BJ Smith – “Prototype” (Outkast Cover)
Much like burritos and the beach, it is scientifically impossible to have enough covers and reworks of Outkast‘s “Prototype” in your life at any one time. Last year I… Continue reading
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SBTRKT ft Ezra Koenig – “New Dorp, New York” (Official Video)
Love, love, love this brand new electronic shuffler from the UK’s Aaron Jerome bka SBTRKT and Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig, hot off the press from Annie Mac‘s radio show on BBC Radio 1.… Continue reading
Hawk House – “Chill Pill (Experiment 2)” (Official Video)
“Seven billion residents of the Earth…” How are London hip-hop trio Hawk House not massive? Brothers Eman and Sam and their friend Demae’s track “Tidal Tendencies” was number 42 in my Top… Continue reading
Kelis – “Bless the Telephone” (Trinidad-Senolia Deep Remix)
Shouts going out to all producers and remixers using phone noises in their music. If you need a refresher on the best telephone tones used in modern music, there’s this.… Continue reading
SBTRKT ft Sampha – “Temporary View”
One of this decade’s best partnerships in electronic music. A very, very welcome return for Aaron Jerome aka SBTRKT and Sampha, here with a brand new track called “Temporary… Continue reading
Caribou – “Can’t Do Without You”
“Can’t Do Without You” is the perfect track to close a DJ set at either sunset or sunrise. Canadian electronic musician Caribou aka Dan Snaith aka Manitoba aka Daphni is… Continue reading
ASHER ROTH INTERVIEW & LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE TROUBADOUR IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES – TV SEGMENT PRODUCED FOR NUVOTV’S MUSIC SHOW THE COLLECTIVE (VIDEO)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS SEGMENT ON VEVO.COM NOW. Asher Roth recently played the Troubadour in West Hollywood for the release of his eclectic, sophomoric album, RetroHash. … Continue reading
DE LUX INTERVIEW & LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE ECHO IN ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES – TV SEGMENT PRODUCED FOR NUVOTV’S MUSIC SHOW THE COLLECTIVE (VIDEO)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS SEGMENT ON VEVO.COM NOW. I interviewed the tremendously talented LA post-disco duo De Lux and produced this segment on their record release show at the Echo for NUVOtv‘s flagship music… Continue reading
Sorceress – “Teacups” (Free Download)
Love this rollin’ ‘n’ clappin,’ Fat Freddy-Droppin’ house beat and these honeyed soul vocals on “Teacups,” the brand new track from New Zealand five-piece Sorceress. Formerly known as Funkommunity,… Continue reading
TEMPLES INTERVIEW & LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE ROXY IN WEST HOLLYWOOD – TV SEGMENT PRODUCED FOR NUVOTV’S MUSIC SHOW THE COLLECTIVE (VIDEO)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS SEGMENT ON VEVO.COM NOW. “We wanted to create a world for people to fall into…” British psychedelic rockers Temples recently came to Los Angeles to play one of the best… Continue reading
Grenier Meets Archie Pelago – “Phosphorent”
Brooklyn trio Archie Pelago create lush, bass-bouncing, live instrumental electronic music with drum machines, cellos, trumpets, and saxophones. Their track “Avocado Roller” was number 25 in my Top 100… Continue reading
Pumpkin – “L’Ascenseur”
French rap extraordinaire from Paris rapper Pumpkin. I stumbled across her Soundcloud feed earlier today. It is stuffed full of producer Vin’S da Cuero‘s jazzy beats and her adroit… Continue reading
Lone – “Aurora Northern Quarter”
Taking the stomp of his fantastic “Airglow Fires” (which made #50 in my Top 100 Songs of 2013 list—listen and download the DJ mix of this list here), Lone returns with a… Continue reading
Benjamin Yellowitz – “Treatise”
Strongly diggin’ these strong shades of two of my very favorite artists Fink and Bonobo that surface on this brand new soulful acoustic jam from Birmingham, UK’s Benjamin Yellowitz. … Continue reading
Phantogram – “Fall in Love” (Jaded Incorporated Remix) (Free Download)
Michigan natives Mayer Hawthorne and 14KT recently joined forces to create Jaded Incorporated. Here they boost and bump Phantogram‘s “Fall in Love,” giving it some shine and speedy shuffle. … Continue reading
