Because this is a week where Thursday needs to feel like a Friday. Because every once in awhile a little disco synth never hurt anybody. “Sweet Night” by Ed Banger artist Krazy Baldhead featuring Outlines is just pure fun. Danceable, singable, and just down right grooving. Let it be the horse upon which ride bravely [...]
Kanye West has featured Bon Iver singer Justin Vernon in his all-star smash “Monster,” but for “Lost In The World,” he samples the gifted singer’s performance on “Woods.” The song begins slowly, opening with only the borrowed vocal track until the bass finally rolls in. From there, it becomes an intense, introspective rollercoaster that spirals [...]
Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest has already taken over my week, so why not let Diplo and Lunice mix things up a little bit with a remix of the already awe-inspiring “Helicopter.” Hear the once minimally produced song overtaken by heavy synth and thumping beats.
Western Vinyl sent us over Botany’s “Feeling Today,” the title track off of the upcoming 5-track EP. Weatherford, TX’s Spencer Stephenson is the mastermind behind this project, a twist on old recordings that are reconfigured and melted together to make something new. Ashley Rathburn provides the beautiful vocals.
British electronic composer and producer James Blake takes samples of soulful vocals and diverse instruments to make beautifully complex music. “I Only Know (What I Know Now)” does not need words to move you. Instead, it lets an abstract collection of sounds do all the talking.
There’s some finger tapping business coming out of the Nonplus camp. Kassem Mosse usually makes deep deep house and techno of a style popular in Detroit and some quarters of Germany. This tune flits around in its broken beat structure with *cringe* “detroit synths a” la Carl Craig. Lauded Nonplus+ label founders Instra:mental have been [...]
Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest is the four piece’s most intimate and subdued release to date. For 45 minutes, the group’s musical dreamscapes follow singers Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, and their stream of consciousness through 9 of 11 magnificent songs. The album quickly establishes itself as a perfect headphone experience, one coproduced by Ben Allen, whose credits [...]
I’ll admit that when I tend to speak about rock ‘n’ roll, I tend to get about as corny as possible. I’m going to be up front about that. But it’s like when you are with a girl you’re into. You say things like “Baby, I didn’t know what love was until I met you.” [...]
Despite their appearance in a recent Honda commercial- I still think Sleigh Bells is just fucking badass (sorry, really no other way to put it). “Holly” is a demo turned B-Side and it hits as hard as the rest of the album. Holler.
