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Peter Bjorn and John “Try A Little Tenderness (Otis Redding Cover)”

- Source: Mixtape Maestro

One of the best things to come out of the arrival of Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Otis" , besides the gleeful listening experience of hearing the two rap titans flex their big willie muscle atop the awesomely ridiculous Otis sample and the equally infectious visuals from one of the most "funnest" big-budget hip hop videos we've seen in a long time, is realizing how many young kids took to the Internetz upon the song's initial emergence to seek out the sample source and ended up being introduced to arguably one of the greatest soul records of all time.

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Peter Bjorn and John - May seem macabre

- Source: It's a Trap!

Summer tune number #2 comes from what is and what will probably remain one of 2011's best releases, "Gimme some" from Peter Bjorn and John. Just like I said last time , it's an exceptionally solid release the whole way through, so I really could've picked any other tune for posting, but really, I just wanted an excuse to pair "May seem macabre" with Ministry 's "So what" because I can't hear the former without thinking of the latter.

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Peter Bjorn and John say "Gimme some art!"

- Source: It's a Trap!

Peter Bjorn and John are holding an art show at the TriBeCa Grand Hotel in New York City featuring all of the various illustrations that Jonas Torvestig created as inspired the band's most recent (and quite excellent) album "Gimme some" and the number 3.

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Peter Bjorn & John – “What I Could Do If I Wanted”

- Source: Pretty Much Amazing

Like all other bands of note, the trio released the former as an exclusive 7" a few weeks ago on Record Store Day , backed with a previously unheard B-side called "What I Could Do If I Wanted To." The song follows the rock aesthetic of Gimme Some , with a very beach-like/surf rock feel, consisting of straight up bass, guitar and drums, quite short and rapidly moving.

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