LIZ has been popping up all over our radar since just before the start of the new year. The Los Angeles-based Mad Decent signee may very well be the best example of the theory of a “twenty year loop” in fashion, media, art and music. Her website literally has the Millennium embedded into the title and […]
[Video] Moody Good: “MusicBx” (Feat. Eryn Allen Kane)
Moody Good is the English producer, formerly a part of production team 16Bit that helped craft Bjork’s 2011 album, Biophilia responsible for the latest track to come out of the always popping UK dance music scene with his track, “Musicbx” that came complete with a visual rendering today with a premier on NME.com. The video […]
[Album] Yasiin Gaye: “The Departure” (Side One)
If you’ve been keeping up with our ‘Songs of the Day‘ posts over the past few weeks you probably noticed the clever mash-ups of Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey and the late Marvin Gaye produced by Amerigo Gazaway. The tracks have been a tasteful, foot-moving experience throughout, without a slip-up in the series thus far. […]
Death Grips & Local Natives Release Stems For Free
The trend of releasing music for free is not a new concept, but in the past six months even, the practice has taken on a whole new attitude and usefulness. Death Grips, never ones to wilt to social norms or adhere to expectations or ethics, released both the a capella and instrumental versions of their […]
RatKing Announces Album With “Canal” Single
RatKing is an act I couldn’t seem to hear enough about throughout last year. The New York trio took the indie music scene by storm in 2013, en route to playing Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Tx., and booking a set for this year’s Coachella in Indio, California. The eclectic and begrudgingly different group, […]
Peter CottonTale: “Suitcase Remix” (Feat. Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper)
Yesterday, Chicago’s SaveMoney squad dropped their much-delayed video for “Still Alive” and today, the clique gets another listing as Acid Rap and Innanetape producer Peter CottonTale gives Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper’s recent collaboration, “Suitcase” his own unique spin. Perhaps no one else could have given the track the kind of fitting twist than […]
Mike Golden & Friends: “Hey Jane”
Later this month, Mike Golden & Friends will release their latest project, Utopia. Today, we get the lead single from the project, released today via the Internet. Featuring fellow Chicagoans Vic Mensa and Donnie Trumpet, “Hey Jane” is an emphatic play on dealing with the relationship with “Jane”. Golden offers up an inspired, soulful chorus […]
[Mixtape] Kaytranada: “Instrumental Hip-hop Is Dead”
Today, Hypetrak released its latest artist-rendered mix from the ever-eclectic Kaytranada. Instrumental Hip-Hop Is Dead is described by Hypetrak as “an intriguing selection of hard-hitting unreleased production. Much closer to Dilla‘s Donuts than a DJ mix”. Apparently, Kaytranada is declaring the end of instrumental hip-hop, just when it seemed to be making a comeback. His […]