Blog: Pretty Much Amazing

Chance the Rapper + Nosaj Thing make “Paranoia” From Scratch

May 6, 3:55pm Pretty Much Amazing
Nosaj Thing x Chance the Rapper "Songs From Scratch"
Yours Truly do it again. This time, the video masterminds have thrown Chance the Rapper together with producer Nosaj Thing for to make a track "From Scratch." It's an enticing little video, and it sounds like the resulting "Paranoia" is going to be great track. That'll be available tomorrow, for now, enjoy the three minute video below. And while you're at it, go download Chance's excellent new mixtape Acid Rap . Read more articles like " Chance the Rapper [...]
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Go See The National On Tour

May 6, 3:51pm Pretty Much Amazing
The National have a new album called Trouble Will Find Me out on May 21, and they'll be more or less spending the rest of the calendar year on an international tour in support it. Go see 'em for a few reasons. One, they're The National . We'd normally stop there but here are a couple of more: two, "Demons" is so good, three, they have some pretty cool friends maybe playing a show near you; the likes of Youth Lagoon , Local Natives , Dirty Projectors , Daughter and [...]
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Toro y Moi Announces World Tour

May 6, 3:43pm Pretty Much Amazing
We loved  Anything in Return ,  and Chaz Bundick must have loved it too because he's taking it  everywhere  now.  Toro y Moi have announced a world tour that will see him on the road the most of the remainder of this calendar year, visiting everywhere from Hawaii to Ireland.  So, basically, step outside at the right time and you just might get to groove to “Harm in Change” in-person. Plan accordingly below. Anything in Return is currently available via Carpark Records. Toro Y Moi 2013 Tour Dates: [...]
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Kate Boy – “The Way We Are”

May 6, 3:35pm Pretty Much Amazing
Perhaps it's just because I've had  Shaking The Habitual  on repeat lately, but this Kate Boy cut definitely feels like sonic and lyrical kin to the The Knife . Instead of creating drone music that jams the system though, they prefer to bleed the illness. "There's been too much poison in the system," Kate Akhurst sings "Got to get this out, out of my head." No word on a longer project, but we can tell you they're from Stockholm and our playing some shows in the US: 06/06 [...]
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Artist:Kate Boy
Title:"The Way We Are"
File Name:SoundCloud

Review: Savages – Silence Yourself

May 6, 3:13pm Pretty Much Amazing
by GENEVIEVE OLIVER I’ve been reading  Please Kill Me , an oral history compiled by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain that traces the evolution of the musical anti-movement we know as punk in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. It’s immensely jealousy-inspiring – those interviewed talk about going to see the Velvet Underground or Patti Smith or the Stooges or Television play among their first shows at divey Lower East Side clubs, sensing they were watching history in the making. It’s appropriate, at least for me, that the London quartet Savages’ debut record [...]
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Vampire Weekend – “Hudson”

May 6, 2:15pm Pretty Much Amazing
"Over and over over again," sings Ezra Koenig , "all these never ending visions." The latest sample from Vampire Weekend's forthcoming  Modern Vampires of the City  is slow, melancholic march through a dark cityscape. Check out the "unofficial" radio rip below. Previously: " Ya Hey ,"  "Diane Young," & "Step." MVOTC is out May 14. ( Team Vampire Weekend ) Read more articles like " Vampire Weekend - "Hudson" " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . [...]
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Lauryn Hill – “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)”

May 6, 1:57pm Pretty Much Amazing
Ms Lauryn Hill- Neurotic Society
In case you missed it - Lauryn Hill recently signed a deal with Sony that should help her avoid prison time for tax evasion, of which she was accused about a year ago. According to the deal, she'll found a new label called Observe Creation Music, and record five new songs, followed by a new album. The first of those new songs is this one, "Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)," and if you thought she might cut down on some of her sharply critical take-no-shit attitude as a result of this whole thing, you're really, really wrong. Over a [...]
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mp3: MS MR + CHVRCHES – “Hurricane” (remix)

