Playlists: EXERCISE

Hello, CBK readers!

If you haven’t noticed, summer is upon us. If you really haven’t noticed, go outside. Please.

For you kids/adults/people with free time (like myself) use that time to DO things! Not just sit around and scroll through Reddit like I do. Read a book! Watch a TV show on Netflix!! Listen to new music! Start a blog! Exercise– well wait a second now… Exercise? Yeah man. Exercise. It’s good for you.

Okay, well I’m doing that whole exercising thing too and I thought I’d share my EXERCISE playlist with you because it surely gets me motivated when I’m working out. So if you’re struggling to find some musical motivation to rip you off that couch of yours, here’s a list!

I’ll be separating the tracks into categories, along with providing download links when I can. I also might make a Spotify playlist. Howabout that? Technology!

SHREDDERS:

Crush – Abe Vigoda

Wasted Days – Cloud Nothings

Cut You – Cloud Nothings

New Brigade – Iceage

Think – The Men

Please Don’t Go Away – The Men

Cube – The Men

Ex-Dreams – The Men

Born to Lose – Sleigh Bells

Comeback Kid – Sleigh Bells

Leader of the Pack – Sleigh Bells

Demons – Sleigh Bells

Krokodil – St. Vincent

Awake – Trash Talk

Wave Goodbye – Ty Segall Band

RIGHTEOUS BLASTERS:

E-Pro – Beck

Asunder – Fang Island

Careful Crossers – Fang Island

Daisy – Fang Island

Sideswiper – Fang Island

Treeton – Fang Island

For The Love Of Ivy – Japandroids

Younger Us – Japandroids

The House That Heaven Built – Japandroids

New Map – M83

Midnight City – M83

New York City – Punch Brothers

DANCERS:

Harlem Shake – Baauer

Stay Away – Charli XCX

Hearts on Fire – Cut Copy

Indo Silver Club – Daft Punk

Osaka Loop Line – Discovery

Here, In Heaven – Elite Gymnastics

I Love It – Icona Pop

Tribulations – LCD Soundsystem

Movement – LCD Soundsystem

Losing My Edge – LCD Soundsystem

North American Scum – LCD Soundsystem

Big Changes – Lemonade

White Lies – My Dear Disco

Ephemeral Artery – Neon Indian

Touching Transform – Pictureplane

Post Physical – Pictureplane

Watch Me Dance – Toddla T

All Alone – Toro Y Moi

HIP-HOP:

Big Beast (Ft. Bun B, T.I. & Trouble) – Killer Mike

Go! – Killer Mike

The Full Retard – El-P

True Story – El-P

The Fever (Aye Aye) – Death Grips

I’ve Seen Footage – Death Grips

Hacker – Death Grips

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Now as you can see, most of these songs came from either this year or the year before. I’m not covering a lot of ground in terms of motivating music history, so if YOU have some great songs that get your muscles swollen (in a good way, any other way would be kinda gross) post em! I always enjoy hearing new music, so some invigorating tunes would be much appreciated!

Have a motivating day!

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Favorite Songs of March, April and May

Hey all,

As some of you know I started to do a series of “Favorites of MONTH” which abruptly ended at February. Well, I just thought I’d post some favorites from the past three months that might make you a few months nostalgic or remind you of some great music you might of missed.
Also, some of these songs did not come out this year. Some I discovered or really got into in that month. Hence why I said “Favorites” instead of “Best.”
Woo.

MARCH

Sa Sa Samoa (Elite Gymnastics Remix) – Korallreven

Please Don’t Go Away – The Men

Over the Ice – The Field

Space is Only Noise if You Can See – Nicolas Jaar

Swervin’ (Inst. Remix) – Clams Casino

Myth – Beach House

Sinful Nature – Bear in Heaven

Only You Know (ft. Dee) – Bondax

Neptune – Lemonade

The Full Retard – El-P

Ephemeral Artery – Neon Indian

Here in Heaven 4 & 5 (CFCF Remix) – Elite Gymnastics

Jasmine – Jai Paul

APRIL

Gun Has No Trigger – Dirty Projectors

Little Bit – Lykke Li

The House that Heaven Built – Japandroids

Beautiful Life – jj

Hos Mig Igen (ft. Coco) – When Saints Go Machine

Untitled (ft. Scar) – Killer Mike

Light + Space – Laurel Halo

Comme un Enfant – Yelle

Night and Day – Hot Chip

Obedear – Purity Ring

Every Single Night – Fiona Apple

I Only Have Eyes For You – Beck

I Walk – Mister Lies

Sweet Thing – Van Morrison

MAY

Wave Goodbye – Ty Segall Band

Doused – DIIV

Europe – Allo Darlin

Big Beast (ft. Bun B, T.I. and Trouble) – Killer Mike

I Love It – Icona Pop

Wild – Beach House

The Leanover – Life Without Buildings

House – Kindness

Henrietta – Yeasayer

Life/Trap – Elite Gymnastics

Funtimes in Babylon – Father John Misty

Eye Drops – Lemonade

The Last Huzzah (Remix ft. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown & El-P) – Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire

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New mp3 & Video: Yeasayer – “Longevity”

Yeasayer has a new, downloadable song called “Longevity” out from their upcoming full length entitled “Fragrant World.” Pretty sure this is the first Yeasayer where there’s strings, which I absolutely love. The whole thing has a futuristic yet desert nomad sound to it, which is awesome. Watch the video below, as well as download that sucker!

