A.Dd :: Can't Come Down

A.Dd+ - Can't Come Down by A.Dd+

Swag! Is that Britney's toxic on the hook?

Serge Gainsbourg :: Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas (Live 1959)

The song opens with the line, "je suis le poinçonneur des Lilas" or "I am the ticket puncerh of Lilas Station". I love the depressing irony of the song; it just seems so French. Afterwards, you can watch an earlier video with subtitles here. "Des petits trous, des petits trous, des petits trous..."

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011

Holy Shit holy shit holy SHIT! Are you excited for the Hardly Strictly Blue Grass Festival?!!?!? I know I am! We are EXACTLY a month away from one of the best festivals around the world, and even better it is free and in our City. Like always we have our staples Emmylou Harris, Steve Townes Earle, Allison Moorer, Dr John and The Wronglers (MC Hammer will be returning this year as well). But this year we will also be treated to the sonic pleasures of Broken Social Scene, Chris Isaak, DeVotchKa, Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Devil Makes Three, M. Ward, Bright Eyes, Southern Culture On The Skids, Robert Plant and The Joy Band, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard, Gillian Welch, The Low Anthem, Cass McCombs, Elbow and MORE!! The festival will be held in our very own Golden Gate Park from Friday, September 30th to Sunday, October 2nd. You can check out the full line-up and more here at the official website.

NEW Florence + The Machine

Here's a new song from Florence + The Machine's upcoming and as of yet untitled album, which is set to release in early November. According to Ms. Welch, the sophmore effort will put more emphasis on having a cohesive sound. In an interview for Pitchfork she says, "With Lungs,... there were so many different influences, and the differences between a song like "Kiss With a Fist" and "Dog Days" are huge. With this record,... it's like taking everything from the first album that seemed quite separate and making them whole." For this Florence has turned to Paul Epworth (Adele, Bloc Party) who contributed on her debut with Blessing and Cosmic Love. I can hardly wait for the album to drop. If the video fails you can find the link below.



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The Phoenix Foundation :: Sea World

Bunch of Kiwis.

Dionne Warwick :: Walk On By

Charles Bradley :: Heatache & Pain

This was filmed just outside of Outside Lands, presumably on Sunday the day he opened the main stage. Man, people just don't sing like this anymore. Amazing.

Aloe Blacc :: I Need A Dollar & Your Love Is Killing Me

Man the dance moves in this are crazy! Baby Boogaloo is the most adorable lil kid ever!

NEW Feist :: How Come You Never Go There

New single from the upcoming album Metals.

Toro Y Moi- How I know

Toro y Moi - How I Know from Jordan Kim on Vimeo.

Metronomy :: The Look

George Benson :: Give Me The Night

Smooth and funky, this is baby makin' music!

Guadalupe Plata :: Boogie De La Muerte

A friend sent me this and I just love it. Thanks a lot!

Bibio :: Take Off Your Shirt

Bibio - Take Off Your Shirt by Warp Records

The Weeknd

Okay, this is LONG overdue. I really haven't been on my game since I am just now posting on this artist, but if you haven't heard of The Weeknd yet you need to now.

Here are some tracks and if you dig 'em you can download his self-released free album, House Of Ballons, from his site here. The first two tracks are from House Of Balloons, the third and fourth are from an unreleased sophomore effort and a Drake remix respectively.

The Weeknd - Wicked Games by The_Weeknd

The Weeknd - What You Need by The_Weeknd

The Weeknd - The Birds (Part 1) by The_Weeknd

The Weeknd - Trust Issues (remix) by The_Weeknd

DJ Shadow :: Stem/ Long Stem / Transmission 2

My favorite act from the Pitchfork Music Festival. DJ shadow is a legend. His debut album Endtroducing, which this track is on, is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first album entirely composed of samples. DJ Shadow's ground breaking concept album was recorded from '94 - '96 at San Francisco's Glue Factory. And on the cover is Lyrics Born and Chief Xcel in a Sacramento record shop. Pretty fucking rad.

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Notorious B.I.G. :: Young G's Perspective (J Period Remix)

Sooooo smoooth. I can't find the sample, but this remix is off the INCREDIBLE March 9 mixtape. Grab the it here.

