Diggin’ This: River Tiber – “Hypnotized”
Ever since first hearing “Acid Test” I knew River Tiber was one to watch. Here the Toronto multi-instrumentalist returns with “Hypnotized” and a prelude of sorts, “Rainbow Road.” Complete… Continue reading
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Diggin’ This: Salami Rose Joe Louis – “Peculiar Machine” (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)
Georgia Anne Muldrow brings a cosmic hip-hop and glimmering galactic funk uplift to her reimagining of the heavenly “Peculiar Machine” by Brainfeeder’s Salami Rose Joe Louis. Salami… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jordana – “Reason”
Love everything about “Reason” by Kansas musician Jordana, including, but not limited to, that crispy drum loop, those piano chords, that textured bass, those reversed strings in the chorus, and Jordana’s hushed, calming vocals.… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Hiatus Kaiyote – “Christmas Time Is Here”
All I want for Christmas is another Hiatus Kaiyote album. But I’m 1000% here for Hiatus Guaraldi. Those wondrous vocals from Nai. And those strings. Hiatus… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Bloody White – “I’m Busy”
Santa Barbara future pop in the vein of Photay. Bloody White – “I’m Busy” “I’m Busy” is out now. Get it here. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Babe Rainbow – “Zeitgeist” (Eureka Records)
Slinky indie from Toronto’s Babe Rainbow that sounds like Alexis from Hot Chip jamming with early Vampire Weekend. Babe Rainbow – “Zeitgeist” “Zeitgeist” is… 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: 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: Georgie Sweet – “What I Had Done” (Futuristica Music)
Good vibes from the get-go. Backed by a buoyant hip-hop beat from producer Marc Rapson, “What I Had Done” from the UK’s Georgie Sweet is laced with a neo-soul… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Quakers ft Sampa The Great – “Approach With Caution” (Stones Throw)
Feeling this playful piano-plonking hip-hop heat from Fuzzface (Portishead’s Geoff Barrow), Katalyst, and 7-Stu-7, otherwise known as Quakers, that features some fiery rhymery from Sampa the Great. Quakers ft Sampa The Great –… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Another Michael – “Boring For The Times” (Run For Cover Records)
Soaring optimistic indie-folk in the vein of Whitney. Michael Doherty, Alenni Davis, and Nick Sebastiano are Another Michael, a trio from Philadelphia-via-Albany, NY. Another Michael – “Boring For… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Gabriels – “Love and Hate in a Different Time”
Throwback vintage soul meets bedroom pop production from Palm Desert, California. The result sounds timeless. Gabriels – “Love and Hate in a Different Time” … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Paul White ft Iyamah & Remi – “Smile (See The Light)”
That psychedelic textured Paul White production. Love that raw flute, that friendly bassline, those shakers, and that general sense of uplift throughout. Paul White ft Iyamah & Remi… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Dougie Stu (Brijean) – “Another One For Slug” (Ropeadope/Ghostly)
Slow and steady boom-bap grooving from Brijean’s Dougie Stu. Dougie Stu – “Another One For Slug” “Another One For Slug” is taken from Dougie… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Simpson – “Cherry Ice Cream Sundae”
Very much feeling this stumbling beat behind the woozy funk of “Cherry Ice Cream Sundae” by Virginia’s Simpson. Simpson – “Cherry Ice Cream Sundae” … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Nosaj Thing – “For The Light” (LuckyMe Records) (Official Video)
Jason Chung aka Nosaj Thing signs to LuckyMe and delivers this moody, relentless yet delicate thumper. Love that bass guitar. Nosaj Thing – “For The Light” (LuckyMe… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Marker Starling – “Silk Rock” (Tin Angel Records)
Impossible not to groove to this. Toronto’s Chris A. Cummings is Marker Starling. His latest single, “Silk Rock,” is a winding and casually circular whirl of retro-indie-boogie,… Continue reading
New Album By Dan Digs: SUNRAYYS – Glow
My very first LP. Glow is a lo-fi Losangelican love letter to record stores, 90s UK indie, the beach, Toro y Moi, Primal Scream, Jai Paul, the Beta Band,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Brijean – “Moody” (Ghostly International)
A mood-infused groove. Oakland’s Brijean Murphy (who has played percussion for DanDigs.com favorites Toro Y Moi and Poolside) and Doug Stuart (who has played in Bells Atlas and Meernaa,… 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
Diggin’ This: Dojo Cuts ft Natalie Slade – “If My Love Was Enough”
Pain does not exist in this dojo. Sydney’s Dojo Cuts aka Nathan Aust has teamed up with Melbourne future soul singer Natalie Slade to create “If My Love Was… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Genevieve Artadi – “Hot Mess” (Brainfeeder Records)
Very much into this new single from LA vocalist and producer Genevieve Artadi. “Hot Mess” is a happily melancholic, lighter-than-air, Stereolab-ish experimental pop composition that fuses jazz electronics with… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Colorama – “And” (Produced by Shawn Lee) (Banana & Louie Records)
Welsh psychedelia par excellence. Carwyn Ellis, the man behind Colorama, has teamed up with Shawn Lee, the man behind his very own Ping Pong Orchestra and collaborations with AM,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: James Tillman – “Moonshine” (Musella Creative)
“Things may come and things may go… but not my love for you…” Buoyed by a machine-like, churning beat that is occasionally substituted with a steady rimshot, “Moonshine” by… Continue reading
Listen back to Loops + Dots Episode 20 – Music from 4hero, Courtney Pine, Attica Blues, Roy Ayers & Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Public Enemy, Madlib – Special Guest: Kassa Overall (Includes an Unreleased Kassa Track!)
