Very nice.
Onra – The Anthem (Flume Remix)Flume (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Electro heavyweights collide at the House of Blues, Boston (what up, BOS! miss ya!) this Tuesday when b3sci favs Caspa & Digitalism hook up with Destructo for electronic music pandemonium. It’s the HARD Summer tour and it invades BOS Tuesday. Be there.
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The legendary DJ Premier breathes life into the Game’s corpse of a rap career on the track for “Born in the Trap”. We’ve all heard Jayceon rhyme and flow like this over 9000 times but, and prob as a testament to Primo’s skills, some how Game sounds FRESH here. So add this to “She Wanna Have My Baby” as a second non-skip through track on Game’s upcoming R.E.D. Album, due August 23.
Game – Born in the Trap (Prod. DJ Premier)Game (Official)
Rating 7.8
LA collective Fiore stride, in a sense, toward recent bands like Tame Impala and MGMT with their welcome appreciation for psychedelic pop music. Granted psychedelic music has seen its fair share of cliche, but like the genre’s worthy projects past and present Fiore’s LP (self-titled, debut in this case) works as a whole. It’s a record that encourages in the listener that appreciation for the art of tone and statement, in other words… it’s not a throw on and fall in love in 30 seconds type of listening experience. The LP makes its moves sonically in favor of something more substantive. “Ruins (Part II)” has been a favorite of our experience thus far check it out below:
Fiore – Ruins (Part II)Rating 8.5
More soul melting sounds coming at you from The Shakes. But hold that soul for a second and listen to the writing on “I Found You”. Can we get a SWEET ALABAMA!? Can’t wait to hear more from these guys.
The Shakes (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.6
“Polar Bear” is a nice ditty from Giraffage. We mean that in the nicest kind of way, it captivates with its dreamy bitstep like qualities. The debut LP Comfort is set for release this fall.
Giraffage – Polar BearBlu’s latest “My Sunshine” features Nia Andrews and makes our mix for tomorrow morning. The track’s flow finds a trance, a constant moment, one of those ‘don’t let it stop’ type grooves. The hook satisfies and back for more.
Blu – My Sunshine (feat. Nia Andrews)Blu (Myspace)
Rating 8.3
Mariachi El Bronx is a side project of the LA punk buzz band The Bronx. This is the song that they nailed on Jay Leno last Thursday night. It’s a long way from punk but you can feel some of that same energy. Listen to it and/or watch it below. Contributed by Bruce Rave
Mariachi El Bronx – 48 RosesMariachi El Bronx (Official)
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First off they need to not be actin like Otis Redding is a “featured” artist on this shit. Since when do niggas sample a dude n then call that shit a feature. Son aint even been alive for like 40 years b. Otis Redding is my dude tho…so dont get that shit twisted son. That bein said…this shit still goes nahmean. Folks been divided on this joint for a minute…but that aint stop the dozen hasbeen ass niggas who hopped on this shit from strugglin the fuck out on it (Im lookin at you DMX).
Contributed by Ghostface Killah
Watch the Throne (Official)
Rating 8.7
Cudi gets creepy on this new Dot Da Genius-produced track a rumored feature in the upcoming remake of the 1985 horror-comedy film Fright Night. Somebody get Cudder some weed.
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Kid Cudi (Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8
Paper Diamond plays it tight in the opening few bits on his remix for SBTRKT and Yukimi Nagano’s “Wildfire” suiting up the track on some polite enough 808’s; but from the first moment the first couple wobbles drop into the track you know PD is absolutely not playing. He is going for it all. He’s going for a serious mix. Play the serious mix.
SBTRKT – Wildfire (Paper Diamond Remix) Tip SkeetBeatzPaper Diamond (Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.6
Pro Green is back with some of that BANNED IN THE UK rap shit. The Prof clocked in at #50 on our tracks of the year list last year with that “Just Be Good to Green” track he did with Lily Allen. Is the punchier big beat “At Your Inconvenience” as good “Just Be Good to Green”? Prob not. Is it still a decent track worth at least spin or two? Absolutely.
Professor Green – At Your InconvenienceProfessor Green (Official) (Twitter)
Rating 7.8