This week’s track is Wake Me Up by Avicii. Originally found on his 2013 promo mix, which debuted a lot of new material, this new track is a totally different direction from traditionally house and dance/electronica. Much more pop, much more designed for mainstream listening, and definitely a tad country (stripped guitar, anyone?). Aloe Blacc (who, coincidentally, went to my high school a year ahead of me) lends his vocals to the track, giving it a touch of Blacc’s typical soul flair as well. I’m excited to see what else is coming in the new Avicii album, it could be an interesting and exciting new direction for electronica.
June 2013
Getting Maven to Work with Android 17
I just suffered through this for a good part of an afternoon, so figured I’d blog it for anybody else. Apparently a bunch of stuff moved around between some versions of Android, so make soft links to:
./sdk/tools/aapt to ./sdk/build-tools/17.0.0/aapt
./sdk/tools/dx to ./sdk/build-tools/17.0.0/dx
./sdk/tools/lib/dx.jar to ./sdk/build-tools/17.0.0/lib/dx.jar
So, if you’re in your ./sdk/tools directory, you can:
ln -s aapt ../build-tools/17.0.0/aapt
ln -s dx ../sdk/build-tools/17.0.0/dx
ln -s lib/dx.jar ../build-tools/17.0.0/lib/dx.jar
Track of the Week: Hanging Gardens by Classixx
This week’s track is Hanging Gardens by Classsixx off of Hanging Gardens. A brooding, poppy number with an atmospheric / navel-gazing sound, this opening track off of the eponymous album is sure to lighting up your day.