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It's easy to think of Air France as escapists. In Sweden, as in the U.S. and the rest of Europe, people are living under gray clouds of worry brought about by economic slowdown. The cold Swedish winter nights are long. Air France's 2008 No Way Down EP-- recently bundled with 2007's On Trade Winds EP as a deluxe-edition release in the UK-- is the...

It's been a good year for Air France. Not only did the blissed-out Swedish duo craft one of the year's best EPs in No Way Down, they also bundled the disc with 2007's On Trade Winds EP as an album-length deluxe edition. Which, if you're so inclined, should be totally fair game for year-end lists, you guys. For "No Excuses (The Autumn Cantata)",...

Our last transmission from Brooklyn trio Au Revoir Simone was their cover of David Bowie's "Oh! You Pretty Things" from the Life Beyond Mars compilation. They have a remix album out next month. Reverse Migration includes tweaking by the Teenagers, Best Fwends, AIR's Darkel, Montag, Best Fwends, Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, Air France, and others. L...