen the name &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/boucherville" target="_blank"&gt;Grimes&lt;/a&gt; pop up everywhere. Friends on Twitter gave shout-outs, MP3s cropped up on Tumblr and music bloggers were abuzz, but for whatever reason, her music flopped onto the "I'll get to it later" stack on my harddrive. It wasn't until a recent night-owl trip on the Q train that "Oblivion" came on in my earbuds; the perfect backdrop for what I was hearing.&lt;br /&gt;
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Equally parts pop-diva, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter" target="_blank"&gt;John Carpenter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order" target="_blank"&gt;New Order&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;i&gt;GarageBand&lt;/i&gt;, the Canadian-born singer has this weird, etherial quality about her, something that's hard to put a finger on, but so rewarding when it flows over you.&lt;br /&gt;
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She's all but rejected her earlier material in recent interviews. "They were just practice," Grimes explained. "I don't hate them, but instead of actually making what I wanted to make, I was making what I was able to make." It's easy to hear, comparing the newer "Oblivion" and "Vanessa" to older efforts like "Feyd Rautha Dark Heart" and "Devon." With the former, it's an artist finally finding her confidence, creative yolks solidified. &lt;br /&gt;
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While those earlier tracks have their merits, it's for the better. With "Oblivion" and (presumably) her upcoming &lt;i&gt;Visions&lt;/i&gt; LP, she's managed to strike the perfect genre blending balance of pop, goth, dubstep, new wave and, of course, grime.&lt;br /&gt;
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It's surprising how struck I can be by music over-wrought with familiarity. On the surface, 18-year-old &lt;a href="http://galapagos.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Galapagos&lt;/a&gt; isn't doing anything wholly new. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks" target="_blank"&gt;Alvin&lt;/a&gt;-esque pitch-shifting? Heard it. R&amp;B sampling? Been there. Chopped vocals and beats? Oh, please. Still, there's something I find infectious about his songs and structures, particularly "Feel Things Inside."&lt;br /&gt;
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Surely, its wrong to think of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Tools" target="_blank"&gt;ProTools&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_Pro" target="_blank"&gt;Logic&lt;/a&gt; as anything other than stringed instruments. If songwriters can produce a dearth of material using the same guitar chords, why can't laptop auteurs do the same with software tricks? Maybe that's just my cognitive dissonance coming out, but one's ability to make an IDM-pop song out of a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_Gonna_Love_You" target="_blank"&gt;Jennifer Hudson track&lt;/a&gt; should always earn mention. &lt;br /&gt;
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While the young Phoenician is for now treading in the wake of acts like &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/search/label/Gold%20Panda" target="_blank"&gt;Gold Panda&lt;/a&gt;, there's some solid kernels of promise in his output so far.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Galapagos - You Gave 2 Me.mp3"&gt;Galapagos - You Gave 2 Me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Galapagos - Fast.mp3"&gt;Galapagos - Fast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Since it's December, music bloggers are culling through their &lt;i&gt;iTunes&lt;/i&gt; catalogues, double checking albums for any amount of worth, revisiting records from months past. While &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/search/label/Minks" target="_blank"&gt;Minks&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;i&gt;By the Hedge&lt;/i&gt; won't land on any writer's &lt;i&gt;Top 25 of 2011&lt;/i&gt; list, their &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure" target="_blank"&gt;Cure&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths" target="_blank"&gt;Smiths&lt;/a&gt; and early-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine_(band)" target="_blank"&gt;My Bloody Valentine&lt;/a&gt; inspired goth pop deserves a little recognition. Clocking in at just over 30 minutes, the tight record is packed with New Wave allusions and sing-along harmonies; no small feet for a bunch of Boston teens.&lt;br /&gt;
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It's commendable then that the band has another solid release in their latest 7": &lt;i&gt;Araby&lt;/i&gt;. The title track fits the 80s-referencing template the band's laid out for themselves, while "Little Fawn" shows they've been listening to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sounds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pet Sounds&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the recording studio. Though they wear their vinyl collection on their sleeves, the band produces consistently good tunes. What more could ears want?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Minks - Little Fawn.mp3"&gt;Minks - Little Fawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Minks - Funeral Song.mp3"&gt;Minks - Funeral Song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2011, &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/03/album-of-week-james-blake-by-james.html" target="_blank"&gt;James Blake&lt;/a&gt; put out one album, two EPs and three singles. That's 29 tracks or nearly three times his 2010 production. I've argued here at length why Blake is an electronic savant, a dubstep wunderkind, but at some point, tripling your artistic output (all while touring, which Blake has in '11) is going to have diminished returns, right?&lt;br /&gt;
