As a great year comes to an end, we look back on all the amazing music that came out in 2011 and want to share with you our favorite songs of the year.  In our usual Music Monday fashion, we want to bring you a song suggestion for every day, including a weekend bonus! This week, each of us will showcase one of our favorite tracks, bringing you 12 of our favorite listens from 2011.  A huge thanks to our friends for all your support this year!! Goes without saying, we love ya. Also a shoutout to all the hard working DJ’s, producers, and promoters for making the dance music scene what it is today…respect.  We look forward to an amazing 2012 and to sharing more amazing music with you all!

Music Mondays: 12/26

Monday:

Radiohead - Lotus Flower (YT)

Bingo Players - Cry Just A Little (TM)

Tuesday:

Nujabes - Fellows (YT)

Juan Atkins - Dayshift (Oliver’s Nightshift Remix) (TM)

Wednesday:  

Zombie Nation - Tight (Etienne De Crecy Remix) (YT)

Avicii - Levels (Skrillex Remix) (TM)

Thursday:  

Phantogram - Don’t Move (YT)

Knife Party - Fire Hive (TM)

Friday:  
Steve Aoki - Heartbreaker ft. Lovefoxxx (YT)

Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix) (TM)

Weekend Bonus:

Little Dragon - Ritual Union Album (YT)

Kaskade - Fire & Ice Album (TM)

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@kyledineen @alexyoon @groove_monsters

Let’s be honest, 128bpm isn’t always fitting for the daily mood swings you go through. Everybody loves to “untz untz” these days, but let me take this week’s Music Mondays to remind you of the groove within other genres! And maybe it’s just my perception, but the art of listening to entire albums instead of just singles is dying. I for one haven’t spent nearly enough time trying to capture the big picture of what musicians strive for with album production. I mean, listening to singles are so manageable (especially if you’re lacking HD space). But if you truly do enjoy an artist, take the time to respect and enjoy their work as a whole!

Now at first, I was hesitant to post about this topic. When you’re giving away free albums, I’m sure it’ll piss a few people off. However, I’m certain many of you probably 1. haven’t heard much of these artists or 2. aren’t making it a priority to buy music in these harsh economic times. But because I am so confident that this music will inspire you to one day purchase a ticket to experience these musicians live, imo it all works out! I really am just posting these as encouragement to go see more shows. Whether it’s a DJ, band, singer, or even a dance showcase, no amount of mp3s or Youtube clips can ever replace the live experience. So save a few bucks, get off your ass, and check out who’s coming to a venue near you!

Music Mondays: 12/5

Monday: Allen Stone - Allen Stone 
- favorite track: Unaware

Tuesday: Phantogram - Eyelid Movies 
- As Far As I Can See

Wednesday: Tame Impala - Innerspeaker 
- Lucidity 

Thursday: K-Os - Atlantis: Hymns For Disco 
- Sunday Morning 

Friday: Gorillaz - Demon Days 
- DARE

Weekend Bonus: Nujabes - Spiritual State [his last album. RIP]
- Dawn On the Side 

*reminder if any artist would like us to remove links to their music, contact us and we’ll glady remove them!

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@alexyoon @groove_monsters

Mondays can sometimes be a drag, especially for the working folk, but we try to bring some sunshine through our musical suggestions.  Feel free to throw us your favorite tracks throughout the week on Facebook and we would be happy to add them to our list.  Let’s make this a Groove Monsters and Friends Music Monday compilation! For now, enjoy our picks of the week…

Music Mondays: 10/10

Monday: Hardwell - Cobra (Official Energy Anthem 2012)

Tuesday: Phantogram - As Far As I Can See

Wednesday: Heatbeat - Roses Never Cry

Thursday: Nero - Crush On You (Brodinski Remix)

Friday: ZHU - Almost Over (Week 4 of his “52 to Zhu”)

Weekend Bonus: What Summer? Mixtape presented by WhoopThis and Beateaz

What’s up everybody! Welcome to the first installation of our Coachella 2011 mixes.  As many of you hopefully know by now, we love producing mixes dedicated to big music events, comprising of only artists that will be performing at these shows.  Our next dedication goes out to, none other than, Coachella 2011!!

This 43-minute journey showcases some of the variety in music that Coachella offers its attendees.  Coachella itself has had a major influence on our music career and we are excited for the opportunity to make a series of mixes dedicated to this amazing music festival.

With this mix we really aimed to capture the sunrise to sunset, chill essence of the 3-day festival. Incorporating indie artists to funky DJs, we really hope you enjoy this journey through music! Ain’t no April tomfoolery here, without further ado:

Indie-o Playground by Groove Monsters

Tracklist: http://groovemonsters.tumblr.com/music

Next up is Coachella After Dark, an electro mix which will strive to depict the festival grounds when night falls. We hope you stay tuned! And to everyone who’s stayed with us, this goes without saying but your support has truly been unbelievable. Through your love we’ve been chosen to spin a special 1-hour set at Global Inheritance’s Energy FACTory! Our set time is: FRIDAY 8:45pm :D

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