THE BELLE BRIGADE INTERVIEW & LIVE PERFORMANCE AT AMOEBA MUSIC IN HOLLYWOOD – TV SEGMENT PRODUCED FOR NUVOTV’S MUSIC SHOW THE COLLECTIVE (VIDEO)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS SEGMENT ON VEVO.COM NOW. Have a listen and a watch of this piece on Los Angeles brother-and-sister indie-folk duo The Belle Brigade that I recently produced for NUVOtv‘s… Continue reading
Karol Conka – “Boa Noite” (Official Video)
Good night! This is a jam right here! “Boa Noite” (“Good Evening” or “Good Night” in Portuguese) is the latest single from Brazilian rap artist Karol Conka. … Continue reading
Klaxons – “Love Frequency” (Tom Rowlands Remix)
Chemical Brother Tom Rowlands turns in a stellar, 3am warehouse party remix of the Klaxons‘ new song “Love Frequency” with a bassline that sounds like an iron ping-pong ball bouncing squarely in… Continue reading
Chet Faker – “1998” (Official Video)
I’ve been following the music of Aussie crooner Chet Faker ever since I got switched on to his brilliantly lethargic haze-hop cover of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” in April 2012. … Continue reading
Warpaint – “Disco//Very” & “Keep It Healthy” (Official Double Video)
Double video feature jam! Getting way into this lethargic, listless slow disco dancer (“Disco//Very”) and this gentle, ride cymbal-tappin’ indie incantation (“Keep it Healthy”) from L.A.’s Warpaint. Warpaint – “Disco//Very” &… Continue reading
Mo Kolours – “Mo Kolours” (Free Album Download)
I first heard about the Mauritian-English producer Mo Kolours back in 2011 via the eternally entertaining writing talents of Mr Alex Chase and his One Handed Music record label missive. (You really should subscribe… Continue reading
Little Dragon – “Klapp Klapp”
Yukimi Nagano and her high school friends return with the drum-stomping and bass-swirling “Klapp Klapp.” Little Dragon – “Klapp Klapp” “Klapp Klapp” the first single to be taken… Continue reading
Low Leaf & King Britt – “A Light Within” (Free Download)
Los Angeles Filipino-American singer and harpist Low Leaf recently partnered with the legendary King Britt to create this wispy, digitally dusty beat jam. “A Light Within” is an outtake from King Britt’s forthcoming… Continue reading
Bibio – “Dye The Water Green” (Live) (Official Video)
Warp Records, you are good to us. This live version of “Dye the Water Green” by West Midlands, UK musician Bibio is some much needed Friday afternoon chill. From Bibio… Continue reading
Perera Elsewhere – “Drunk Man” (Official Video)
My favorite song of today. British Berliner Perera Elsewhere turns the volume down to two and delivers a hushed, intimate, ghostly transmission of understated indie-soul. Perera Elsewhere – “Drunk Man”… Continue reading
Lorde – “No Better”
Lorde did a Beyonce this morning and dropped a new single out of the blue. Listen to “No Better” via iTunes here. Samsung apps, skyscraper projections, Wee Waa,… Continue reading
Mélissa Laveaux – “Pie Bwa”
With spritely yet melancholy fingerpicked guitar inches from your ears, Haitian-Canadian singer Mélissa Laveaux reworks and riffs on Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” singing entirely in Creole and from the viewpoint of the blood-stained… Continue reading
Lord Echo – “Digital Haircut” (Official Video)
Dubbed-out, squiggly, hairstylin’ funk from Wellington, New Zealand’s answer to Mr. Scruff. Lord Echo – “Digital Haircut” (Official Video) Lord Echo‘s new album, Curiosities, is out now on Bastard… Continue reading
Aloa Input – “Going Home” & “Someday Morning”
Every so often you come across a band like Aloa Input that is so astoundingly good (and, as of now, so astoundingly underheard) that you just can’t help yourself but listen to their… Continue reading
Yancey Boys ft Common & Dezi Paige – “Quicksand” (Official Video)
Common always sounds best over a Dilla beat. (His album Finding Forever is dedicated entirely to the late, great producer.) Yancey Boys ft Common & Dezi Paige – “Quicksand” (Official Video) … Continue reading
Mick Jenkins – “The Roots” (Official Video) (Free Download)
Alabama-born, West Chicago MC Mick Jenkins‘ laid-back yet perfectly controlled flow possesses an eery similarity to Ghostpoet‘s 3am drawl. Mick Jenkins – “The Roots” (Official Video) Download Mick Jenkins’ Trees &… Continue reading
Botany – “Quatic” (Free Download)
Spencer Stephenson is Botany. Hailing from Texas, he blends synth washes with a collage of blurred bleeps, overcooked chimes, and ominous bells, all woven through a pleasing boom-bap beat. “I tried to evoke… Continue reading
Jonwayne ft Scoop DeVille – “The Come Up Pt. 1”
