Those of us with a proclivity for walking around in our birthday suits should soak in this 57-second wonder of hippie folk-psych. Yeah, Cat Power covered it and all, but that’s just a little too twee, even for this tweentry mix.

The first fifteen seconds of Omaha have these incredible, way before their time distortion effects. Otherwise, a catchy little dittie. Enjoyz!

Moby Grape - Naked, If I Want To

Moby Grape - Omaha

PS: A very special 7th birthday to our favorite leap year Soca impresario, Randy Cohen, Ethicist.

So it’s getting nicer around, and although Odilio Gonzales is Puerto Rican (and recorded this album there), can it be that he’s in Prospect Park, having ridden his fixie with his sweetheart in order to charm her with his knowledge of obscure-yet-respected Park Slope restaurants? Or is more likely that, after a heated and passionate debate about the merits of the DC vs NYC subways, they’re about to go into performing some great hits united?

Either way, his music is the perfect way to pass a warm, cold, and then warm late February day.

Odilio Gonzales - Palabra De Hombre
Odilio Gonzales - Arbolito
Odilio Gonzales - No Te Contestare

If bands these days aren’t named after wolves and deer and lambs, they’re named after water and rocks and whales and bodies. The latter usually involving female harmonies, epic choruses, country fiddles, and a stomping back-beat.

Noah & The Whale - Rocks and Daggers (fixed link!!)

So Dubai arrests some guy for having weed stuck to the soles of his shoes. Brooklyn charm-poppers Vampire Weekends release a song that echoes Paul Simon’s Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes. Hilarious skinny-jean wearing Max Gogarty gets demolished for privileged, promiscous traveling through India and Thailand. Gender-neutral pronouns emerge in Baltimore. The TSA travelog goes unmentioned in a long presidential weekend of crazy weather. Soulful world - soulful world music. Sorry haters but its what I am.

Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser - Miedo
The Exciters - Yo Que Nada Tengo

What better way to spend a hungover Saturday than discovering a haul of 30 records in the trash? Here’s the first of our diligent ripping efforts, four gems from Ferndandito (”Lil’ Fernando”) Villalona’s LP, Ayer y Hoy.

Fernandito Villalona - El Gusto
Fernandito Villalona - Lo Que Tengo
Fernandito Villalona - Amame
Fernandito Villalona - Para Olvidarme de Ti

And damn, lucky banana!

Dubstep was Skream before it was Burial–but here’s some newsht from the former, a head-nodding thumper with rolling synthz. If that made no sense to you, just listen.

Skream - 2 D

Me shoes may be full of cold rain and me head may be muddy, but me heart is hearty and me ears be feasting on this Bordello-ish nomad punk. Normally I’m wary of bands with “messages” about uniting voices and ending poverty and traveling around in their undoubtedly Patchouli-shtinking bus, but I must admit I was won over by their scrappy, cacophonous mess of music (not to mention facial tattoos).

And then I dreams of Bam the Unstoppable, kicking back on the tour bus, a Sobe in one hand, a dog-eared copy of No Logo in the other, iBuds blasting this into his perfect ears. That is, until shuffle switches that shit to some Javanese flute music!

Psalters - El Elyon (live)

Bonus: more suggested donation downloads!

Celebrate a soon to be more frequent meteorological event with two minute dance parties in living rooms everywhere.

Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow (Teenagers remix)

Feminists don’t worry, the above image is meant ironically… And besides, who doesn’t like eating a lot on days of dreaded wintry mixes, snow pouring into rain pouring into cold? Who doesn’t like a little whiskey and gospel on such days? WHO!?

Dorothy Coates - Strange Man

We never thought we’d post a Scout Niblett song on this blog–it reminds us too much of former roommates and the heady days when we thought deerhoof might be listenable–but this little pairing with redeemer of redeemers Bonny Billy saves our soul a tiny bit more every time we listen.

Scout Niblett & Will Oldham - Kiss