The Rapture has decided to kick off 2012 by releasing a compilation of remix’s for Sail Away, the opening track from “In the Grace of Your Love” that dropped late last year.  The Sail Away EP was released on Monday through DFA and includes some of music’s finest homies, with Cut Copy, Aeroplane, and Cosmic kids all making appearances.  Well done boys, well done.  You can stream the whole thing here.

 The Rapture – Sail Away (Aeroplane Remix) 

The Rapture – Sail Away (Cut Copy Remix) 

The Rapture – Sail Away (Cosmic Kids Lost at Sea Remix) 

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I was one of the few media dudes to get a chance to talk to Chromeo while they warmed up in Toronto. It was a bit of a gong show, with bad cell reception and the main guy from Holy Ghost! soundchecking in the same room. I do manage to get some great quotes from P-Thugg and he even gives a little bit of advice to one of our listeners (and a devoted Chromeo fan)!!!

Also check out around the 22-minute mark for a special guest spot by local actor, Bruce Silverson! Even more nerdy goodness than usual!

Chromeo on the interview show

Chromeo “Don’t Turn the Lights On” (Aeroplane Remix) P-Thugg‘s fav remix from the current release, Business Casual.

Chromeo “Needy Girl” (Lifelike remix) An oldie, but a goodie.

Chromeo “I Could Be Wrong” (ft. Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend)

the interview show is everywhere! (interviewshow[at]gmail.com)

www.cjsf.ca (Vancouver, BC, Mondays 4:30-5pm PST and Saturdays 8-8:30am PST)
www.radiocfxu.ca (Campus Community Radio, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Fridays 11pm-12am AST)
www.cfru.ca (University of Guelph Radio, Tuesdays 3pm EST)
www.umfm.com (Winnipeg’s Hit Free Radio, Fridays 6-6:30pm CST)
www.caperradio.com (Cape Breton University Radio, Wednesdays 2:30-3pm AST and Fridays 5:30-6pm AST)
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Doves – Brazil (Aeroplane Remix)

Now all we do is worry about dying!!!!!

The weekend is here and we have some parties for ya. First off, tonight, we have a Winnie party. Myself and Christian Flores are at Library Square playing all our favorite songs from the 90′s at the SHOW ME LOVE night. Shout for list.

Two big parties at Funky Winkerbean’s. Tonight we have the first night of Mutant Disco being done by the people who did the Weirdness parties at the Biltmore.  Expect lots of rad-italo with a splash of cheesy 80′s and maybe even a Mr Vain or two.

Saturday at Funky’s, Winnie Cooper presents, Garland + Yarn at our NO MORE STRANGERS night, which is always a good time. But really, how can you go wrong with $1.75 beers? Hope to see you there.

aaaaand some tunes.

Vancouver’s Piper Davis

Dj Neighbor & Piper Davis – Rhinestone Cowgirl

Winnie pals, Rocca with their latest effort

Rocca – The Road

Discovery is a collab between Ra Ra Riot‘s Wes Miles and Vampy Weekend‘s Rostam Batmanglij. They have an album coming out in 09. Exciting, exciting.

Discovery – Osaka Loop Line

Winnie pals, Cof Cof have a new mini LP out. It’s rad and available for download here.
Cof Cof – T-shirt

Fesity and Benny G!
Feist + Ben Gibbard – Train Song

Canada’s k-os is keeping hip hop alive. He has an excellent new album out called, “Yes”.  I give it 4 out of 5 Winnies. Look out for our upcoming Winnie-TV segment with k-os!!
k-os – I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Animal Collective have the two biggest albums of the year so far. Here’s AC take on YYYs hipster anthem.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero (Animal Collective remix)

I’m a sucker for a good cover
Magic Arm – Daft Punk Is Playing In My House (LCD Soundsystem Cover)

And for almost all things Beach Boys
The Beach Boys – God Only Knows (Aeroplane Bootleg Remix)

Pharrell’s behind these dudes. This has been out for a while. So far I’ve only found this one single to be good and the other stuff to be more disappointing.
Chester French – She Loves Everybody

Luvs me a TPC remix
Tokyo Police Club – Graves (Nightsweats Remix)

Luvs me a FR remix too
Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart (Fuck Buttons Remix)
Appaloosa – The Day We Fell In Love (Ted & Francis Remix)
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks

Japandroids, “Post Nothing” has been on heavy rotation. Definitely another one of the best albums of the year.
Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire

I don’t want to worry about dying,
I just want to worry about sunshine and giiiiiirls.

(Sigh). The week starts anew.

Here’s your Monday song to get you through the blahs (and/or help you recover from the weekend’s debauchery).

Aeroplane – Caramellas

Make sure you let the entire track play… much like your day, it’s a slow build up but you’ll be feeling better by the end.

Well, the year is almost officially over and it couldn’t come soon enough… it’s time for my TOP TWENTY SONGS OF 2008!

You know I’ve never been the kind of person who could say with full conviction which movie is my favourite of all time or what the best restaurant is. See, I find it will almost always be dependent on how you feel at that particular point in time.

Of course, music is the same way. Even the most mundane routine in your day to day life can be perfectly captured by some song. And that song at that exact moment is the best song there could be… (Garden State would not have been as good a movie without that amazing soundtrack)

So anyways, it goes without saying then that I had some difficulty selecting my TOP TWENTY.

There are definitely songs on my list that have been fully rinsed in 2008. But hey what can I say? I ain’t no snob… I’m a fan of pop music just as much as I am a fan of the indie and sub-pop jams.

I won’t bore you with a commentary on each track.

Here are twenty 2008 tracks that have stood out to me… haters, get your hate on:

20. Metronomy – A Thing For Me (Mad Decent’s B-Live Miami Mix)

19. Matt & Kim – Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare

18. Santogold – Say Aha (Tepr Remix)

17. The Kills – Cheap and Cheerful

16. Ratatat – Mirando (YACHT Remix)

15. Portishead – Machine Gun

14. Friend – Secret

13. Mike Jones ft Lil Wayne – I Done Did It

12. Feist – I Feel It All (Escort Remix)

11. Radiohead – Reckoner (Diplo Remix)

10. Kid Cudi – Day ‘N Nite (Crookers Remix)

9. Lykke Li – Little Bit (CSS Remix)

8. Lil Wayne – A Milli (Say-Wut Remix)

7. Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning (Cut Copy Remix)

6. Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor (Chromeo Remix)

5. Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire

4. Crystal Castles – Courtship Dating

3. Friendly Fires ft Au Revoir Simone – Paris (Aeroplane Remix)

2. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream

1. Cut Copy – Lights & Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix)

Goodbye to the year that was… brighter days ahead?