Resembling a college-aged, hip-hop-obsessed Hagrid, the very talented Los Angeles rapper and producer Jonwayne returns with this confident cut of soulful whoops and scats, spinning hi-hats, synth-brass punches, and abstract poetic rhymes delivered with… Continue reading
James Blake ft Chance the Rapper – “Life Round Here” (Remix) (Official Video Directed by Nabil)
This isn’t the first rap video of late to greatly increase the potency of the song it portrays by being filmed entirely in black-and-white. Perhaps best known for directing Kanye West/GOOD Music’s “Mercy”… Continue reading
John Wizards – “Lusaka By Night” (Official Video)
25-year-old, Cape Town, South Africa musician, producer, and ad jingle writer John Withers is the brainchild behind John Wizards. Featuring Rwandan singer Emmanuel Nzaramba, his recently released self-titled debut album draws from Ghanaian highlife,… Continue reading
Tom Day & Monsoonsiren – “Elegiac”
My favorite track from the latest Project Mooncircle compilation is Melbourne, Australia’s Tom Day and Monsoonsiren’s elegant and epic “Elegiac.” Tom Day & Monsoonsiren – “Elegiac” Download the 33-track… Continue reading
Yasiin Bey fka Mos Def x Preservation – “The REcstatic” Remix Album (Free Download)
Hip-hop producer Preservation worked on the original The Ecstatic LP from Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def. Here he re-jigs the entire album, adding deep-crate-dug record samples from New Orleans swing outfits… Continue reading
Fat Freddy’s Drop – “Bones”
My favorite track from Freddy’s since “Wandering Eye.” It’s all about that chord change at 0:56. Stream Fat Freddy’s Drop “Bones” and the rest of the album here. Fat Freddy’s… Continue reading
Shy FX ft Liam Bailey – “Soon Come” (Official Video)
Jungle godfather Shy FX takes a break from the frenzy of drum ‘n’ bass and opts to expertly concoct some simmering, hazy reggae instead. Shy FX ft Liam Bailey – “Soon Come”… Continue reading
Barbarossa – “Turbine” (Official Video) (Free Download)
Fresh from supporting José González‘s band Junip in New York last week, East London’s suitably red-bearded James Mathé, otherwise known as Barbarossa, combines a large, simple Black Keys-ish garage rock-soul guitar riff and tussled… Continue reading
Valerie June – “Workin’ Woman Blues” (Official Video)
Singer-songwriter Valerie June was raised in Jackson and Humboldt, Tennessee, one hour from Memphis and two hours from Nashville, which serves as an accurate musical GPS for her blues- and country-influenced sound, aptly… Continue reading
Thundercat – “Heartbreaks + Setbacks” (Produced by Flying Lotus)
Effervescent jazz bass noodler Thundercat returns with a Flying Lotus-produced second album and a wonderfully catchy, soulful first single, “Heartbreaks + Setbacks.” Thundercat – “Heartbreaks + Setbacks” (Produced by Flying Lotus) … Continue reading
Chris Turner – “LiquidLOVE” (Official Video)
Summer come early. Chris Turner – “LiquidLOVE” Download Chris Turner‘s downright stunning soul album, LOVElife is a Challenge, for free here.
Hiatus Kaiyote – “Lace Skull” (Live at the Seed Factory) (Official Video)
Australia’s Hiatus Kaiyote is easily a Neon Milk favorite. Their debut Tawk Tomahawk was one of the best albums of last year and their track “Mobius Streak” was number 18 in my top… Continue reading
Half Moon Run – “Full Circle” (Official Video)
Canadian Pastoral both in scene and sound. Montreal indie-folksters Half Moon Run pair Fleet Foxes vocal melodies with shimmering post-rock guitar. Half Moon Run – “Full Circle” (Official Video) Listen to… Continue reading
Nosaj Thing – “Eclipse/Blue” (Official Video)
LA’s Jason Chung is the somewhat palindromic Nosaj Thing. Nosaj Thing – “Eclipse/Blue” (Official Video) “Eclipse/Blue” features vocals by Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino. It is the first single off Nosaj Thing‘s… Continue reading
Flying Lotus – “Tiny Tortures” (Official Video ft Elijah Wood)
I think this settles once and for all that the true identity of the unknown rapper known only as Captain Murphy is, in fact, quite probably, Hollywood movie star Elijah Wood. Did not… Continue reading
Dam-Funk – “Trying 2 Survive (In the Big City)” (Live In Bangkok) (Video)
Nothing but pure funk and positivity every time from Pasadena, California’s Mr. Damon G. Riddick. Watch him perform new track “Trying 2 Survive (In the Big City)” live in Bangkok, Thailand below. … Continue reading