Diggin’ This: Meernaa – “Backroads” (Native Cat Recordings)
That piano flourish right at the start. And, yes, thank you, great question. I’m told it’s “mee-er-nuh.” I’ve had this North Oakland four-piece on my radar ever… Continue reading
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Diggin’ This: Chinatown Slalom – “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” (September Recordings) (Official Video)
“Can I phone a friend to tell them how good this is, Chris?” Huge fan of this Liverpudlian leftfield pop quartet that take their off-kilter melodic sensibilities and cut-and-paste… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Kazu – “Salty” (Adult Baby Records) (Official Video)
A salient point well made. With an intro that reminds me of the outlandish guitar whine that underscores all of Noisey’s British Masters videos (see here to hear what… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Seba Kaapstad – “Africa” (Mello Music Group) (Official Video)
Hooked from the moment I heard those piano keys. “Africa” from Johannesburg, South Africa quartet Seba Kaapstad is nouveau neo-soul with a heavenly jazz twist. Shades of Robert Glasper,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Gong Gong Gong – “Down Quantity Road 數量的王國” (Wharf Cat Records) (Official Video)
工工工 Tom Ng and Joshua Frank are the Beijing duo 工工工 (pronounced Gong Gong Gong). The pair play simple, straightforward music that utterly captivates, despite only being armed with… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Bananagun – “Do Yeah” (Anti Fade Records) (Official Video)
Do you, always. Way, way, waay into this debut single from Melbourne’s Bananagun. “Do Yeah” has the band, which counts among its line-up members of Frowning Clouds and Parnsip,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Clever Austin ft Jon Bap – “Blue Tongue” (Wondercore Island/Touching Bass)
Otherworldly organic soul. Clever Austin is the alter-ego of Melbourne musician and Hiatus Kaiyote drummer Perrin Moss. On “Blue Tongue,” he’s teamed up with the Texas producer Jon Bap… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Haelos – “Kyoto” (Infectious Records) (Official Video)
Kyoto protocol. I’m beyond hyped for Haelos‘ forthcoming new album, the most recently released track from which is “Kyoto,” a dark yet uptempo slice of raw electronic soul complete… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Laser Background (Andy Molholt from Speedy Ortiz) – “Wasting Away” (Official Video)
Cannot stop pirouetting to this technicolor, tropical indie bop from Philly musician and Speedy Ortiz guitarist Andy Molholt, otherwise known as Laser Background. Shades of Pond psychedelia meet 60s… Continue reading
Music by Dan Digs: SUNRAYYS – “Alright Alright” & New “Beachgaze Inspirations” Spotify Playlist
It’s all gonna be alright. “Alright Alright” is inspired by visions of beaches and palm trees and LA while listening to the Beta Band, UNKLE, Beck, the Charlatans, Toro… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Astronauts, Etc – “The Border” (Co-Produced by Toro Y Moi) (Company Records) (Official Video)
Underpinned by a late 60s rubbery bassline noodle that could easily be from an Adrian Younge production, “The Border” by Oakland musician and Toro Y Moi‘s touring keyboardist Anthony Ferraro, otherwise known… Continue reading
Music by Dan Digs – Jungle – “House in LA” (Dan Digs’ 1Bed 1Bath in Los Feliz Remix)
Had to get down with the bruk funk and remix one of my favorite tracks of 2018. Hear the original version of Jungle‘s “House in LA” here. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jungle – “House in LA” (XL Recordings)
A marked change from Jungle‘s earlier work, “House in LA” sees the London outfit step back the tempo and offer up a sun-bleached and and soulful R&B vista complete with sweeping synths,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Miink – “Who Are You?” (Official Video)
Whooo are youuu? Equal parts JMSN and Jai Paul, I’m utterly entranced by this debut single from 23-year-old London musician Miink, with its ethereal chimes, snare snaps, bass murmurs,… Continue reading
Music by Dan Digs: SUNRAYYS – “Tea Leaf Dancers” (Flying Lotus Cover)
My time’s made up, I gotta go. One of my all-time favorite songs gets a nocturnal djembe beachgaze rework. SUNRAYYS – “Tea Leaf Dancers” (Flying Lotus… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Fatima – “Somebody Else” (Produced by JD. Reid) (Official Video)
Completely in love with this beat. London-via-Stockholm singer Fatima returns to Eglo Records with “Somebody Else,” a collaboration with London producer JD. Reid that features razor-sharp drums, fractured digital… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Sudan Archives – “Water” (Stones Throw Records) (Official Video)
