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We’re traveling back in time for Swedish Sunday to 1978. I’m a sucker for late 70’s yacht rock, odd considering I wasn’t born until 1980 and it was never played in my house growing up. I guess there’s just something about a slow pop groove that gets my fingers snapping.
The Carolines were a Swedish soft […]

I think as people get older, or at least more aware that the world does not revolve around them, they tend to expand their horizons. I have noticed, for myself, that over the last couple of years I have opened my eyes, ears and tastebuds to experiences I would have otherwise completely avoided. In some […]

Vyle - Second City 2008 (320 kbps)
Vyle - Possible (320 kbps)

Eighties synthpop is a total guilty pleasure of mine. After years of self-indulgence I’ve come to the conclusion that synthpop is a bizarre genre. For whatever reason, so much of the dark, industrial-tinged arm of synth music gets grouped right alongside the upbeat and pop-influenced. This juxtaposition within the genre never made much sense to […]

Over a year ago I downloaded a track called Hacienda by Montt Mardié. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted it. It’s been stuck in my head ever since and I vowed to someday find it again. That day is today.
Montt Mardié is the musical moniker of Stockholm-based David Pagmar. Influenced by “movies from the fifties, music from […]

INTRODUCTION: So Jams Dean’s computer died permanently last week. Several nights and several drinks later we came up with a clever little idea so he could still contribute, sans computer. Welcome to the ANALOG BLOG—like it used to be. —V

The KNUX - Roxxanne (192 kbps)

(photo via darkroom demons)
If you live in Chicago, by now you have seen or visited the much-discussed Burger King Studio space in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Part art gallery, part think-tank and sponsored by yes THAT Burger King, the pop-up venue has become the area’s hottest bi-weekly gathering spot.
A surprising venture for a fast […]

(photo by Nicolai Howalt)
Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance (Chromeo Remix)
(234 kbps VBR)
New Chromeo remix for Vampire Weekend’s great second single from their lively eponymous debut. Nice to hear new and exciting beats from Chromeo while we wait for their proper album follow-up to Fancy Footwork.