Chiddy and Mac jump on Xaphoon’s fresh flip of Martha Reeves.
Chiddy Bang – Heatwave (Feat. Mac Miller) via illROOTSChiddy Bang: (Myspace) Official) (Facebook)
Mac Miller: (Myspace) (Official) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.2
Chiddy and Mac jump on Xaphoon’s fresh flip of Martha Reeves.
Chiddy Bang – Heatwave (Feat. Mac Miller) via illROOTSChiddy Bang: (Myspace) Official) (Facebook)
Mac Miller: (Myspace) (Official) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.2
We went off like Chris Brown on a morning show on first hearing this new Oblivion VIP of “Look at Me Now”. Mint.
Chris Brown – Look at Me Now (Oblivion Remix)
Oblivion: (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Rating: 8.0
Nice tune here from LA’s Lady Danville. The verses sort of have a little bit of a “Harvest Moon” feel to them. Dig it.
Lady Danville – Tired MagicianLady Danville: (Myspace) (Facebook) (WordPress)
Rating: 8.0
Mrs. Nathan Followill, the drummer in that Kings of Leon band, gives it to us nice and breezy on “Hurry Hurry”. The lead single on the Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s Jesse Harris-produced (Cold War Kids, Edward Sharpe) as of yet untitled third LP, “Hurry Hurry” has the sort of roots, even Jazz influence that’s sorely been absent in the Nashville mainstream for many many years. “Hurry Hurry” is feel good music. It’s soulful music. It’s great music.
Jessie Baylin – Hurry, HurryJessie Baylin: (Official) (Myspace) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.0
Nosaj cooks it down extra clean and extra smooth on this of the track “Let ‘Em Fall” by Bristol UK (sound does sort of have that classic Bristol bent to it) artist Malachai. Expect on this remix the ominous synth atmospheres, pitched up polyrhythms, laid back production values that are the Nosaj Thing sound.
Malachai – Let ‘Em Fall (Nosaj Thing Remx) via La 3e heureMalachai: (Myspace) (Label)
Nosaj Thing: (Official) (Myspace) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.2
Winner.
Childish Gambino – Break (AOTL)Childish Gambino: (Blogspot) (Official) (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.3
Billboard #3 in 1974. One of the coolest chorus hooks ever.
Ace – How Long (Has This Been Going On)Buy It: (Amazon)
Pharrell uses a cut from the Tron soundtrack to serve up a reminder that 1) He’s Pharrell 2) He’s still pretty sick and 3) He hasn’t gone anywhere. That said, it’s rad to hear Pharrell rapping with some heat again. Skateboard P. Daft Punk. 2011.
Pharrell Williams – The Game Has ChangedPharrell:(Myspace)
Rating: 8.2
We love Alison Krauss’ voice. “Paper Airplanes” is beautiful. Ignore the stale adult contemporary production and just feel that voice.
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Paper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union Station: (Official)
Rating: 8.0
Yesssssss. We caught The Raveonettes @ Boston’s Paradise on Thursday Night (review forthcoming!) and “Evil Seeds” was the second song in their set, and wow, the song (which we hadn’t heard yet) just immediately grabs on to you, pulls at you on the most visceral of levels, literally, like when the beat drops and that main guitar figure plays out from Sune Rose Wagner’s guitar you feel like your insides are being ripped out of you. It’s really some feeling. There’s a darkness, a visceral quality to The Raveonettes’ music that’s there to be found if you want to find it; beneath all the pop song melody, jangly guitars, it’s there.
The Raveonettes – Evil SeedsThe Raveonettes: (Myspace) (Official) (Twitter)
Rating: 7.9
Is that a proper looking UK guitar band or what? The Heartbreaks are four sharp-dressed dudes from Lancashire that play some killer guitar pop. Listen to their music and you can pick up bits and pieces of the entirety of British Isles rock history; a little bit Smiths, a little bit U2, a little bit Cure but also whole lotta big melodies and big hooks. There are approx nine billion (we counted) of these sort of UK nostalgia bands on both sides of the Atlantic, but what separates The Heartbreaks is just that, the songs. Nostalgia is great, we love dance rhythms and delay pedals but these boys all bring some serious songwriting chops. Check out “Jealous, Don’t You Know” below, the band’s third single, and hear for yourself.
The Heartbreaks – Jealous, Don’t You KnowThe Heartbreaks: (Myspace) (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Rating: 8.0
Our boys in Mona get the Cadillac remix treatment as indiesphere heavyweight Dave Sitek goes in on “Shoot the Moon”. Let us know what you think.
Mona – Shoot the Moon (Dave Sitek Remix)Rating: 8.1
