The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die – January 10th, 2014

...The Name Of This Band (Thanks Jackson For Suggesting This!) Because This One Is Especially Long Also How Do They Introduce Themselves At Live Shows I Know I Could Just Figure This Out By Going To One Of Their Shows And Hearing For Myself But What If They're Not Performing In My Area For A Long Time And I'm Gonna Be Stuck Here Wrestling With The Question Of How To Shorten Their Names So I Can Tweet About Them More Substantively (Their Name Takes Up 61 Characters) You Know What Just Because I'm A Joker I Think I'll Just Refer To Them As "&" Haha Aren't I Clever Okay I'm Done I Promise And I Am Really Really Sorry If You Read All Of This Please Enjoy The Blurbs Thursday.

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Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? – Family Man

...Something Like This Band And Thank You Paul For Suggesting This I Mean Even Making An Acronym Out Of It Seems Difficult Like Honestly I Have A Tough Time Already Trying To Remember The Five Letters MBDTF To Abbreviate The Kanye Album And I Guess You Should Just Truncate It To A Phrase Like People Do With That Fiona Apple Album But What Words Do I Pick It's So Stressful Should I Say "Oh, We're Reviewing A Song By 'Have You Ever'" Or Do I Call Them "Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS" Or Just "Jane Fonda" Also How Do You Think She Feels About This And Also How Would She Abbreviate Their Name As Well As...

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Thundercat ft. Flying Lotus and Kamasi Washington – Them Changes

Readers' Week continues! Today's theme is Artists Or Bands With Really Long Names Or In The Case Of This Song (Which Isaac Suggested By The Way) Long Feature Credits And It's Driving Me Nuts Trying To Figure Out The Correct Shorthand For These Artists At Least Here It's Pretty Easy Since You Can Just Talk About Each Artist Individually But What About...

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Carla Morrison – Un Beso

Reader Stevie suggests a song I swear we covered for one Latin Grammy Week but am apparently mistaken...

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Oneohtrix Point Never – Sticky Drama

Who's going to be the reader who brings the CONTROVERSY? Why, Tomás, and this IDM song named after the cyberbullying scene...

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Meishi Smile – Pastel

Suggested by reader Cathy: an artist who exhumes all our Shoegaze Feelings.

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H? Ng?c Hà – What is Love?

Thanks to William, Vietnam... uh... drops into our schedule...

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Tekno – Duro

Thanks to Rizz for some Nigerian pop that, if nothing else, we all agree is "sweet"...

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Luce – Polka

Via Laureline and the south of France comes a tune with a slightly misleading title...

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Ibeyi – River

If you've been waiting for a English/Yorùbá track by some French/Cuban twins, then you're in luck thanks to reader Moka:

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