Coconut Records - "Microphone"

You might recognize Jason Schwartzman from damn near every Wes Anderson flick (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Darjeeling Limited), and more recently Funny People. What a lot of folks don't know about Jason is that he's also a talented singer, songwriter and musician. Coconut Records is the name of Schwartzman's solo project, whose first album, Nighttiming caught the attention of Judd Apatow, landing him three songs on the Funny People soundtrack. Davy, his sophomore album dropped earlier this year, along with the single, "Microphone". Dope song and a solid video to go with it.

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Coconut Records - "Microphone"

Francis & The Lights Do Diesel NYC

Some might not be up on Francis & the Lights yet. Some of you might have let the video for "The Top" slip by. No worries though, I'm confident you'll be hearing their name again soon. After that, you'll probably hear their name a bunch more times. They sound like a mix between Daft Punk and The Police. They cover Kanye songs and entire Otis Redding albums live. I might just have a new favorite band. Yesterday, Francis Farewell Starlite and co. gave a live performance at the NYC Diesel store. This one's called "LIME".

Francis & The Lights Do Diesel NYC

Bibio - "Lovers' Carvings"

Another one of those posts for the curious listener. If your 2000's-era attention span can't tolerate songs with no words in the first minute or so, this might not be for you. You will, however, be missing out a seriously dope record. The kind of song that just grows and grows on you. Bibio, AKA Stephen Wilkinson is a British producer who recently released Ambivalence Avenue, a dope collection of experimental tracks ranging from acoustic compositions to spacey funk and electronic beats cooked up on the MPC. Dilla would be proud of this. On a related note, Rest in Peace to Baatin from Slum Village. Dude had one of the coolest voices ever recorded, and I know he'll be missed by music heads everywhere. Appreciate life folks, you just never know.

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Bibio - "Lovers' Carvings"