MP3 blog 2012/11/28

blog 2012/11/28 - arms bazaar in the craft clutch


Earl Sweatshirt - Chum:  Wonderfully mellow new single from Earl Sweatshirt plods along like a freshly angsty Fat Lip

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Their Helicopters' Sing
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - We Drift Like Worried Fire (Detail):  Since Jesus ain't coming back any time soon, take holy solace in the return of GSYBE!  'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! is epic, B40and expects you down on your knees.

Hidden Orchestra - Seven Hunters
Hidden Orchestra - The Burning Circle:  Not Cinematic, but Hidden, this Orchestra's new album Archipelago is a stunner and highly recommended.

Ital Tek - Discontinuum (alternate non-album version):  Slick and mellow new b-side beats from Ital Tek.

Jhameel - Thinking About You (Frank Ocean cover):  OK Jhameel doesn't hit Ocean's notes, but he doesn't really need to get them all.  His "hey babe, I'm here with you at your laptop" intimacy does work really well with this teenage flirtation lamentation.

Kane Ikin - Oberon
Kane Ikin - Sleep Spindle
Kane Ikin - Slow Waves:  It has been a decade since, but do you remember the sheer orgasmic joy of Denzel + Huhn's "Time Is A Good Thing"?  The way the textures licked and looped and danced just for you.  This new album Sublunar brings back all of that hazy bliss with a touch more and the ambience dial.  Highly recommended.

Le1f - Wut:  With 5kinAndBone5 on the boards and Le1f up front, you can't help but bump.

Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (Cyril Hahn Remix):  Pop divas on cough syrup are always welcome over here.

Pinback - Proceed to Memory:  Pinback have always beena  bit muted, a bit understated, but the emotional resonance of this new song from Information Retrieved just grabs me the whole way through.  Totally inspirational.

Solange - Losing You (Cyril Hahn Remix):  oh oh oh oh so good, you mushy warm subbass you.

The Dirty Nil - Panzer:  The perfect amount of bluesy grind.

Theophilus London -  Dance Hall Days (Wang Chung Cover):  HAHAHAHA oh yes this is sweet ok yes yes.

Wu-Tang Clan - Six Directions Of Boxing:  You can't count Wu-Tang out.  They're like The Roots, they'll be around forever.  OK, not Dirty.  But you know what I mean.  This track is off the new The Man With The Iron Fists soundtrack.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Earl Sweatshirt - Chum
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Their Helicopters' Sing
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - We Drift Like Worried Fire (Detail)
Hidden Orchestra - Seven Hunters
Hidden Orchestra - The Burning Circle
Ital Tek - Discontinuum (alternate non-album version)
Jhameel - Thinking About You (Frank Ocean cover)
Kane Ikin - Oberon
Kane Ikin - Sleep Spindle
Kane Ikin - Slow Waves
Le1f - Wut
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (Cyril Hahn Remix)
Pinback - Proceed to Memory
Solange - Losing You (Cyril Hahn Remix)
The Dirty Nil - Panzer
Theophilus London -  Dance Hall Days (Wang Chung Cover)
Wu-Tang Clan - Six Directions Of Boxing


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MP3 blog 2012/11/22

blog 2012/11/22 - you need to forgive everything everything forever

Babel - Babbage Decade:  This is what christmas sounds like TO ME.  Oh the bells, the thunderous bells!

Crystal Castles - Pale Flesh:  Third CC album, confusingly titled (III), is pretty amazing.  Highly recommended.

Dry The River - Animal Skins:  Driving mountain-sized rock from the new album Shallow Bed.

Hop Along - Diamond Mine:  I love her whispy chirpy voice oh so much, and the whole way the song just tumbles forward despite of itself.  The bleak lyrics are reflected in the album's title, Get Disowned.  Yes.

Nocturnal Sunshine - Meant To Be:  Wobblesex.  There, I said it.

Oskar Schuster - Les Sablons
Oskar Schuster - Sneeuwland:  Incredible piano from the new album Les Valses Invisibles.

