The Life and Times and Amazing Adventures of DJ Bunny Ears.

Song of the day from album of the week.
Kinda Animal Collective meets The Flaming Lips, esque-ish.
Dig it.

http://www.myspace.com/miniaturetigers
http://modernartrecords.wordpress.com/

Call it Drag, Witch House, Haunted House, what-you-will, etc. (http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7806-ghosts-in-the-machine/),
but no matter what, I'm really digging what these kids are up to.
My friend Max turned me onto Blackbird Blackbird sometime ago and now I'm turning you on to it.

Also, there's more free tracks from the band here:
http://byebyeblackbird.bandcamp.com/

Song of the day from my favorite (mini) album of the week.
Due out on Frenchkiss in the early fall.

Also, here's what our little spread from an impromptu party on a Friday afternoon for a hip bachelor on a rooftop of a music studio in Soho looks like.
Check out the tiny cassette player by the buns. It rocked out a serious booty mix.

http://frenchkissrecords.com/bands/profile/young_man/
http://pitchfork.com/news/39453-new-release-young-man-iboyi-ep/

If you're in the need for some awesome washed-out electronic hip-hop-esque summer beats, Gold Panda will sort you out.

http://iamgoldpanda.com/

Had a really nice summery weekend in Brooklyn.
Went and looked at potential new apartments, had brunch at Maggie Brown,
found a cafe (Sit & Wonder) nearby that sells Stumptown coffee,
met Andrew in Kensington for some hummus at Mimi's, went for a bike ride,
read some Harry Potter Order Of The Phoenix (just brushing up for the new movie)
and checked out the Afro Punk Festival block party.
All in all, a lovely time was had.

Also, just started to get into the new album from Fanfarlo.
Get ready, as I have a feeling we're going to be hearing a lot about them.
This is my favorite track so far:

http://www.fanfarlo.com/
http://www.maggiebrownrestaurant.com/
http://mimishummus.com/
http://www.nostrandpark.com/home/2009/7/1/sit-wonder-cafe.html
http://www.stumptowncoffee.com/
http://www.afropunk.com/

Maybe it's because it's finally warming up and feeling like summer,
or maybe it's because my gal just saw her Madison Square Garden performance,
but this is the jam of the day.
Say what you will.

It's been raining more or less nonstop here and summer hasn't really started yet.
So I'm just pretending I'm back in Portland and been riding my bike in the rain, especially as I'm trying to help Andrew train for his Iowa ride.
Shout out to Brooklyn Bike & Board for keeping this baby in tune.
http://brooklynbikeandboard.com/

Plus, to help keep summery spirits up, I've been listening a ton to the new Passion Pit album, which is cheery as all get out.

http://www.passionpitmusic.com/