I can’t say enough great things about Linde (About to Combust). Aside from being an extraordinary friend, with a ridiculous amount of patience and love in her heart and a super smart brain in her head, she’s  just about the coolest kid that I know.

I can safely say that any musical obsession that I’ve had in the last few years has somehow been connected to Linde. I specifically remember a few years back when she tried to get me to listen to Hot Chip and I was like “nah, why would anyone like this… it’s so borrring!”. Linde could have quit on me then but she didn’t! She kept sending me great music and let me tell you, Hot Chip gets me through some things – like riding the L train every morning. So I’m really thrilled to announce that Linde has agreed to do a monthly mix for Trendology!

The first one, is entitled “Not Fade Away” and it’s full of goodness, including some of my current favorites like Miike Snow – “Animal”, some Devendra Banhart – “I feel just like a child”, and an American legend –Loretta Lynn‘s “Have Mercy”.

I dare you not to sing along.