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The last time I discussed Blake in this space was back in June, on the cusp of his "Linesfarne" single release. Since then, he dropped the &lt;i&gt;Order / Pan&lt;/i&gt; 12", the &lt;i&gt;Enough Thunder&lt;/i&gt; EP and his latest, the &lt;i&gt;Love What Happened Here&lt;/i&gt; EP. Each effort continues Blake's mercurial trend of shifting sounds and ideologies, but he's finally reached a point where some material returns to the well.&lt;br /&gt;
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Note: this isn't a slight against his songwriting. If anything, some fans would prefer Blake to stay in the same mold for more than three songs or even return the R&amp;B sampling of the &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/01/citizen-insanes-top-25-albums-of-2010.html#more" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;CMYK&lt;/i&gt; EP&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Starting with the most recent product, &lt;i&gt;Love What Happened Here&lt;/i&gt; finds Blake drawing on the avant-garde electronic stuttering of his earliest releases, reminiscing the &lt;i&gt;Air &amp; Lack Thereof&lt;/i&gt; 12" and &lt;i&gt;Bells Sketch&lt;/i&gt; EP, minus the dubstep decibles. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Order / Pan&lt;/i&gt; is an oddity in Blake's discography. Released after his eponymous LP, it's a two-track single that finds James tempering any and all pop leaning, toying with space and silence, and exploring his most experimental affections. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Enough Thunder&lt;/i&gt; is an interesting combination of Blake's piano balladry and the abstract sampling of his &lt;i&gt;Klavierwerke&lt;/i&gt; EP. Rounding out the EP's four original compositions are a beautiful Joni Mitchell cover as well as a Bon Iver collaboration that sounds like you'd expect.&lt;br /&gt;
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In all, they're three &lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt; different experiences which mostly answer my leading question. Despite the dearth of new material, Blake manages to sample the right chords and deliver songs that hold up the weight of his discography thus far. Though some sigh that he's mostly abandoned his early, dubstep leanings, Blake remains an electronic composer conjunctively using his voice and laptop in ways we hadn't heard yet. It's a shame his debut album isn't making a bigger dent on the "Best Albums of 2011" lists we see cropping up on the web...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/James Blake - We Might Feel Unsound.mp3"&gt;James Blake - We Might Feel Unsound&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/James Blake - At Birth.mp3"&gt;James Blake - At Birth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/James Blake - Fall Creek Boys Choir (feat. Bon Iver).mp3"&gt;James Blake - Fall Creek Boys Choir (feat. Bon Iver)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/James Blake - A Case of You.mp3"&gt;James Blake - A Case of You (Joni Mitchell Cover)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/James Blake - Pan.mp3"&gt;James Blake - Pan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;MediaFire&lt;/i&gt; Link: &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vczl02jly5qjy27" target="_blank"&gt;Download a complete ZIP of all three new releases discussed above&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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When I first saw Azealia Banks, I'd written her off as a copy of a copy, &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2010/07/dominique-young-unique-sounds-unique.html" target="_blank"&gt;Dominique Young Unique&lt;/a&gt; by way of Amanda Blank and Kid Sister. Like Unique, Banks is under 21 and armed with a hyper-kinetic, sexualized flow, but the similarities end there and I've been eating crow for not taking notice sooner.&lt;br /&gt;
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Having attended New York's lauded LaGuardia High School (notable alums: Nicki Minaj, Kelis and Paul Stanley), Banks is more than a rapper--add "slash singer, slash actress" to her résumé--proudly displaying talent and range on "212." Accents, singing and smut come together in three and a half minutes of basement pop. Most importantly, it straight slays. Sure, the track is a few months old, but it's still a pitch-perfect coming out party. Weaving all of Banks' artistic proclivities results in a spastic anthem that would make Diplo proud.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Azealia Banks - 212.mp3"&gt;Azealia Banks - 212&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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You may recall me blogging the &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/06/download-now-beach-fossils-new.html" target="_blank"&gt;Beach Fossils&lt;/a&gt; side-project, &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/10/mp3s-sometime-corvalis-by-dive.html" target="_blank"&gt;Dive&lt;/a&gt;. Despite the midnight tones, the group keeps Beach Fossils' chill vibes alive and the same can be said for Heavenly Beat.&lt;br /&gt;
