Album of the Week: Las Los – Las Los
The duo who first met while playing in Charles Bradley’s touring band. Max Shrager (The Shacks) and Paul Schalda (The Sha La Das) are Las Los. The… Continue reading
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Diggin’ This: Kamasi Washington – “Prologue” (Young/Shoto Mas Inc) (Video)
100% energy. “Prologue” is a triumphant new beat-driven direction for Kamasi Washington that almost sounds like drum ‘n’ bass. And that crashing crescendo outro from 5min 20sec! … Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Interview with André 3000 In a Laundromat by GQ (Video)
A recommended gem of an interview. You’ve already watched this video, so I don’t need to tell you that it’s a brilliant and perceptive yet relaxed conversation with one… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Fabiana Palladino with Jai Paul – “I Care” (Paul Institute/XL Recordings) (Video)
The world is always ready for any and all new music from Jai Paul. Paul Institute signee and Pino‘s daughter, Fabiana Palladino has released “I Care,” an 80s-indebted retro-futuristic… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Session Victim – “Enlightenment” (Night Time Stories)
A downtempo twist from the Berlin house purveyors. The opening track on the duo’s new album, “Enlightenment” by Session Victim is a jazzy, enticing listen that makes me want… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Papooz – “Don’t You Think It’d Be Nice” (Half Awake Records)
Think 1970s Paul McCartney as a 1950s lounge singer. Paris, France duo Papooz‘s latest tune is the sunny and easygoing “Don’t You Think It’d Be Nice.” Here… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Helado Negro – “LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)” (Private Energy/4AD) (Video)
An experimental, driving new track from Roberto Carlos Lange. Gently brisk and stirring, “LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)” is designed to awaken. Love when the song suddenly decides… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Raze Regal & White Denim Inc – “Dislocation” (Bella Union)
A sonic partnership based on a mutual love of Wayne Shorter, Eddie Harris, Joe Henderson, and 80s R&B production techniques, which I completely comprehend. James Petralli of the Austin,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Photo Ops – “The Dream Is Done” (Paul Is Dead Records)
I’m all about these guitar pickings, that persistent piano, and especially those lightly dusted drums. When he wasn’t touring with the likes of Camera Obscura and Fences, Terry Price,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Holy Hive – “Ain’t That The Way” (Big Crown Records)
After meeting on a farm in Minnesota, drummer Homer Steinweiss (he’s played for Lady Gaga, Adele, and Bruno Mars) and singer Paul Spring recruited Joe Harrison to form Holy Hive, a New… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Weekend Run”
I mean, he’s pretty much a Known Mortal Orchestra at this point. Portland, Oregon-via-New Zealand’s Ruban Nielson aka Unknown Mortal Orchestra returns with “Weekend Run,” an airy ode to… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: SAULT – “Bitter Streets” (Forever Living Originals)
It’s here. Shrouded in mystery (although we’re pretty sure, nay, almost certain it’s Cleo Sol and Inflo), the known unknown group SAULT return with Nine, their latest album that’s… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Mara TK (formerly of Electric Wire Hustle) ft Xenia Manasseh) – “Met At The River” (Extra Soul Perception Records)
Aotearoa-Nairobi soul. Love this piano-led slow groove from the Maori-Scottish musician Mara TK, formerly of Electric Wire Hustle, and Kenyan R&B singer-songwriter Xenia Manasseh. Mara TK ft Xenia… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Timmy Holiday – The Boy With the Glitch In His Head (Full Album)
Donuts from Dublin. Way into this tape from Timmy Holiday of woozy, glitched-out, off-kilter beats. Timmy Holiday – The Boy With the Glitch In His Head (Full… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: KerenDun from Buttering Trio – “Afternoon” (Raw Tapes Records)
Soulful jazz from Tel Aviv’s KerenDun, one third of Buttering Trio. KerenDun – “Afternoon” “Afternoon” is out now via Raw Tapes Records. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Dorcha – “Horses” (Box Records)
Anna Palmer, Beth Bellis, Stella Roberts, Meesha Fones, and Euan Palmer are Dorcha, a leftfield experimental pop quintet from Birmingham, UK. “Horses” is my favorite song from the band,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Kaelin Ellis – “Bebop”