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Good Cop Bad Cop:  Instrumentalist legends SMONSP have their classic Savvy Show Stoppers re-released!  Go go go go!  Yes, they are best known as having done the theme music for Kids In The Hall.

The Album Leaf - Stretched Home:  Luscious new release, Forward/Return, comes highly recommended for any fans of post-rock and idm textures.

The Soil & the Sun - Who Is He, Anyway
The Soil & the Sun - You Alone Know:  Imagine the folksy Fleet Foxes going epic mega family cultist!  Good times to be had on the new album "What Wonder is this Universe!"

The Very Best - Mghetto ft Xuman
The Very Best - Yoshua Alikuti:  The new album MTMTMK isn't as crazy awesome as their beat-jacking mixtapes of yore, but still lots of great stuff on here.

Two Door Cinema Club - Handshake
Two Door Cinema Club - Next Year:  The new record Beacon doesn't blow open previously locked doors, but meh, it doesn't need to.  TDCC have proven themselves as a standard-bearer of slick pop rock, and they deliver some choice cuts again.

Two Fingers - 101 South:  Great instrumental bass wiggle

Woodpecker Wooliams - Crow:  this is amazing and I love it and oh oh oh!

Zoe Phillips - Boat (Rameses B Remix):  Sparkling pop on moddy bap beat, very well done.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Babel - Babbage Decade
Crystal Castles - Pale Flesh
Dry The River - Animal Skins
Hop Along - Diamond Mine
Nocturnal Sunshine - Meant To Be
Oskar Schuster - Les Sablons
Oskar Schuster - Sneeuwland
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Good Cop Bad Cop
The Album Leaf - Stretched Home
The Soil & the Sun - Who Is He, Anyway
The Soil & the Sun - You Alone Know
The Very Best - Mghetto ft Xuman
The Very Best - Yoshua Alikuti
Two Door Cinema Club - Handshake
Two Door Cinema Club - Next Year
Two Fingers - 101 South
Woodpecker Wooliams - Crow
Zoe Phillips - Boat (Rameses B Remix)


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MP3 blog 2012/11/18

blog 2012/11/18 - it's safe up here, safe for now.


Author - In The Sky:  Smooth and crisp and FULL OF BELLS!

Best Coast - The Only Place
Best Coast - Up All Night:  The new LP The Only Place is a jangly indiepop delight.  Highly recommended

Cristian Vogel - Deepwater
Cristian Vogel - Lucky Connor:  Vogel's album The Inertials is full of icey textures and eccentric early morning beats.

EUS, Postdrome, SaAad - 3AM:  Grinding drone ambient from the new release Sustained Layers.

Finley Quaye & Skeewiff - Don't Do That:  Chilllllll…

Ginuwine - Differences (Blackbird Blackbird Bootleg Remix):  Sounding nothing like Ginuwine, this track is awesome.

Purity Ring - Belispeak (Nacey Remix):  Stripping down some of the reverb and laying it out on crisp tracks, this lovely remix chugs along.

Quench - Drecha:  IDM veteran from a decade ago, Quench is back with a new single, Hallstreak Foles, full of brainwerk beats.

Telephoned - I'm Real
Telephoned - One Thing (Amerie cover)

Telepopmusik - Don't Look Back (Pyxis Remix)

The End Of The Ocean - All That Is Will Cease:  Epic postrock from the new album In Excelsis.

The Knife - You Make Me Like Charity (Cry Wolf Remix):  YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SONGS EVER, so so so psyched about this remix.

Why? - Strawberries:  OK while not the album we were all hoping for, this is a solidly delicious track from Mumps, Etc.

Xiu Xiu - Honey-Suckle
Xiu Xiu - Smear the Queen:  New Xiu Xiu album is "Always", and I'm enjoying it far more than I thought I would.  Like, it's seriously an enjoyable listen through all of its excesses and pain.  And female guest vocals!  I'm recommending this one for reals.