Madvillian :: Fancy Clown (ft Viktor Vaughn)

Madvillian is the collaboration of MF Doom and Madlib. But this song is written as Viktor Vaughn, Doom's real name, and it's about how his girl is cheating on him with his alter ego Metal Face Doom, hence "tin head". Fucking great. Wish it was longer. If you want to dig the sample click here.

Bobby :: Ginger (Water Birth)

Made In Heights :: Skylark Interabang

Great track. Dig the Sufjan Stevens sample.


Sufjan Stevens :: Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland Illinois

Mixtape Club

Found these guys from the San Francisco Mixtape Society and they've got some solid mixes up. According to their webist, The Mixtape Club is an organization dedicated to the art of the mixtape. Ten people, ten tracks, ten album covers every month, pretty fucking rad. I've been digging Flapjack's 17 (probably because I actually know and like all the artists he's chosen), but all the others I've checked out have been rewarding. Here's a link to Flapjack's stream, check out a few others while you're there.

Eleanor Friedberger :: My Mistakes

Had to delete and re-post this one, apparently the previous media player was causing trouble and slowing down computers. Should be better now.

Video: tUnE-yArDs :: Doorstep (live in Paris) & Gansta (live Jimmy Fallon)

The first is just absolutely beautiful. And the second one is amazing. Jimmy Fallon continues to impress me with his late night music guests.

Album: Bodies Of Water :: Twist Again

I've been digging Bodies Of Water's newest album Twist Again for awhile now. For a few days it was free to download, but sadly it is no longer available for free. However, you can still stream it online for free. Check it out here and if you like, consider supporting the artists.

Video: Best Coast :: Our Deal

Get More: MTV Supervideo, Music, Best Coast

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Strokes Tribute

To commemorate The Strokes 10 year Anniversary of Is This It? music blog Stereogum compiled a free digital tribute album featuring indie artists like The Morning Benders, Peter, Bjorn and John, Heem (from Das Racist) and more. It's a fun album and you can grab it off their website here. Enjoy.

Efterklang :: Foetus

Grizzly Bear :: Ready, Able

Oh my god I'm sooooo excited. I was just listening to Tyler the Creator's Summer Camp mix and his favorite Grizzly Bear song is my favorite Grizzly Bear song. I know that I'm acting like a 13 year old girl who just found out that her crush likes the same toppings on his pizza and starts gushing, but I just can't help.

Lana Del Rey :: Video Games

Stern Grove Festival 2011

It's officially summer and that means its time to spend all our days in parks. This Sunday July 3rd the festival is having an indie concert for an Independence Weekend! Neko Case headlines and local sensation The Dodos will be opening for her. I saw Neko Case two years ago at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival and she killed. There was so much heart in her voice, it was just vibrant and alive. You really can't miss her this Sunday at 2PM, especially for free. I thought in order to kick off the weekend I'd share some of my favorite tracks from both artists. Dig it.

Neko Case :: Deep Red Bells



Neko Case :: This Tornado Loves You (Live on Letterman)



More Neko...

The Dodos :: Red And Purple



The Dodos :: Ashley (Live)

M83 Teaser

M83 has announced a new album. No date has been set for it's release yet, but I'm sure it will come in time. I am excited about this video not only because I thoroughly enjoy their 2008 release Saturdays=Youth, but also the video shows shots of San Francisco's own Palace of Fine Arts, The California Academy of Science's living roof and a shot rising in between buildings and then peaking with a San Francisco skyline blanketed in fog. Also, there's a jellyfish presumably from The Monterrey Bay Aquarium. Pretty cool I think.

Afterthought - Did anybody else notice the dozens of keyboards in Anthony Gonzalez's studio? Or how about the floppies?!?!


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BadBadNotGood :: Odd Future Session One & Two

Holy shit! This is by far two of the the most energizing video's I have seen in a long time. I love this! Not only do they start with Odd Future beats, which as everyone knows I also love, but it's how they use OF's instrumentals as a foundation to improv and explore their own sounds. It's Hip hop meets jazz, and I think it sounds beautiful. You can download the second session here, just right click and save link as.