May 6, 1:43pm Pretty Much Amazing
It's about time that two of our favorite deceptively-bubblegum electronic acts, MS MR and CHVRCHES , did something together, but we are kind of surprised by the result of CHVRCHES update to MS MR's breakout single "Hurricane." CHVRCHES posted a link to the remix on their Facebook with the accompanying message "MIIIIAAAMMMMIIIIIIII" and that's kind of the vibe we're getting here: it sounds like the music that'd play over the day-glo end credits of an '80s teen movie. Quite a revision to the original's anxious vibe, but, [...]
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Artist:Annie Mac Presents
Title:FMM: MS MR - Hurricane (CHVRCHES Remix)
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Pop Electronic
Artist:MS MR
Title:Hurricane (CHVRCHES remix)
File Name:SoundCloud

mp3: Joey Bada$$ + Action Bronson – “B.A.R’d”

May 6, 1:34pm Pretty Much Amazing
Here's another cut from XXL's Freshman Class mixtape , this one from Joey Bada$$ and Action Bronson , who deliver "B.A.R'd" over a smooth, lounge-y piano beat from Chuck Strangers . Press play and check out smart, braggadocio-packed verses from Joey and Bam Bam , and probably the catchiest hip-hop chorus of the week - sing along, "Ashes to ashes, blunt after blunt..." Check it out. Read more articles like " mp3: Joey Bada$$ + Action Bronson - "B.A.R'd" " on PMA - [...]
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Artist:Joey Bada$$
Title:B.A.R'd (Ft. Action Bronson) (Prod. Chuck Strangers)
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:swankciddy

Say Lou Lou – “Fool of Me” (f. Chet Faker)

May 6, 1:24pm Pretty Much Amazing
The Stockholm/Sydney sister duo Say Lou Lou are apparently gearing up to release a full-length record sometime this summer, and the 73 they've just released digitally is sure to garner a lot of excitement for it; at least, it has us really psyched. You can stream the b-side, "Fool of Me," right now, and if you've ever felt unlucky in love, be prepared for this to become your jam. A minimalist, percussive backdrop underlies heartstring-tugging vocals from Say Lou Lou and guest Chet Faker  - "you made a fool of me, how dare you." Check [...]
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Artist:Say Lou Lou
Title:Fool Of Me Feat. Chet Faker
File Name:SoundCloud

Review: Savages – Silence Yourself

May 6, 1:13pm Pretty Much Amazing
by GENEVIEVE OLIVER I’ve been reading  Please Kill Me , an oral history compiled by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain that traces the evolution of the musical anti-movement we know as punk in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. It’s immensely jealousy-inspiring – those interviewed talk about going to see the Velvet Underground or Patti Smith or the Stooges or Television play among their first shows at divey Lower East Side clubs, sensing they were watching history in the making. It’s appropriate, at least for me, that the London quartet Savages’ debut record [...]
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Review: Deerhunter – Monomania

May 6, 2:14am Pretty Much Amazing
by BEN BROCK WILKES Bradford Cox, a high school dropout from suburban Atlanta who scoffs at sexual orientation and has been shadowed since childhood by Marfan syndrome, has become a hipster household name and his psychedelic avant-garde pop band Deerhunter is influencing future generations of musicians. This is the state of American music and I for one couldn’t be happier. Deerhunter released  Halcyon Digest  in 2010 and for all intents and purposes nailed the sound they had been refining since recording 2001’s debut,  Turn It Up Faggot . Dream and ambience, impermanence [...]
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Official Video: Grimes – “Venus in Fleurs”

May 4, 9:24pm Pretty Much Amazing
Grimes - Venus In Fleurs
actuallygrimes : Hey — this is a video my friend Video Marsh made for this really old Grimes song from my first record. We were supposed to release it ages ago and somehow it didn’t happen probably because it didn’t comply with the press cycle at the time and since I’ve stopped caring about complying with press cycles im sharing this now. This is the only post-genesis official Grimes video that i didn’t work on myself that will ever be released . [...]
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Disclosure remixes Artful Dodger + Zoe Kypri “No I Turn You On”

May 3, 12:58pm Pretty Much Amazing
"Woah," read the note attached to this song. "Clean," read the first comment I saw on Soundcloud. Those may be the best words to describe Disclosure's squeaky clean remix of Zoe Kypri's cover/rewriting of the 2000 Artful Dodger single . The London producer duo update the original's sense of smooth, and the previously unheard of London singer-songwriter flips the perspective to keep things interesting on the dance-oriented single. Read more articles like " Disclosure remixes Artful Dodger + Zoe Kypri "No I Turn You On" " on [...]
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Artist:Public Demand Promo
Title:Artful Dodger Feat Zoe Kypri - No I Turn You On (Disclosure Remix)
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Uk Garage

