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Hot Chip's take on William Onyeabor, Swedish dance-pop, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's vampire soundtrack and more in our look at the music we tweeted this week

Kishi Bashi: Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It! The imitable Kishi Bashi (aka K Ishibashi) has created yet another delightful pop song with “Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!” Set to appear on his upcoming album Lighght (out 13 May 2014), the song is bubbly, sweet and joyous, while the gentle string melodies on the slightly melancholy undertone. It’s a delicate balance that the artist …

SQÜRL: Funnel Of Love feat. Madeline Follin

Hot Chip's take on William Onyeabor, Swedish dance-pop, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's vampire soundtrack and more in our look at the music we tweeted this week

“Only Lovers Left Alive” promises to be a very different kind of vampire film—Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are centuries-old, long-distance lovers who buy, rather than suck, blood in a civilized manner. Director Jim Jarmusch happens to be in the band SQÜRL and, along with Jozef Van Wissem and Yasmine Hamdan, has made the film’s Cannes award-winning soundtrack. “Funnel of Love” is a gritty rock …

De La Soul: Smell the Da.I.S.Y. Mixtape

Hot Chip's take on William Onyeabor, Swedish dance-pop, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's vampire soundtrack and more in our look at the music we tweeted this week

After releasing snippets all month, NYC hip-hop trio De La Soul dropped their entire “Smell the Da.I.S.Y.” mixtape, featuring never-before-heard beats from the late great producer J Dilla considered by many to be the most influential beatmaker of his time. The acronym—which stands for Da Inner Soul of Yancey in reference to Dilla’s birth name James Dewitt Yancey—is immediately infectious. From the first bar to …