According to their Myspace page, “Nortec Collective emerged from the burgeoning Tijuana electronic scene, performing a style of music that they invented called Nortec - a fusion of Norteño (”from the North”) and Techno, documenting the collision between the style and culture of electronica music, characterized by hard dance beats, and samples from traditional forms of Mexican music.”

Well, ¡cada día se aprende algo nuevo!

You could get TRS-80’s “The New You” on limited edition blue vinyl or just save up the cash for one of these. Either would be money well spent…

’nuff said.

Last year SafteyBear introduced us to the supremely catchy Seattle-based band Welcome. Somehow stumbled upon this super-cool vid at work today (wow, Vimeo is still in business?! Take that YouTube!) and have got them back in heavy iTunes rotation once again. Enjoy…

Go buy Sirs. Seriously. Come on, you know you haven’t bought any music in a while…

“And Then So Clear” (from the 2005 album Another Day On Earth) very well may be my favorite thing he’s ever done. In the video below, Eno discusses the process he used to distort his voice for this and other tracks on that album.

Is it just this spring weather messing with my head or has M83 figured out what happened with Duckie and Andie that summer after the prom…?

You couldn’t buy her, though, that’s what’s killing you, isn’t it? Stef?