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Beat the heat today! Stay inside if you can and enjoy air conditioning! Listen to this! Or Purity Ring’s new song. Or both. They’re both great. Just don’t die in this heat!

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New mp3: Purity Ring – “Fineshrine”

Purity Ring has unleashed another song called “Fineshrine” from their upcoming debut LP “Shrines.” This song definitely has the “Purity Ring” ambiance with that signature synth wave and pitch-bent backing vocals that characterizes their songs. But this band is just so amazing they manage to take all these familiar sounds and turn them into something totally new. Lemme just say I am elated that their LP is coming out soon.

Listen below as well as download the song!

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Have a fine day!

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New: Dirty Projectors – “Dance For You”

Well what do we have here at midnight?
A new Dirty Projectors song, off their upcoming album “Swing Lo Magellan!”

It definitely doesn’t have the same vibe as their previous track “Gun Has No Trigger” but it’s definitely Projectorsesque, which makes sense (which also means its good)! Enough of my incoherent rambling, I’m pretty tired. Listen to it below via Youtube.

Have a great day!

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Album Stream: Fiona Apple – “The Idler Wheel…”

FANTASTIC.

Well folks, here it is. The newest album from Fiona Apple. After getting hooked on Apple’s amazing voice and songs after hearing the song “Criminal” I had to get more. I collected all I could, then realized she halted her public musical production in 2005 after “Extraordinary Machine.”

But now, after seven years of painful waiting, it’s finally here. Stream Apple’s newest album “The Idler Wheel…” on NPR HERE

Have a fantastic day!

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Radical Tracks: Frank Ocean & Tomas Barfod

These two tracks have been buzzing in my head for the past two days, so I decided to drop everything and post them here, in an attempt to share the bliss that these two songs create in your temporal lobes. Seriously. These songs are great, plus they’re both free downloads! Get on that, folks!

Frank Ocean – Pyramids

Tomas Barfod – November Skies (ft. Nina Kinert)
http://soundcloud.com/jajajanordic/tomas-barfod-november-skies-ft

Have a great day!

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Watch Killer Mike’s Awesome, NSFW Video for “Big Beast”

Hey y’all,

This right here, is one of my favorite things of the year. It’s so good, that my last sentence rhymed. What’s good about this video here? Well, for starters the song is incredible: one of my favorite songs of the year along with one of the most motivating songs on my exercise playlist.

Another plus is that it’s modeled off of the movie “Drive,” among many other old-school convenience store robbery action movies. It also has zombie strippers, a sweet car chase, Reagan masks, El-P, and Killer Mike being awesome as ever. The cinematography is wonderful, every detail of the video is well-crafted, and it’s cool as hell. Definitely give this one a watch. It’s NSFW by the way, so watch out for that.

Have a beast day?
Well, I mean, have a good day. Yeah.

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New: Fiona Apple – “Anything We Want”

Today is a great day!

First a new Grizzly Bear song, which you can listen to here and now a new Fiona Apple song! The song features a strong piano line with an equally strong Fiona Apple, amidst clattering, kitchen-inspired percussion. With this song, Werewolf and Every Single Night Apple’s upcoming album The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do is looking like it’s going to be one of my favorite releases of the year. Listen to “Anything We Want” below.

Have a wonderful day!

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New: Grizzly Bear – “Sleeping Ute”

Well kids,

Grizzly Bear has put out a new song called “Sleeping Ute” from their upcoming, untitled album. The most striking thing about this song is the guitar, the way it unabashedly cuts through a forest of percussion and other noises floating into the atmosphere. It’s a triumphant return to a much beloved band. I can see why Ed Droste, one of the members of the band also probably the most vocal on Twitter, is so excited about it. Listen to it below, also check out their tour dates!

SEPTEMBER
16 Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theater
17 Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
18 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
20 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
21 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
22 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater
23 Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia
24 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
26 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
28 Cincinnati, OH @ MidPoint Music Festival
29 Champaign, IL @ Pygmalion Music Festival
30 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre

OCTOBER
01 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04 Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
05 Seattle, Washington @ Paramount Theatre
06 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
09 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
10 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theater
17 Gateshead, UK @ The Sage Gateshead
18 Manchester, UK @ Academy
20 Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
21 Coventry, UK @ Warwick Arts Centre
22 London, UK @ Brixton Academy
26 Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller
27 Stockholm, Sweden @ Berns Salonger
28 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Falconer Salen
30 Hamburg, Germany @ Uebel & Gefärlich
31 Berlin, Germany @ Astra

NOVEMBER
02 Köln, Germany @ Essigfabrik
03 Paris, France @ Pitchfork Festival
04 Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
05 Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
20 Wellington, New Zealand @ Opera House
21 Auckland, New Zealand @ Bruce Mason

Have a sleepy day!

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