Track list:

Session one

Bastard
Orange Juice
Assmilk

Session two

Untitled 63
Nightmare
Sandwitches
Yonkers


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Tyler the Creator (ft Hodgy Beats) :: Analog

Summer, baby!

NEW Radiohead :: Staircase

"The pot is full of secrets to be told." Love it! This song totally sounds like Radiohead, but I love Radiohead so this is a good thing. Frankly, it's amazing. After all these years, they are still producing good and influential music. In today's culture of disposable singles, one hit wonders and the infinite hype bands that come out, I find comfort in a band like this.

Koop :: Koop Island Blues

Dig it?

Ian Head cover of J-Lo and Pitbull :: On The Floor

So this is a friend of a friend from up in Seattle. Dude kills it, dig that blur. Incredible.

Jamie xx :: Far Nearer

Heard this track at Delirium last night and it killed. I am loving this guy and look forward to seeing how he grows as an artist. Very Promising.

Jamie xx - Far Nearer (limited vinyl & download out now - http://farnearer.com) by Numbers

Brian Eno :: Glitch

I cannot get enough of this track. Fucking blows my mind. 'Nuff said.

Brian Eno - glitch (taken from Drums Between The Bells) by Warp Records

Tyler the Creator (ft Frank Ocean) :: She

Gotta make up for lost time. Here's the newest video from Tyler the Creature featuring the melodic voice of Frank ocean. I love this video. Like Tyler, the video is all over the place. He shows off his demented sense of humor, his obsessive love and of course his creepy mask. Check out Frank playing the girl's father and Jasper's antic at the lake. Lovin' it.

Coldplay and sample :: Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

It's been a minute since I've posted up here, my bad. So Coldplay has a new track with Brian Eno back in the producer's chair. The track's much more chipper than Viva la Vida. Can't say I love the song, but I found the sample on Stereogum and I do love it. Peter Allen is a riot in this video! Dig both below.

Lorn

LORN : NOTHING ELSE from StrangeLoop on Vimeo.


found out about this guy by seeing him as one of Danger's top myspace friends check him out. 

Blende - One-Sided by La Bombe

Siriusmo

Siriusmo - Idiologie from Dent de Cuir on Vimeo.

Spectacular!

PS22 :: Round and Round

A great cover of Ariel's Pink Haunted Graffiti's "Round and Round". Totally awesome that these kids teachers is teaching them contemporary songs, especially from the indie scene. Read more here.

Kurt Vile :: Baby's Arms

Hard to tell with all this rain, but it's spring now. And with the slow release of Winter's grip on the days, we all could use some music to cozy up with. Here's a consideration.

tUnE-YarDs :: Bizness

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Amazing video for an equally amazing song. Grab the mp3 here, from 4AD records.

Justice :: Civilization (ad rip)

Justice - Civilization (Video RIP) by stopthenoise

This was ripped from an Adidas ad and is the soundtrack for their "all adidas" campaign. Singles out 4/4.

Burial and Four Tet :: Moth

Got this idea off the youtube page but tweaked it a little (step one).
Step one: Smoke a blunt.
Step two: go to rainymood.com and press play.
Step three: Play the track and make sure it's the right volume (loud).
Step four: Dig.

Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke :: Ego & Mirror

Ego
Download



Mirror
Download

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold up. Burial. Four Tet. AND Thom Yorke?!!!?! SPLOOGE! The three have been loosely tied together through various remixes and collaborative (Burial and Four Tet) but I never saw this coming. All are AMAZING, ground-breaking artists and though it is supposed to be split with Burial on the A side (Ego) and Thom and Four Tet on the B side (Mirror) it certainly sounds as if everyone had a influence in both tracks. The 12" vinyl reportedly sold out instantly, but if you dig it you can sign-up to there mailing list and they'll inform you of re-stock. These tracks are just gorgeous and mind-blowing. Hope you enjoy.

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The Sandwitches :: Baby Mine

Dig this:

The Sandwitches - "Baby Mine" from Echolocale on Vimeo.

