Blog: Pretty Much Amazing

Adam Yauch, better known as MCA , a member of seminal hip hop group the Beastie Boys has passed away at the age of 47 due to complications with cancer. He will be missed, rest in peace. Read more articles like " Beastie Boys' MCA Dead at 47 " on Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Beastie Boys

You should be honored by his lateness . It may not be a new track, but this G.O.O.D Friday, Kanye West has brought us a video for Bon Iver -sampling My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy highlight "Lost In The World." Continue reading: Video: Kanye West - "Lost In The World" f/ Bon Iver Read more articles like " Video: Kanye West - "Lost In The World" f/ Bon Iver " on Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Kanye West

This week on Tracking ––a weekly series in which we discuss our favorite songs of the year (you can check out the official list as the year progresses )––you can listen to additions from Chromatics , Santigold , Jack White and Joyce . Continue reading: Tracking 20122s Best Songs #9 Read more articles like " Tracking 20122s Best Songs #9 " on Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Chromatics , [...]

Star Slinger took Drake and Weeknd's infinitely awesome "Crew Love" and replaced Illangelo and Tesfey's synth washes and twinkling lines of piano with his signature skittering breakbeats, giving the track serious club potential (not the first setting that comes to mind when I'm thinking about listen to The Weeknd ). Download it below: Continue reading: Drake x The Weeknd x Star Slinger - "Crew Love" Read more articles like " Drake x The Weeknd x Star [...]

We've been crushing on The Neighbourhood's "Sweater Weather " for a few weeks now. So we're pretty stoked that their EP, I'm Sorry is out on Monday. Check out new hip hop-leaning cut "Wires." It's a good time to be a dude making effortlessly catchy indie pop –– just look at Gotye , Fun. and Foster The People's recent blockbuster successes. We'd put money on The Neighbourhood being the next indie pop sensation to chip away at David Guetta -esque house-pop's stronghold [...]

Yeasayer have been really quite for a while, but now it seems the Brooklyn psych jammers are coming back. They've just announced six shows in June (all in the South) and a lone festive date in Montreal. We're assuming this news won't immediately satisfy their fans on a wide-scale, but we can be sure that the band will be trying out some new material live this summer. Check out the dates below: Continue reading: Yeasayer Announce Brief 2012 Tour Read more articles like " Yeasayer Announce Brief 2012 Tour [...]

A$AP Rocky just released this flashy new video for "Goldie," the first single from his first official album, LongLiveA$AP . The clip was directed by Rocky and was styled by Alexander Wang –– so as you can imagine, it prominently focuses on Rocky's penchant for debauchery and flamboyance. This manifests itself as vintage cars, naked models and all gold everything. You've been warned, officedwellers. Continue reading: Video: A$AP Rocky - "Goldie" Read more articles like " Video: A$AP [...]

You know RAC for their remixes – in fact, smart, catchy re-imaginations of other people's songs are all we've heard from them to date. But now, Green Label Sound is dropping the first ever original single from RAC , "Hollywood," which features vocals from Penguin Prison mastermind Chris Glover , and it's a great summer pop jam that would fit in effortlessly on Top 40 radio. We're digging that wandering bassline and those playful, bubbly guitar riffs, but Glover's versatile vocals, as he reckons [...]

Here's a sneak peak at what goes on behind the scenes when you're one of SXSW 's most buzzed about bands. This clip, courtesy of SPIN , features rising electro pop singer MNDR , the Baltimore-based Lower Dens (who just happened to release one of our favorite albums of the year ) and Minneapolis underground rap collective Doomtree . Continue reading: MNDR, Lower Dens & Doomtree Backstage at SXSW Read more articles like " MNDR, Lower Dens [...]

