Get Your Walkmen, iPods, Minidiscs, and Record Players

Portobella “Freakin’ In Stereo (A-side Mix)” – I had been putting this song off all week because I can’t seem to find accurate information about it anywhere. I’m not even 100% certain if this is the same Portobella that did Fluxblog favorites “Vive La Difference” and “Covered In Punk.” But you know what? It just doesn’t matter who it is, only that it’s this sort of mindblowing disco meltdown that offers both instant satisfaction every step of the way and delayed gratification by waiting nearly three minutes before dropping its second killer hook. Do you know more about this track? Please let me know in the comments box! (Click here for the Portobella website.)

Junior Bloomsday featuring Cadence Weapon “Your Perfect Gene” – No one should ever expect to hear a rap cameo turn up in a sweet shoegazing synthpop song like this, but Cadence Weapon materializes out of nowhere in the final third of this track and pulls it off as though it was the most normal thing in the world. More MBV hip hop, please! (Click here to buy it from Scratch Records.)

Also: NYC people really ought to go to the Maxi Geil & Playcolt / Soft / Heloise & The Savoir Faire Dancers show at North Six in Brooklyn on Sunday night. I’ve already made a commitment for that night (no, not The Sopranos – that’s being tivo’d for me), so I can’t make it. It’s very frustrating – I’m always thrilled to see Maxi Geil live, but I’ve also been wanting to see Heloise for a few years now, and one of the members of Soft is an old friend of mine, and I’d be happy to see them again.