Exitmusic - White Noise [dream pop]

Another solid recommendation by Last.fm. This time a fantastic combination of dreamy, noisy instrumentals, a reverberating beat, and heartfelt vocals in "White Noise" by Brooklyn-group Exitmusic off their 2012 album Passage.

Mojave 3 - In Love With A View [alt-country]

Mojave 3 has been a regular on my playlists for the past bit. They are an alt-country group featuring 3 ex-members (Neil Halstead, Rachel Goswell, and Ian McCutcheon) from dream pop band Slowdive. Apparently, they decided on this transition after Slowdive was dropped by then label Creation. They've since picked up a few more members and are currently with label 4AD (with whom tUnE-yArDs is also signed).

This is "In Love With A View", the last song on their 1995 Ask Me Tomorrow album and the first song on their 2000 Excuses For Travelers album.

The Besnard Lakes - You Make Loving Fun [shoegaze]

The Besnard Lakes are a Montreal band. This is a cover by them of Fleetwood Mac's "You Make Loving Fun", which features a nice blend of some fuzzy guitar. This song is featured on the "Rumours Revisted", a Fleetwood Mac cover album by MOJO Magazine. Thanks for another great tune, /r/shoegaze.

2Pac vs. Thomas the Tank Engine - Chug 4 Life [mash-up]

That's not really the name of the song but this is just a fun (and well executed) mash-up between 2Pac's "Thug 4 Life" and the original theme of Thomas the Tank Engine by Mr Corr (Fasubook link here).

tUnE-yArDs - Powa [folk, R&B]

Tune-Yards (also tUnE-yArDs) is the musical moniker of Merrill Garbus. What a strong & beautiful voice... This is a live version of "Powa", which can be found on her 2011 album Whokill (also, w h o k i l l).

Dead Mellotron - Stranger [shoegaze]

Hadn't listened to any shoegaze that has caught my attention in the past while but that dry spell has certainly come to an end after listening to Dead Mellotron. I've had a bit on my mind recently so I'm definitely thankful to have found something to melt away into. "Stranger" is from their 2012 album Glitter, which can be streamed and purchased from their Bandcamp here.

Dorena - Till Våning Tretton [post-rock]

The Swedish post-rock band Dorena has recently released a new album, Nuet, before that they had released Holofon back in 2009. This is a song from that 2009 album: "Till Våning Tretton", which Google translates as "To Floor Thirteen". It's a bit of a slow build-up so, perhaps not the best thing to listen to in an impatient mood. When it does get going, it's slightly along the vein of The End of the Ocean (though, importantly, I guess, the stuff I've heard from The End of the Ocean was all released after Holofon).

Antwon - Helicopter [hip hop]

Really digging the sample off this track too. This is "Helicopter" by Antwon and can be found on his Fantasy Beds Mixtape album at his bandcamp. Is it just me or is that crew pretty racially diverse? It's almost as if I'm almost watching something by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis... ok, obvious hyperbole, I take it back.