Love this entire project from Florida producer Kaelin Ellis, but if I had to pick just one donut from the box, it would be “Bebop.” On repeat. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Biig Piig – “Liahr” (RCA Records)
Indie d’n’b from London-via-Ireland’s Jess Smyth also known as Biig Piig. Biig Piig – “Liahr” “Liahr” is out now. Get it here and listen to… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Common Saints – “Idol Eyes”
South London psychedelic soul. Only just been released. Already feels like a classic. Common Saints – “Idol Eyes” “Idol Eyes” is taken… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jim-E Stack ft Bon Iver – “Jeanie”
Strong A.K. Paul synth feels. Emotional. Jim-E Stack ft Bon Iver – “Jeanie” “Jeanie” is taken from Jim-E Stack‘s new… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Pyramid Project – “Mangroves” (Contours Edit)
What a groove. UK producer Contours collaborated with Nairobi, Kenya’s Pyramid Project back in 2018. The four track EP, Mangroves, is the textured, percussion-heavy result, recorded in… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Routine (Annie Truscott from Chastity Belt & Melina Duterte aka Jay Som) – “Cady Road” (Dead Oceans)
Lo-fi country music echoes meet rainy Manchester melodies. Annie Truscott, who plays bass in Chastity Belt, and Melina Duterte aka Jay Som are the LA duo Routine. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Orion Sun – “Birds Gave Up” (Mom + Pop Music)
Orion Sun is shining. “Birds Gave Up” is the final track on Orion Sun‘s new album, Hold Space for Me. It’s an elegant and elevated love song, solely comprised… Continue reading
Listen back to Loops + Dots Episode 19 – New Music from Bibio, Photay, Khruangbin, Little Simz, Altopalo, Jonah Yano, Lianne La Havas, Natalie Slade, Chicano Batman, Henry Green – Dan In the DJ Mix
Show number 19! Hope all is very good with your good self. LOOPS + DOTS is back with another special all-music mix for episode 19! … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: altopalo – “powerlines” (Samedi Records)
Eclecticity. A delicate yet driving experimental invention by lead singer Rahm Silverglade, bassist Jesse Bielenberg, guitarist Mike Haldeman, and drummer Dillon Treacy, otherwise known as the New York quartet altopalo.… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Royce Wood Junior ft Shirazpapi – “Graffiti”
Rex Orange Country meets A.K. Paul. Heavily into this new excellence from Royce Wood Junior featuring Shirazpapi (nice). I’ve been into the London producer’s work ever since… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Lizette & Quevin – “Grow Forever” (Big Crown Records)
“You could grow forever, if you let yourself.” Beginning with a pensively picked acoustic guitar, “Grow Forever” is a singalong soul throwback that leans back complete with vibraphone chimes,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Cleo Sol – “Rose In the Dark” (Forever Living Originals)
Do you know, do you know, do you know that things get better? Taking cues from the percussive xylophone chimes of Shuggie Otis’ “Strawberry Letter 23” and the instrumentation… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: ØZWALD – “Call Off the Doctor” (Allswell Records) (Official Video)
It’s a different view. Currently very much into the honeyed folk of the Nashville-via-Los Angeles duo ØZWALD, otherwise known as Jason Wade (he of the band Lifehouse) and Steve… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Kassa Overall ft Joel Ross & Theo Croker – “Please Don’t Kill Me” (Brownswood Recordings)
2020, we’re here. Already starting this year strong with the Brooklyn-via-Seattle experimental jazz visionary Kassa Overall and his vibe-heavy (in every sense of the word) cut “Please Don’t Kill… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Benny Gebert – “Night Life” (Arts & Crafts Records)
This cricket chirp-fueled piano hypnosis on repeat. Recorded in a farmhouse in the woods of upstate New York in the midst of a heatwave with all of the windows… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Ash Walker ft Laville – “Under The Sun” (Night Time Stories)
Ideal August listening. Slipping into your headphones with a slinky hip-hop beat, amber-toned acoustic guitar runs, and an assortment of dub reggae effects, “Under the Sun” from London’s Ash… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Melo-Zed ft James Walker – “Savanah” (HW&W Recordings)
Woozy, still. “Savanah” is currently my favorite song from London’s Zach Cayenne-Elliott, otherwise known as Melo-Zed. Enlisting the musical assistance of James Walker, it’s a woozy number with gently… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Resavoir – “Plantasy” (International Anthem) (Official Video)