Twigs – “How’s That”

May 3, 12:50pm Pretty Much Amazing
Twigs - How's That
Despite the fact that we don't really know much about her and she's only released four songs , we've been completely, irrevocably devoted to the London singer and producer  Twigs since we first heard "Ache" last summer, so we had a heart attack when she released her fifth song today. "How's That," co-written with Arca , looks like it might be on an upcoming EP with the same title, and it's another fantastic, eerily sultry track from Twigs - over swarming, gathering-storm instrumentals and jarring, shattering effects, she asks, over [...]
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Vampire Weekend – “Ya Hey”

May 3, 12:36pm Pretty Much Amazing
Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (Official Lyrics Video)
Vampire Weekend are really good at a lot of things, but two stand out - 1) rollicking, arty pop-punk cuts (see: "A-Punk," "Cousins," "Diane Young") and 2) seriously boundary-pushing, game-changing slow jams ("The Kids Don't Stand A Chance," "Diplomat's Son," "I Think Ur A Contra," "Step"). "Ya Hey," the band's newest single from Modern Vampires of the City , distinctly falls into category two, as impeccably arranged, charmingly strange instrumentals and effects back up Ezra Koenig , who sounds like he's yelling in a cavernous room about youth and alienation and authenticity in his singular postmodern poetics. We [...]
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Bumbershoot’s 2013 Lineup is Awesome

May 3, 12:32pm Pretty Much Amazing
Bumbershoot is one of Seattle's many fine music festivals, and they've just confirmed their 2013 lineup, and it's fantastic - headlined by local boys Death Cab for Cutie performing their much-beloved 2003 breakout record  Transatlanticism,  and bolstered by other big names like Kendrick Lamar , MGMT , and Alt-J . We're also pretty excited about the Breeders , Deerhunter , !!!, Charli XCX, the Men , and FIDLAR . This all goes down August 31st through September 2 at Seattle Center - see you there! Check out the [...]
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mp3: Phoenix – “Trying to be Cool” (RAC Remix)

May 3, 12:27pm Pretty Much Amazing
Phoenix are taking no prisoners remixing the singles from their new record  Bankrupt! - we'd be surprised if, by the end of this year, they've spared any of the record's songs the re-up treatment. We've heard about twenty updates on first single "Entertainment," so cue RAC's Andre Allen Anjos to release this dancefloor-ready remix of "Trying to be Cool" - he doesn't touch the song's naturally bubbly euro-pop vibe but amps up the bass and Balearic flourishes into something not too far removed from an Ibiza club vibe. Check it out. [...]
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Artist:Phoenix
Title:Trying To Be Cool (RAC Mix)
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Cool

Stream: Valentina – Wolves EP

May 3, 12:24pm Pretty Much Amazing
We loved the teaser singles that the London-via-Italy art-pop singer Valentina shared in advance of her debut EP  Wolves , so we're pretty excited - and you should be too - that the whole thing's now available to stream a week in advance of its physical release on Greco-Roman.  Valentina's a smart songwriter - some of her songs go for heartstring-tugging, bare-bones emotion backed by minimalist instrumentals; others are dance-floor fodder with skittery drum machine and piano-driven, orchestral backbeats; others do both at once. All in all, it's a fantastic debut effort - "Wolves" and "Ladders," her [...]
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Artist:Valentina
Title:Wolves EP
File Name:SoundCloud

Review: Deerhunter – Monomania

May 3, 12:14pm Pretty Much Amazing
by BEN BROCK WILKES Bradford Cox, a high school dropout from suburban Atlanta who scoffs at sexual orientation and has been shadowed since childhood by Marfan syndrome, has become a hipster household name and his psychedelic avant-garde pop band Deerhunter is influencing future generations of musicians. This is the state of American music and I for one couldn’t be happier. Deerhunter released  Halcyon Digest  in 2010 and for all intents and purposes nailed the sound they had been refining since recording 2001’s debut,  Turn It Up Faggot . Dream and ambience, impermanence [...]
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