Melodic Swedes Hater follow on excellent tracks “Mental Haven” and “Had It All” in the form of “Cry Later”. From the first few notes of the song’s sort of brash arpeggiated guitar opening, “Cry Later” wields hook after hook after hook but somehow still feels cool and restrained despite that stickiness. Hater are for real. “Cry Later” is excerpted from Hater’s forthcoming debut LP You Tried for PNKSLM out March 10th.
Dream Beach’s latest track “The Kiss of a Century” (Feat. Cub) takes you on an emotional journey. Unlike the producer’s previous work, Dream Beach approached this track with more of a stripped down feel by creating a track that’s beautiful through it’s simplicities. “The Kiss of a Century” is giving me all the feels. Listen and see for yourself.
The quickly ascending Indianans Hoops announce debut LP Routines for the great Fat Possum due May 5. Paired with that announcement the quartet are previewing yet another captivating track in the form of new one “Rules” which you can stream below.
I found Tee Grizzley on the Rap Caviar page on Spotify, which is impressive being a relatively unknown rapper. The song titled “First Day Out” is a lyrically focused two-part track, which transitions from a mellow to explosive vibe. The man from Detroit has the potential and is on the rise!
Liverpool up and comers The Night Cafe pair announcement of debut EP “Get Away From the Feeling” with stream of soaring new single “Strange Clothes”. The Night Cafe will playing throughout the UK in February and March with Sundara Karma and Blaenavon before a run of headline dates in May.
February 11 | The Rainbow, Birmingham (with Sundara Karma)
February 12 | O2 Academy, Liverpool (with Sundara Karma)
February 13 | Leadmill, Sheffield (with Sundara Karma)
February 15 | Northumbria University, Newcastle (with Sundara Karma)
February 16 | Albert Hall, Manchester (with Sundara Karma)
February 17 | The Garage, Glasgow (with Sundara Karma)
March 24 | Komedia Studio, Brighton (with Blaenavon)
March 25 | Joiners, Southampton (with Blaenavon)
March 27 | The Louisiana, Bristol (with Blaenavon)
March 28 | The Bullingdon, Oxford (with Blaenavon)
March 30 | The Cookie, Leicester (with Blaenavon)
March 31 | The Deaf Institute, Manchester (with Blaenavon)
April 1 | Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (with Blaenavon)
April 28 | Hit The North Festival, Newcastle
April 29 | Live at Leeds Festival, Leeds
May 1 | Hare and Hounds, Birmingham (Headline Tour)
May 2 | Bullingdon, Oxford (Headline Tour)
May 3 | Dingwalls, London (Headline Tour)
May 4 | Arts Centre, Norwich (Headline Tour)
May 5 | O2 Academy 2, Liverpool (Headline Tour)
May 25 | Stereo, Glasgow (Headline Tour)
May 26 | Manchester, Dot to Dot Festival
May 27 | Bristol, Dot to Dot Festival
May 28 | Nottingham, Dot to Dot Festival
August 6 | 110 Above Festival, Twycross
The “Bassically” artist announces debut Crawl Space LP for Downtown Records with great first stream “Keep Running”.
Previewed below is the (B3SCI-approved) kinetic pop of “Talk to Trees”, the first single from Swedish artist Cajsa Siik’s forthcoming DOMINO LP.
Right on. Of we course, we love this! The latest remix entry from one Tom Misch is a re-imagining of Michael Kiwanuka’s 10-minute opus “Cold Little Heart” complete with a pitched-up main vocal, jazzy guitars, and a cooled-out vaugely house-y rhythm track. Michael Kiwanuka’s Love & Hate LP is available now.
Sylvan LaCue and Saba will link up beginning March 3rd in Seattle for a month-long North American tour (dates below). Here, the two emcees on the up trade bars over LaCue’s jazzy vibed-down original instrumental in an A+ collab.
03/03 Seattle, WA – Vera
03/04 Portland, OR – Peter’s Room
03/05 Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club
03/07 San Francisco, CA – Social Hall
03/08 Los Angeles, CA – Roxy
03/09 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
03/10 Phoenix, AZ – Club Red
03/11 Albuquerque, NM – Co-Op
03/14-18 Austin, TX – SXSW
03/21 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
03/23 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
03/24 Washington, DC – Songbyrd
03/25 Pittsburgh, PA – Smiling Moose
03/26 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
03/29 New York, NY – Studio at Webster Hall
03/30 Montreal, QC – Le Belmont
04/01 Toronto, ON – Adelaide Hall
04/04 Milwaukee, WI – Mramar
Out now on Distant Hawaii is the “All the Reasons” EP from French producer Sweely. A sharp mix of after hours synth tones juxtaposed to beefed up club-y drums “All the Reasons” (featured here) is the EP’s title track.
New track “Foul Play” teams up Australian producer Mookhi with vocalist Billy Fox. For “Foul Play”, Mookhi selects for a quieting whiz of cool electronics steadied by a hushed rhythm track groove; vocalist Billy Fox’s main melody lines are similarly chilled and fluid. “Foul Play” is sampled from Mookhi’s forthcoming “Lost & Found” EP, due on February 24th.
Nick Grant is the up-and-coming man out of South Carolina. In a hip-hop culture of trap music, Nick provides a refreshing and lyrically-focused sound that should not go unnoticed. One of my favorite tracks from the album, Return of the Cool, is called “Bouncin” which is listed below. “Bouncin” is a high-energy track perfect for the pregame. Check out the rest of the album, Return of the Cool, available on all streaming services.
