_Vodkast #1: The Wasted Tapes

It is often said that behind every great man there’s a great woman.  John had Yoko, Adam had Eve, and Bill had Monica (insert joke about Bill having Monica).  Likewise, every great music blog needs its own mix series.

Introducing Vinyl & Vodka’s very own Vodkast, a collection of songs compiled by Willis and Dan McGrath that will surely leave you three sheets to the wind (let’s see how long I can run with this alcohol motif…) Every issue will have a different one with a different cover. By the next issue, we will have it up on iTunes so you can subscribe. Download it and plug it into your iTunes and iPod. Listen to it on your way to work, make it your workout song, etc.! This month’s issue features music by Dragonette, Plastiscines, The XX, School of Seven Bells, Total Babe, and more.

1. Freelance Whales – Generator ^ First Floor
2. Dragonette - Pick Up The Phone
3. Wolf Gang – The King And All Of His Men
4. Total Babe – Short Stories
5. Morningbell - Marching Off To War
6. The Basics - With This Ship (Peter Cobbin Mix)
7. Plastiscines – Barcelona
8. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
9. Bell XI – Rocky Took A Love
10. Israel Darling – Samson The Mason
11. Robert Francis – Junebug
12. The xx – Stars
13. School Of Seven Bells – Half Asleep (Alternate Version)
14. M83 – Kim & Jessie
15. Erik Hassle - Hurtful (Penguin Prison Remix)
16. From – Fight for Your Right
17. Fyfe Dangerfield – When You Walk In The Room
18. Jason Mraz – If It Kills Me

Vodkast by vinylandvodka

Download: Vinyl and Vodka – Vodkast 1

Keep on reading for a song-by-song write up of the Vodkast: (more…)

_From – Fight For Your Right (Jacob Safari Remix)

My new favorite indie pop band from L.A. From has finally been remixed by Jacob Safari who has also remixed the likes of Major Lazer. And guess what track he remixed? The amazing Beastie Boys cover that they sang in French, “Fight For Your Right”

Jacob made this track more addicting than it already was. With the electrifying instrumental to the echos of Roni’s voice, how could you not listen to this over and over again?

This track not only brings back the fun of discovering the Beastie Boys classic, it’s also an exciting, innovative take on “I Feel Love” and an addictive one at that. Jacob Safari is currently completing new singles and remixes, as well as producing and mixing new work from Signals and a collaborative electro-pop project with Rebecca Taylor from Slow Club. He will be DJing on November 16 at Dragonfly in Santa Monica.

From – “Fight For Your Right” (Jacob Safari Remix)Stream