Insult to Injury: Week Ending 10/11 with Albert Hammond Jr.

Every week we’ll check in with some of our favorite picks from outside of Noisey this week, roping in special guests along the way. This week’s special guest is none other than Albert Hammond Jr, solo artist and guitarist of a little band called The Strokes. Here’s what we’re listening to while we’re telling you what to listen to.

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Squeeze – “Goodbye Girl” amazing Is This Real— Twin Shadow

Albert Hammond Jr., The Strokes
Check out Albert’s video for “St. Justice,” lifted from his new solo EP AHJ. (Just a heads up: this video involves making out and a topless Albert).
Albert on Twitter

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Aphrodite’s Child – “The Beast”
It’s amazing. I’ve had that on repeat. It’s always in my head. It’s so bouncy and insane and beautiful. The production on it is amazing—early 70s—but really ahead of its time. It makes me want to creep around like some kind of monster. You really just have to just listen

Harrison Koisser, Peace
Here’s our interview with Harrison where he talks about liking “shiny” men. True story.
Peace on Twitter

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Dillon Francis – “Without You” ft Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
I pretty much love everything Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs comes out with. His brand of dance music is totally emo, but super euphoric, and sometimes he dresses like a stegosaurus. He did an amazing song with BANKS earlier this summer and most recently he dropped this synth-stabby collaboration with Dillon Francis which is all about finding the joy in the dissolution of love. See? #Emo. The video is also GREAT. It’s inventive and clever and you can bid on the one-of-a-kind t-shirts the hot girl is wearing throughout right here. All proceeds go to non-profit organization “After School Matters” who work with Chicago high school teens with limited financial resources.

Kim Taylor Bennett, Style Editor
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Chumped – S/T And I’m not even sure if “funnest” is a word!

Dan Ozzi, Guest Editor
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Pusha T – My Name Is My Name
Sometimes there’s an album that makes you want to listen to every song on the album at the same time. You play track two, and want to hear track four, but then when you play track four, you want to hear track one, and then when you play track one, you want to hear tracks three, six, and nine—all at the same time. As a lover of music, this is often a confusingly awesome experience. And this is exactly what’s happening to me with Pusha T’s new album My Name Is My Name. From the record’s cocaine-fueled opener “King Push” to the sweetly flowing “No Regrets” to the Kanye-tuned “Hold On,” it’s nearly impossible to pinpoint a single track you should listen to, so I’m going to go ahead and break the rules of this post and recommend the entire album. Deal with it. Because, to quote Mr. West, “THIS IS MUTHA FUCKIN’ PUSHA T.”

Eric Sundermann, Assistant Editor
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Rabit – Sun Showers
Since Wiley’s seminal eski hearbeat grime producers have dealt in reduction. Houston’s Rabit takes this game to its logical conclusion—morning-frost synths float over a bassline that never arrives, a weird flower blooming in the post-apocalyptic ruins of a club.

Ezra Marcus, Contributing Editor
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Ariana Grande – “Honeymoon Avenue”
Here’s the thing. When your job is trying to find “good” music, sometimes all you want to listen to for pleasure is “bad” music. That’s not to say Ariana Grande is bad—she’s actually really, really good—but she’s a 20-year-old previously only known for her role on a Nickelodeon sitcom and I’m not going to sit here and pretend that’s not a very real thing that we’re going to have to cope with. That being said, this album is everything you were hoping to hear on the new releases from Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, and Mariah Carey (who is apparently too busy Snapchatting nudes to Nick Cannon from her platinum iPhone to do anything anymore). “Honeymoon Avenue” is a goliath pop banger and girl’s got golden pipes. Deal with it.

Sasha, Managing Editor
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The Spits
I love hyper-complex bands like Oranssi Pazuzu and Castevet but sometimes a good ‘ol palette cleanser is exactly what the doctor ordered. Five LPs deep into their career, The Spits are still cranking out obnoxious, pop-punk masterpieces that fall somewhere between The Misfits and The Ramones if dunked in a vat of LSD. The band is currently on tour and their live show is similarly fun/ridiculous. Do. Not. Miss. Them. Live. Here’s a good 53 second burner from their last LP, V.

Fred Pessaro, Noisey, Editor-in-Chief
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