These tunes are for a lazy afternoon drive. Flight Facilities’ track “Foreign Language” put me in the mood, and the rest fell into place from there – this mix is a collection of upbeat, guitar-driven songs that range from the meditative (“Her Morning Elegance”) to the festive (“Coulibaly” – a favorite from Mali), to some classic samba (“Disfarça E Chora”).

Flight Facilities – Foreign Language

Alphawezen – Speed of Light

Amadou & Mariam – Coulibaly

Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance

J Viewz – Salty Air

Cartola – Disfarça E Chora

Gorillaz – Empire Ants

Milton Nascimento – Angelus

Best Coast – Crazy For You

Charles Bradley – Since Our Last Goodbye

Listen to the playlist here or on our handy sidebar player.

And here’s a couple noteworthy tracks we stumbled upon this week – “Polish Girl” by Neon Indian, and Skrillex’s remix of Nero’s song “Promise.”

Nero – Promises (Skrillex Remix) 
Neon-Indian Polish-Girl