It’s been a while since we’ve weighed in on the homo-phonic sounds, but we’re back with the queer beat. Each week, we’ll recap what’s hot in music worldwide and locally, and we’ll have playlist picks from hot local DJs as well. Let’s get it on.
<a href="http://www.lanadelrey.com" target="_blank"Lana Del Rey released the first official single from her debut album Born to Die, due out January 31. (Stay tuned for an entire blog post about Lana.) The title track has a great neo-noir/dubstep feel, but it’s disappointing she wussed out exchanging the first four-letters of “fuck you hard in the pouring rain” from the song’s previous lyrical incarnation, to k-i-s-s. But hey, we’ll take a kiss with tunes like this.
I’m still being hypnotized by local narco-rockers Pure X‘s album Pleasure. Check out the odd video for the hazy “Surface.”
FInally, in the spirit of returns, the best song about getting back in the game:
Local Top Faggy Fives
Mouthfeel Playlist Picks for Dec. 1st
at Cheer Up Charlie’s
“Pyramid” – Four Tet
“Kaledescopic Ecstasy” – Space Dimension Controller
“The Colors” – Sneaky Soundsystem
“My Shadow” – Sound of Arrows
“Raconte-Moi Une Histoire” – M83
Glitoris Playlist Picks for Tuezgayz Dec. 3rd at Barbarella
“Roman in Moscow” – Nicki Minaj
“Way Too Long” – Spencerpask
“Restless” – Karin Park
“Nuclear Seasons” – Charlies XCX
“Dream On” – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Tune in next Mo’nday mo’rning for more playlist picks from your favorite party poppers and more.
This article appears in December 2 • 2011.