M83 just won't stop touring their Hurry Up, We're Dreaming ! They've just announced an extension that runs through early-mid October. They completely killed it at Coachella this month, so make sure you grab tickets to their show in your town. Continue reading: New M83 2012 Tour Dates Read more articles like " New M83 2012 Tour Dates " on Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: M83

Santigold Master of My Make-Believe out on 5.1 MP3 | CD | Vinyl | Stream B+ May Day is an international holiday. Religious or secular, general strike or not, it heralds an end to the long cold nights of winter with a return to natural form - the radiance of life reborn. Fitting understates the symmetry of Master Of My Make-Believe , the sophomore release for Santi White (the former [...]

Beach House 's highly anticipated new album, Bloom is right around the corner (it's out May 15th in the US; 14th in the Europe). To promote their new disc, the duo have added numerous dates to their touring schedule, including an album release day performance in New York's famed Bowery Ballroom. The rest of the new dates kick off in July; 10 of them will feature Wild Nothing on the opening bill. Check out the dates below while you revisit Bloom tracks "Myth" [...]

After taking all of 2011 off, Mercury Prize winning trio the xx are making their big return to the stage in less than a fortnight. The band––which has been working on a follow-up to 20092s XX for a while now––has announced several European shows (mostly festivals). Is it safe to assume a brand new xx album is coming this summer? Maybe! Check out the dates below: Continue reading: The xx Announce First Shows of 2012 Read more articles like " The xx [...]

The first single from 2 Chainz ' Def Jam debut Based on a T.R.U. Story is the Drake -featuring "No Lie." For a track that's 2 Chainz' on the package, there's a lot of Drake on this one – he sings the choruses, raps a verse or two, and sounds pretty good doing it. As for Chainz himself, however – well, he's as eccentric as ever, which is to say his delivery is mainly made up of weirdly shouted, hashtag-laden verses. He's been [...]

We're still in love with ScHoolboy Q 's Habits & Contradictions , so we're psyched to hear that his star is (rightfully) on the rise – next up for Q is a team effort with TiRon of California rap duo The Cafeteria Line and producer Chuck Inglish , "Love Me Not." The song's title and the familiar childhood rhyme from which it comes – "she loves me, she loves me not" – [...]

It's been a while since we heard anything from the UK's New Young Pony Club , but they're back with a new single, "You Used To Be A Man," and attendant video. They've still got that nervous bubblegum pop thing going – Tahita Bulmer's layered vocals walk a thin line between sexy and creepy as background synth drones and whistle-able, catchy riffs compete for attention with driving, complex beats. The video, directed by Laura Buckley , is fantastically weird, full of kaleidoscoping mirrors and shadows. Check it out. Continue reading: [...]

We're okay with the fact that the Brooklyn outfit formerly known as Dive are going by DIIV now – it's pronounced the same, it's way easier to Google, and it's no longer easy to confuse them with the seminal Belgian post-punk band also called Dive . We're also totally okay with this news because along with it DIIV dropped probably the best song we've heard from them so far, the chilly, dark "Doused." Continue reading: New DIIV (formerly Dive): "Doused" Read [...]

Sub Pop's new Swedish duo Niki & The Dove are releasing their full length debut Instinct on May 14th in the UK (unfortunately there isn't a US release date on the horizon), and while we've heard several tracks from the album (including the album's incredible lead single "Tomorrow" ), they aren't done promoting the album. Yesterday, popular UK publications NME and The Guardian both premiered bonus cuts from the album's deluxe edition––and yes, they're really, really good, but what did you expect? Listen to "All This Youth" and "Taylor" [...]

In support of their upcoming new album, Synthetica , Metric have announced an extensive US tour (including a handful of European shows and festivals). Earlier this week, the Canadian rockers released the album's first single "Youth Without Youth" . Continue reading: Metric Announces US 2012 Tour Dates Read more articles like " Metric Announces US 2012 Tour Dates " on Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Metric

Santigold Master of My Make-Believe out on 5.1 MP3 | CD | Vinyl | Stream B+ May Day is an international holiday. Religious or secular, general strike or not, it heralds an end to the long cold nights of winter with a return to natural form - the radiance of life reborn. Fitting understates the symmetry of Master Of My Make-Believe , the sophomore release for Santi White (the former [...]