Mike James & DJ Kriegs

Okay. So it may not be a terribly new song, but it's a new song to me and shame on you blog reader for negating my newly found feelings of awe and wonder. Shame! With every listen of Miike Snow, each new discovery, I love the band more and more, and "Silvia" one such pleasant finding. The song seemlessly, organically blends acoustic with electronic into something morose yet fresh sounding--truly delightful! Also, the band is from Sweden, which, as it happens, is turning into something of a big deal in my (music) life... I suppose at some point I'll have to get some therapy to figure out just why that is :P

Listen to "Silvia" here:

Uber-Canadians, Stars, are releasing their 11th (that's right, 11th) album, The Five Ghosts, June 22nd 2010--that's a Tuesday, by the way--and Sterogum has been kind enough to hook an indie kid up with a free download of the first single from the new disc, "Fixed." Excellent track, worth a download in such a way that no money is exchanged in the process, that is free, but don't take my word for it, here's what the crazy Stars fans from Last.fm had to say about the new single:

"I won't even listen to the new track."
"Augh. Fixed = seriously amazing."
"always." (That may be a response to another comment...)
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
(Posted by user leaaahhhhhhh.)

If these testimonials haven't convinced you to download "Fixed" then I don't know what will...

Download "Fixed" from Stereogum: http://stereogum.com/328772/stars-fixed/mp3s/.

Sheesh! Sorry about the absence everyone, I know you missed us and we totes for def missed you. Sometimes it can be hard to snap out of that Spring Break feeling a update your blog, especially when you know you should be working on all that school work you neglected. You just feel guilty, y'know?--But wait. Don't feel guilty! Music is a source of awesomeness that should never be regretted-ed.
Here's a new song from Luke Temple's new band Here We Go Magic. Katie suggested that we play some Magic on the show before, and, seeing as their new album Pigeons is about to be released, I thought why not put them back on your radar. "Collector" is a meandering five minutes of peppy guitar riffs, and if you're one of those people that likes to be in the know, we will be playing it on tomorrow's edition of The Mike James & DJ Kriegs Show, so you can pretend to do some fortune telling to your friends when you're all huddled around the radio tomorrow night. Oh! They will be impressed with you!

Download "Collector" here: http://secretlycanadian.com/herewegomagic.

Or listen to the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KtrX6ft1HQ.