Bonus: Listen to the amazing remix they did for St. Lucia’s “Before the Dive”

This is Nina Kraviz. She’s German. Oh God, Kraviz, KRAVITZ – ZOE KRAVITZ!?

I’m too upset to write something clever and entertaining. This is Kate Boy.

A remix by Cry Wolf.

Charli xcx just released Super Ultra Mixtape. This is probably the best song on it.

Best band name ever?

This is doing a good job at calming me down.

This too.

As if I haven’t already given you enough to listen to over the weekend, here’s a brilliant 40-minute long mixtape from my friend, 4th.

Tracklist:

Purity Ring – Obedear (Magic Sword Remix)

Kauf – When You’re Out

Dragonette – Rocket Ship

Peter & The Magician – Memory

St. Lucia – September

Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)

Blende – Fake Love (Villa Remix)

The Very Best – Kondaine (Unicorn Kid’s Space Drift Remix)

Yuksek – Always On The Run (Peter & The Magician Remix)

Savoir Adore – Dreamers (Database Remix)

These babes are making waves all over the internet at the moment. I wasn’t that blown away by their first couple songs, but they’ve really won me over with “Sun Goes Down”, which features The Knocks (who totally make the song) and SA’s very own, St. Lucia.

Kistune Maison are celebrating their 10 year anniversary with their 14th compilation, which will be released next month and features the likes of Saint Lou Lou, Citizens!, Two Door Cinema Club, Friends, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Is Tropical, and many others. These are my favourites from the album.

The Shins got a bit of a ghetto treatment by Slink. Unexpected, but totally welcomed.

      Really loving Shlohmo’s version of Jeremih’s “Fuck U All the Time”.

My favourite Blasian (that’s Black-Asian), Toro Y Moi, is back with the latest song from his forthcoming 3rd album, Anything In Return, which will be released early next year.

PVT also just released the first single from their new album, Homosapien. 

1. It’s Friday.

2. It’s a long weekend.

3. The Drums are coming. (Event page, here)

4. Bloc Party in like 2 weeks, AND…

5. After Hours is tomorrow! (Event page, here)

To celebrate all these things that are definitely worth celebrating, I have a few great songs to share! The first is the latest release by South African born, St. Lucia. Apparently one of his recent performances was attended by Jay-Z and Leonardo Di Caprio. The modest thing to say is that it’s because of his amazing talent, but we all know it’s actually because I featured him on TRMB here.

More local talent in the video for “Airwaves” by Cape Town-based, Gateway Drugs. They did a brilliant job with the video and I can’t wait to see more from them!

Having two of my favourite artists at the moment feature on one song is just amazing in itself, and the remix is also good too.

Download Ms Mr – “Bones” (Charli XCX Remix) here. (Right click, save)

Lemonade are all about Summer, as you can see in this picture. Also, loving the remix Pional did for their song, “Soft Kiss”.

Ending off with some hip hop from newcomer, QuESt. His song, “One Way” was produced by Mt Eden who used a sample from Netsky’s “Your Way” that really makes the song what it is, and the clouds in the video made me love it even more.

Bonus: TRMB is all about St. Lucia at the moment, so here’s the remix he did for the same song.

In addition to making a playlist for TRMB, I also got him to answer a few questions. When asked about the release of his LP, he said:

“I’m in the process of finishing it off right now, and should be done by the end of August. It’ll probably be released around the beginning of next year, with some singles leading up to it.”

My main concern however, was about when he was going to perform in South Africa, to which he responded:

“I really, really hope we’ll be able to soon. Obviously, it all depends on the demand for us over there, because it’s incredibly expensive for this band to tour so we can’t just do it because we feel like it, even though we’d like nothing more.”

This is a South African artist that I think everyone should know about and I’m making it my personal mission to educate everyone on just that! SO MUCH love for St. Lucia, and so much love for the playlist he created, which are his top 10 favourites for 2012 so far.  Enjoy!

1. “There are a bunch of songs that I love off of the new Chairlift album. It’s an incredibly emotionally deep group of songs that are beautifully put together production wise, and very thought and felt through in every way. This song, though, is the moment when they lighten their touch just a little, and it’s refreshing. Perhaps the most beautiful love song of the year.”

2. “I was, and still am, a huge fan of Twin Shadow’s debut album ‘Forget’. I’m not quite as enamored with his new album, but there are a few songs that still really hit home for me, and this is one of them. You can almost touch the conflict and heartbreak.”

3. “Grimes seems to have completely dominated the indie scene this year, and for good reason. She’s a really talented lady, and evokes a completely otherworldly atmosphere with her music, without sacrificing accessibility. This song is my favorite, among many.”

4. “Such an incredibly tight groove, and it just feels like sunshine. Franks voice is like syrup. Obviously, there is a lot more to this song, but the surface is so appealing that you can pretty much go on just that.”

5. “This cover of the Neil Young classic is so disarming as the first track on the new Chromatics album, I almost couldn’t make it past it. Heartbreak and longing bottled in just over 5 minutes.”

6. “Besides being very good friends of mine, Deidre and Paul of Savoir Adore make some of the most magical pop music I’ve heard in quite some time. This is a standout from their new album.”

7. “Another song that I almost couldn’t make it past when I heard it on the new Beach House record. I could list what is perfect about this song, but it would pay more to just listen to it if you haven’t heard it. Once again, similar feelings of conflict and melancholia, which somehow seem to destroy whenever done in the right way.”

8. “An awesome radio pop anthem from a lady with an incredible voice. It evokes images of flying over the world, kind of like at the beginning of the BBC series Planet Earth. Do I need to point out the Massive Attack influence? Probably not.”

9. “Another band that are friends of mine. I remember the first time I saw them at the SXSW festival in Austin this year, I was completely floored. Three unbelievably sexy ladies who can play their instruments and sing like the rock gods of old, AND they have songs!! Mark my words, HAIM are going to be one of the biggest bands next year.”

10. “One of the few songs in a long time that pretty much everyone I know finds irresistible. The perfect summer pop anthem. That string section was a genius move.”

Slow Magic just released a new song for us to dreamwave to.

I’ve just recently listened to the first, self-titled EP from St. Lucia (South African boy wonder) and this song is my life right now. To listen to the rest of the EP, go here.

A while back, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti released a cover from their new album, Mature Dreams, called “Baby”. Yesterday, the band released the first piece of original material from the album, called “Only in My Dreams”. Both songs are equally good, and you can listen to them below.

This song was submitted as one of the entries for the After Hours competition that I held last week. Thanks Sean Magner!

To end off my Happy Tuesday I’ll be going to Fiction for a bit of the usual. This week’s Untamed Youth features Rafi, Haasbroek, Stone-Age Citizens and G-zis. There is no better place to love life so I suggest you all be there! For the event page, go here.

Also listen to “All Eyes on You”, below.

For more information about St Lucia, check out his Facebook page, here.