We've been following Mount Kimbie as they continue to cobble together a solid collection of sounds and collaborators, and today saw a big piece of the puzzle come together: NPR's First Listen featured Dominic Maker and Kai Campos previewing their upcoming album Cold Spring, Fault Less Youth in full. The album's defining features are two [...]
From the combined efforts of Grouplove and Captain Cuts comes this bright-eyed and bushy-tailed remix of Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive." Maybe it's the sunshine in the air, but now's the best time of year to be listening to these glory-and-light huse remixes. Cuts' fuzzy synths match up beautifully with some chimes and Dan Reynolds' anguished growls. But [...]
Francis, Francis, Francis. Where have you been? It's been almost two years since we have had anything new from Francis and the Lights. The light-on-his-feet-crooner (watch this video right now if you don't know what I'm talking about) is back with a beautiful taste of what I hope is a lot more to come. "ETC" [...]
Ella Yelich-O’Connor is a sixteen year old girl who has never left New Zealand—but she's also a singer/songwriter that goes by Lorde, and is on the cusp of becoming one of the world's major pop stars. The strange, unsettling combination of these two extremes makes her daily life almost as compelling as the soaring music on an initial, brief EP that propelled world-wide interest in the young artist.
We only just got our first taste of French musician/model/actress Lou Doillon last week, but we've (luckily) already gotten another offering from the multi-talented lady. "ICU" is a touch slower, a little more raw but equally stunning as Doillon muses about a love lost; each note heavy with a mixture of nostalgia and longing. Between [...]
Natsha Kmeto is one of those artists that uses music like a palette of paints, drawing color from various sources and sounds laying the backdrop for her tracks in such an unlikely way that the finished product is almost startling. On the latest offering from Natasha, "Idiot Proof," her role as producer and vocalist is [...]
Pharrell is staying busy this year. After making one of the best songs of the year with Daft Punk, he's got the the Dispicable Me 2 soundtrack coming up on June 18. Pharrell partnered with Heitor Pereira for the production on the soundtrack, and he'll also have three original songs on it. Here's one of them that [...]
James Blake has been dominating 2013 with the release of Overgrown, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2011 self-titled debut. Aside from recently garnering the honor of being chosen as P&P's song of the year so far, he was recently in Seattle for tour and stopped by KEXP's studios to perform some live renditions of several songs. [...]
Fitting that Alabama Shakes would appear on the forthcoming True Blood soundtrack, considering how True Blood is set in Louisiana. Brittany Howard and the gang provide a jangly, upbeat tune titled "Pocket Change" for True Blood's fourth OST, channeling their inner Bob Dylans and displaying their versatility while staying faithful to their style. Head over [...]
After sparking our interest by boasting collaborations with names like Jay-Z, Beyonce, Pusha-T and 2 Chainz, The-Dream has shared a preview of his upcoming IV Play. Streaming now on Vevo, you can hear the whole album a whole week before it's May 28 release date. Take a listen below. (P4K)
Over the past few weeks, Florida emcee Robb Bank$ has released a steady stream of new music in anticipation of his late summer mixtape, Tha City. On "All The Way Live," Bank$ sounds right at home over soupy, bass-heavy, SpaceGhostPurrp and Nuri production. Moving away from Bank$' typically energetic flow and usual barrage of clever Pokemon references (your [...]
There's not much information out yet on Still Parade, but their first release "Actors" is enough to stand on it's own. Subtle finger-picking and wandering bass lines meet streams of woozy electronic sound that never overpower the acoustic feel of the track. The track debuted over at Earmilk, who report that it's the first taste [...]
In March, Justin Bieber's pet monkey got detained in Germany after the pop star failed to secure the proper documents. Today, we get an update on the situation. According to Billboard, customs spokesman Thomas Meister confirmed that the documentation still hasn't been received and ownership of the monkey will be transferred to the German state today. [...]
With a debut EP Aesthetics due June 17 and a spot on our list of Best Songs of the Year (So Far), Bipolar Sunshine is one of the new artists we're most excited about this year. Part of the excitement is because of the unpredictability. "Rivers" is a far cry from the first track we heard from [...]
It's very rare that you can ever fully appreciate a moment until it's gone. A moment usually seems insignificant until you can look back on it, put it in context, and realize how important it really was. Moments aren't these magical things that pop up and just matter. What matters is what happened before that moment, what happened after it, and what circumstances made that particular little flash of time so bright.
Valentina's recently released Wolves EP is excellent. With production courtesy of Kwes., her vocals either softly tug at your heartstrings, or soar majestically through undeniably catchy choruses. We suggested that fans of Jessie Ware's soulful pop sound might enjoy Valentina's latest EP, and with the extra electronic bounce that David E. Sugar has added to "Ladders" on this remix, [...]
"Blessed" doesn't take it's time. It's not a slow-building production that requires a few verses before it hits you. Instead it explodes within the first second. It's an exciting element for hip-hop songs to possess; but it's incredibly impressive when it occurs on a track from someone who's not an industry vet, and instead one [...]
It's hard to believe that it has been 20 years since Tricky first stepped onto the scene, all gruff and witty wordplay. He quickly grew from the "Tricky Kid" that spit verses on seminal Massive Attack albums to the guy that they used to call "Tricky Kid," living the life they wished they did. Maxinquaye is a certified classic (and if you say anything else, you need your head examined), and the first five (or so) years of Tricky's run were pretty damn epic. He had glimmers of hope in and out of the period following, but definitely had more [...]
In the age of information overload, sometimes it's nice to find something that seems to be born out of thin air with no context to cloud or influence judgment (although even a lack of context is sort of a context itself...pardon me before this post turns into a scene from Inception). A quick glance at [...]
Don't worry, North Americans. Death Grips didn't forget about you. The collective has announced a set of North American tour dates for this summer that will connect their appearances at Sasquatch, Orion Music Festival, Bonnaroo, and Ottawa Blues Fest (what?). They'll be playing alongside Björk for their Toronto date. Check out the list of dates [...]
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