La Femme - It's Time To Wake Up 2023 (ASL2690 Remix)

Brigitte Bardot - Contact (Minke re-edit)

After years of writing and performing, Ava Luna has refined their doo-wop soul meets punk-as-fuck aesthetic into something bold and glaringly defiant in today's indie music landscape. Following the release of their critically lauded first proper full-length Ice Level, the band spent an intense 2-week period writing and recording in upstate New York. Unlike previous efforts that were meticulously mapped out, the songs that would become Electric Balloon were "…a family effort." according to frontman Carlos Hernandez. For the new album, former Columbia composition student Hernandez relinquished the reins a bit, opting for a more organic approach to writing the material for what would become Electric Balloon. As Hernandez explains, it was a "…birth of confidence. I grew closer to my bandmates, began to see the roles of a family playing out. Ethan cooks dinner for all of us, we make lewd jokes, and then 'after-dinner storytelling' takes the form of playing music."

In the wake of Ice Level, Ava Luna's sharp edges have melted away just enough, making it easier to connect with their no-wave grooves and soaring harmonies. Distilling everything from James Chance and ESG to contemporaries like Dirty Projectors and Of Montreal, Ava Luna have landed on an aggressively unique sound that still manages to be accessible. Hernandez goes on to explain "…the stories and moments here are clearer, as in a conversation. The moment appears, you grab it with your hands, screw the lid on the mason jar. There was no tweaking, no second-guessing. Julian's mantra for the process: 'First thought best thought.'….And for my part, I sing my best about encounters, friendships, some moments beautiful and others painful. A bike shop manager in New Orleans, a derelict porch on Brighton Beach, a yellow sweater in a kitchen in the Catskills, a water duct in the New Mexico desert…"

Ava Luna – "Sears Roebuck M&Ms"

PJ Harvey - We Float (Mausmaki Remix)

Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot (Marvin & Guy Friendly Edit)

Jonny Greenwood performs the Radiohead-penned tune "Spooks," off the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's film Inherent Vice, with members of Supergrass and voiceover by Joanna Newsom. 
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Written by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway, and Thom Yorke. Performed by Jonny Greenwood, Gaz Coombes, and Danny Goffey. Voiceover by Joanna Newsom.

Inherent Vice - Spooks

Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk To Fuck

there is an end (detune slightly extended edit) - the greenhornes

A Forest (The Cure)—Nouvelle Vague

The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs (First Season Edit) (free DL)

Beck/St. Vincent: Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover

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Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot (Marvin & Guy Friendly Edit)

Marvin & Guy

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