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Pat Mahoney (founding member and drummer of LCD Soundsystem) and Dennis McNany (aka Jee Day, member of The Juan Maclean) have come together to form Museum Of Love. The fact that they met 14 years ago doesnt matter, Musuem of Love is born of friendship, 10,000 tallboys, 400 bistro burgers and 10 million cigarettes.

With Dennis writing most of the music and Pat singing their words, the Museum of Love debut album is currently being recorded at DFA studios, due for release in early 2014.

In lieu of the release of their second single, Monotronic, and ahead of the release of their first full-length album, Museum of Love have let us in on the little secrets behind what's helped them form their sound. You can catch them playing over in Philadelphia next week you're in the area.

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Ying Yang Twins - Wait (the Whisper Song)

This song is utterly reductive and elemental. Happening at a time when hip hop was wildly experimental, this jam shows how simplicity, though often the hardest thing to get at is most effective when essence is attained. A drum beat, a whisper and the refrain of put your pussy on me.

  • Ying Yang Twins - Wait (the Whisper Song)

    This song is utterly reductive and elemental. Happening at a time when hip hop was wildly experimental, this jam shows how simplicity, though often the hardest thing to get at is most effective when essence is attained. A drum beat, a whisper and the refrain of put your pussy on me.

  • Arthur Russell - You And Me Both

    So many gallons of ink have been spilled about Arthur Russell but he is certainly a huge part of our DNA.He created a language so inspiring that like our respective discoveries of punk made us want to make things and make them better and weirder than what came before.

  • Roxy Music - Bogus Man

    This is what filth and back alley debauchery sounds like.The elder days when only weirdos went to art school, this is up to no good with a genteel vocal delivery and heavy breathing. Not to mention more skronky sax than one should be comfortable with.

  • Mc5 - Let Me Try

    Maybe not what you first think of when you think of MC5.Another crushing example of heart torn lyrics and gut felt delivery.Full disclosure, I play this song at my job when a beautiful girl comes into the shop.Still waiting for the one to get it.

  • Magma - Spiritual

    If you don’t know the mythology behind magma get involved.This is a spiritual as the title pronounces, altogether celebratory and nonsensical.The psalm of the future buried in a barricade of burning pews1968 Paris.

  • Colin Blunstone - Caroline Goodbye

    This is what pop music used to be. You could write a book about this song.Somewhat morose yet ultimately angelic. It escapes sap and finds a serious way to write about the most typical experiences to transcend cliche and heartbreak.

  • Don Cherry - Brown Rice

    Ever heard of electric bongos? Now you have.Plus it’s Neneh Cherry’s dad. Enough said.

  • Planning To Rock - I Am Your Man

    Like seeing a piece of art you saw in a gallery and wish you made.This song interrogates the history of rock and roll, turns it on its head, reverses it to get at the heart of what pop music has alway been about. It retrieves, in it’s reversal something universally anthemic, harnessing the soul of teenage emotion. All a real fancy way of saying she’s a badass.