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This second side-project is led by Beach Fossils' bassist John Peña, but opts to combine his home-team sounds with Balearic accents, recalling early Kings of Convenience (in a good way). The group's got two singles to their name with a full-length due sometime next year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Heavenly Beat - Faithless.mp3"&gt;Heavenly Beat - Faithless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Heavenly Beat - Suday.mp3"&gt;Heavenly Beat - Suday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;i&gt;Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Do to life, work and the holiday, November came and went without a single post. While it's a bummer the site wasn't updated in the interim, I was still listening to all kind of tunes. Even though I didn't write about them, here are ten songs I couldn't get enough of last month...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Gorillaz - Doncamatic (feat. Daley).mp3"&gt;Gorillaz - Doncamatic (feat. Daley)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Holiday Shores - Spells.mp3"&gt;Holiday Shores - Spells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Grimes - Oblivion.mp3"&gt;Grimes - Oblivion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Ty Segall - Standing at the Station.mp3"&gt;Ty Segall - Standing at the Station&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/ASAP Rocky - Bass.mp3"&gt;ASAP Rocky - Bass&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Coasting - Portland.mp3"&gt;Coasting - Portland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Wale - Slight Work (feat. Big Sean).mp3"&gt;Wale - Slight Work (feat. Big Sean)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Galapagos - Feel Things Inside.mp3"&gt;Galapagos - Feel Things Inside&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Turf War - Bones.mp3"&gt;Turf War - Bones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Major Lazer - Original Don.mp3"&gt;Major Lazer - Original Don&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Not to pop my own Dracula collar, but I thought &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2010/10/citizen-insane-presents-halloween.html" target="_blank"&gt;last year's Halloween Mixtape&lt;/a&gt; was quite solid, from the movies quoted to the sequencing. Not wanting to disappoint my newfound tradition, I felt a little daunted this year...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks to a long night and two full bags of candy, I've put together my finest collection of Hallowe'en anthems yet, primed for later tonight or the weekend, wether you're prepping your gory zombie costume or drinking Four Loko to feel like an actual zombie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vc2anah0l1n0jr4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;Citizen Insane's Halloween Mix - Vol. II&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tracklist:&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free&lt;br /&gt;
2. The Misfits - Spinal Remains&lt;br /&gt;
3. Big Bad Wolf - Duck Sauce&lt;br /&gt;
4. Queens of the Stone Age - Burn the Witch&lt;br /&gt;
5. Crocodiles - Stoned to Death&lt;br /&gt;
6. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer&lt;br /&gt;
7. Jay Reatard - Nightmares&lt;br /&gt;
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)&lt;br /&gt;
9. Joy Division - The Kill&lt;br /&gt;
10. Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers&lt;br /&gt;
11. Boy 8-Bit - Black Satanic Mysticism&lt;br /&gt;
12. Burnt Ones - Bury Me in Smoke&lt;br /&gt;
13. Echo &amp; The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon&lt;br /&gt;
14. The Misfits - Ghouls Night Out&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Alternate download link: &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vc2anah0l1n0jr4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;MediaFire&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
So, am I now on the bandwagon even if it's via a remix-side car? I haven't been a fan of Lana Del Rey from the beginning--the music and video for "Video Games" were more boredom inspiring than, I don't know, &lt;i&gt;blog worthy&lt;/i&gt;--but Balam Acab's recent remix is sincerely great, bringing out the best in Rey's pigtailed crooning. Acab's effort, along with Jamie Woon's treatment, has gotten me as hooked as Chris over at &lt;a href="http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2011/10/11/video-lana-del-rey-video-games-live-on-jools-holland/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;GvsB&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cover me in backlash honey and feed me to the hipster bears...