RIDE THE HARLEY INTO THE SUNSET

Here in Canada’s greatest city (no, not Oshawa) I’m talking of course about Toronto! Anyways, here in the city of eternal sarcasm its been a long, tough Winter. And before y’all start chirping and throwing P-words at me, I’ll have you know I hail from a very Northern, very blue collar Canadian place. AND my bloodline is 70% Scandinavian suffering. So I can deal. But -30 is pretty damn cold by Toronto standards. This week alone they were rounding up Hipsters and shaving their beards to burn in a massive heap in Yonge Dundas square just for warmth. Yes, that joke came directly from my Twitter feed. Copy and paste is a boy’s best friend. And yes YOU deserve it, Hot Tracks Fridays fans!

Anyways, in the spirit of all that is cold and depressing in Canada’s poopiest month (Mehbuary) here are three smokin’ HOT TRACKS that get me turnt right up!

First up, let’s ALL ride our Harleys into the sunset with this acid-washed, nostalgia soaked Hip Hop groove courtesy of Action Bronson. Appropes, since he’s coming here to NXNE this summer!

ACTION BRONSON – EASY RIDER 

Weeet weeow! THAT was a hot one. Also very silly. Next up, an all-out banger that gets my blood PUMPING, courtesy of the Dead Weather. I know what you’re thinking, “hey Dean, is there going to be something Jack White related every time you guest post on H.T.F? Because you sir, are 2 for 2!” All I can say to that is, Jack White is a genius. I said it. Also, he has like 800 different bands and solo projects on the go at all times so really, who can say. Only time will tell… but the answer is probably.

Let’s watch these sexy-ass Gothic gods blam the bajeez out of each other in the suburbs. Bullets. Cigs. Sex.

THE DEAD WEATHER – TREAT ME LIKE YOUR MOTHER

Huh. I didn’t realize at first, but those first two were kinda gun heavy, right? OK let’s take it down a notch and have some whacky, colorful fun. This video from BATTLES is ridiculous, catchy, and ambitious as Hell. I was introduced to this one courtesy of my feyonce (yup, I Bey it when I say it)

Its one of the most insane vids of all time. Its so full of color, and in your face. It pops!

If this hot track doesn’t warm you up and get you grooving you probably have a little dead weather deep inside. Lighten up, and taste this delicious, delicious lactose-laced goodness.

BATTLES – ICE CREAM

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE! (AND THE COCO)

Valentine’s Day! The most romantic day of the year! It all started back in ‘Hitler was still an art student’ times when a bunch of Italian guys in Chicago shot a bunch of Irish guys in the face with Tommy guns. Today, we mark this occasion every year by giving each other chocolate and candies and unimaginative greeting cards… and the occasional STD 😦

(They don’t call it V.Day fer nuthin’!)

In the spirit of all that is mushy, in the name of all that is Cupid… we bring you a very special Valentimes edition of (tsssst, OUCH!) ‘HOT TRACKS FRIDAYS’. These tracks are SUPER hot you guys, check ’em out.

Cue the air horns and gun sounds, CHK-CHK-BRAAAP-BRAAAP. That’s hip hop for “I’M EXCITED!!”

O.T GENASIS – “COCO”

First up, this sweet new gem that’s about to blow up on the Twitterverse any minute. A friend of mine just came back from Miami and said its all over the air down there (which 100% makes sense actually). Comedian Natasha Leggero definitely jumped on this right away. And full disclosure, I’m actually just in love with the baking soda…

THE SOUNDS – “TONY THE BEAT”

Next up a very underrated song from a very kinetically charged (and also very underrated) Swedish band. This is “Tony the Beat” by The Sounds and its literally pure sex!

JACK WHITE & LORETTA LYNN – “PORTLAND, OREGON”

And to round it all off, a sweet duet that’s all about “hookin’ up on the road”, from a Country icon and a modern savant. This flirty ditty is the lovechild of Loretta Lynn and Jack White, and its about as adorbs as Rock ‘N Roll gets

 

Dean Young