Image

Track Reviews

Tycho – A Walk (Ianborg Bootleg)

tycho-ianborg

Ianborg mixes up a great nighttime record with just the right enticing bit of energy on his recent bootleg to the Tycho track “A Walk”.

Ianborg canada (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.22223

brown8

reviewed by
04-24-12

oOoOO – Starr

ooooour-love-is-hurting-us1

“Starr” is excerpted from the forthcoming Our Love Is Hurting Us EP by oOoOO. It’s soulfully crafted and syncopated, it’s forward thinking composition. And we can’t get enough. Catch a full stream of the new EP over at XLR8R before it drops on April 30. By Matt Easton

oOoOO california (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

brown8

reviewed by
04-23-12

Casa Del Mirto – Taxus Baccata [EP]

Contributed by Antonio Barzaghi

taxus-baccata

Italy is not only a guarantee for good food and wine, just check out this new EP from Casa del Mirto. With a pair of LPs and and a bunch of other releases behind them, Taxus Baccata confirms CdM as the Italian Chillwave Ambassador, pioneering with deeply introspective and more industrial like sounds. The last song of the EP, “Finale”, is thoroughly sweet and intimate. Served cold and best enjoyed in your headphones. Casa del Mirto have most of their stuff on their bandcamp, check them out if you dig this.

Casa Del Mirto italy (Bandcamp)

Rating 8.1

brown8

reviewed by
04-23-12

Joey Dosik – What’s Happening Brother (Marvin Gaye)

joey-dosik

Oooo, newcomer Joey Dosik gets buttery on this performance of Marvin Gaye’s, “What’s Happening Brother”.

Joey Dosik california (Facebook)

Rating 8

brown8

reviewed by
04-23-12

Pegase – The Bad Side of Love

pegase

Pegase recently dropped this track “The Bad Side of Love” (along with an accompanying video clip) in conjunction with his new Without Reasons EP. After just a few spins we can’t get enough of this Frenchman’s saturating blend of chillwave and progressive electro pop textures. Get familliar with Pegase’s new Without Reasons EP at his Soundcloud which contains several remixes of its title track from the likes of Giraffage, Ruckazoid and more!

Pegase france (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.1

brown8

reviewed by
04-23-12

Project 46 feat. Andrew Allen – Reasons (Radio Edit)

Contributed by Jon Herriot

project46

“Reasons” is a new house track from Project 46, with vocals from Andrew Allen. Andrew Allen is totally new to EDM, he is more of a Jason Mraz type of solo guitarist, but he KILLS it on this one. Besides the chill yet funky intro (and outro) that this track has, it’s a classic banger. It totally gives me that urge throw on a tank top, scream and jump around in a massive swell of people. “Reasons” should be heating up some dance floors this summer.

Project 46 canada (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.2?

brown8

reviewed by
04-23-12

FIONA – Don’t Make Me Go

fiona3

“Don’t Make Me Go” is a bit of a statement for a new generation of teen pop music. Its subtlety towards dubstep, the danceability, the young hearted lyrics, everything. Still, FIONA has more edge than your regular TV friendly star, with a more ironically maturish personality that these type pop stars, more often than not, seem to face as exploited by the troves in celebrity gossip. We’ll be keeping our eye on this budding next-gen’like Spears in the making.

FIONA germany (Facebook)

Rating 7.8

brown7

reviewed by
04-22-12

Deadmau5 – The Veldt (Radio Edit)

deadmau5

The Mau5 dropped this full version, of the recently aired radio edit, of his anticipated track “The Veldt” on his FB earlier today. Boom.

Deadmau5 canada (Facebook)

Rating 8.5

brown8

reviewed by
04-20-12

Kindness – House

kindness

reviewed by
04-19-12

RAVE’S FAVE! Schmidt – Boom Boom

By Bruce Rave

schmidt

Schmidt is a 21 year old from Berlin who has been active in the London music scene. She was discovered by producer Guy Chambers who has worked with Kyle Minogue and Tina Turner. This track is really fun, as is her upcoming album. Imagine “Caberet” meets Feist.

Schmidt – Boom Boom

Schmidt germany (Facebook)

Check out Bruce’s “Go Deep” show on Fridays 1-3 pm Pacific, 4-6 pm Eastern, 9-11pm GMT. Also listen to past shows at Bruce’s blog and follow Bruce on Twitter.

reviewed by
04-14-12

You Walk Through Walls – Not Like You At All

youwalkthroughwalls

Members of UK shoegaze band Air Formation return as You Walk Through Walls. The band’s lead track “Not Like You At All” is a sharp sounding shimmery tune with enough rhythm section guts underneath it to keep the song tastefully grounded.

You Walk Through Walls england (Facebook)

Rating 8.1

brown8

reviewed by
04-11-12

Kwes – Igoyh

kwes

Check out this gorgeous new souful tune from Warp records artist Kwes. Charms to soothe the savage beast.

Kwes england (Facebook)

Rating 8.4

brown8

reviewed by
04-11-12