Rapper Cadence Weapon is better known these days as the poet laureate of Edmonton. He'll be taking a break from his post and playing the Halifax Pop Explosion festival in October. Here's his latest travel playlist:
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Holy Ghost! - I Will Come Back
An insane jam from some [dance-punk label]DFA dudes who know their way around a hook and can make a pop song that absolutely slays the club.
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Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
The content is perfect for the yo-yo experience the middle of 2009 has afforded me and many of my folk. The warped production doesn't seem tacked on.
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Destroyer - Bay Of Pigs
Hyper-referential lyrics, space disco, tension, huge hooks.
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Shit Robot - Simple Things (Work It Out)
I feel like people don't have patience any more. You can get anything you want at any time. This song references this both literally and figuratively, considering it's a nine-minute-and- 23-second retro house jam that stresses a slow build and big payoff and the content is all anti-technology.
Silly Kissers - Wandering Heart Silly Kissers reference everything from Magnetic Fields to New Kids on the Block while somehow never verging into parody
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Smith Westerns - Be My Girl
These guys deal in the simplicities of love and I believe their intensity and desire for them. Call me sentimental, but "you keep runnin' through my dreams" is one of the most earnest come-ons I've heard in ages.
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Themselves - Oversleeping
The dude's confronting homophobic rap fans and putting his address out there for any haters.