Posted at 12:40pm, 1/4/2011 Beach House released a brand new holiday song before Christmas. Even though it's a holiday track, "I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun" contains the usual dreamy organ, piano and sadly beautiful vocals that make up a wonderful Beach House tune. Download "I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun" below. [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] Beach House - I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun I Do Not Care for the [...]
Posted at 12:00pm, 1/3/2011 Find everything that went up in the month of December. You can download the following mp3s individually OR listen to the whole batch in one playlist. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [...]
Posted at 11:10am, 12/20/2010 Every week we bring you the best cutting edge music from around the web. Our newest batch of uploads are ready for your listening pleasure. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO [...]
Posted at 12:22pm, 12/16/2010 Jeremy from Fingertips joins us each month as he scours the betterPropaganda archives, highlighting gems buried a few years back in our database. This month we bring you "No One's Better Sake" from the Little Joy . A delight from beginning to end, "No One's Better Sake" rolls along with a shuffling, organ-infused island beat and a casual sensibility that belies how beautifully this little song is put together. What we have here is that rare pop composition that [...]
Posted at 12:40pm, 12/15/2010 Das Racist have made an indelible imprint on the musical landscape with their irresistible pastiche of witty Dadaist-influenced raps, wry social commentary and tongue-in-cheek humor, and the trio recently returned with their strongest declaration to date. Earlier this year, the Brooklyn hip-hop crew released their second mixtape, Sit Down, Man . On December 7th, Das Racist officially announced their remix contest for their "hahahaha jk" track. Anyone interested in mixing, arranging, producing, remixing, mastering and sound design should enter now! The deadline is January 18th, 2011. The [...]
Posted at 11:35am, 12/15/2010 Columbia, South Carolina's Chaz Bundick (aka Toro Y Moi) will be releasing his second album early next year via Carpark Records. Toro Y Moi released his debut album Causers of This in the summer of 2009 which both critics and fans took to immediately. When Chaz first signed to Carpark Records, the plan was to release two records in 2010 - one electronic and one with live instrumentation - and although it didn't quite fit into the same calendar year as his debut, Underneath the Pine is that latter [...]
Posted at 12:25pm, 12/14/2010 Wye Oak is Jenn Wasner & Andy Stack and Civilian will be their third album to date. Civilian will be released early next year on Merge, who had this to say about the upcoming album: "Civilian is a kind of 21st-century folk music, imbued with dense shoegaze guitars, nearly melodic rhythms, and impeccable splashes of electronic color. Without leaning on conventional structure, the songs beguile with fascinating chords and melodies, Jenn's voice and riveting lyrics, mesmerizing rhythms, and an intoxicating aural landscape. Just as good writing has meaning between [...]
Posted at 11:12am, 12/13/2010 Every week we bring you the best cutting edge music from around the web. Our newest batch of uploads are ready for your listening pleasure. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO [...]
Posted at 1:40pm, 12/10/2010 Turzi's new album, B , came out in September via Record Makers. Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie caught wind of the album, and agreed to lend his vocals to B's track "Baltimore." His distinct vocal style merges perfectly with the driving psychedelic vibes of the song. Download "Baltimore" below. [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] Turzi - Baltimore (featuring Bobby Gillespie) {Record Makers} B was released September 24th, 2010 on [...]
Posted at 2:50pm, 12/9/2010 Geoff Barrow of Portishead and Beak> produced the new selft-titled LP from Berlin / Bristol / London based artist Anika . Anika was recorded live in 12 days, with her three band mates, Geoff Barrow, Billy Fuller and Matt Williams, together in one room and no overdubs. The resulting collaboration is a political/trashy/discordant/re ggae/German/old school Bristol/punk-funk sound - all sown together into a collection of classic, bristling songs infused with other-worldliness. Download the first single, "I Go To Sleep" below. [ play ] | [...]
Posted at 6:00pm, 12/8/2010 Bradford Coxe (aka Atlas Sound ), the Atlanta, GA musician who also fronts Deerhunter , recently released a number of Atlas Sound demos titled Bedroom Databank Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4 for free via his blog and Mediafire. Sony ended up removing many of the files that were uploaded due to what they thought was copyright infringement. Sony now states that the files were "mistakenly removed" and all four volumes of the Bedroom Databank collection are now back up and currently available for download once again. [...]
Posted at 2:30pm, 12/7/2010 It's been a year since Kid Sister's debut LP Ultraviolet was released and she's been keeping busy with tours, studio sessions, TV commercials and soundtracks. She's back and is dropping her first mixtape, Kiss Kiss Kiss , on 1/11/11. Fool's Gold honcho Nick Catchdubs weaves together all of Kid Sister's recent collabs alongside newly recorded freestyles and surprises. Download the first single, "Kiss Kiss Kiss" below. [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] Kid Sister - Kiss Kiss Kiss {Fool's [...]
posted at 10:55am, 12/6/2010 Every week we bring you the best cutting edge music from around the web. Our newest batch of uploads are ready for your listening pleasure. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO [...]
posted at 1:10pm, 12/3/2010 Caribou has been on our radar for quite some time - they made our Top 100 Artists of the Decade list at #24 and also our Top 100 Albums of the Decade list with Andorra at #46 . They recently released a remix album for Swim on Merge Records. We posted a "Leave House" remix a few weeks back but just found another remix worth mentioning, this one for "Sun". Listen to "Sun (Andy's ILL Refix)" below and [...]
At 20 years old, That Ghost aka Ryan Thomas Schmale, has already released 4 albums with another one coming out soon on twosyllable records. The Santa Rosa, CA songwriter will release his second record with twosyllable, Songs Out Here , in March. Download the first single, "To Like You" below. [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] That Ghost - To Like You {twosyllable} Songs Out Here is available March 1, 2011 on twosyllable Records. [...]
Stones Throw reissued 2008's box set Hella International which sold out almost immediately. We've got the Madlib remix of J Dilla's "The $" here for your listening pleasure. Download the track "The $" below, plus a few other goodies for this Wednesday, December 1st. [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] [...]
Find everything that went up in the month of November. You can download the following mp3s individually OR listen to the whole batch in one playlist. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [ play ] | [ [...]
The debut from Sleepover is out today. Miami based producer, Charlie Astro and his partner singer Miss Miranda Rae make up Sleepover. The stunning EP, titled The Sun is released by Circuitree Records. Download the track "Burn" plus a few other goodies for this Tuesday, November 30th. [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [ play ] | [ download [...]
Every week we bring you the best cutting edge music from around the web. Our newest batch of uploads are ready for your listening pleasure. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [...]
Simian Mobile Disco are touring in support of a new two-disc album Delicacies, out November 30 via their own imprint. They spent 2010 creating a series of techno singles. Delicacies compiles those 12"s and also features a bonus mixed version recorded live in the studio. Each track title on the set bears the name of a bizarre and exotic delicacy discovered by James Ford and Jas Shaw while touring around the world. Download the track "Sweetbread" here. Be sure to check out the other mp3s that went up this November 23rd, below. [...]
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