Zion I x Little Dragon - Ritual Union (J. Period ReFix): 
Zion I x SBTRKT - Wildfire (J. Period Refix):  I always thought Ritual Union required a little something extra, and Zion I drops it down perfectly.  The always wonderful J. Period jacks the genius just right.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Author - In The Sky
Best Coast - The Only Place
Best Coast - Up All Night
Cristian Vogel - Deepwater
Cristian Vogel - Lucky Connor
EUS, Postdrome, SaAad - 3AM
Finley Quaye & Skeewiff - Don't Do That
Ginuwine - Differences (Blackbird Blackbird Bootleg Remix)
Purity Ring - Belispeak (Nacey Remix)
Quench - Drecha
Telephoned - I'm Real
Telephoned - One Thing (Amerie cover)
Telepopmusik - Don't Look Back (Pyxis Remix)
The End Of The Ocean - All That Is Will Cease
The Knife - You Make Me Like Charity (Cry Wolf Remix)
Why? - Strawberries
Xiu Xiu - Honey-Suckle
Xiu Xiu - Smear the Queen
Zion I x Little Dragon - Ritual Union (J. Period ReFix)
Zion I x SBTRKT - Wildfire (J. Period Refix)


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MP3 blog 2012/11/08

blog 2012/11/08 - that special moment where you realize friction is all an illusion


Andrea - Going Down
Andrea - Work the Middle (Real Remix):  Super chill bass delicacies.

Crystal Castles - BAPTISM (Sound Remedy Remix):  CC classic gets one last cosmic overhaul.

Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen (Henry Fong Remix):  Epic and ecstatic remix!  Goulding is finding a niche in house remixes that only Tori Amos dominated a decade ago.

FIDLAR - AWWWKWAARRRDDD ft Kate Na$h:  Finally an anthem for social anxiety and related medication.

Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital:  I am giddy for the forthcoming LP, but in the meantime I have the State Hospital EP to keep me warm.

Grizzly Bear - Sleeping Ute
Grizzly Bear - Speak In Rounds:  As was there debut, Shields is an understated rumbler of an album that will just percolate in all the right ways. Recommended!

How To Destroy Angels - Keep It Together:  Oh hey, did you know Trent Reznor has this side project thing?  Well yeah, he's been doing it for a while, but who really followed NIN since say, Downwar Spiral?  This track is like an ode to Emika and Pinch, but definitely caught my ear.

How To Dress Well - Running Back
How To Dress Well - Say My Name Or Say Whatever:  This shit is amazing.  If you thought WEEKND were good but waaaay too douchey, How To Dress Well's Total Loss will be perfect for you.  All the smooth r&b goodness, with a touch of Perfume Genius flair.  Highly recommended.

Kanye West - Clique ft Big Sean & Jay-Z
Kanye West - Mercy (RL Grime & Salva Remix):  Hey kids, there's this guy named Kanye West.  Have you heard of him before?

Lily And The Tigers - No Whiskey In My Coffee:  Down home folk twang drinking musics!

Machine Birds - If I:  Beautiful divapop from the Save Yourself EP.

Solange - Losing You:  OK so the Loveshack party beat underneath doesn't quite foot the mood, but still some great pop.

The Black Opera - Teleport:  Great new bside track, love the vox on the beat.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Andrea - Going Down
Andrea - Work the Middle (Real Remix)
Crystal Castles - BAPTISM (Sound Remedy Remix)
Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen (Henry Fong Remix)
FIDLAR - AWWWKWAARRRDDD ft Kate Na$h
Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital
Grizzly Bear - Sleeping Ute
Grizzly Bear - Speak In Rounds
How To Destroy Angels - Keep It Together
How To Dress Well - Running Back
How To Dress Well - Say My Name Or Say Whatever
Kanye West - Clique ft Big Sean & Jay-Z
Kanye West - Mercy (RL Grime & Salva Remix)
Lily And The Tigers - No Whiskey In My Coffee
Machine Birds - If I
Solange - Losing You
The Black Opera - Teleport


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MP3 blog 2012/11/01

blog 2012/11/01 - the energy glistens and settles

Hi all, wanted to make a few statements for my American subscribers:
1)  Get out an vote!  Vote early if you can.
2)  Please consider how your vote will potentially impact LGBT families.  Draconian anti-marriage laws that block gay marriage need to be removed, and that is not happening under Romney.  With Obama, I believe that at the very least DOMA will be excised, and further progress can be made.  These are not hypotheticals, these are real families being fucked over by homophobes right now.
3)  The powers-that-be are working hard to limit access to voting and have been working overtime to disenfranchise as many as possible.   Please help your family and friends vote as well, and give commupins to those who seek to limit your rights to vote.