Original from Disney's Dumbo

Coachella Day 36 Foals :: Spanish Sahara

Spanish Sahara

FOALS | Myspace Music Videos

Coachella Days 40, 39, 38, 37

Glasser :: Apply
Trippy video, sweet almost meditative song.



Bright Eyes :: Four Winds
I think this album, Cassadaga, and this song show another side of Bright Eyes that people who don't know the artists dont realize exists. I much prefer his folk/ country inspired music to his better known emo-esque work.



Animal Collective :: Peacebone
An amazing track. I love the dissonace and chaos in the begining and how it all vibrates into place forming this dancy frenetic hook that just circles around you until you're part of the frenzy. It's amazing, literally the song that got turned me on to Animal Collective. Also check out "My Gurls" for a great song set to an awesomely trippy video.



Presets :: Are You The One?
I'm intriuged by this bands energy, and hopefully get to check them out down South.

Coachella Days 44, 43, 42, 41

The Kills :: No Wow



CSS (Cancer de Ser Sexy) :: Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above



Thao with the Get Down Stay Down (SF) :: Bag of Hammers



Empire of the Sun :: Standing on the Shore

Mr. Little Jeans :: Rescue Song

The Hundred In Hand :: Sleepwalkers

The Hundred In The Hands - Sleepwalkers by Warp Records

Hoodie Allen and Mike Posner :: Evil Woman Remix

Hoodie Allen and Mike Posner - Evil Woman Remix by Musiktrieb

I love that name Hoodie Allen. But even more, I love that Electric Light Orchestra's Evil Woman is being sampled by Mike Posner. I think they add some very interesting things to the song keeping it alve in the new millenium.

Work Drugs :: Rad Racer

Rad Racer by Work Drugs

Sweet little pop song.

Domo Genesis ft Tyler the Creator :: Rolling Papers

I especially love the hook on this track.

LCD Soundsystem :: Dance Yrself Clean

Funny.

Tyler the Creator :: Yonkers (full length)

Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers by Tympanogram

I know, I know, you're thinking, "more of this odd future shit?" My bad, but I just can't get over it, they are so good. Here's the full length of Yonkers, set to be the first single off of the upcoming Goblin album.

Previously.

Coachella Day 45 Ariel's Pink Haunted Graffiti :: Round and Round

First parts weird. Song is awesome.

Preview of Angles

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Taken for a fool is sweet!!

Coachella Day 47 & 46

Sorry about the delay Noisepop and work took more of my energy than I expected and haven't been up on everything. Anyways, here are the bands for those days.


I've mostly been posting smaller opening acts so far, so here's one of the headliners, The Chemical Borther's video for Do It Again. Unfortunately, the video has been banned from sharing so you'll have to use that link and sit through a commercial, but the song and video are well worth the wait.


Twin Shadow :: Castles In The Snow

Coachella Day 48 Foster The People :: Pumped Up Kicks

Foster The People :: Pumped Up Kicks

Royksopp new b-side!

Royksopp are planning on releasing their newest single from the their album "Senior" which came out this past fall. The single is entitled Forsaken cowboy and is a brilliantly lush fusion of sounds. The single will include a previously unreleased b-side called "Keyboard Milk" listen to it and watch it below.

Siriusmo releases full album

here is a track from german electronic music producer Siriusmo. He is releasing a full length album called "Mosaik" which has new tracks and also some old tracks from his older EPs

Noisepop: Kid Koala

Tonight at Mighty Kid Koala will be performing. Check out this video, he's pretty amazing. He also has a show on Sunday where he will be performing a 4 hour set titled music to draw too. Tonight's show should be more upbeat, but if you are in the mood for artisst and crafts, and milk and cookies, stop by Public Works.

Coachella 49 Days Gogol Bordello :: Wanderlust King

Dubbing themselves as Gypsy Rock, Gogol Bordello can always be counted on for an amazing show.

Noisepop Film School and Melted Toys

San Francisco's very own Melted Toys will be playing at Cafe Du Nord tonight. I'm very excited and hope they kill.

