This week offered up a bunch of satisfying singles, so it was a little more challenging than usual to sift through it all and come up with just 10 favorites. However, we think we done good with the following selections, what with it featuring everyone from Aesop Rock to Yuck to Frank Ocean. Until next time, enjoy. A Place to Bury Strangers - "Burning Plastic" When tragic things happen, society takes to art. Brooklyn-based label Famous Class is doing just that with their new 73 series, honoring their recently passed [...]
photo by Krystopher Beiro Sad to be missing Coachella this year? YouTube is streaming a large chunk of the 2012 music festival this weekend. Highlights for Friday's YouTube schedule include The Black Keys , Neon Indian , Grouplove , Yuck , Pulp , Frank Ocean , Explosions in the Sky , and M83 . A full schedule can be found here. In other Black Keys news, one person they don't view as an asshole [...]
This April nearly 80,000 people will land near Indio, California once again for a sold out Coachella. To get you prepared and pumped we've made this playlist.
30. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - We're New Here Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - My Cloud 29. Elzhi - Elmatic Elzhi - One Love 28. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes Lykke Li - Youth Knows No Pain 27. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy [...]
Having already revealed Your Top 10 Tracks and Your Top 10 Music Videos , next box to be punched on the Gummys ' advent calendar is the Top 10 New Acts Of 2011 category, and, unlike the Grammys, Stereogum's readers did a nice job of representing 20112s singular breakout artists. And, based on post count, we were pleasantly surprised with who ended up on top. Check out the results after the jump. Read More...
Last year, right around the time summer turned to fall, we at Stereogum published our list of the 40 best new bands of the year . The idea of a "new" band is a pretty nebulous one, since many of the kids we listed were probably planning out their musical ventures in their basements since they were 11, but these were all artists who started to make a dent in our collective consciousness last year. This year, we've got another crop of 40 new artists who deserve your attention. So here we go again. A few clarifications [...]
Here's the sequel to last year's popular heartbreak of a mixtape, Cruel Summer . That one was worn, forlorn, and sexual, it was the soundtrack arc to your winter romance burning up and melting in the hot, hormonal sun. This year it's just a party, really, soundtracked once again by some of the very best and most summery songs of the year. This 25 track tape is sequenced for feel and flow, grouped by sound and mood. There's hardcore via Fucked Up and Iceage, hip hop via Drake, Heems, and Giggs. The dance floor gets worked [...]
We finally have our first monthly mixtape ready! I know, I promised it a couple weeks ago, but we had some technical difficulties over here. Our May Mixtape album art was done by my very talented friend, Corey Schneider. Hope you guys enjoy it while getting the last bit of sun on this holiday weekend. Tracklisting 1. Tyler the Creator feat. Frank Ocean “She” 2. The Antlers - “Parenthesis” 3. Cults - “Make Time” 4. Fleet [...]
So at 5 o'clock tonight I board a flight for Florida which means I'm officially Spring Break bound. While I'll be palling around Orlando with Mickey and Donald, you should download this well-crafted mix of warm weather jams. Bonus Spring Break points to anyone who can guess the opening movie quote. Click here to download Citizen Mix Vol. V - March 2011 Tracklist: 1. Delorean - Stay Close (RAC Remix) 2. Yuck - The Wall [...]
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