Diggin’ This: Chet Faker – “This Time For Real” (Detail Records) (Video)
A piano line brimming with hope and optimism. Melbourne‘s very own Nick Murphy aka Chet Faker returns with a buoyant soul-pop cut, “This Time For Real.“ Check… Continue reading
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Diggin’ This: Pino Palladino & Blake Mills ft Chris Dave – “Taka” (Verve/New Deal/Impulse!) (Video)
That Wasn’t a Dream, but this is a dream team. The levels are stratospheric on this one. Three virtuosos and veritable masters of their respective instruments—Pino Palladino,… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Four Tet DJ Set from Awakenings During ADE 2024 (Video)
A recommended gem of a DJ set. A four-and-a-half-hour inspirational, emotional journey from one of the best to ever do it. (And infinite respect for the… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: SBTRKT Live From DJ Mag HQ (Video)
A recommended gem of a DJ set. SBTRKT‘s latest DJ set for DJ Mag is chock-full of unreleased heat, including a stirring edit of Mk.gee! (“RIP… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Michael Kiwanuka – The Making of Small Changes (Video)
A recommended gem of a music documentary. A behind-the-scenes look at how my Album of the Week last week was made. (Stick around until the very end… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: House Music Royalty: The Story of King Street Sounds by Beatport Films & Armada Music (Video)
A recommended gem of a music documentary. Hear DJ Spinna, Danny Krivit, David Morales, Barbara Tucker, Ultra Naté, Blaze, Joe Claussell, and more tell the story of a NYC house… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Ambient Country and Americana Mix from NTS (DJ Mix)
A recommended gem of a mix. After seeing Hermanos Gutiérrez play live at the Ryman twice in the last seven months, I’m most definitely on an ethereal music-that-makes-you-want-to-move-to-the-desert… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Japanese Soul from the 70s: ライトメロウ with Kengo for My Analog Journal (Video)
A recommended gem of a DJ set. Can’t stop listening to this comforting mix of vintage Japanese soul sounds from the Tokyo-born, London-based DJ and artist Kengo for… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Roni Size Talks About the Making of “Brown Paper Bag” for DJ Mag (Video)
A recommended gem of a video. A true originator and innovator in the world of drum ‘n’ bass, the Bristol, UK legend breaks down the history of one of… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Floating Points 5-Hour Set for Boiler Room New York (Video)
A recommended gem of a DJ set. A jaw-dropping mix from Floating Points for Boiler Room, recorded live in New York City, that spans boogie, disco, R&B, house,… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Glass Beams Live on KEXP (Video)
A recommended gem of a video. The bejeweled Australian trio take their instrumental grooves influenced by the sounds of India to Seattle’s KEXP (an NPR Music affiliate station… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Nightmares On Wax presents CARBOOT SOUL (Live at Royal Festival Hall) (Video)
A recommended gem of a video. Watch George Evelyn aka the jazz-hip-hop-electronic-downtempo-dub-funk-soul artist and longest-serving Warp Records signee Nightmares on Wax talk about his seminal release, Carboot Soul,… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Jamie xx Goes Digging for Records in France with Konbini (Video)
A recommended gem of a video. This rare interview with Jamie xx in a warehouse full of even rarer vinyl conducted by the French entertainment outlet Konbini is… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: hrlum – “Follow Me” (Planet Lum)
Those layered harmonies. Charleston, South Carolina’s Harlem Farr, who records under the name hrlum, describes herself as “a multi-instrumentalist interpreting harmony of the cosmos.” Her new track,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Amyrion – “Backseat_Diamondlane” (Bad Owl)
A sped-up version of the original. The Los Angeles artist Jeffrey Wilson makes music under the name Amyrion. His latest single, “Backseat,” is tremendously good, however it’s… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Ceylon – “Qui Sait” (Floral Records) (Video)
Ad astra. “Qui Sait” is the latest song from the Toulouse, France cosmic indie-psyche-soul outfit Ceylon, comprised of Louise Holt and Tristan Chevalier (who both feature in the whimsical… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Hiatus Kaiyote Live at The Evelyn in Melbourne, Australia (Video)
A recommended gem of a live show. After hearing the band’s brand new track “Everything’s Beautiful” a few days ago, I was more than excited to check out… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Daniel Noah Miller & Lewis Del Mar – “Typical” (FADER Label)
Jagged breakbeats meet indie-rock guitar pickings. One half of the duo Lewis Del Mar, Nicaraguan-American musician Daniel Noah Miller has released “Typical,” an abrasive yet curiously hopeful new song.… 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
Recommended Gem: Interview with Unknown Mortal Orchestra by Denmark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Video)
A recommended gem of an interview. Featuring clips of Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s fantastic performance recorded in 16mm for the Danish music platform Brodie Sessions, this interview with the band’s… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Mo Kolours – “Rockets to Mars” (WRWTFWW Records) (Video)
Having broadcasted and written about the music of Mo Kolours since 2011 when I first heard “Drum Talking,” I was delighted to hear that the English-Mauritian artist and producer has returned with… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: HONESTY – “U&I” (Partisan Records)
Blending cues from Burial, Massive Attack, and early James Blake. George Mitchell, Matt Peel, Imi Holmes, and Josh Lewis are the Leeds, UK four-piece HONESTY. “U&I” is… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: A Day in the Life of Sam Gellaitry (Video)
