My new summer anthem has arrived. Stuffed full of sexy, irreverent lyrics, tumbling gleefully over a driving beat, “Our Summer” from Dragonette’s “Our Summer Volcano” is perfectly titled and realized from start to finish. I love those bells. And honestly, it’s how this summer has been going for this Superfan. It just gets better better. This is pop music, contemporary up to the nanosecond. Top down, system up, baby =)

Dragonette
“Our Summer” (mp3)
from “Our Summer Volcano”
(Dragonette Inc)

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Mindless banta? Whateva do ya mean? Well it’s the weekend and often that means this Supafan hazta get her ‘lectronic disco on. This glossy slab of bass and beats is sprinkled with liberal helpings of aural candy and audio ecstasy for a complete and engulfing decadent escape. Cre8ive twists and turns all the way through, yet with a steady and danceable pulse throughout. One could describe some good sex that way. Sexy dance music for the only July 17, 2010 that will ever happen in all eternity! I believe we should enjoy it.

SIMO
“Mindless Banta (Ground_Control RMX “) (mp3)
from “Mindless Banta Remixed”
(Sleevin Records)

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Dear old Matthew Dear walks away from his signature glossy techno sound to deliver something funky, warm and strangely poppy. Like Prince in a psychedelic mood only kinda Kraftwerky. Lots of gr8, unusual sounds in this mid-tempo diversion. A sexy, intellectual little brain mint.  I can feel it.

Matthew Dear
“I Can’t Feel” (mp3)
from “Black City”
(Ghostly International)

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How pop do ya wannit? This is some yummy grown-up bubblegum for yer tummies. A criminally infectious chorus tops an electronic dance pop treat that would work as well in any nightclub as it would on pop radio. Not the Beach Boys hit of the same name, but def some shameless fun. A word of caution, this hook will stick to you like sugar frosted honey buns. Dragonette, from Toronto & London, my urban fun-loving dears. Pop h8ers need not apply.

Dragonette
“I Get Around” (mp3)
from “Galore”
(I Surrender Records)

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Git funky. Over a classic Chic-esque disco track, Sum-in-1 reveals a hip-hop style plea to his true love for another chance. This young artist knows something about second chances, having survived a near-fatal car crash in 2004, just as his career was starting to kick. Re-dedicating himself with a new-found appreciation for life and music, Mostow aka Sum-in-1 has a slew of new material for 2010, informed by his experiences. The music is ear-friendly and tight, behind pop-y vocal flows that come refreshingly humble and sincere. Lemonade from life’s lemons, in a big way.

Sum-in-1
“Anywhere (feat. Noah Lowman)” (mp3)
from “Anywhere”
(acropolisRecords)

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Time 2 get funkay, b!tchez. Some music is made for one thing – to get down, get loose, shake your money maker and have a party. Serving the needs of deejay disco lovin’ peeps from pole to pole, live via Interwebs I give you a nightclub in a bottle, just add speakers and put on your boogie shuz. This is like a trip thru the 70′s on a magic turntable hot tub time machine with a clavinet and Mr. Bubble. Michael DeVellis’ hugely generous “Continuous Mix” is continuous alright, weighing it at over 21 minutes of ever-morphing funky sonic bliss. Party on.

Michael DeVellis
“Continuous Mix” (mp3)
from “Same Ole’ Thang EP”
(Pockit Records)

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When music blogging veteran Subverse tells me, “This is a band to watch, they will be famous,” I take notice. So I check this song from Coltrane Motion‘s “Hello Ambition!” album, and wow. From the opening line, “I never had a fight in my life” to the soft exhale ending, “I Forgot There Was A War On” is a potent meditation on life in these redonkulous times. The piece succeeds without any sort of conventional bass track, just an atmospheric sine wave pattern that moves under a staccato bleep in the top end, which pesters like an urgent busy signal. But it’s the ingenious guitar parts and lone vocal, weaving in between the electronic elements, that turn it all into magic. Like the other free mp3 I listened to on the band’s site, this manages to be innovative, smart, AND accessible. Subverse, I heard it from you first

Coltrane Motion
“I Forgot There Was A War On” (mp3)
from “Hello Ambition!”
(Datawaslost)

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Pure dancehall fun from Sleepy Wonder, outta Virginia Beach, VA. Well known for his work with the wonderful and overtly political Thievery Corporation, here we find our Sleepy in a decidedly club partyin’ mood. I’ve been digging this record since I posted the hit “Bounce” last year. Here’s another dose of that hip-hop-reggae hybrid that fills dance floors around the world.

Sleepy Wonder
“Ass On Her” (mp3)
from “Injustice”
(No Choice Music Group)

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‘Lectronibots, baby. Lil’ multiplying microscopic nanopuppies of underground bass music bliss. BetaSP‘s work is aggressive and urgent, like the dance music of the late 80s and early 90s when it was still a mostly underground phenomenon – unsafe for mainstream use, a playground for the adventurous and bold. Get a little o’ this bacteria on yr tongues, kittins. From Trenchant Dubs‘ l8est brilliant dubstep comp, here is “Bacteria” remixed by Chrissy Murderbot. It’s a party.

BetaSP, Chrissy Murderbot
“Bacteria” (mp3)
from “Bacteria E.P.”
(Trenchant Dubs)

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Here’s a tasty Sunday morning jazz nibblet. Syncopated uptempo drum beats and funky breaks hint at 70′s fusion, as a rich Hammond Organ with the classic Leslie Speaker effect cooks like bacon. Well conceived guitar and organ solos are treats – mercifully they do not descend into the kind of endless wanking that is so easy to fall into in a piece like this. All around it’s generous and delightful ear candy – music played with enthusiasm and joy by a trio of instrumental masters out of Santa Cruz, CA. Their live show schedj is posted on their myspace page. Enjoy.

On The Spot Trio
“Double Dig” (mp3)
from “Straight Out The Garden”
(U & L Records, Inc.)

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