Brant's April 2011 Playlist

This month's playlist is dedicated to Spring Break and getting myself and anyone else into the spirit. Hopefully the pollen will taper off and there will be nothing standing between us and the warmer weather.

1. Civilization (Justice) - French electro duo return with a rock anthem! Unexpected but still great.

2. Loser Like Me (Glee cast) - Peppy pop to get your toes tappin'. Who cares if Sue Sylvester is throwing sticks at your head???

3. Keep Me Under the Sheets - Mochi Beats Remix (Ellie Goulding feat. Three 6 Mafia) - Get your Spring Break party started with this fabulous mash-up. Free download at http://pumpthebeat.com/?s=keep+me+under+the+sheets

4. Holdin' On (Rooney) - West Coast rock for convertible cruising. Their free downloadable session on Daytrotter includes this too - but Jill had a track from that on her April playlist so didn't want to plagiarize.

5. Dreamin' (Loleatta Holloway) - Miss Loleatta passed away last month, so wanted to have one of her tracks on here. Gone but not forgotten. The gospel breakdown at the end is fab!

6. The Sweetest Thing - Richard Hawley remix (Camera Obscura) - Originally was from their last album, but this remix makes an appearance on an EP they just put out. Hopefully a new album is on the way. I love their 1960s sound!

7. Summertime Girl (Shwayze & Cisco) - Jill turned me on to this! The EP (The W's) is available as a free download on the internet, but you have to search for it. Technically a summer song, but works for Spring break too, I think.

8. The Garden (the Creepshow) - My first foray into "psychobilly", thanks to Jeff. Some of their other stuff is rather disturbing, but this tune has a sweetness to it that appealed to me.

9. Girls With Accents (Fences) - He drops the "F" bomb quite a bit, but like the previous song - there's an endearing sweetness to the melody.

10. Gasoline (Britney Spears) - I'm still convinced the REAL Britney Spears is locked away in a mental institution somewhere, but her look-a-like nails this funky ode to explosives.

11. Filling Up with Heaven - Hardfloor Vocal Radio Mix (the Human League) - Spanky turned me onto this guy who's screen name is "musicoloog" on Sound Cloud. He has some cool remixes of tons of 80s acts (Pet Shop Boys, Human League, Simple Minds). This is one of them, and it's a free download at http://soundcloud.com/ikoens4/the-human-league-filling-up-with-heaven-hardfloor-vocal-radio-mix

12. Wait Up (Tokyo Police Club) - Peppy alt rock complete with "woo hoo hoo" backup vocals. Who needs more? Sure to turn up on a TV or movie soundtrack sometime soon.

13. Drunk Girls - Holy Ghost Remix (LCD Soundsystem) - This was a free download on iTunes. Not sure what made me think of Spring Break...!

14. On and On (Mac Miller) - Another freebie on iTunes. I like the mellow piano accompaniment.

15. M79 (Vampire Weekend) - This was from an older Daytrotter session, but still a goodie! Free download at http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/vampire-weekend-concert/20030173-110924.html

16. Give Me a Break (Vivien Vee) - I just discovered a CD series called "Disco Discharge" that I love! They have more volumes than I can afford at once, but their mission is to publish rare and previously unavailable disco recordings on CD. This is from their Euro Disco compilation. I'm sure more selections will be on future playlists and playing at the Russ Communications office! The video is hilarious. Vivien is working her butt off for three people on a sofa who can barely be bothered to snap their fingers and occasionally clap! Link to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3vTmHqXEMo

17. Coco Jamboo (Mr. President) - This month's official throwback. Heard this on satellite radio and definitely put me in the Spring Break spirit. Where's my Mai Tai?