Macklemore – ‘The Town’ (Official Video)
Mustachioed Seattle rhymesmith Macklemore throws down some love for all things 206. Happy 2011 everybody.
Category Archive: Songs I’m Diggin’
Krystal Klear – ‘Tried For Your Love’ (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
Sure the original is glorious enough (Krystal Klear is a solid recommend for any and all Dam-Funkers out there) but it’s the sheer genius of the ‘Hawke to spelunk some ravey pianos, horns,… Continue reading
Gold Panda – ‘Snow and Taxis’ (Video)
I’m kind of glad the Panda didn’t go with the cliched ‘snow and taxis’ slow-motion-New-York-yellow-cabs-in-a-snowstorm vibe. Instead he’s all like, “How awesome is vegetation!”
Jamie Woon – ‘Night Air’ [Produced by Burial] (Official Video)
As the days get shorter and the nights grow longer, Jamie Woon (who you might remember from Debruit’s ‘I’m Goin’ Wit You’) turns in a soulful and heartfelt orchestral ode to maneuvers in… Continue reading
Jamie Lidell – ‘Little Bit of Feel Good’ (La Garage Mix)
Apparently in French ‘La Garage’ is roughly translated as ‘live version of song accompanied by cool malfunctioning-television video’. Jamie Lidell: fusing feel-good soul with a little bit of electronica one beat, bar, beard,… Continue reading
The New Holidays – ‘Maybe So, Maybe No’
After seeing Mayer Hawthorne croon this live in concert last night, thumbing through the racks of YouTube today uncovered the original version of ‘Maybe So, Maybe No’, recorded in 1969 by The New… Continue reading
Jed and Lucia – ‘Apostrophe’ (Official Video)
Beautiful autumnal listening from the Ubiquity Records camp. Usually known for their raw, deep-dug, soul-rich hip hop and hypnotic house numbers, here the label has made bold strides into whispery acoustic territory with… Continue reading
Fenech-Soler – ‘Stop and Stare’ (Official Video)
If Passion Pit were from England, listened to nothing but late 90s trance, wore sequined t-shirts, sped up their bpm’s a lil bit, and didn’t whine so much about being a ‘sleepyhead’, they… Continue reading
Lenny Fontana – ‘Spread Love’ (London Elektricity Live Version, Zero Tolerance Mix, Nu:Tone Remix)
We’ve been having some absolutely beautiful late summer/early autumn days here in Seattle recently – blue skies, sun, and a ever so slight chill in the crisp air. Got me thinking that summer… Continue reading
Aloe Blacc Performs a Cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’
Aloe Blacc is perhaps best known for his plinky-plonk piano summer feeling-broke-feeling-good track ‘I Need A Dollar’. Here however he turns the tables on us and delivers a raw, stripped-down, half-time soul cover… Continue reading
Pharoah Sanders – ‘Greeting to Saud’
Cloudwalking desert jazz that sounds like someone tinkling on a piano half buried in a sand dune inside a lantern-filled Abu Dhabi souk. Love it. Here’s an interview with the tenor sax-toting legend… Continue reading
Jon Hopkins – ‘Vessel’ (Four Tet Remix)
Bliss. Perfect late night listening from Jon Hopkins, a UK electronica artist who’s no stranger to contributing his starry-skied digital magic to tracks by Coldplay, Imogen Heap, David Holmes, Tunng, Four Tet, and… Continue reading
Stevie Wonder – ‘Sesame Street’
Proof that 1972 was a great year for music and television and music television. If this two minute snippet is anything to go by. From back when the Voicebox was the apex of… Continue reading
Katy B – ‘Katy on a Mission’ (Produced by Benga)
Bran’ Nu! Courtesy of one of the greatest online bass music radio stations in the world (that just got awarded a license to broadcast on FM in the UK!) Rinse FM South London… Continue reading
K’Naan – ‘America’
Everyone’s favourite Somalian/Canadian rapper returns with ‘America’ – near 7 minutes of a lazy shuffling beat with Mos Def and Chali 2na’s baritone so deep your laptop might just vibrate off the table.… Continue reading