Noisepop Butterfly Bones and Geographer

Butterfly Bones :: Heart

I saw Geographer and Butterfly Bones again yesterday. Like always they played great sets. Not to get too off topic, but I ran into hella people at the concert. It's so crazy what a small city San Francisco is. But it is this great city that produces bands like this.

Coachella [Day 50] Shpongle :: Divine Moments of Truth (DMT)

Since I skipped yesterday, here's another band. I first got into these guys during my stay in Amsterdam and have been grooving to them ever since. Shpongle is known for their use of both electronica as well as traditional instruments. Very heady music, designed for an electric shaman or something. And as you can see by their performance and the title of this track, they are huge supporters of mind expanding psychoactive drugs. Hope you enjoy.

Coachella [Day 50] Swell Season :: When Your Mind's Made Up

This track is from the movie Once. Set an Ireland, the musical film stars Glen Hansard (of the Frames) and Markéta Irglová. The score is beautiful and the duo went on to win an Oscar for one of the songs from the movie. Later, they formed a real band and named themselves The Swell Season. Hope you enjoy.

Noisepop

The 19th annual Noisepop Independent Culture Festival sets off tonight. Dan Deacon is playing at the Independent in the City and Yo La Tengo will be playing in Oakland at Fox theatre. Since I'll be over in the Da Town for a Boston Celtics at GS Warriors game, I'm hoping to catch the end Yo La Tengo show afterwards and see Deacon on Wednesday as he'll be be playing again closer to my work. Here's a random track from Yo La Tengo, I don't really know or like them that well.

Coachella [52 Days] !!! :: Must Be The Moon

So Coachella is coming up. 52 days infact, I just happen to have about 54 acts that I want to see at Coachella, so kinda like an advent calender, I plan to post a song a day from an artists that I am looking forward to seeing at Coachella. Today's? The band known as !!! (pronounced chk chk chk) with their single "Must be the Moon".

Odd Future (Live on Jimmy Fallon) :: Sandwiches

Speaking of Sandwiches... Tyler the Creator and Hodgy Beats performed with The Roots on the Jimmy Fallon show last week. It's amazing that they landed the gig because these kids are freaking nuts.

The Sandwitches :: Joe Says

The Sandwitches :: "Joy Says"

Sigur Ros :: Við spilum endalaus

More from french La Blogotheque, this time it's Sigur Ros featured. Great song.

NEW Wavves :: TV Luv Song

Wavves :: TV Luv Song

Here's a new track from Wavves, fresh off Nathan Williams twitter account.Wavves is coming to The City next week for SF's 19th Annual Noisepop Independent Music Festival and will be performing with Best Coast at The Regency Ballroom on Feb 26.

Concert Updates Galore

So I stumbled across this pretty cool website called songkick. It'll track artists that you like, and let you know when they come to town for concerts. They have a very wide range of artists and they even allow you to sync your facebook, last.fm and pandora and will automatically add artists from those site that you like to their tracker. Pretty sweet way to keep track without having to check all the venues in your area. Anyways, here's a link, hope it's helpful.

Tyler, the Creator :: Yonkers

Fuck, I can't get off this Odd Future shit. This is the first official video from Tyler, as he just signed a one-album deal with XL Records, an exciting prospect. The album has already been titled "Goblin" and is set to release in April. For two years, Tyler has been releasing albums with OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) for free on their Tumblr (whatever that is). You can download those albums on their website.
The song has the trademark violence that Tyler is known for, and the video matches him with its demented depictions of cockroach eating, vomitting, nose bleeds and suicide. Recently, Tyler has been drawing a lot of comparisons to Eminem and his sophmore album "Marshall Mather LP", which is an understandable conclusion given the two artists proclivity towards violence, misogyny and their lyrical gifts. Hope you enjoy the video, I'm already counting the days until Goblin's release.

The Strokes- Undercover of Darkness

very excited for this album!

Video Violence

http://videoviolence.net/site.php?page=music

The Tree Ring :: Wore It Deep

Wore It Deep (The Tree Ring) from Destin Daniel Cretton on Vimeo.

Pretty sweet video. The band held a private house concert in an attic with a cover charge of one household lamp and filmed this video there. Pretty cool idea.

some more in memory of the whites stripes

here are a few other songs that demonstrate the pure rawness that white stripes captured in their music.

