December 2011
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THE CHOSEN ONE?
En route to my apartment, I was exchanging texts with my friend Tara about my new mix, Destroy The Night. Arriving at my building, I threw my phone in my coat pocket, got out of the car, and walked down the sidewalk where I passed a presumably homeless, crazy man who blurted out, “Even Billy Graham knows!” On the elevator ride up to my place I chatted with a local newscaster (who obviously lives...
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CHRSWLKRVS' TEN FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2011
10. JUSTICE | AUDIO VIDEO DISCO The key to enjoying this album: Stop comparing it to †. It isn’t †. If anything it’s the anti-† and if you expected another †, well, why? That no one found this album as game-changing or as fun or as listenable as I did baffles me. Audio Video Disco is not like a MGMT-esque Congratulations what-the-fuck moment, it’s a perfect progression for a couple of guys who...
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DESTROY THE NIGHT
Oh, with all the end of year list stuff I didn’t mention this one, did I? The sequel to Up All Night: Destroy The Night. From what I’ve heard from my inner circle this one is a killer… and they harshly critique everything I do. It’ll be up before you know it. Cover photo graciously contributed by your favorite tattoo artist, Alivia.
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CHRSWLKRVS' TEN FAVORITE MIXES OF 2011
(In alphabetical order.) Four Tet | Fabriclive 59 Listen + Buy Here or Here Four Tet + Floating Points | Rinse.FM Mix (03.15.11) Download Jacques Renault | 8 Cities, 9 Days Download Jamie XX | FACT Mix 282 Download LA Riots | Spring 2011 Mix Download Royal Sapien | Dive Bar Listen + Buy Mixed + Unmixed Russ Chimes | Expressway Mix (Part 3) Download SBTRKT | Rinse.FM Mix (06.28.11) Download Scuba...
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CHRSWLKRVS' TEN FAVORITE EPS OF 2011
(In alphabetical order.) Alex Turner | Submarine Listen + Buy Burial | Street Halo Listen + Buy Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me HIgh Listen + Buy Gemini | Graduation Listen + Buy Kill The Noise | Kill Kill Kill Listen + Buy Kito + Reija Lee | Sweet Talk Listen + Buy Manufactured Superstars | Freak On You Listen + Buy Porter Robinson | Spitfire Listen + Buy The Weeknd | House Of Balloons +...
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CHRSWLKRVS' TWENTY FAVORITE SINGLES OF 2011
(In alphabetical order. If I don’t specify where you can buy or download iTunes is your best bet.) Avicii | Levels Watch | Listen + Buy The Bloody Beetroots | Church Of Noise (Feat. Dennis Lyxzen) Watch | Listen + Buy Rihanna + Calvin Harris | We Found Love Watch Dada Life | Happy Violence (Vocal Extended Mix) Watch | Listen + Buy Dillon Francis | I.D.G.A.F.O.S. Listen + Buy Diplo +...
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A PRELUDE TO CHRSWLKRVS' END OF YEAR LISTS
I’ve listened to electronic music all my life but 2011 was the first year it superseded all other genres and made (most) everything else sound muted and dull. At Coachella, fed up with the hours it took lackluster indie bands to set up and tear down, friends and I spent most of our time in the Sahara Tent dancing to sets by Chuckie, Laidback Luke, and the Twelves. Instead of traveling to San...
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WatchOh, and I love you.
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FINALLY, UP ALL NIGHT
As promised, after several sleepless nights here it is, my new mix: Up All Night. While it doesn’t include a lot of the tricks or quick changes found on Immediacy (The Chase), it contains several “old” favorites and a lot of new, high energy tracks. I’m really proud of this one. I hope you enjoy it. As previously mentioned, Daphnee Marie of Tumblr fame contributed the...
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4:55 AM
There’s a reason my new mix is called Up All Night.
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Amy Winehouse: Love Is A Losing Game (Original...
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WatchUmmm. I need this yesterday.
UP ALL NIGHT
After a few months of literal “what the fuck” nothingness, I’m happy to proclaim I’m back on my grind and almost finished with my new mix, Up All Night. Above you can see the cover art (a first), graciously contributed by this girl right here. I won’t lie, after I created the cover she sort of served as a muse for this mix and it became much more of a storytelling...