The secret life of plants. Not solely content with his immensely delicate folk-informed brass output as part of DanDigs.com faves Whitney (listen to their early demo “No Matter Where… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Dexter Story ft Sudan Archives – “Gold” (Soundway Records)
Golden hours. LA’s Dexter Story teams up with Stones Throw maestra Sudan Archives (more of her excellent music here) in this veritably happy collision of inordinate amounts of musical… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Golden Daze – “Amber” (Autumn Tone Records)
Dazed and golden. Los Angeles-via-Portland-via the Midwest duo Ben Schwab and Jacob Loeb are Golden Daze. “Amber,” my favorite song from their new album, Simpatico, is a dreamy, lighter-than-air folk concoction… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Julien Dyne – “Design” (Soundway Records)
The groove is real. On “Design,” Berlin-via-Wellington-via-Auckland-via-Montreal musician, drummer, DJ, and visual artist Julien Dyne opens with a gritty, Theo Parrish-ish beat loop and shimmering piano punctuation before melting it… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Kaidi Tatham ft Dego – “It’s a World Before You” (First Word Records)
Summer 2018 is officially in session! Fresh from collaborating with Eric Lau for their excellent remix of Moonchild’s “Run Away,” Belfast maestro Kaidi Tatham returns with “It’s a World… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Lionlimb – “Clover” (Bayonet Records)
Stewart Bronaugh and Joshua Jaeger, otherwise known as Lionlimb, are a duo from Nashville. “Clover,” the opening song from their new album, Tape Recorder, is a wistful indie-folk meditation flush… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: ELWD – “inbloom” (Bad Taste Records)
UK producer ELWD (pronounced “Ellwood”) turns in “inbloom,” an all low-caps, lo-fi mellow groove that is as instantly relaxing as it is poignant. My only complaint is that it’s not… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Xiomara – “Siren”
“Siren,” by Berkeley, California chanteuse Xiomara is a delicate and smokey, soulful blues number with shades of Portishead and Ella Fitzgerald. Track of the day. Xiomara – “Siren” … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Tor – “Days Gone”
Way into this moody beat shuffle from Vancouver producer Tor. Track of the day. Tor – “Days Gone” Tor’s new album, Blue Book,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Audion – “Destroyer”
Matthew Dear’s Audion alias makes a welcome return. Mightily digging this hypnotic, serrated whirl of centrifugal techno with a riff reminiscent of Underworld’s “Cowgirl.” Track of the day. Audion… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Adrian Younge ft Loren Oden – “Sittin’ By The Radio” (Official Video)
The production expertise of Adrian Younge is unparalleled. From the moment those carefully crafted drums kick in with a rimshot as vintage as a Kodachrome photograph of a 1967 Pontiac Firebird, from… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Luke Vibert – “Bizarster” (Official Video)
Equal parts the cut-and-pasted-overwrought-movie-dialogue aesthetic of The Avalanches circa 2000, the jovial spirit of big beat in 1997, and the beeps and bleeps of a digitally-saturated 2015, the title track of Luke Vibert‘s latest… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Robot Koch ft Stephen Henderson – “Dreams”
Such effortless beauty. Mightily diggin’ this new one from recent LA transplant Robot Koch, who originally hails from Berlin. Track of the day. Robot Koch ft Stephen Henderson… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Cool Uncle (Bobby Caldwell & Jack Splash) ft Jessie Ware – “Break Away”
Cool uncle, bro! Bobby Caldwell, Jack Splash, and Jessie Ware: seeing all of these names on the one song had me clicking “play” faster than the speed of light. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Charles Murdoch ft Ta-ku, Wafia & Hak – “Frogs” (Free Download)
This vibe. “Frogs” is an instantly winsome, expertly assembled cut of swirling, simmering late-night soul from Brisbane, Australia’s Charles Murdoch that features Wafia, Hak, and perennial DanDigs.com favorite, Ta-ku. Especially… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Ruane Maurice – “Nomenclature” (Official Video)
“Nomenclature” by Birmingham, England’s Ruane Maurice sounds as if Massive Attack had decided to make house instead of hip-hop. Digging that textured percussion in the background, those big, chunky synth… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jack Garratt – “Weathered”
Seeing Jack Garratt at a last-minute small club show in Hollywood (watch my Vine of the best part here) back in February was definitely one of my musical highlights of 2015. … Continue reading