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The Budos Band &bull; <i>Long in the Tooth</i>

The Budos Band • Long in the Tooth

The Budos Band have a distinctive sound that blends afrobeat, funk, and a herd of thundering elephants that could also be one of the most aggressive brass sections around.

Toro Y Moi &bull; <i>Outer Peace</i>

Toro Y Moi • Outer Peace

The beat rules supreme, the instrumentation is slinky, the vocals are coaxing you to the dance floor, and the whole thing says you’re going to be up all night.

Towa Tei &bull; <i>AH!!</i>

Towa Tei • AH!!

Hard to believe how affordable advanced lighting for your basement disco warren has become — you can transform the small room into a raging den of chill and/or libido, simply by purchasing a couple hundred dollars worth of lights and playing this.

The Cat Empire &bull; <i>Bird in Paradise</i>

The Cat Empire • Bird in Paradise

Like many Australian things, this band is somewhat recognizable yet clearly evolved in a different context. There are many different influences interleaved, from the Caribbean to the Highlands to Eastern Europe and of course, a tinge of that Oz punk.