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07 London, Scala Whilst on the subject of School of Seven Bells, download and listen to their remix of The Depreciation Guild”™s My Chariot. [megaupload]

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date July 5, 2010

School of Seven Bells are set to release their sophomore album on July 13 but are giving everyone the chance to stream it from their Myspace as I type. Head over and give it the once over and let us know what you think.

They”™ll be touring the UK to support this album, so if you have a chance why not go see them?

07/07 Brighton, Resident Records
08/07 London, Pure Groove at The Drop, Stoke Newington
17/07 Latitude Festival
18/07 Bristol, Thekla
19/07 Manchester, Ruby Lounge
20/07 London, Scala

Whilst on the subject of School of Seven Bells, download and listen to their remix of The Depreciation Guild”™s My Chariot. [megaupload]

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Image courtesy of cnet.co.uk For those of you out there with an iPhone (there must be some of you that haven”™t yet moved over to Android), there is an update to the Spotify app which now allows users to ”˜multi-task”™, ie. keep listening to music after switching to other apps. This will allow you to enjoy all our Spotisfaction playlists whilst checking your email, using fart joke apps, and the miriad of other things you can do on an iPhone. In all seriousness, though, this couldÂ conceivablyÂ replace the native iPod app, as one of the new features allows you to play your synced iPod tracks locally instead of streaming them through the cloud. That, folks, is a game-changer as it will drastically reduce the amount of bandwidth that Spotify on your iPhone will use (as long as your playlists contain tracks that you”™ve synced to your phone). There are a whole host of further updates to the app, including the ability to share links and playlists with other Spotify users, access Spotify”™s music controls from the iPhone lock screen, and use Apple”™s remote to control your music playback. The app is available for Spotify Premium users and is available now for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or the third-generation iPod Touch.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WqUPHtOc25aYBqwn8ihzT

Afternoon, all. It”™s been a fun Monday”¦ somewhat of an oxymoron, I know. Lots of cool stuff going on behind the scenes at Spotisfaction Towers (where Thom and I sit behind a curtain, using a lot of elaborate magic tricks and props to make ourselves seem awesome). Hopefully we”™ll have more info later this week.

You might have seen our recent foray into supplying all manner of content for you fine individuals. If you ever fancied yourself as a writer; if you have a killer idea for a regular/semi-regular feature; if you have a wicked one-off article or review you”™re dying to get off your chest; or if you just straight up want to be part of our awesome crew, please get in touch!

Today”™s playlist is a blissed out treat from young starlet, Steve Hatch. It”™s his first Spotisfaction (d”™awwww bless) so be kind, and let him know what you think of his mix in the comments.

[David]

81 Spotisfaction Monday (5 Jul) – SHatch

Hit the link for tracklist and Steve”™s blurb.

Blessa – Toro Y Moi
Round And Round – Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti
Jesus, etc. – Wilco
Night Time – The xx
Crosses – Jose Gonzalez
Three House – Nick Drake
Creature Fear – Bon Iver
To Be Alone With You – Sufjan Stevens
Stay The Same – Bonobo, Andreya Triana
Hoops – The Chemical Brothers
Bonafied Lovin”™ – Jori Hulkkonen Remix – Chromeo
Feel It All Around – Washed Out
Lover Of Mine – Beach House
Infinite Desert – Delorean
Rollerdisco – Black Moth Super Rainbow
Perpetual Motion – Tobacco
Heaven Can Wait – Charlotte Gainsbourg
Hunted By A Freak – Mogwai

Title: Chill Murray Mix

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We all need to ride the Chillwaves from time to time”¦most of these tracks aren”™t chillwave, you could dispute if some of them are chill at all, but they work for me.

Stand outs (although this really does work better as a mix) –

”˜Toro Y Moi – Blessa”™ & ”˜Washed Out – Feel It All Around”™ embody what I”™d consider Chillwave, blissed out indie that sounds like it was made for the kind of summer we”™re having (gonna sit in a field and get my mexican light beer w/ lime on y”™all).

Bon Iver/Sufjan/Jose Gonzalez are obvious choices for chill acoustic tracks, but that”™s only because they work and they”™re damn good.

Chemical Brothers/Bonobo/Chromeo bring an electronic vibe. The Bonobo track is absolute GOLD. ChemBros track ”˜Hoops”™ was the first I heard that made me take them seriously. The Chromeo remix is a slow starter but it really is worth sticking with.

Black Moth Super Rainbow & Tobacco are my obscure choices, if you aren”™t hooked within 10secs, you probably won”™t ever be”¦

All capped off with a classic Mogwai track, which to this day makes me think of a Film4 advert that was on about 5-10 years ago”¦.

Hope you are suitably chilled by the end.

Peace/Power
Steve Hatch