This Shit Has Popped Since May And I Get A Sneaker Pimps "Six Underground" vibe. So Get On This, MSMR

Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.

Osho (via originalgiantcontent)

People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss. The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I don't know whether pop music has caused this unhappiness, but I do know that they've been listening to the sad songs longer than they've been living the unhappy lives.

- Rob, "High Fidelity", by Nick Hornby

Lorraine Loot.

AM & Shawn Lee - a duo that came through the Fox Theater in Oakland with likewise outstanding duo Thievery Corporation a couple weeks ago - released their first LP together earlier this month. Celestial Electric (of which you can scoop up from their Bandcamp page) is a blissed-out trip through your Dad's old AM radio. It siphons the best bits of soul and psychedelica, painting a lush soundscape comparable to what the Black Keys did for roots rock. 

"Somebody Like You" is the hit. Mark my words.

are you kidding me, chrome sparks? 

Brooklyn sends love to stereo-land with synth-pop duo Class Actress dropping the new track "Keep You," streaming above.

It's a heads-up for the full length Rapproacher, out October 18 on Carpark.

Elizabeth Harper and band mate Scott Rosenthal will join Washed Out next Saturday, July 9 at the Great American Music Hall in SF.