Apollo Cobra - All My Friends (2012)

Right on schedule for first day of Summer '12, we got the newest and freshest JOTD yet pimped here...from an album that's not even officially released for another three days. I heard this track tonite on WUMD (big ups to DJ Elio, regular host of Nightly Jams), which broadcasts at 89.3 FM in the Southern New England area, the same frequency as WXYC. But it's crankin' at 9600 watts, or nearly 10 times XYC's power (1100 watts). And since you can pick up XYC to Raleigh and back, it's no wonder WUMD comes in loud and clear all across Rhode Island.

So, Apollo Cobra. Self-proclaimed providers of "HUGE beats and MASSIVE dance parties across a small part of the globe." Legendary among at least the couple of thousand folks who have so far seen the fun video for their dancefloor anthem from last fall, Let's Dance To This:


Panda disco, baby! Straight outta St. Paul, MN. New album Motherland about to drop. And this track is not even on YouTube. So we're embedding it from Bandcamp.


All My Friends reminded me of Depeche Mode when I heard it, or maybe that was just b/c I saw a CD copy of Violater at the Newport Sally's today. Which I didn't buy. Becuz I premonitioned that a close encounter with Apollo Cobra was just around the corner. Or maybe I wuz just picking up mental vibrations from this afternoon when my friend Kennae told me about the mermaids she's hoping to catch sight of on some show about river dwelling creatures she likes on Animal Planet.

- Dyn-O-Mite

Les Rita Mitsouko - Andy (1985)

Visiting Rhode Island, I've been jonesing for fresh music and overlooked dusty grooves. Which has led me to haunt every thrift store within a three-state radius, and become pals again with every college and low-power station on the FM dial. So I was especially psyched when out of the blue, dance party aficionado and musicologist Hannah13 turned me on to some amazing sounds today.



Totally rad. At first I thought this track was brand new, then realized it's from the 80s. Which is really shocking, Les Rita Mitsouko were ahead of their time for sure. These funky French cats were too cool. Now I've gotta find their LP's. Andy was the first single from their second album, The No Comprendo, produced by longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti. One half of the duo, guitarist and keyboardist Fred Chichin died of cancer in 2007, RIP.

- Dyn-O-Mite