Now streaming: February vibes

Happy half-way through February, music-lovers.  This past month for me has been all about chill vibes and taking it easy -- with moments of extreme raucousness interspliced. I tried to mimic this pattern with this month's mix, which features both hazy slow-burners and dance jams. Check out the tracking listing below -- then stream the entire thing for free via 8tracks.

• The Spinto Band, "Amy + Jen."  For mellow mornings
• Palma Violets, "Step Up for the Cool Cats." Organ + slow kick drum = timeless rock 'n roll.
• Foxygen, "No Destruction." I could listen to this 100000 times
• Veronica Falls, "Everybody's Changing."  Including you, Veronica Falls, and I like it.
• Motorama, "Wind in Her Hair." Matt found this the other day browsing YouTube and we both dug it. This came out a few years ago but is new to us!
• Nightlands, "So Far, So Long." We're making up the words to our own song.
• My Bloody Valentine, "New You." For the haziest of evenings only
• Moving Units, "Until She Says." Another Youtube find. Apparently these guys were sorta big circa 2001, although this song is from 2011
• STRFKR, "While I'm Alive." Feeling the trashy, toy keyboard sounds here. Reminds me of a night at a really weird drag bar
• The Great American Novel, "This Song Will Make You Love Me." No one is normal, just different kinds of weird.
• Foals, "My Number." Grooooooooooooves
• Local Natives, "Black Balloons." I wasn't so sure about this record at first, but it's slowing growing on me. "Black Balloons" is a real jam.

Google image result #3 for "Black Balloons" (image via hayanstreet.

blogspot.com). Didn't Goo Goo Dolls have a song with 

this name as well?

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