In honor of the release of James Blake's sophomore album Overgrown , LYFSTYL has decided to make this weeks Music Video Monday a countdown featuring our favourite visuals from Blake's catalogue of breathtaking tracks. Overgrown is out now . stay tuned for our Review 1. James Blake - Limit To Your Love 2. James Blake - Retrograde 3. James Blake - Overgrown [...]

With James Blake 's best track arguably being the Kelis-sampling 'CMYK' , it was about time somebody got their own back. And now Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. has borrowed from Blake's 'The Wilhelm Scream' for his new number 'R.E.M'. The song is set to feature on the hip-hop star's upcoming release King Remembered in Time and samples the infectious refrain "I don't know about my dreams" . Watch the video to K.R.I.T's new track below: [...]

James Blake , uno dei talenti emergenti della scena musicale inglese contemporanea, arriva in Italia per due DJ SET in cui presenterà anche il nuovo EP Enough Thunder . L'artista londinese è stato senza dubbio la rivelazione elettronica del 2011 grazie all'omonimo album d'esordio classificatosi secondo nella prestigiosa lista "Sound of 2011" della BBC (vinta da Jessie J), ed entrato nella Top 10 del Regno Unito e nelle classifiche di mezzo mondo. Continua a leggere James Blake a Bologna e Milano : l'artista londinese in Italia per due DJ set il [...]
1 Kendrick Lamar - "Rigamortus" 2 Kanye West & Jay-Z - "Niggas In Paris" 3 M83 - "Midnight City" 4 Nas - "Nasty" 5 SBTRKT - "Wildfire" f. Yukimi Nagano 6 Common - "Ghetto Dreams" f. Nas [...]
Here's the list...not in a strict order. Hope you get a chance to listen to them. 30. Balto – The Railyard 01 The Railyard by BaltoDan 29. Hezekiah Jones – Borrowed Heart Hezekiah jones - Borrowed Heart by ThroughMic 28. Jhameel – The Human Condition The Human Condition by jhameel 27. Lemolo – Whale Song Lemolo - Whale Song [...]
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We'll continue today with our top 25 countdown with albums #10 through #6. #10: Iceage - New Brigade And all of you said there's no way anyone will talk about Danish punk music. Well, no one said that, but before Iceage 's New Brigade , no one was thinking of it either. The messy, cathartic, and often disheartening record has no common pulse, just launching forward with unpolished, grimy sheen. The fact that Iceage are Danish teenagers does [...]

If you don't know Jamie Strong, you probably know his label, Innovative Leisure, which is home to Khanni el Khatib, the Allah Las, Nick Waterhouse, and more! He took time out of his schedule to tell us about his top five albums of 2011. HANNI EL KHATIB- WILL THE GUNS COME OUT One of the most unique voices and albums I’ve heard in years. JAMES BLAKE - JAMES BLAKE The Bon Iver [...]
James Blake is undeniably present, and it feels like he always has been. A lot of that has to do with the unwavering success Blake saw in 2011. The dude ripped shit up and not just his own vocals and modulated synthesizer samples, either. In just the last three months alone, he has released a new EP ( Enough Thunder ), wrapped up his second U.S. tour of the year, and prepped yet another EP ( Love What Happened Here ), which conveniently hit the web this week (spoiler alert: it's good). But [...]
Today we begin rolling out the results of this year's Gummy Awards : The only set of lists which are perfectly impervious to comment section backlash as they are voted upon by you, the esteemed Shut Up, Dude / Monsters' Ball electorate. Up first is 20112s Top 10 Tracks. The results may shock you! And they may not! It depends on how you voted, really. In any event, the ten-track spread fairly reflects the guitar/pop/rap/Del Rey year we had. Here we go: Read More...

At the back end of 2010 James Blake was the name on almost everyone’s lips. His version of Limit to Your Love had taken Blake from underground producer to potential mainstream artist. However, the resultant eponymous debut album was certainly no middle of the road commercial sell out, but neither did it leave Blake residing in the dubstep camp from where he started. This album is very much a late night headphone album. There’s no excess, everything is stripped back to [...]
A number of the shows listed below are part MusicfestNW . I recommend checking out their website for the full lineup of All-Ages shows during the festival. 9/7/011 - The Crystal Ballroom The Kills The Kills - Future Starts Slow (Music Video) 9/8/2011 - [...]
The Wilhelm Scream is one of the most popular choices for early 2011 Best-Of lists. Dub-step wunderkind James Blake's simplicity and aesthetic goes a long way on his debut, self-titled LP. Listen to album opener, "Unluck," and watch the video for "The Wilhelm Scream."

Hace un par de días se anunció al mundo la lista de nominados al Barclaycard Mercury Prize de este año, un premio que, a diferencia de sus similares en Estados Unidos, ha logrado conservar el prestigio gracias a sus casi siempre atinadas elecciones. Aquellos nominados para ganar el premio son elegidos por un grupo de músicos, periodistas y figuras de la industria británica a mediados de julio, tiempo más que suficiente para que las apuestas y el empujón mediático coloquen a los favoritos a la ola de la cresta que [...]
Whether you go early or late, it's hard to go wrong at this year's opening night of Pitchfork Friday. If you can, go early to see rising artists Tune-Yards and Ema . But there's a little something for everybody with a strong, eclectic mix from Guided By Voices to Das Racist to Neko Case . Thurston Moore promotes his new album, and James Blake plays just before headliner Animal Collective . It's possibly the most robust Friday show in Pitchfork's relatively [...]
Tomorrow begins another Pitchfork Music Festival at Chicago's Union Park. And once again , Loud Loop Press will be on-site at Union Park all weekend long bringing you the best coverage we possibly can. What can yo expect? Updates throughout the day on our Twitter feed and our Facebook page . Then on 10 a.m. the day after (Saturday, Sunday and Monday), we'll have a full recap of the previous day's happenings complete with blurbs on the acts we caught, [...]
My life imploded for a short while there. Six months of making an offer, getting huffy with banks, getting huffy with real estate agents, and my parents a little for even suggesting we paint/patch/mount etc. I contemplated running away to the circus or New York (ever in the back of my mind as my most desired place to live). But I'm finally living in my unit. My lap top had died but I finally have a nifty new one which takes much less than 15 minutes to load (unlike my old lap top). And I have the internet once more. [...]
This is kind of a slow show week... You know what's great about living in the Bay Area? Prince, Kylie Minogue, Jenny Lewis, and Poncho Sanchez are all playing a "slow" week. This place is awesome! Thursday, May 19th Yelle, French Horn Rebellion at The Regency Ballroom French Horn Rebellion were kind enough to share [...]

Here's the word, straight from Johnny Brenda's : "James Blake’s debut American tour sold out within minutes across the country. Since he only has a limited time here in the US, many of these shows have been moved to bigger venues – including Philadelphia. The James Blake show scheduled for Johnny Brendas has been moved to the First Unitarian Church, which is an All-Ages venue." James Blake performs with Active Child at 8:30 p.m.; tickets to the all-ages show are SOLD OUT. (From the R5 Productions website: "All previously tickets from Johnny [...]

El fino arte de construir vanguardia es un ejercicio aventurado que propone una novedad, frente a la cual suele ser habitual reaccionar con un poquito de recelo. Y aunque James Blake no haya descubierto la pólvora, su disco homónimo es uno de casos en los que la variedad de influencias, con todo lo que éstas ya han dicho y hecho, dan lugar a algo que suena distinto. Algo así como una oda a la incomodidad y el placer, con sonidos minimalistas donde las melodías parecen desacelerar el tiempo y el [...]