The Fader: Polock :: Fireworks (Eim Ick Remix)

Check out this track on the fader website. They say the song "builds like a sunrise", but I prefer sunset being on the Left Coast and all, but i like the imagery nonetheless. Shimmery and bright, I think this a great song.

The End of The White Stripes

It is officially over for the White Stripes, one of my favorite bands. Meg and Jack White have called it quits and are not going to be making anymore albums or performing ever again. The duo had made 6 studio albums together and always donned their iconic red, white and black. You can read their letter to the fans here and Enjoy some of their songs below. I'm posting some of my favorite songs and videos, most of which are off of White Blood Cells. If you're a fan of Jack White's other projects, The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, don't worry. He will still be working with them.

"Seven Nation Army" Elephant


"Fell In Love With A Girl" White Blood Cells


"Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground" White Blood Cells


"Hardest Button to Button" Elephant


"We're Going To Be Friends" White Blood Cells


"Conquest" Icky Thump


"In The Cold, Cold Night (Live)" Elephant


"Jolene (Live)" A Dolly Parton cover

Rufus- Paris Collides

Rufus is a new electronic pop act from Australia. They have released their first ep on their own label called Monekeleon the ep has this song and another song called "We Left" on it.. This song has been stuck in my head for a few days now. check them out they're sweet. http://www.myspace.com/rufussounds

EarlWolf :: Orange Juice

Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, the Creator team up to make EarlWolf and grab the music from Gucci Mane's Lemonade. There's no question whose is better. "Watch him count the bodies like bitches be counting calories" I love it. These guys have been called horror core and with all the cussing and talk about killing and rape, it's easy to imagine how they got that reputation. However, I think these guys are better than a first glance may let on. They have an excellent sense of flow, timing and space. And Tyler creates 90% of the duo's beats, which he has a great ear for. The hooks are catchy and the beats heavy. For all the violence in their lyrics, veiled underneath is an equally impressive amount of skill.

Earl Sweatshirt :: Luper

OFWGKTA craziness.

Earl Sweatshirt :: Drop

16 year old Earl Sweatshirt borrows the beat off of A Milli on this track. I think he does a pretty good job with it.

Tyler, the Creator :: Inglorious

Fleet Foxes :: Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues by subpop

Been a long time coming, but Seattle based Fleet Foxes are finally releasing there sophmore album. They first mention working on it back in 2009 (interview)The album is set to come out on May 3rd and this will be the title track. Hope you enjoy it.

Dirty Beaches :: Sweet 17

Zoo Kid :: Out Gettting Ribs

Zoo Kid - Out Getting Ribs from House Anxiety on Vimeo.

This is from 16 year old London bloke aka Archy Marshall. He reminds me of Joe Strummer or The Libertines, but with a La Roux haircut. I just love the song.

Starfucker-Mystery Cloud

Listen to this sweet Starfucker song, wait for the cool ending!
check out Starfucker's new album "Reptilians" which comes out in March (but has already leaked online)

Clive Tanaka & Su Orquesta :: Neu Chicago

Creep :: Days

Here's a cool track from brooklyn-based Creep. The appropriately named duo reached out to Romy Madley-Croft of the XX to lay down some vocals. A pretty sweet addition. Like their music, the video is a little goth-y but adds cool flashy light boards and other glimmering effects to pair with the bands elctro roots. Also noteworthy, the video is produced and directed by Fisherspooner's Warren Fischer. Oh, and the band's myspace is one of the creepiest I've visted.

Peter, Bjorn, & John :: Second Chance

"Second Chance" comes off their sixth album, Gimme Some. To be released on March 29th via StarTime International, this album sets out to trade out the keyboards and sample pads of 2009's Living Thing for guitars and more traditional pop instruments. I hope you enjoy the track, I know I'll be at Amoeba on the 29/3 to pick this up.

Lone-Emerald Fantasy EP

I was pretty much blown away by Lone's Cluster Dreams EP which dropped in 2009... which I highly recommend.  Emerald Fantasy is his newest and is pretty fresh sounding, check it out.