Action Bronson - It's Me:  This beat is crazy and all like "UNDER THE SEA, MOTHERFUCKER, THIS SEAWEED IS ALWAYS GREENER, DOWN WHERE I'M WETTER."  Short, sweet, he even leaves us with the culinary bar raised:  dude ain't eating unless the centerpiece is an ice swan.  Woah.

Araabmuzik - Bass
Araabmuzik - We All Up in Here:  The introduction vocal kind of makes me want to stab something, but chop those seconds off and we have some tight snare snapping beats from the new album Electronic Dream 2.

B.O.B. ft. Nicki Minaj - Out of My Mind (Clark Kent Remix):  Pop hiphop and bass squelch is nothing new, but this one works real nice.

Bat For Lashes - Marilyn:  I haven't heard it all yet, but here's the new track from the much anticipated new album The Haunted Man.

Clock Opera - Once And For All:  A theatrical bombast that pairs well with Bat For Lashes indeed.

Cumbia Cosmonaut - Tribal Amazonico ft Deize Tigrona:  Deep raw riddims!

Danny Brown - Grown Up:  The classic DB single,

Death Grips - @deathgripz:  Hot hot hot Death Grips single from the same Adult Swim single program that dropped some Yamantaka // Sonic Titan on you before.  Amazing.

Dinosaur Jr. - I Know It Oh So Well
Dinosaur Jr. - Pierce the Morning Rain:  Oh so excited for the new album I Bet On Sky!!!!

Diplo - About That Life ft Jahan Lennon:  Diplo bags a Lennon and produces this sweet pop blissout number!

Dum Dum Girls - Lord Knows:  Perfectly broody new single.

Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free):  I hadn't been following Lupe for a long… well OK I almost enver followed Lupe.  But I do enjoy the horns on this new single, and always love the requisite "uggh, America… really?  Fuck…" track.

Makala - Friendly Fire (Smakalites Original Version):  CHKA!  CHKA!  CHKA!  CHKA!  CHKA!  CHKA!  WOOO

Me and My Drummer - You're A Runner:  Ultimately dramatic fanfare that comes across as Bat For Lashes meets Florence & The Machine.

Mucca Pazza - Boss Taurus (Jon Kennedy Remix):  Downtempo deity Jon Kennedy blesses us with another dose of chill grooves.

Pasajero - En la playa:  Short on lyrics but big on grace.

POP ETC - Live It Up:  A love letter to Max Tundra's Which Song?

Stealing Sheep - Shut Eye:  Like a kid's marching band, headnig off to the glory of war.

Tes Elations - Autumn:  close it all down with some sweet sweet folkpop!




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Araabmuzik - Bass
Araabmuzik - We All Up in Here
B.O.B. ft. Nicki Minaj - Out of My Mind (Clark Kent Remix)
Bat For Lashes - Marilyn
Clock Opera - Once And For All
Cumbia Cosmonaut - Tribal Amazonico ft Deize Tigrona
Danny Brown - Grown Up
Death Grips - @deathgripz
Dinosaur Jr. - I Know It Oh So Well
Dinosaur Jr. - Pierce the Morning Rain
Diplo - About That Life ft Jahan Lennon
Dum Dum Girls - Lord Knows
Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)
Makala - Friendly Fire (Smakalites Original Version)
Me and My Drummer - You're A Runner
Mucca Pazza - Boss Taurus (Jon Kennedy Remix)
Pasajero - En la playa
POP ETC - Live It Up
Stealing Sheep - Shut Eye
Tes Elations - Autumn


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