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A superb slate of shows for your Saturday: ► Grammy-nominated the Roots visit the House of Blues for the 8th Annual Roots Jam Session, which is sure to feature some special cameos and this year benefits the youth charity United Roots Oakland . ► O.C. breakout rockers Young The Giant headline the first of two nights at the Wiltern Theater. ► Los Campesinos! (pictured), the giddy pop septet from Cardiff, Wals, headlines the Echoplex behind its snappy fourth album, "Hello Sadness." Parenthetical Girls open. ► Fresh [...]

CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO New video from Toronto's Spek Wun. This track is from his upcoming mixtape - Saint Tainted which is slated for a March release. Expect big things from this dude in 2012. Spek Wun: Twitter / Bandcamp Tasha Tags: 2012 , canada , hip hop , Mixtape , Saint Tainted , Spek Wun , toronto

No one has shaped my view of music more than James Yancey. He challenged our idea of music and pushed us towards a more progressive and creative appreciation of hip hop. He died six years ago, but the music lives on in his wake. This project is dedicated to the life and memory of the one and only J Dilla. -L'Orange DOWNLOAD "Still Spinning" ON BANDCAMP CLICK HERE L'Orange: Twitter • Facebook • Bandcamp [...]

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From the worlds of deep funk, soul jazz and hard-bop, to the landscapes of mod-rock and 60's cinema...'Buildin' Blox' introspectively delves into the array of colors that form the origins of Jaekim's musical palette! WIB WE IN HERE!! DOWNLOAD "Buildin' Blox" ON BANDCAMP CLICK HERE Previous Posts on "Jaekim" CLICK HERE Jaekim: Twitter • Website 602Diggler Tags: 2012 , [...]

Music created by brain pulses? What is this, some kind of science fiction? Well, sort of. On February 28th, Ghost front-man Masaki Batoh will release Brain Pulse Music via Drag City. The entire album was made from extracted brain waves in Batoh's home country of Japan. Much of the extracted brain waves are from victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred last year. Featured alongside entirely acoustic and traditional Japanese folk instruments, the BPM pieces serve as a collection of prayers and requiems for those affected by the quake. [...]

This is the official video for Treehouse by Ifan Dafydd , lifted from the EP of the same name which is out right now on Push & Run . I'm sure Mr Ifan Dafydd is sick of hearing the comparisons, but it really does feel like he's picked up where James Blake stopped to go and have a more drawn out moody sing-song in the charts. Either way, Ifan Dafydd has snatched that baton from James Blake and is so far doing a fantastic job. ... [read more]

Pan-Pot may have had the best year ever after their recent hit, „Captain My Captain" garnered positive feedback from fans and highly regarded DJs and producers alike – making them a throbbing phenomenon. Their first live gig at Sven Väth's infamous Cocoon party at Amnesia in Ibiza may have caused the ambitious duo to produced more sweat than the ring of igniting fireworks surrounding them at „Awakenings" in Holland, but it respectively pinned them on the map as internationally recognized artists. When the phone call came in from their idols from Slam, two new remixes were born on the „20 [...]

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Ever since going over his material for the first time, it's been in rotation and even better so, ready to slap this in the ride.. every single piece of material "Schadillac" creates is just pure heat...There is a certain type of sound this Texas composer ignites and sparks up and moment for a full flavored audible setting.. Will be throwing up the rest of what material has been molded...Keep us locked here on WIB as "Schadillac" will be droppin' a new ep very soon here.. Don't succumb to slumber, don't hesitate to listen, just slap this properly and carry on [...]

by Ilana Kaplan The New York underground scene is coming to Mercury Lounge tonight for one hell of a show. Friends, Julia Haltigan, Kendra Morris and MotherFeather will be gracing the stages with a show full of folk, soul and pop-cock rock. The show brings together these musical talents for Haltigan's birthday, which was yesterday. MotherFeather brings back the feel of PJ Harvey with the vocal styling of Karen O. With glitzy fashion and wild theatrics, lead singer Ann Courtney ...

From the forthcoming remix EP "The Lost City Of Voodoo" featuring remixes from Raiden, Morphy, Meth, Genotype, Linden, Enuui, 9 Tails Fox and more!

The Brown Bag AllStars have a new EP dropping on 2DopeBoyz on the 13th of February (AKA Monday), and leaked a trio of cuts recently. The boy McDuck J57 celebrated a birthday recently, but I'll still bust his shit. Fuck with these tracks, and make sure you grab that EP on Monday. BBAS always come correct, trust. DOWNLOAD Brown Bag AllStars " I Fucks With That " (prod. by DeeJay Element ) DOWNLOAD Brown Bag AllStars " Rottweilers " (prod. by [...]

Kicking off Grammy weekend ... ► Dr. Dog plays the Orpheum behind its new album "Be the Void." That's the Philadelphia outfit's video for "That Old Black Hole," above. ► Spindrift brings its spaghetti Western psychedelia to the Satellite, celebrating 10-plus years, four albums, movies scores and more with a night full of special guests. Gangi supports. ► Freshly inked to Tooth & Nail Records, Abandoned Pools headlines the Viper Room, supported by Graham Colton. Also: [...]

Tags: Omid 16B Electronics Bedrock Omid 16B Electronics / The Night (Bedrock Digital) BEDDIGI17 Release: 13.02.12 LISTEN HERE: Bedrock Records It's been almost a year since Omid 16B's previous stunning release on Bedrock. "Rain" and "Passion Of Zorro" (BEDDIGI08) were both pure examples of Omid's musical genius: uplifting, anthemic and downright danceable to the extreme. As always with Omid, they [...]

It's still early in 2012, but where are all the retro girl-groups that we saw from last year? Has that fad already passed? You might think so, but Chains of Love beg to differ. The Vancouver-based group is set to release their debut EP, Strange Grey Days , through Manimal Vinyl on March 13th. They've released one single from the EP, "He's Leaving With Me", that argues there's plenty of steam left in this revival genre. Download the single below and read what the band has to say about their debut. [...]

• Chains of Love - He's Leaving With Me

Released by: Demand Records Release/catalogue number: DMND007EP Release date: Feb 27, 2012 deepgoa.blogspot.com your urban music guide © dg , 2012

Tags: Laidbackluke Wyntergordon Speakup Mixmashrecords Electrohouse Laidback Luke is ready to release his long-awaited single "Speak Up", this time teaming up with NYC vocalist Wynter Gordon who gives the track chart topping credentials. Already well known for a multitude of collaborations with various big names including David Guetta, Diplo and A-Trak, Laidback Luke more recently hooked up with Sander van [...]

It can't be easy to run an imprint - particularly when your parent label is arguably the finest outfit in trance music. For Anjunadeep, however, the whole music industry thing seems to come remarkably easily. Anjunabeats' little sister continues to excite with its latest offering, Anjunadeep 04 - scheduled to drop on February 27. The package consists of two separate mixes: one by Australian veteran Jaytech, the other by James Grant (the imprint's A&R supremo and brother of Above & Beyond's Jono). But why, you might ask, should you care? You should care if you're [...]

Eccentric music duo Mr. Gnome have announced a new 7", Softly Mad , to release on March 20th. The new single features two B-Sides from the group's Madness In Miniature album that released last year. The songs are "The Way" and "Still Life". If you want to familiarize yourself more with the band, download their single Madness In Miniature single "Watch The City Sail Away" below and check out Softly Mad 's cover art. Read more »

• Mr. Gnome - Watch the City Sail Away