Here’s a little something to kick off your weekend in fashion, as this Animal Collective remix of Phoenix’s “Love Like A Sunset” made its debut via Discobelle.

As we all know, remixes are a dime a dozen nowadays, especially as of recently in regards to Phoenix-related remixes. In fact, around the time I found this one in particular, my inbox had about four other Phoenix remixes from some people I’ve never even heard of.

It’s just nice to actually hear a remix with some substance without it trying so desperately to be club worthy.

MP3: Phoenix :: “Love Like A Sunset” (Animal Collective Remix/Deakin’s Jam)”

Here’s a little snippet from Deakin of Animal Collective in regards to this Phoenix remix:

“This spring i was in Panama with Brian. We were cramped into a van on a bumpy, winding Central American road going a little too fast. Feeling a little edgy, I put on my headphones and listened to United and Alphabetical back to back. I watched passing fruit stands, a sweet central american dusk and memories of the massive schools of jelly fish, snapper, and trevally; the few dolphin and even the few bluefin tuna (too few) that Brian and i had just had the joy of diving with. The blend of all of these things put me at ease. Phoenix has been a staple for all four of us since Dave and Noah brought home United from the record store they used to work at. One of the records that would get us through some of those long cross country tour drives, we’ve listened to Phoenix’s jams many many times. We were all totally psyched to get asked to do this and it was super fun to work on it. All the best to those dudes.”
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To keep the goods coming, You Ain’t No Picasso recently posted a full video of Grizzly Bear and Victoria Legrand of Beach House performing the song “Slow Life” together in Columbia, Missouri.

If you hadn’t heard already, this is one of the many tracks from some well-known musicians making its way onto the New Moon (along with Thom Yorke, Death Cab For Cutie, Bon Iver/St. Vincent, etc.) soundtrack.

Definitely cringe-worthy, but just think of some thirteen-year-old picking this up and receiving a proper musical education. I think with that in mind, I’m perfectly okay with it.

After hearing “Solid Gold” from The Golden Filter a while back on Gorilla vs Bear, I honestly had no plans on actually covering them here on the site considering, if you may have noticed, I haven’t covered anything of this ilk in a very long time.  Even though I loved the hell out of this song — those penetrating beats are almost hypnotizing at first — I didn’t expect to hear much more about the band on my end.  That being said, I randomly ended up seeing them at SXSW along with another similar artist that I haven’t been keeping many tabs on even though they’re mentioned nearly everywhere right now — which would be Little Boots.  I wasn’t expecting to see either of them, but nothing is set in stone when it comes to SXSW.

My curiosity as of late has brought me back to The Golden Filter, and who, to my knowledge, still remain a mystery to most of the blogging public.  Though, from bits of information I tried digging up, this electro-dance duo consists of record producer Stephen and Penelope who met in New York.  As far as official releases go, their 7″ single of “Solid Gold” that’s currently out on UK label Dummy Records seems to be the only thing they have out at the moment, though, they have a slew of remixes that have been circulating.  I usually avoid remixes now like the plague, but most of these are worth listening to, including remixes of Cut Copy, Peter Bjorn & John, and the aforementioned Little Boots.

MP3: The Golden Filter :: “Solid Gold”
MP3: Polly Scattergood :: “Please Don’t Touch (The Golden Filter Pop mix)”
MP3: Little Boots :: “New In Town (The Golden Filter Remix)”
MP3: Cut Copy :: “Far Away (The Golden Filter Remix)”
MP3: Peter Bjorn & John :: “Lay It Down (The Golden Filter Remix)”