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;small&gt;Right-Click + Save Link As:&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Balam Acab Remix).mp3"&gt;Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Balam Acab Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix).mp3"&gt;Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Lana Del Rey - Video Games.mp3"&gt;Lana Del Rey - Video Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;i&gt;Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;small&gt;Right-Click + Save Link As:&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Ganglians - Evil Weave.mp3"&gt;Ganglians - Evil Weave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/DOOMSTARKS - Victory Laps (Madvillainz Remix).mp3"&gt;DOOMSTARKS - Victory Laps (Madvillainz Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Weekend - Hazel.mp3"&gt;Weekend - Hazel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Julianna Barwick - Vow (Diplo &amp; Lunice Remix).mp3"&gt;Julianna Barwick - Vow (Diplo &amp; Lunice Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Radiohead - Lotus Flower (SBTRKT RMX).mp3"&gt;Radiohead - Lotus Flower (SBTRKT RMX)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You.mp3"&gt;REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Toro y Moi - Freaking Out.mp3"&gt;Toro y Moi - Freaking Out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Case Studies - You Folded Up My Blanket Like We Were Already Lovers.mp3"&gt;Case Studies - You Folded Up My Blanket Like We Were Already Lovers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Sometimes when you're an up-and-coming band with a mere 7" piece of vinyl to your name, it's hard to get attention from bigger indie publications, let alone the blogosphere hype machine. You know what helps? Being the guitarist for an already (modestly) succesful indie rock outfit. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
While I'd like to suggest that Dive--the new side-project from &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/06/download-now-beach-fossils-new.html" target=_blank"&gt;Beach Fossils&lt;/a&gt;' Z. Cole Smith--is merely getting press for the reasons above, this &lt;i&gt;Sometime&lt;/i&gt; 7" deserves every play your iTunes counts.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you listen to Beach Fossils (which you should be), you'll know what to expect from Dive, though Smith swaps out the Fossils' suburban, drinking-from-the-hose, summer sounds for slightly darker, more nocturnal motifs; think Bernard Sumner on a winding, midnight drive. Thankfully, the guitar jangle and wispy melodies remain, making &lt;i&gt;Sometime&lt;/i&gt; just as strong a release as this year's &lt;i&gt;What a Pleasure&lt;/i&gt; EP.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Dive - Corvalis.mp3"&gt;Dive - Corvalis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pop quiz: Who remembers those dual EPs from &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/07/download-elite-gymnastics-new-eps-all.html"&gt;Elite Gymnastics&lt;/a&gt;? Y'know, the ones that dropped in &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/07/download-elite-gymnastics-new-eps-all.html"&gt;July&lt;/a&gt;? And what about How to Dress Well's &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/06/mp3s-how-to-dress-wells-new-just-once.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just Once&lt;/i&gt; EP&lt;/a&gt;? Of course, you all do.&lt;br /&gt;
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Well, How to Dress Well decided to cover the Elite G'z ("Here in Heaven") and the hip duo returned the favour by remixing "Suicide Dream 2." Both tracks feature How to Dress Well's ethereal vocals and while the cover is expectedly haunting, the remix adds some much-appreciated pep. Friends helping out friends, you guys.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Elite Gymnastics - Here, In Heaven 3 (How to Dress Well Cover).mp3"&gt;Elite Gymnastics - Here, In Heaven 3 (How to Dress Well Cover)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Elite Gymnastics - h e r e ,   i n   h e a v e n   2.mp3"&gt;Elite Gymnastics - Here, In Heaven 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/How to Dress Well - Suicide Dream 2.mp3"&gt;How to Dress Well - Suicide Dream 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I became relatively enamored with The Zombies' 1968 sun-kissed opus, &lt;i&gt;Oracle and Odyssey&lt;/i&gt;, over the summer and I'm probably a better music writer for it (that and "&lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/09/summers-ending-citizen-insanes-got.html" target="_blank"&gt;Time of the Season&lt;/a&gt;," man). While I've only recently dug into the Britpop band's brief--as in two--album discography, I've always had an appreciation for "Tell Her No." &lt;br /&gt;
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I can close my eyes and still hear it through the tinny speakers of my aunt's '90s, white Chrysler Imperial, her aged voice singing along to the sounds of her youth while the hot, burgundy leather stuck to the backs my legs and the smell of settled in cigarette smoke battled the open window's fresh air.&lt;br /&gt;
