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Ok so this past week is getting me even more antsy for Coachella than usual. All I’ve been seeing is statuses and tweets of “SXSW this…” or “Beyond Wonderland that..” and now shit like “ME+ULTRA+MIAMI=BEST WEEK EVER LOL.” And to top it all off, the wristbands and tix were sent out just to taunt us until the date. I just want the next 20 days to come and gtfo so we can have our fun. I’ve been trying to pass the time by going to LA to see The Strange Boys on Tuesday and Thee Oh Sees on Friday. BIG thanks to FYF Fest for hosting those and making them both memorable, sold out, rowdy, sweaty and all around awesome shows. It’s always nice to take time off the pounding bass in exchange for slamming guitars, outgoing vocalists and energetic bands with groovy ass bass lines. Anyhow, I found a bunch of good tunes this week, some of which that are gonna be in Indio with us. Jam out, stay safe and be patient. Good things are coming!

-Skinny Genes

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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Household Goods (Electronic)
Star Slinger – Dutchie Courage (DJ/Hip-Hop)
Thee Oh Sees – Enemy Destruct (Garage Rock)
Flux Pavilion – Bass Cannon (Original Mix) (Dubstep)
MEN – Off Our Backs (Indie)
MEN – Boom Boom Boom (Indie)
Midnight Juggernauts – Road to Recovery (Indie/Electronic)
The Strange Boys – Poem Party (Folk Rock)
Joakim & Krikor – Azid (Acid House/Electronic)

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I’m happy to say that finals week is in the past (for most), and we all came out alive. And now that I have way less to worry about, this break is going to be filled with the brainstorming and reconfiguring of the future of C+A+D. We’ve been getting way more action than usual lately, and it makes us so happy to know that you guys are helping us spread the word. We want to share our music with everyone! SO many new things are in store for us, as far as album releases and upcoming events. Notably: Justice, sebastiAn, Jack Beats, THE STROKES, and others. 2011 is shaping up to be the best year of music for our generation. Happy Spring to all our delightful friends! We love you.

-Skinny Genes

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Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance (Miike Snow Remix) (Indie/Electronic)
Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (iTunes Session) (Indie/Live)
Indeep – Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (DCUP Remix) (Electronic/Funk)
Bodyrox – Yeah Yeah (ft. Luciana) (Electronic)
Rusko – Lick the Lizard ft. Reso (Dubstep)
Tek-One – Broken String (Dubstep)
D.I.M., Tai – Glass (House)
Toro y Moi – Imprint After (Indie)
Toro y Moi – Talamak (Indie)

Another morning made by a release from one of my all-time favs: sebastiAn. SebastiAn is finally releasing his album titled “Total” in May, and I couldn’t be more excited! He (along with the rest of the Ed Banger crew) have been at the top of my list since I knew what electronic was. I love when DJs put together albums because you really don’t see that often at all. SebastiAn has always had a thing with the way his bass hits that I’ve never seen recreated. His sounds and melodies cut right through you. More on the dark side, but yet still puts me in a good mood. I’m really happy with “Embody,” though. It’s the sebastiAn we want to hear, just new. Oh and that picture is him kissing himself, which is probably going to be his album art. Is that gay? Enjoy.

sebastiAn – Embody removed by request

-Skinny Genes

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sebastiAn – Walkman
Uffie – Difficult (2006 Parties Remix by SebastiAn) Delightful Choice!

I know I just posted on these guys a few days ago, but they felt my appraisal and threw another remix together a couple days later. I was gonna put this and the delightful treat in the YOLO list coming up, but there’s so much this week that I didn’t want to overwhelm you. So Kids at the Bar decided to add one more banger to their résumé this week. This time they put a ravey spin on Glasnost‘s originally disco-funky track, “Corridor.” Adding a plethora of heavy bass and synth that’s a treat in itself. My only qualm is that it doesn’t drop with a slamming snare the second time around..kinda plateaus when it has much more potential. You’ll see.

Glasnost – Corridor (Kids at the Bar Remix)

-Skinny Genes

Delightful Treat

TC – Deep (Jack Beats Remix)
I heard this song for the first time at Hard Haunted 2010 and it came back into my life in their Warehouse Project video. I was happy to find that it’s been released, but not in its entirety…don’t know when or if we’ll get the whole thing, but this is sick as fuck. The glitchy wobble leaves me speechless every time.

Justice is hyping the hell out of their new song, and at first it was making me worried…but a little faith goes a long way. Behind this commercial you can hear the funky bass lines and hard hitting snares that we’ve been without for almost 4 years. Counting down the days for these guys to make their come back. As they quoted on their status:

“CIVILIZATION”
First single of Justice’s upcoming album
04-04-11

-Skinny Genes

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I feel like a retard, because I’ve had all today’s songs saved up and ready to go all week, and yet I still managed to wait til the absolute last minute to put them up. Slept in today after a rockin show at Detroit bar featuring Portland’s Starfucker. My second time around seeing these guys was filled with just as much energy and good vibes as the first, just with a little more lazers and a little less dresses and wigs. Frontman and multi-instrumentalist Josh Hodges put a on a show of his own, switching between singing, guitar playing, synth slamming, and record scratching on a record player he had on stage, which I thought was the coolest thing ever. They made a mixtape with top40s classics mashed on their recently released album Reptilians that you can find on their soundcloud. I took the liberty of downloading them all and zipping them up so you don’t have to. You can download that here.

-Skinny Genes

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The Strokes – Machu Picchu (Rock)
The Strokes – Taken For A Fool (Rock)
Kid Kenobi – Breakers Revenge (DCUP remix) (Electro Funk)
Animal Collective – Brothersport (Experimental/Indie)
Avicii & Sebastien Drums – My Feelings For You (Treasure Fingers Remix) (House)
Rusko – Rubadub Shakedown (feat. Rod Azlan) (Dub)
Travis Barker – Cool Head Feat. Kid Cudi (Hip Hop)

Another unexpected treat just hit the internet this morning, and it’s the kinda thing that effects the rest of the day..Calvin Harris uploaded a video for his new track “Awooga” that has footage of his recent Australian tour with Rihanna. There’s something about Calvin’s songs that always hits home, makes you forget about your worries and want to get down and dirty for a quick min. You can tell this guy has been through a bunch of bullshit, and yet still manages to dgaf and enjoy life anyway. I don’t know if the footage from the video is his liveset or what, but I NEED to see that set up one day. Anyway, the song isn’t the usual Calvin we’re used to hearing, but has the similar sound and bounciness that we love. Another thing that puts it apart from his older tunes is that he’s not singing…let’s hope he doesn’t make a habit of this. Meanwhile, I’m lovin’ it!

Calvin Harris – Awooga (Original Mix)

-Skinny Genes