turn on, tune in, and bliss out to the psychedelic vibes of los angeles afro-pop evangelizers fool’s gold and dir. tim nakashi’s kaleidoscopic treatment for ‘the dive’. beachy, man. if you’re outside the u.s., you can peep the studio version for now. ƒ
kill for love is the fourth studio album from portland’s chromatics, who, over the course of a decade, have moved further and further from the punk rock roots of their gsl days. on kill, we find the core duo of johnny jewel (the only remaining original member) and singer ruth radalet refining the italo disco of 2007′s night […]
LGOYH’s (let go of your hurt) seven-and-a-half undulating minutes progressively envelope the listener in waves of synths, chimey glockenspiel, throbbing bass, and pulsing kick … but above its bleary soundcscape is kwes’ vocal, which tells a clear, unmistakable story: this here’s a love song. with all the next-big-thing hype around the londoner multi-instrumentalist/producer presently infecting the b’sphere, it’s […]
Doeseone, aka Adam Drucker, is the co-founder of the California based hip-hop and electronic label Anticon. Back in ’97, seven musicians and a manager founded the label around three eponymous ideals: anti-conventional, anti-conformity, ant-icon, and, in the past four years, their message has found a resurgent audience. Doeseone, who pulls shifts in cLOUDDEAD, Themselves, Subtle, […]
“the recipe” is a fresh new cut from so cal mc kendrick lamar, who’s star continues to steadily rise since releasing his trumpeting 2011 debut, section.80. on this scoop deville produced and dr. dre featuring first peak from the forthcoming good kid in a mad city, lamar and dre trade chorus and verse over a looped sample […]
Finally! “Jasmine” is Jai Paul’s latest track, just released yesterday. After “BTSTU” had been his only single in 2010, one started wondering whether the UK-artist left the world of music for good. “Jasmine” is a soulful, simple song which makes you love the day! Let’s all hope Jai will be up for more, ’cause this […]
John Maus is increasingly becoming one of our favorite artists. Here’s another motorik, kaleidoscope of a track … “No Title (Molly)” is a part of Smugglers Way, Ribbon Music and Domino’s first ever FlexiDisc Zine available on Record Store Day, April 21st. The limited, one of kind item, conceived and designed exclusively for the annual fête, will feature unreleased tracks by […]
He is from Melbourne, he has a beard and he just released his first EP, Thinking In Textures. There’s not much more we know about Chet Faker, except that he covered Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” in 2011 with enormous attention by bloggers. Augmenting the r&b hit with a smooth, songwriter’s touch, on Thinking, he continues to refine a winning […]
air france was one of those magical groups whose music could reach down into the depths of your soul and lift your spirit to exalted heights. i fell in love with them whilst living in los angeles ’06-’08, blissing out on runs around the silver lake reservoir. listening to a track like “beach party” with […]
If you don’t want to wake up, but it’s a must. If you’re feeling bad, but you have to work. If you’re not expecting that today’ll be a good one, then tune into the good vibes of Sóleys “Pretty Faces“ remixed by German dj/producer Egokind, and feel your problems begin to melt away around 1:03. ►► Repeat […]
April 15, 2012 by farzad
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