Handclaps, finger snaps, meandering bass drones, plucked strings, and soothing vocals make up the entirety of Sudan Archives‘ very excellent new track, “Water.” Check out the video below, directed… Continue reading
Music by Dan Digs: SUNRAYYS – “Be By You” (Official Video)
The new sound of Nocturnal Djembe Beachgaze. Very excited to announce my new music project: SUNRAYYS. It’s a kind of Toro Y Moi meets Screamadelica-era Primal Scream… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Mike Edge – “Been So Long” (Long Weekend Records) (Official Video)
Vintage instrumentation blends with sun-stunned vocals on “Been So Long” by Los Angeles musician Mike Edge, the result of which is a grapefruit-cherry cocktail that’s part Mac DeMarco, part Ned Doheny, and all… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Hunrosa – “All” (Wah Wah 45s) (Official Video)
Manchester, UK producer Sam Vicary, otherwise known as Hunrosa, is a member of perennial DanDigs.com faves The Cinematic Orchestra and Paper Tiger. On “All,” his debut single as Hunrosa,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Gila – “Pick Six” (Deviation) (Official Video)
On “Pick Six,” Denver producer Gila cooks up a weighty 808 beat that marches over Brothers Grimm harp breezes, clinical cowbell hits, and looped güiro scratches, the end result sounding not unlike the Nutcracker as reimagined… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Inna de Yard ft Ken Boothe – “Let the Water Run Dry” (Official Video)
Feeling this heartfelt yet airy, breeze-blown and stripped-down acoustic rendition of Ken Boothe’s 1968 rocksteady original by Jamaican collective Inna de Yard. Track of the day. Inna… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Sporting Life ft Evy Jane – “Court Vision” (Letter Racer/R&S Records) (Official Video)
On “Court Vision,” NYC’s Sporting Life (who also makes music with Ratking) takes Vancouver singer Evy Jane’s atmospheric R&B vocal melodies and levitates them above sparse and utilitarian drums, reliably punctuated with what sounds like… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: LANKS – “Bitter Leaf” (Official Video)
Melancholy you can move to. “Bitter Leaf” by Melbourne, Australia’s LANKS is a moody, piano-led nocturnal soul cut that features handclap builds, wistful croons, and future fax machine glitch flourishes.… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Gold Panda – “In My Car” (Official Video)
Gold Panda hangs out with his grandma, visits a museum, and has a Maccy D’s in this new video for “In My Car.” Mightily diggin’ those lush, warm, choral… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Koi Child – “1-5-9” (Produced by Kevin Parker from Tame Impala) (Official Video)
Western Australia’s finest hip-hop-jazz outfit, Koi Child, return with a brand new video for “1-5-9.” Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker produced the song (and their forthcoming album), giving “1-5-9” a… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Miles Bonny – “I Bring You Love” (Official Video)
After meeting at a show in Melbourne (which has clearly proven to be rich and fertile soil for amazing new music), singer, producer, and DJ Miles Bonny teamed up with Osunlade to create the ethereal and… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: KnoR – “Don’t Go” (Official Video)
Zurich musician Georg Bleikolm aka KnoR is an electronic shaper. His latest song “Don’t Go” is a textured and brooding composition with a surging, club-rooted bass and drum pattern.… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: MeLo-X – “The Cure” (Official Video)
East Flatbush, Brooklyn producer MeLo-X has a prodigious musical output; scroll through his never-ending Soundcloud page to see the extent of his work. On his latest song, “The Cure,” a line… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Formation – “Love” (Official Video)
Cannot stop listening to the indelible greatness that is “Love” from London brothers Will and Matt Ritson aka Formation. Track of the day. Formation – “Love” … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Nicolas Godin (from Air) – “Bach Off” (Live at Orly Ouest Airport in Paris, France) (Video)
Filmed live at Orly Ouest, Terminal 3, last month. If only every airport did this. Track of the day. Nicolas Godin – “Bach Off” (Live at Orly Ouest… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: L’Orange & Kool Keith – “The Green Ray” (Official Video)
Everybody’s favorite blue florist and master of raps ad absurdum Kool Keith has teamed up with North Carolina producer L’Orange to beam “The Green Ray,” a dreamy, radioactive collage of jazz, hip-hop, and 1950s television,… 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: Olivier St. Louis (fka Olivier Daysoul) – “Ain’t Cool” (Official Video)