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So of course, when &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2010/11/tennis-release-new-song-well-not-really.html" target="_blank"&gt;Tennis&lt;/a&gt;--a band already approved here--covers the track, I'm all over it. The nautical couple's take is pretty straightforward, if not a little too bland and/or destined to play overhead next time you're at Urban Outfitters. But since they stuck to the basics, the cover is winsome and worth a download, if not also a mild golf clap.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Tennis - Tell Her No.mp3"&gt;Tennis - Tell Her No&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/The Zombies - Tell Her No.mp3"&gt;The Zombies - Tell Her No&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The weather lately has been a little &lt;i&gt;bizarre&lt;/i&gt;. September reared its ugly head and Brooklyn got all sorts of chilly, then just a few days ago, it's 80° in the city. Now, my short-wearing will likely extend into November (Michigan blood), but that won't stop the leaves from turning or my appetite for pumpkin pie and football from spiraling out of control.  Below is a collection of songs I threw together for the season-changing occasion, but don't expect any jubilant bangers--this October mix is a more somber affair...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2n2gr8224gb7enh" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;Citizen Mix Vol. VIII - &lt;i&gt;Fall's a Comin'&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross - White Sun&lt;br /&gt;
2. My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise&lt;br /&gt;
3. Death Cab for Cutie - Company Calls Epilogue&lt;br /&gt;
4. Big Troubles - Misery&lt;br /&gt;
5. Woods - Down This Road&lt;br /&gt;
6. Real Estate - It's Real&lt;br /&gt;
7. Black Glove - That's All Midnight (M83 x Gucci Mane)&lt;br /&gt;
8. WU LYF - L Y F&lt;br /&gt;
9. The Gangsters - Best Friend&lt;br /&gt;
10. Radiohead - A Punch Up at a Wedding&lt;br /&gt;
11. The Replacements - Answering Machine&lt;br /&gt;
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Alternate Download Link: &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2n2gr8224gb7enh" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;MediaFire&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Sure, posting songs like these betray my affinity for genres like 90s indie rock, dubstep, 80s D.C. hardcore, IDM or chillwave, but I refuse to apologize for my adoration of a solid party tune. Whether or not you'll be playing any of these tracks depends on what &lt;i&gt;kind&lt;/i&gt; of party you're throwing this weekend, but each should find a home on playlist near you...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There's the catchy-clubiness of Rihanna's "We Found Love," the southern growl of T.I.'s "I'm Flexin'," the seedy bass of Big Sean and Nicki Minaj's "Ass" and--in a startling turn--the pitch-shifting coolness of Jamie Woon's "Video Games" remix.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;small&gt;Right-Click + Save Link As:&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Rihanna - We Found Love.mp3"&gt;Rihanna - We Found Love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix).mp3"&gt;Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Big Sean - Dance (A$$) Remix [feat. Nicki Minaj].mp3"&gt;Big Sean (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Dance (A$$) [Remix]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/TI - I'm Flexin' (feat. Big K.R.I.T.).mp3"&gt;T.I. - I'm Flexin' (feat. Big K.R.I.T.)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
I don't think I could've foreseen just how radical my birthday this year was going to be... I'm right in the middle of a Detroit sports renaissance, I got to achieve my childhood dream of hangin' out with some penguins and friends from all over the States are going above and beyond in awesomeness. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To ring in this special occasion, here are five songs arbitrarily related to today... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;What up 24 / I see you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Neil Young - Old Man.mp3"&gt;Neil Young - Old Man&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Mudhoney - Twenty Four.mp3"&gt;Mudhoney - Twenty Four&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/TI - 24's.mp3"&gt;T.I. - 24's&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Dom - Happy Birthday Party.mp3"&gt;Dom - Happy Birthday Party&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Jeremih - Birthday Sex (Show Me Love Mash-Up).mp3"&gt;Jeremih - Birthday Sex (Show Me Love Mash-Up)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Well, it's September and I can already feel the changes. I've started to wear actual shoes instead of, y'know, flip-flops. I'm finally wearing pants again, breaking my shorts-everyday summer record. I've even stopped sweating through every t-shirt I go out in. But before October rears is chilly, leaf-turning head, let's all soak up these last few weeks of sunned weather, patio bars and the outdoors with no jacket required... Pretty soon, we'll be missing it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?48l4n12lavvcjq7" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;Citizen Mix Vol. VII - &lt;i&gt;Summer's End&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tracklist:&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Major Lazer - Keep It Going Louder (So Shifty Remix)&lt;br /&gt;
2. The Zombies - Time of the Season&lt;br /&gt;
3. TV Girl - Benny and The Jetts&lt;br /&gt;
4. Wugazi - Ghetto Afterthought&lt;br /&gt;
5. The Scientists - Frantic Romantic&lt;br /&gt;
6. Syme - Modern Love (David Bowie Cover)&lt;br /&gt;
7. SBTRKT - Right Thing to Do&lt;br /&gt;
8. Lil B - I'm God&lt;br /&gt;
9. Joy Division - Disorder&lt;br /&gt;
10. Ducktails - Sit Around With Ya&lt;br /&gt;
11. Big Star - September Gurls&lt;br /&gt;