A recommended gem of a production masterclass. The Scottish musician and producer chats with Lucid Monday at his studio in London about his process, switching from only making instrumentals… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: ((( O ))) – “TRAVELIN'” (Video & COLORS Show)
A celestial and ethereal meditation from the Filipino-American artist and producer who is married to FKJ. “TRAVELIN’” by ((( O ))), also known as The Sundrop Garden/June Marieezy, is… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Salin – “Si Chomphu” (Amari Music Group)
A Thai take on Afrobeat and 70s West African psychedelia. Drummer and producer Salin Cheewapansri wastes no time in getting the groove underway on her undeniably funk-filled new single, “Si… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Hania Rani – “Hello” (Gondwana Records) (Video)
Soulful electronic hypnosis. Move with expressive movement to this looping low-end synth bassline from the Berlin-Warsaw pianist, composer, and musician, Hania Rani. Check out the live performance of… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Tapir! – “On A Grassy Knoll (We’ll Bow Together)” (Heavenly Recordings) (Video)
Lush and tender drum-machine folk. “On A Grassy Knoll (We’ll Bow Together)” is an instant charmer from the South London-based six-piece Tapir! (with exclamation mark!) who recently signed to… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jungle – “Dominoes” (Caiola Records) (Video)
Just in time for summer. One of my favorite Jungle tracks to date, “Dominoes” could be a lost Avalanches b-side with its ooze of infinite oohs, pitched-up vocal samples,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Memory Of Jane – “So Pacific” (Blue Flowers) (Video)
Subdued electronic soul with a pulsating beat. “So Pacific” is the latest release from Memory of Jane, otherwise known as Maïlé Doremus-Cook, a South London artist who grew up… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Mackenzie Morris – “Sunset Plaza” (Official Video)
Very into “Sunset Plaza” by 20-year-old LA-via-UK musician Mackenzie Morris. It’s a sun-bleached and subtle chilled indie-soul blur that sounds like mhmm mhmm mhmm. Bonus… Continue reading
History Repeating: Sandy Bull – “Blend” (1963)
Welcome to my new feature, History Repeating, where I highlight the incredibly special songs of yesteryear that have recently surfaced in a recent radio show or DJ mix or compilation or TV… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Mark Farina’s Mushroom Jazz Mixtape from January 23, 1992 (DJ Mix)
A recommended gem of a DJ mix. Vintage. A recently unearthed mix of hip-hop and downtempo beats direct from cassette courtesy of Mark Farina… Continue reading
Recommended Gem: 9th Wonder & Bob James In Conversation (Video)
A recommended gem of a video. Buhdum-bum-bumbah-dah-dum. (That’s the “Nautilus” bass line, from the track of the same name by Bob James, also known as… Continue reading
Videos I’m Diggin’: Watch My Top 5 Live Music Moments
On this New Year’s Day, and indeed every New Year’s Day, I am reminded of one of my very favorite clips on YouTube which takes place on New Year’s Day. … Continue reading
Recommended Gem: Til Infinity: The Souls of Mischief Documentary (Video)
This is how we chill: watching this recommended gem of a music documentary. Filmmaker Shomari Smith interviewed the Hieroglyphics collective and hip-hop luminaries across the country about the Oakland group’s… 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: JGrrey – “Ain’t So” (Stripes Records) (Official Video)
Ain’t this great. On her latest song “Ain’t So,” London’s JGrrey fuses 00s R&B beat patterns with 60s Motown soul melodies diced with 90s vinyl scratches and laced with a… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Odina – “Heartache” (Official Video)
Catalan country. Taking cues from Bjork’s rarefied vocal performances and fellow Barcelonan Rosalia’s artistic aesthetic leanings, rising star Odina delivers a compelling, confident musical vision. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Coco – “Empty Beach”
Mysteriously mysterious. Not a lot is known about Coco, an unknown group from an unknown locale making very beautiful music. To date, they’ve only released “Empty Beach,”… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jamie Isaac ft Nosaj Thing – “Next to Me” (Marathon Artists)
LDN-LA. South London’s Jamie Isaac has linked with LA’s Nosaj Thing to create some very excellent ice-cold 3am house feels. That subtle beat clap, those glacial synths,… 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: 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: Natalie Slade ft Hiatus Kaiyote’s Simon Mavin – “Humidity” (Live At The Grove) (Eglo Records) (Official Video)
Laid back, literally. Completely here for “Humidity,” the dreamlike and aqueous new single from Sydney soul chanteuse and recent Eglo signee Natalie Slade. It’s set to appear on her… 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: Greentea Peng – “Mr. Sun (Miss Da Sun)” (Official Video)
Here comes the sun. I can’t lie, I need this Mr. Sun track on high and heavy rotation. Gratitude to London’s Greentea Peng for crafting this trippy,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Breathe. – “Haze” (Silk Records) (Official Video)
Breathe with me. I am currently very much here for “Haze,” “a song about meeting someone who changes everything for you” and the latest track from Sydney’s Sean Walker (formerly… 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: Theo Parrish ft Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss, Paul Bender from Hiatus Kaiyote – “What You Gonna Ask For” (Theo’s Mix) (Sound Signature)
It’s August 20th, but summer is still in full effect. Featuring Lori on vocal duties, Rhythm Section’s Silent Jay on saxophone, and Simon Mavin, Paul Bender, and Perrin Moss from… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Mono/Poly ft Kimbra – “Easy Living” (Co-Produced by Thundercat) (Naymlis Records)
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Having previously wowed the galaxy with the stainless steel bass of “When I’m Comin’ For Ya,” Bakersfield, California’s Charles E. Dickerson, otherwise known… 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