Olivier Daysoul may have changed his name to Olivier St. Louis, but he still comes correct with some of the most inventive falsetto soul out there. The Berlin resident… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: London Elektricity – “Drop Ship” (Official Video)
On “Drop Ship,” Tony Colman bka London Elektricity proves that drum ‘n’ bass is at its best when it’s constantly reinventing itself. Love that piano line, that organic yet… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jack Garratt – “Breathe Life” (Official Video)
Garratt once again comes up with the goods! “Breathe Life” features more of the quality poetic lyricism we’ve come to expect from Jack, waves of synth chord pulses. an amiable shaker-stomp… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Stuart McCallum (Ex-Cinematic Orchestra) ft JP Cooper – “City” (Official Video)
Former Cinematic Orchestra member, guitarist, and composer Stuart McCallum pens a jazz-laden, soul-infused, electronic music-tinged ode to his home of Manchester, UK. Cannot get enough of those delayed drums,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Empress Of – “How Do You Do It” (Official Video)
Much like Grimes, NYC’s Honduran-American singer-songwriter-producer Lorely Rodriguez aka Empress Of fuses upbeat melodic experimentalism with a firm DIY sensibility, the results of which always sound brave, fresh, and boundary-defying. Very… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Demo Taped – “Not Enough” (Official Video)
With “Not Enough,” 17-year-old Atlanta producer Adam Alexander bka Demo Taped has created a genius vapor&B half-speed future funk jam. Love that brass key stab plugin that keeps “Not Enough” bouncing… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Floating Points – “Silhouettes” (Official Video)
Neuroscientist-turned-music producer Sam Shepherd bka Floating Points is preparing to release his debut album, Elaenia. The first song to be aired from the upcoming LP is “Silhouettes,” an edited version of… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Naytronix – “Mister Divine” (Official Video)
This slice of sun-bleached, low-slung indie-soul from Tune-Yards bassist Nate Brenner aka Naytronix is making this cloudy August Friday morning in Los Angeles all kinds of great. Hear “Mister… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: The`ve – “Visions” (Official Video)
Chicago’s The`ve is music producer, songwriter, and engineer “Dug” and singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist “Sam Trump.” T`ogether they m`ake f`uturist s`oul and R`&B of the h`ighest, h`aziest order, and “V`isions” is… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Say Yes Dog – “Stronger” (Offical Video)
Hot Chip meets Chet Faker. Say Yes Dog was started in 2011 by two Germans and one Luxembourger. The Berlin-based trio’s brand new single “Stronger” has it all; playful bass squelches,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Grandbrothers – “Arctica” (Official Video)
Let’s tesselate. Mightily diggin’ this piano-led jazz beat from Dusseldorf, Germany’s Grandbrothers. It has those Jazztronik “Samurai” vibes, which is one of my favorite tunes of all time. Track… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jack Grace – “Hills” (Official Video)
That glorious, stumbling beat. Those mahogany piano pillars. Love this new one from Sydney, Australia’s Jack Grace. Track of the day. Jack Grace – “Hills” (Official Video)… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Alessia Cara – “Here” (Official Video)
I wasn’t sure if 18-year-old singer Alessia Cara was Canadian, but then it was immediately confirmed when I heard the line “Pardon my manners, I hope you’ll understand it.” “Here”… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jesse Boykins III – “The Wonder Years” (Official Video)
Despite being called “The Wonder Years,” this new future soul synth-simmerer from Chicago-born singer-songwriter-producer Jesse Boykins III contains approximately 0% guest raps from Fred Savage. Big love for this one. Track of the day. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: IGBO – “Entrance Theme” (Official Video) (Free Download)
Benamin and Sly5thAve are indigo, green, brown, orange, or IGBO. The duo’s brand new track, “Entrance Theme,” is a veritable, playful, psychedelic voyage of future funk. Track… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Eryn Allen Kane – “Have Mercy” (Official Video & Dan Digs Remix)
Chicago’s Eryn Allen Kane is probably best known for her powerful vocals on collaborations with Chance the Rapper‘s Social Experiment. Her brand new solo single, “Have Mercy,” is an amazing, attention-grabbing layering… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Sau Poler – “Juun” (Official Video)
Barcelona, Spain producer Sau Poler creates dreamy, uptempo beats fused with otherworldly soul vocal blips and clips. Sau Poler – “Juun” (Official Video) “Juun”… Continue reading