12. Beirut - After the Curtain&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Alternate Download Link: &lt;a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?48l4n12lavvcjq7" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the mix straight from &lt;i&gt;MediaFire&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;i&gt;Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;small&gt;Right-Click + Save Link As:&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Nicolas Jaar - Work It.mp3"&gt;Nicolas Jaar - Work It&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Spectrals - Big Baby.mp3"&gt;Spectrals - Big Baby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Jamie Woon - Spirits (YouTube Version).mp3"&gt;Jamie Woon - Spirits (YouTube Version)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/High Places - Year Off.mp3"&gt;High Places - Year Off&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Best Coast - How They Want Me to Be.mp3"&gt;Best Coast - How They Want Me to Be&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Ducktails - Sit Around With Ya.mp3"&gt;Ducktails - Sit Around With Ya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Belle &amp; Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming (Cold Cave Remix).mp3"&gt;Belle &amp; Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming (Cold Cave Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Toro y Moi - Saturday Love.mp3"&gt;Toro y Moi - Saturday Love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Vivian Girls - Take It as It Comes.mp3"&gt;Vivian Girls - Take It as It Comes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Dirty Beaches - Golden Desert Sun.mp3"&gt;Dirty Beaches - Golden Desert Sun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Well, this was a surprise. Who would've thought a hip-hop/electronic duo from Ottawa could deftly combine&amp;nbsp;old skool rhymes, b-boy beats and Friday-night hipster danceability? Inexplicably,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://dreamjefferson.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Dream Jefferson&lt;/a&gt;'s&amp;nbsp;latest album, &lt;i&gt;Punch Perm&lt;/i&gt;, manages to do just that.&lt;br /&gt;
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The seven track affair barely clocks in at 30 minutes (and can be downloaded in full over at their &lt;a href="http://dreamjefferson.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Bandcamp&lt;/a&gt; page), &lt;i&gt;but&lt;/i&gt; that's still 30 minutes of a drunken, sing-a-long basement party. While the music's not as galvanizing as, say, Odd Future, Dream Jefferson are a hell of a lot of fun--which is exactly what party rap should be. &lt;br /&gt;
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"&lt;i&gt;For too long, party rap has been the province of the hyper-sexual, presented comically or with straight faced perversion, with little or nothing to bridge the gap. What the genre lacks is a basis in reality, as opposed to a juvenile masturbatory fantasy, an honesty which would allow for a connection between the listener and the artist... From this day forward, party rap will be divided into two strata – everything else and this, [Dream Jefferson]&lt;/i&gt;," wrote the group on their website. &lt;br /&gt;
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With intentions like those, is it any surprise these guys deliver some good times?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Dream Jefferson - Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla.mp3"&gt;Dream Jefferson - Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Dream Jefferson - Purple Hearts.mp3"&gt;Dream Jefferson - Purple Hearts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Dream Jefferson - All Things Shining.mp3"&gt;Dream Jefferson - All Things Shining&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Last week, I posted "Fallout," the newest single from &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/2011/07/mp3-new-neon-indian-fallout.html" target="_blank"&gt;Neon Indian&lt;/a&gt;'s forthcoming album &lt;i&gt;Era Extraña&lt;/i&gt;. While that track was more of a chill sleeper, "Polish Girl" (thankfully) is not. The new new single dropped on NPR a couple of days ago and is the kind of glowing, spaced-out retro-pop Alan Palomo does best.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Neon Indian - Fallout.mp3"&gt;Neon Indian - Fallout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In a diligent effort to chronicle &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/search?q=radiohead" target="_blank"&gt;Radiohead&lt;/a&gt;'s musical posterity, I'm hosting Volume Three of their oft-reported &lt;a href="http://www.thecitizeninsane.com/search/label/King%20of%20Limbs%20Remixes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;King of Limbs&lt;/i&gt; remix series&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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With contributions from Four Tet and Lone, this might be the series' strongest set so far, blowing Vol. 2 out of the water and further exposing just how much of an electronic record &lt;i&gt;King of Limbs&lt;/i&gt; really was.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Radiohead - Feral (Lone Remix).mp3"&gt;Radiohead - Feral (Lone Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Radiohead - Morning Mr Magpie (Pearson Sound Scavenger Remix).mp3"&gt;Radiohead - Morning Mr Magpie (Pearson Sound Scavenger Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Radiohead - Separator (Four Tet Remix).mp3"&gt;Radiohead - Separator (Four Tet Remix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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