New Hercules and Love Affair Album

Hercules & Love Affair - Blue Songs by moshi moshi music
(Via the Guardian)

Ho Man, this is wanna of my favorite bands and they are coming out with another album. The bands sophomore effort has been titled Blue Songs and I'm anxious to see how it holds up to the bands previous album.

Sleigh Bells :: Tell ’Em (Diplo Remix)

Holy Shit. This tracked took me by surprise and straight melted my face. Reminds me of Amsterdam. You gotta be in the mood to move, but this song will rip. Hope y'all dig it.
Grab it here from Fader: Sleigh Bells, “Tell ’Em (Diplo Remix)” MP3

Tame Impala :: Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind (Erol Alkan Rework)

Tame Impala - Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind (Erol Alkan Rework) Radio Edit by Erol Alkan

Original track:

Chris Brown ft Lil Wayne and Twista :: Look At Me (Remix)

Diplo and Afrojack produced this remix and replaced Busta Rhymes with Twista. Twista's speed and delivery are insane and I love the hook, it sounds other-worldly. Say what you will about Chris Brown, he's clearly the weakest link on this track, but from beats to flow, this track goes.

Zeitgeist 2010

With every New Year comes new music. However, what excites me most about the New Year is the look back on the past year's best music. I always check out a few lists, including magazines like Spin, Rolling Stone, Paste and XLR8R and a few other. I also check some blogs like GorillavsBear, Stereogum, and Pitchfork, but my favorite is always the list compiled by Hype Machine. Each Year Hypem.com releases a list of music bloggers top 50 artists, songs, and albums. The albums section is what makes this list stand out because you can stream each album and determine whether or not you like it. So here it is, grab the link here. A few albums that I've enjoyed off the list so far are Two Door Cinema Club (kinda like a Foals meets Tokyo Police Club sound, very dance-y pop) and Gorillaz's Plastic Beach, Radio Dept, and Janelle Monae. Check it out, and see what you like.

Two Door Cinema Club :: Undercover Martyn


Janelle Monae ft Big Boi :: Tight Rope

Gorillaz ft Kano, Bashy & The Lebanese National Orchestra :: White Flag

She and Him & Smokey Robinson and the Miracles :: You Really Got A Hold Of Me

Ignore the video, it's weak. The song however, is beautiful. Covered here by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, otherwise known as She and Him, You Really Got A Hold On Me is originally a Smokey Robinson song. You can listen to both and see which one you like better. I can't make up my mind. This track is off She and Him's Debut album "Vol. 1". If you like the track you can check out more from them here, at their Myspace.

James Blake :: The Wilhelm Scream

Pretty sick track. The song starts out with soulful and longing vocals set to a pretty minimal beat and guitar accompaniment. But then you watch as he layers, warps and twists the song into a reverb heavy creation. I think its pretty sick, dig it? Live at Maida Vale.

Adele :: Rolling in the Deep + the Jamie XX remix

The soundcloud link to this song has been taken down, but good ole youtube can't be stopped. Here's the track again and the original if you're curious. I like both, and the video's pretty sweet. Seeing her emote as she sings and the dude twirling are sick. I'm also a fan of the visual of the bass on the glasses of water. Dig.

Lil Wayne ft Cory Gunz :: Six Foot Seven Foot

Check out a new this new Lil Wayne track here. Set to be on Tha Carter IV, the track is produced by bangladesh, the producer who lil wayne chose not to credit with his work on "A Milli". Fucking Sick.

Adele :: Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle)

Adele - Rolling in the Deep (Jamie XX Remix) by dynmk

Man, I just love this song. Here's the link.

Twin Shadow- Shooting Holes

TWIN SHADOW "SHOOTING HOLES" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Arcade Fire :: Suburbs

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs from Merge Records on Vimeo.

I really love this song and the video is pretty real, though I don't quite understand it. The video, directed by Spike Jonze, takes scenes from a short film titled "Scenes From The Suburbs". Also noteworth, at 2:36 Win and Regine Butler (the two lead vocalists) make a cameo as cops, pretty cool. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.