MP3: Juiceboxxx ’100 MPH’

MP3: Juiceboxxx ’100 MPH’ (AC Slater remix)

Silverlink Ft Jammer & Badness The Message Is Love
To use some British slang, this tune is completely MENTAL. It took me a little bit to appreciate this song after I first heard it, but now it makes me so happy when I throw it on. If this were to be played in a club, I don’t really know how people would move to it other than just jump around and go bananas. Total left field grime weirdness.

Zomby Rumours And Revolutions
What a fucking melody. So dark and spooky, it’s like minimal goth funky. It shows it doesn’t take much to shatter walls and crumble earths. Zomby is in a league of his own.

House Of Ladosha Burning Like Paris
Brilliant and dirty minimal queer crunk for confident freaks. Next level gender smashing NYCclubland style. This song is just NASTY. Ga gaa ga ga gaa gaaaaa!

Lil B I’m God
This tune is just so emotional and gorgeous, and Lil B is on his own planet. This is real rap for new agers. Lil B is going to blow up in 2010. Pure genius. I can’t get enough of him.

Starkey Gutter Music
I don’t even know if this came out in 2009, but this song is a perfect example of contemporary forward thinking dance music. Super technical, post modern and unbelievably fresh, it sounds like the end of the world. And it’s just SEXY.

Joy Orbison Hyph Mngo
Probably one of the defining anthems of the year, with good reason. Stunningly epic and built out of two synth two chords and cut up female vocals? The song almost doesn’t sound real, like it should be played on a distant moon somewhere. The 2-steppy drum pattern in this song will be imitated next year a lot, I’m sure. Just massive.

Rustie Zig Zag
When I first heard this I completely lost it. A serious “what the?” moment. Those repetitive stabbing synths changing speed and tempo mid song create a seriously psychedelic and disorienting head fuck. Absolutely next level consciousness expanding shit. Go Rustie.

D-LO No Ho
D-LO is hilarious. Like he would be high on ecstacy, but still be able to kill you. Totally drugged out bay area hyphy. On my tour with HEALTH this fall we listened to D-LO all the time, and this was THEjam. The song is so weird that the it’s borderline nonsensical. It’s like dada rap, extremely psychedelic and fun without trying to hard.

Keri Hilson Turn My Swag On Remix
I’m a big Solja Boy fan. Turn My Swag On is such a JAM but Keri just murders this song. There is so much emotion in her voice, it flutters and cracks around like she is about to cry or something, but the song is about being confident. I remember being high on ecstasy and singing this song at the top of my lungs like my life depended on it. It is just one of those life affirming songs that makes you feel like you can climb a fucking mountain or something dumb like that. Not that climbing mountains is “dumb”.

Miley Cyrus Party In The USA
The dudes in HEALTH showed me this song. It was an anthem on our tour. Some genius wrote this girl an amazing hit, but Miley destroys on the hook. I don’t know how someone could not feel good listening to this song. Anytime I hear it I dance around at least a little. It’s just ridiculous and the lyrics are completely absurd. Good luck on making a tune that tops this one Miley.

10. Passion Pit - Manners

[Myspace, MP3: Moth's Wings]

9. Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

[Myspace, MP3: Young Adult Friction]

8. Cass Mccombs – Catacombs

[Myspace, MP3: Dreams Come True Girl]

7. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

[Myspace, MP3: My Girls]

6. Ramona Falls - Intuit

[Myspace, MP3: I Say Fever]

5. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms

[Myspace, MP3: Terminally Chill]

4. Pictureplane - Dark Rift

[Myspace, MP3: Goth Star]

3. Antlers – Hospice

[Myspace, MP3: Two]

2. Japandroids – Post-Nothing

[Myspace, MP3: Young Hearts Spark Fire]

1. The XX - XX

[Myspace, MP3: Crystalized]

1. What are your favorite albums of 2009?

Pictureplane – Dark Rift, R. Kelly – The “Demo” Tape, Animal Collective – Merriweather…, Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca, D-Lo – The Tonite Show…

2. Which city was most responsive to HEALTH’s 2009 journey?

Denver? I’d say the majority of the US/Europe. This was a very fun year to tour and a really special year for us in terms of live response.

3. What’s in store for HEALTH in 2010?

New fashion, more tours, a new music video. More content all around.

4. Has there been any consideration given to another remix LP?

It’s all I’m working on at the moment. DISCO2 is coming in early 2010.

5. What’s your biggest guilty pleasure?

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.

6. Are there any LA based acts that we should keep an ear out for?

Yes.

7. Do you have a New Year’s resolution? If so, what would it be?

To use my rowing machine more.

8. Are there any misconceptions that you’d like to clear up?

Absolutely not.

Health – AudioVisual Die Slow

Track Listing:
1. Thieves
2. In the Sun
3. Don’t Look Back
4. Ridin’ in My Car (NRBQ cover)
5. Lingering Still
6. Me and You
7. Gonna Get Along Without You Now (Skeeter Davis cover)
8. Home
9. I’m Gonna Make It Better
10. Sing
11. Over It Over Again
12. Brand New Shoes
13. If You Can’t Sleep

MP3: Metric – Help I’m Alive (Acoustic)

MP3: Hot Chip – One Life Stand

Track Listing:

01 Thieves in the Night 
02 Hand Me Down Your Love 
03 I Feel Better 
04 One Life Stand 
05 Brothers 
06 Slush 
07 Alley Cats 
08 We Have Love 
09 Keep Quiet 
10 Take It In