Archive | April, 2010

Listen to Flying Lotus’s New Album!

The wait is over for avid FlyLo fans waiting to hear the new LP Cosmogramma.  The release has been greeted with plenty of buzz, so go ahead and listen to it on the Los Angeles artist’s MySpace page to see for yourself if it was worth the hype.  If you want a preview, check out [...]

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Burial and Four Tet – “Moth”

Burial does great things with low frequencies and Four Tet works well with shimmery, high frequency sounds. When the two childhood friends came together for this 2 track collaboration last year, their unique styles could not have complimented each other better. This tack, “Moth”, is laid back yet engaging, distant yet upfront, eerie yet comfortable.  [...]

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QM’s First

Today, we present to you the debut of the Quit Mumbling weekly mixtape series, appropriately called First. The series will cover our constantly evolving tastes as they grow and change week by week.  That said, the most eclectic and pop centric songs may both end up on these carefully chosen sets.  The tracks can be new, [...]

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The Twelves

While Daft Punk has been dormant- The Twelves (heralded as Brazil’s version of the robot-masked duo) have been making moves. If you often frequent Hype Machine- then you know who The Twelves are, and you’ll understand the Daft Punk comparisons. The group has climbed the charts multiple times with remixes of M.I.A., Radiohead, Fever Ray, [...]

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M.I.A.- Born Free Video

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

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Dawes- With A Little Help From My Friends

Dawes has been one of my favorite bands now for quite some time. Beautiful song writing, strong musicianship, and raw energy blend together perfectly to create this 4 piece’s timeless sound. Their debut album “North Hills” is a folky gem reminiscent of the 60′s Laurel Canyon music scene. Live, this band will make you fall [...]

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Classics // Wu-Tang Clan – “Tearz”

Powered by the hook’s powerful sample of the soulful Wendy Rene’s “After Laughter,” “Tearz” locked hip-hop listeners to the sounds of the Wu forever. As the second to last song on the album, it does everything to solidify Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) as one of the most important releases of the 1990s. For proof, [...]

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The Growlers @ Madame Wongs

Perhaps I should have known because the show, held at a completely underground, makeshift venue, was sold out.  Perhaps I should have know because of the fans waiting outside the doors hours before the show even started.  Or maybe I should have known because of the many kids, who ran the gamut from teenagers, to [...]

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James Brown – “That Life” (Frank Sinatra Cover)

It’s a beautiful day in California- relax…

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