
Low-fi R&B pioneer How To Dress Well and electropop darling Sky Ferreira will join forces on the road, as they have announced a handful of joint tour dates. Kicking off in mid-March in Washington DC, the two will travel across North America together until they conveniently end in Silverlake CA just in time for Coachella. Interesting. Check out the dates for their tour below: 2013 Joint Tour Dates: 03/19 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall 03/20 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 03/21 – [...]

After Questlove gave us a sneak peak via Twitter yesterday, Okayplayer has revealed the official lineup of this year's Roots Picnic. Obviously, the Roots headline this event, but it seems like the Philadelphia summer festival continues to expand its horizon, bringing on artists for just about everyone. Seriously, they have everything from soul and rock to hip-hop and jazz, including Grimes , AraabMuzik , Robert Glasper , Gary Clark Jr and many more. One major oddball pick is Trinidad Jame$, who has continued to cause quite the stir within the online hip-hop community. [...]

Catch 'em at: 3-19 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall 3-20 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 3-21 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg 3-23 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's 3-24 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall 3-25 Montreal, QC - La Salla Rossa 3-27 Toronto, ON - Wrong Bar 3-29 Columbus, OH - Basement 3-30 Chicago, IL - Schubas 3-31 Madison, WI - The Frequency 4-1 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club 4-3 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge 4-5 Vancouver, BC - [...]
How to Dress Well and Sky Ferreira will embark on a cross-country road trip this spring, stopping at a number of venues across the U.S. as they make their way to the West Coast in time for Coachella . Ferreira previously hinted her appearance at the festival, and presumably Tom Krell's outfit will play, too. Check both acts' full tour dockets below. Sky Ferreira and How To Dress Well 2013 Tour Dates: 03/19 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall 03/20 - New York, NY [...]
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Shlohmo has announced he will be embarking upon a massive US tour with fellow Wedidit collective member D33J as well as releasing a brand new EP on the Friends Of Friends imprint. Fans of the LA producer's warped brand of off-kilter hip-hop will be pleased to learn he has not been resting on his laurels. His steady output of game-changing sound designs and effects-laden shoegaze hip-hop and R&B has been pretty much constant since 20092s 'Bad Vibes' LP. Among the originals on the 'Laid Out' [...]

[Henry Laufer a.k.a. Shlohmo] Need not an introduction nor preamble, Henry Laufer has finally shared with his followers what he's been working on amidst his recent lull in activity. The Laid Out EP will be released on March 5th via Friends of Friends and Wedidit –a limited edition vinyl comes out on April 2nd. The EP will showcase six tracks–one of which featuring Brooklyn artist How To Dress Well . Another, titled, "Later," is available to stream at this very moment. "Later" possesses Laufer's signature sound: soulful and distorted [...]

[Henry Laufer a.k.a. Shlohmo] Need not an introduction nor preamble, Henry Laufer has finally shared with his followers what he's been working on amidst his recent lull in activity. The Laid Out EP will be released on March 5th via Friends of Friends and Wedidit –a limited edition vinyl comes out on April 2nd. The EP will showcase six tracks–one of which featuring Brooklyn artist How To Dress Well . Another, titled, "Later," is available to stream at this very moment. "Later" possesses Laufer's signature sound: soulful and distorted [...]

Artwork by Francesca Bonifacio After you reveal your top albums list, everyone wants to know what your favourite songs of the year were, and thankfully 2012 just happened to produce some stunning tracks. Best songs lists are great because for a site like ours who aggregates our favourite albums based on staff members' favourites, the songs list takes a more unique and different shape as it can include tracks from EPs , remixes, songs not released on albums, etc. As you'll see below our best songs of 2012 list is a widely varied and eclectic collection of music from the last [...]
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December was superbusy, full of good music, and we are late with the chart. So let's just see the best ones from the last month of 2013. First the official TOP 10 followed by the individual charts of the APC Family members. #01 Kavinsky – Protovision [ link ] yes, he is back #02 The xx – Chained ( John Talabot & Pional Blinded Remix) [ link ] the remix of the month x03 Tiga – Plush [ [...]
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Slightly behind schedule, the countdown continues. We'll fit it all in before the year is through... (hopefully). 10. Flume - Flume Another latecomer to the album of the year stakes here, with Flume ’s self-titled debut seeing a release at the end of November. Although we’ve only been enjoying it for slightly under a month, we feel confident in declaring this one of the year’s best. Known to his parents as Harley Streten , Flume is one of those frustratingly talented wunderkinds who despite [...]

Some absolutely tremendous songs have been released this year. Albums had multiple songs that hit close to home and have had elicited a pretty powerful response with me. So keeping that in mind, or not keeping in mind, whatever, here are my top 20 songs from the last 12 months. Enjoy. - Michael // @clxrk 20. Twin Shadow - Run My Heart 19. Chris Brown - Sweet Love 18. SpaceGhostPurrp - No Evidence 17. Clams Casino - Angels 16. Holy Other [...]