Rubies

I hate finals, but i love Rubies.
SF fresh air :)
explode from center = top 5 albums all time.





and then some live snippets:



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Passion Pit

if i were one of those bloggers that posted new acts before they became somewhat mainstream then i'd have to shoot myself in the head right now. but luckily im not. i love passion pit! palm pixi be damned!
Anyway; their chunk of change EP was basically the soundtrack of my senior year so when i found it in a record store the other day it is understandable how i flipped out and bought it for the outrageous price. physical copy of greatness? price me damned!
heres the goods; from notorious to almost obscure.



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Fleet Foxes

almost legendary at this point.
always wonderful.



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MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)

this is a staple pretty much..
sounds as good as it did a year and a half ago..still cant stop listening to it


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Gucci Vump + l-vis 1990

this one has been circulating around the blogs for a while.
this song is nothing less than infectious; it gets a bit quirky around 4:00 but even that sounds awesome.

buy it!

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myspace gucci(their label Sound Pellegrino)

Afrobeta

Miami natives Tony Smurphio and Cuci Amador have been making music together for 2 years now which makes me all the more embarrassed to say that I've been completely unaware of the talent brewing right here at home. A fresh breath of air from the screamo/emo, hip-hop-tronica, reggaeton scene (read:crapfest) thats dominating the city's local circuit.

Here is their one and only music video(as far as I'm aware of):


These guys don't quite have a physical release yet, but their two song EP is available on iTunes (That Thing/Nighttime)
support these guys! :)

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theres also a mixtape they released to feed our hunger until a full length release
free mixtape