Give A Toast To Make It The Most

Nina Hynes and the Husbands “Wow and Flutter” – No, sorry, this is not a Stereolab cover. Even still, the song feels extraordinarily familiar and comfortable without seeming at all stale. I only heard it for the first time last week, but it seems like I’ve known it for half my life and just misplaced it sometime around 2000 or so. (Click here to buy it from Kitty Yo.)

Cannonball Jane “Take It To Fantastic (DJ Downfall Remix)” – John Downfall doesn’t change all that much about Cannonball Jane’s song, but he does streamline it considerably and place a greater emphasis on the snappy, cymbal-heavy, Rich Harrison-in-miniature backbeat, which in turn makes the composition seem bigger, bolder, and brighter. (Click here to buy it from Cannonball Jane.)

Elsewhere: Historical note: ‘record shops’ are an old fashioned version of DVD emporia like HMV and Virgin. In times gone by, people who enjoyed a song or collection of songs (‘an album’) by a singer or band would walk to one of these ‘record shops’ and pay money in exchange for the music. Of course, these days music is free, meaning that it is possible for teenagers to spend money on more important things like drugs and shoes with wheels in them.

Also: The Office’s Mindy Kaling went to see Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem in Los Angeles.

And: R.I.P. Megan Matthews.