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
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
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
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
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
Soulful jazz from Tel Aviv’s KerenDun, one third of Buttering Trio. KerenDun – “Afternoon” “Afternoon” is out now via Raw Tapes Records. … Continue reading
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
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
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
South London psychedelic soul. Only just been released. Already feels like a classic. Common Saints – “Idol Eyes” “Idol Eyes” is taken… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
The shape of jazz that was to come. Listen to my tribute to jazz legend Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman, who sadly passed away on Thursday at the age of 85. … Continue reading
New music from Sam Dust, he of Late of the Pier, under his alter-ego La Priest. Delightfully dusty, wonderful, and weird, this is like listening to thumping house music… Continue reading
Nosaj Thing is on a roll. Seems like only three minutes ago that he dropped the incredible “Cold Stares” featuring Chance the Rapper. Now Nosaj aka Jason… Continue reading
The last time I wrote about Portland, Oregon-via-New Zealand lo-fi psychedelic-indie-soul outfit and band-name-you-would-probably-find-somewhere-in-an-anime-movie Unknown Mortal Orchestra was back when they covered Lindstrom’s spacey and disco-y “Rà-àkõ-st.,” which was and still is amazing in every… Continue reading
London-via-Berlin-via-Chile’s Dario Rojo Guerra is Flako. Fresh from producing the fantastic “La Neta” for Fatima (which landed at #5 in my Top 100 Songs of 2014), Flako returns with… Continue reading
Pell is poised to blow up this year. Already tipped on Complex’s Top 25 Rappers To Know in 2014, Pigeons & Planes’ Top 10 Rappers to Know Before They Blow, and… Continue reading
Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum is bringing his incredible Vapor City live show to Los Angeles! We’ve got two tickets for one lucky winner and a friend to see Machinedrum with special guest Objekt… Continue reading
Kali Uchis emanates mid-century modern rainbows. The Los Angeles-via-Colombia chanteuse melds the vintage Americana aesthetic of Lana del Rey with the day-glo color palette of Nicki Minaj. Her debut album, Por… Continue reading
L.A.-via-Chicago art-rap aficionado Open Mike Eagle stopped by the Dan Digs Show on Dash Radio last Sunday to play some of his favorite records for the #SixSongScenario. After we… Continue reading