Show number 20! For LOOPS + DOTS this month I had a chat with Brooklyn-via-Seattle experimental jazz musician Kassa Overall over Zoom outside a Starbucks in Queen Anne, Seattle. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jadu Heart – “Suddenly I Know Who You Are”
Extremely heartened to hear this new batch of songs from one of the best duos in experimental indie-pop-soul. Now based in Bristol (and no longer wearing facial coverings that… 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: 幾何学模様 (Kikagaku Moyo) – “Mushi No Uta” (Sub Pop Records)
まったり… I’ve never felt so chilled. “Mushi No Uta,” (“A Bug’s Song,” if you will), the latest from Tokyo psychedelic rock band Kikagaku Moyo (“Geometric Patterns” in… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Leifur James – “Wise Old Man” (Night Time Stories)
Wise words. One of my favorite remixes last year was “Mumma Don’t Tell” by London’s Leifur James as reworked by DanDigs.com fave FaltyDL. (View the full list of 2019’s… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Biche – “Discipline” (Banquise Records)
Amour pop. I’m a big fan of this one. “Discipline” is the latest song by the Parisian quintet Biche. Come for the Stereolab-ish DIY playful… 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: Brisa – “CLOUDNINE” (Bastard Jazz)
ばり好いとう ! Having just got back from a truly inspiring four-day trip to Japan, listening to the digital funk sway and shining sonics of Fukuoka’s Brisa is the best… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Masok – “In a Rush” (Raw Tapes)
Future soul from Tel Aviv. Sounding like an extra polished Hiatus Kaiyote collaborating with uptempo electronic maestro Pomo, Masok (meaning “helicopter” in Hebrew) is a four-piece made up of… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Brainstory – “Thank You” (Produced by El Michels Affair) (Big Crown Records)
Gracias and arigato. Supremely in love with “Thank You,” the final track on Buck, which is the debut album from the Rialto, California trio known as Tony, Kevin, Eric and… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Aoife Nessa Frances – “Blow Up” (Ba Da Bing Records) (Official Video)
A psychedelic acoustic folk gem. “Blow Up” is the new single from Dublin, Ireland’s Aoife Nessa Frances. I am completely here for those strings, that guitar strummery, that hand… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Teebs ft Sudan Archives – “Black Dove”
What. A. Collaboration. Fresh from breaking a five-year hiatus from music, Mtendere Mandowa aka Teebs recently returned with the Panda Bear-assisted “Studie.” More singles and an album announcement… Continue reading
Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 12 – Music from Flying Lotus, Shuggie Otis, Jan Hammer, Stereolab, Cheflee – Special Guest & DJ Mix with Unreleased Music: Salami Rose Joe Louis
Show number 12! This week we welcomed the wonderful Salami Rose Joe Louis to the show! I had a chat with Salami Rose over the phone from Columbus,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Yu Su – “Watermelon Woman” (Technicolour Records)
New sonics for September. Starting with a slinky beat and kaleidoscopic synth cascades, “Watermelon Woman” by Vancouver-via-Kaifeng, China artist and classically trained musician Yu Su steadily progresses into an airy… 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
Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 11 – New Music from Joe Armon-Jones & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Godtet, Jamila Woods, Ivy Lab, Kiefer – Special Guest: Sampa the Great – Ras G Tribute
Show number 11! The eleventh installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new newness from Joe Armon-Jones & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Godtet, Jamila Woods,… 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
Dan Digs Mixcloud Select Exclusive: Daytime House Delights Vol. 1 (DJ Mix)
How’s it going? So glad you’re here. Having been recently asked to join the Mixcloud Select massive, I’m excited to deliver my first subscriber-only mix for your listening… Continue reading