Where the food sounds good, and the music is pretty tasty too.
a few weeks ago bassnectar put together a pretty sick compilation billed as the freestyle mixtape. let me say this, the title doesn’t do it justice. there is little doubt your ears will love this one. plus, it’s another free download of just-under-an-hour of incredible feel good music. peace. Continue reading “bassnectar // freestyle mixtape”
dubstep/bass/glitch artist extraordinaire rusko (christopher mercer) has a thing for turning out bangin’ music. you know, the kind of music that’ll make your trunk rattle off the hinges. with his latest release the ‘kapow ep’ rusko is creating a veritable feeding frenzy by giving it away as a free download. and although this is only a four-track release each song sounds much bigger and badder than the sum of their individual parts. (1. yeah 2. booyakasha 3. bring it back 4. like this) each one is a certified keeper. crank ’em loud and enjoy. peace. Continue reading “rusko // kapow ep”
the psychedelic rock duo dumbo gets mad releases the first single, “radical leap” from the band’s forthcoming 2nd album ‘quantum leap’ via bad panda records. check it out after the leap, and if you haven’t listened to the band’s previous lp spilling over with awesomeness, ‘elephants at the door’ you can stream it on the band’s bandcamp page. peace. Continue reading “dumbo gets mad // radical leap”
it is a hard task to recreate, with barely little hope of succeeding, the smiths’ melancholy and self-loathing classic ode to the unfairness of living. yet, slow moving millie does just that with musical aplomb and a tenacious spirit to get it right. thusly, capturing the forlorn mood i thought morrissey the lone possessor of. listen to, “please, please, please let me get what i want” and then dry your eyes and go find the new album ‘renditions’! it is available via itunes and at amazon. peace. Continue reading “slow moving millie // please, please, please let me get what i want”
maybe it’s the warm amber piano intro, or the artist’s soft lilting voice, which appears both pleading and beautifully nostaligic. whatever the case i am all ears and this week’s sunday best was an unexpected and pleasant surprise. the artist/producer/ ofei is a bit of a mystery but i don’t mind, and on his first single release (from a hopefully forthcoming album), “london” is fairly obvious there will are many people waiting impatiently for much more. also, check out ofei’s hunger mixtape on mixcloud, i did and it is quite impressive. peace. Continue reading “ofei // london (our sunday best)”
East London quartet Rudimental are on a mission to bring back soul into electronic music.
rudimental are the producers, songwriters and musicians piers agget, kesi dryden and amir amor. and together with dj locksmith, the four men of the world source their various musical backgrounds to constantly turn out dance floor gems from the motherlode of their collective consciousness. check out their, “not giving in” (ft. john newman and alex care), and on this one we get the magic of a bondax remix too! peace.
i know you like to hit the dance floor and do your own version of popular dances (even made up ones). and what’s better than shaking it up with something fresh from a-track? listen to the track, “dance the dancefloor” by a-trak and zinc featuring vocals by the vocally impressive natalie storm. peace. Continue reading “a-trak & zinc // like the dancefloor (ft. natalie storm)”
when i sun pulls the shades down obliterating the watching eyes of the world, then it is time to unfurl the sounds of young magic. earlier this year the band from nyc gave us all (for those with ears to hear) the wonderfully gorgeous album ‘melt’. after the jump check out the beautifully shot video for the song, “you with air” and then check out the bands collaboration with the über hot duo purity ring with the, “grandloves” (darkgrey remix). peace. Continue reading “young magic // you with air (official video)”
here’s the deal, some experiences should be experienced or re-remembered at best. better yet, a reenactment is in order! bringing to the fore the glory days of those stolen moments engrossed in the fine art of tongue wrestling. listen to west londoner only real as he unleashes the playful and exuberantly bouyant, “backseat kissers”. so, whether you’re actually young or just young at heart there is nothing wrong with a lil’ bump-n-grinding (even with all your clothes on and mayhap a few buttons and zippers resisting their design purpose) this one which puts the starch in formerly starch-less places and a healthy glow upon one’s cheeks. peace. Continue reading “only real // back seat kissers”
the current cassette release ‘same thing tomorrow’ marks a broader introduction to the world at large for the chino, california-based singer/songwriter vex ruffin. the songs he creates are simple, but more than effective at not only capturing the golden era of alternative but moves the genre forward by both sounding and not sounding like bands and acts like new order, peter murphy. check out his song, “same thing tomorrow”. peace. Continue reading “vex ruffin // same thing tomorrow”