Dancing my way to Miami

Since I've been to Miami, I'm ready to embrace the warmth, the festivities, and the plethora of hip hop, rap, and electronica that pervades the club scene in Miami.  (As well as the stilettos-I packed 6 pairs of heels this afternoon!)  This has resulted in some interesting music discoveries-I bought a few albums last week at Amoeba in Hollywood, mostly pop, and I've been dancing around to house to these tracks.
Discovery-Carby (featuring Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend)


Robyn: "Dancing On My Own."  Heard it in the summer, but never committed to liking it until last week.


The Hood Internet-Mashup of Grizzly Bear/Dead Prez
The Hood Internet - Two Weeks Of Hip Hop (Dead Prez x Grizzly Bear) by hoodinternet

The Hood Internet: Jay-Z +LCD Soundsystem
The Hood Internet - Just Wanna Dance Yrself Clean (Jay-Z x LCD Soundsystem) by hoodinternet

I don't know what this all means, but I'm totally drawn to the danceable jams these days.  When I was in Miami, I had a solo dance party in my new minidress to LCD Soundsystem and Lady Gaga.  So...I'm going mainstream?  I don't know, but it's fun.

Proof the white boy can't dance

I often have major crushes on the indie/alternative/other bands...grizzly bear, decemberists, vampire weekend...but this video is absolute proof that my favorite paul simon stylized band singer (graceland era) simply can't dance like everyone else in this video. And it's kind of a amazing. Here is ezra koening soloing with "The very best" and his vocals sound terrific, but man, he doesn't hold a candle to the band's booty shaking. But I manage to love him anyway, even if he is wearing a plaid shirt over a striped or plaid shirt. Too bad he doesn't wear glasses.

In other news, there's a great quote from pitchfork: ""I just love the Grizzly Bear. That project was great. It sounds like these church cathedral chords-- it's just sick what they're doing."
-- Jay-Z, sounding more and more like somebody's cool grandpa every day. The Grizzly Bear!"
I wish grizzly bear would take the hint and make a super sweet collaboration with THE Jay-z. ok? Because that could be awesome.