Poolside – “Slow Down” (Official Video)
I want to live in this video for a day or year. Already one of my favorite songs of 2012. If you appreciated the main sentiment of Friendly Fires’ “Jump in the Pool”… Continue reading
I want to live in this video for a day or year. Already one of my favorite songs of 2012. If you appreciated the main sentiment of Friendly Fires’ “Jump in the Pool”… Continue reading
Oakland, CA producer Shortcircles performs his track “Meatball in Space” with a live band including Geoff Saba of Forest Floor and Adam Myatt and Glenn Jackson of James & Evander. That beat… Continue reading
This is what happens when there’s zero surf for eight weeks on the island of Jersey, a British dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. What’s even more impressive is the fact… Continue reading
It was Friday afternoon, in the middle of June. Sunshine music. Jazzanova are unstoppable.
Blessed Ypsi beats from Michigan’s 14KT. We need more hugs in music videos.
Best “More than Words” remix ever. Grab Oddisee’s new album People Hear What They See here.
Bulk cardboard box dispatching warehouses just got that much cooler. More from EOM (Elements of Music, apparently) here.
So this is like some oi-punkers vs some DIY ethos vs some bass music vs some 90s Salt n Pepa beat vs some seizure-inducing multi-image-flickering video vs some DON’T CARE ATTITUDE, right? … Continue reading
Chicago emcee ShowYouSuck. Rest in pizza, and while you’re doing that check out ShowYouSuck’s pretty amazing pizza-themed hip-hop album Mo Slices Mo Problems.
PDX got soul. Seems like dating in Portland must involve at least one walk through a forest (at 2:11) and one half-finished-barely-started soapbox derby racer (at 2:18).
Totally understand what’s going on here. DIY GIFs.
Anything produced by Kenny Dope gets my vote. Stay sharp.
Six different species of monkey were given six different species of synthesizer. This is what happened. (Sloth at 1:48 is way into some ambient minimal zoo-drone type flex.) YA YU has… Continue reading
This is South Africa-via-Australia future psychedelic soul composer Jonti. Somewhere two Muppets must be feeling the cold.
One to grow on from Cologne, Germany’s DJ Adlib. Those drums, those fingerclicks and handclaps.
A Sly cover from San Francisco six-piece Monophonics from their new album In Your Brain. That wah-wah fuzz-funk bassline.
A marvelous title for a marvelous hip-hop documentary that was produced in 1986 and shot entirely in New York City by the marvelous Dutch filmmaker, journalist, rap fanatic, and owner of possibly the… Continue reading
Stop-motion sketchin’. Sene’s album Brooklyknight is out now on Plug Research.
Topeka, Kansas slang for fronting or posturing. Solid, humble, honest, and refreshingly down-to-earth rap business. “I’m chilling in the cut/Can’t spill what’s in my cup/Cuz it’s cranberry-vodka, dawg, for real, it costs… Continue reading
I’ve mentioned Adam Bainbridge and the song “House” by his band Kindness before. Here’s the official video for the song, which is prefaced by a short treatise on the matter of pop music.… Continue reading
Joshua Hommé presents this infomercial for the Scissor Sitters’ latest album. Chokeful of new tunes from one of the most celebrated artists from our time slash generation period. And it’s always pulling… Continue reading
Not a million miles away from “Marka,” but still plenty heavy in its own right. Amen break that cuts in at 2:20 is a nice touch. Interesting move filming the sequel to… Continue reading
Precise, lean, future bound d’n’b. Night music.
James Winters is a film-maker and dad from Portland, Oregon. He combines both roles in this reenactment of the Beasties’ “Sabotage” vid below. “Bake ’em away, toys.“
Best Simpsons line ever.
Best moment is at 0min 43 sec: “Aha!”
Production is tight. Oddisee delivers the goods once again. Grab Oddisee’s debut album People Hear What They See released on June 12 and download his remix EP Odd Renditions for free on… Continue reading
Earlier this week the TV series Mad Men allegedly paid a quarter of a bajillion dollars to use this song as part of the soundtrack to the latest episode. It’s a fantastic piece… Continue reading
The Do-Over is a series of itinerant daytime backyard boogie downs held in select secluded surroundings all over the world, including off-the-beaten-path locations in Manila, Dubai (the “Dune-Over” – yes!), Miami, Honolulu, Waiheke… Continue reading
There are plenty of bands who try to emulate the instrumental post-rock, do-without-the-singer thing, but Explosions in the Sky do it better than all of them. Can’t wait to see the follow-up… Continue reading
This is warmth. So many wires for that analog sound that purrs like a cat with a sunset in its belly. Says K X, “This is my imagining of what circa ’98-era minimal… Continue reading
Soulful Deutschiphop from Bremen, Germany crew Dramadigs whose pen-twirling and paper Space Invader-making skills are not to be tested. Seriously considering starting an advice column called “Dramadigs.”
And he’s only 18 years old. Download this song for free by liking Jake Bugg’s Facebook page here.
Sydney, Australia’s the Gooch Palms are currently supporting fellow Aussies (and members of Tame Impala) Pond on tour. Watch the duo’s DIY lo-fi ode to cockroaches below. We need more music videos… Continue reading
Squarepusher’s latest “Dark Steering” is the musical offspring of dot matrix printers, ringtones from ’94, 8-bit motorcycle gear changes, and winning moves in video games. Despite the fuzz and blur of the retro-synths… Continue reading
New clip for Benga‘s gently emotional dubstep choon “I Will Never Change” was created by the wonderful people at Us and uses 960 individually cut records to create a real-life, real-time waveform of… Continue reading
I’ve been evangelizing to anyone who will listen about the brilliance of Michael Kiwanuka for some time now. This video will convince you of that brilliance. It’s quite, quite heartwarming and beautiful. … Continue reading
This is your brain on spicy food. (Honestly, how is it possible that Misters Burial and Four Tet sound like they’re just messing about with FruityLoops and GarageBand here and yet still… Continue reading
This Cuban grandma got bars. Puts the “g” in “g’ma.”
Cut Copy bassist Ben Browning snips highlife guitar tinkles, splices mournful indie-pop vox washes, and pastes disco sheen on the lot to create the best aftershave commerical/French New Wave film that never was.… Continue reading
TNGHT (which, in this crazy, topsy-turvy, let’s-omit-all-the-vowels 3.0 wrld, I’m guessing stands for “Tonight” and not “TongueHate”) is the new partnership between the immensely talented Glaswegian maker-of-the-warped-beats Hudson Mohawke and the immensely talented… Continue reading
Check out this TV ad from way back in 2001 for Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 show featuring his one-time producer Benji B here. Viewing notes: 1. The kick on St… Continue reading