“Love My Name” is the first release from Young Knives’ upcoming third LP Ornaments From the Silver Arcade. What the song lacks in a verse that sounds at best awwwwright and at worst mildly pedantic it makes up for in its killer RHCP-esque chorus and perfectly pitched and constructed bridge. We’re into it.
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Rating: 8.1
Previewed here is a new dialed back version of a track Blackbird Blackbird first dropped in November called “Modern Disbelief”. All the cool shit that made the earlier version great are still there while much of the more goofy affectations (that robot sounding synth melody) have been 86’d. Overall, the track does play much smoother. And with the addition of Orlando artist Emily Reo’s faraway harmonies and melodic lines, the tune takes on an almost choral sort of quality. Sweet!
Blackbird Blackbird – Modern Disbelief (Feat. Emily Reo)Rating: 8.0
MED grabs the West Coast elder statesman on this new remix for “Where I’m From”. Aloe Blacc’s hook is still super duper ill. So legit.
MED – Where I’m From (Remix) (Feat. Aloe Blacc & Kurupt) via Stones ThrowRating: 8.5
First released as part of a free promo compilation for Moby’s 2008 LP Last Night, this excellent ambient track “Rockets” will also appear on Moby’s upcoming Destroyed. We like Moby best in this lane, sort of at an intersection of his quieter moments and more cinematic moments. “Rockets” evokes imagery of motion, travel, transient points of time, themes Moby has talked about as permeating the new record. Destroyed is due May 16th on Mute Records.
Moby – RocketsPre-order Destroyed / Moby Official
Rating: 8.1
Yeeeaaaaaaaaah, that’s pretty nasty. Get it together America, this is a Top 10 song. Clear Channel, we’re looking at you, get this shit in rotation. $$$$$$.
Dev – Bass Down Low (NTRLD Remix) (Feat. The Cataracts)Rating: 8.2
Top shelf stuff here from b3sci fav Mokhov, taking James Blake’s now ubiquitous Feist cover and adding some cool polyrhythms and soulful electric piano. The result is a classy downtempo track that maintains the emotional poignancy of the original while engaging the listener in channels of sentiment that are new.
James Blake – Limit to Your Love (Mokhov Soulful Dubstep Remix)Rating: 8.6
Contributed by Wyatt Routson
New Lil’ Wayne leak. Buttery smooth track, not really wayne’s style but it works. Fill up your styrofoam cup with that purple drank, get your lean on and bang this out your trunk.
Lil’ Wayne – We Back SoonRating: 7.7
Any time Mark Lanegan puts vocals on a track we’re listening. Here, soul patch links up with Dulli on this paean to life’s fleeting connective moments. Eerie strings and sparse guitar frame Mark and Greg’s well worn baritones. Check it out below.
The Twilight Singers – Be Invited (Feat. Mark Lanegan)Rating: 8.0
Contributed by Wyatt Routson
Long overdue, The Velvet Teen are back with a 4 track EP entitled “No Star”. Needless to say the song fuckin’ rips. Casey Deitz going ham on the drums. Judah Nagler, the voice of a goddamn angel. “No Star” is the musical equivalent to bangin’ 7 gram rocks. Full length album dropping later this year. The video’s pretty alright too, straight forward. Judah Nagler has awesome hair.
Rating: 8.2
The NYC weirdos cover Slade, and guess what kiddos, it totally rips. Into it. These fuckers will be all over SXSW. We’ll be there!
Gay for Johnny Depp – Cum on Feel the BoizeRating: 8.0
We listen to a lot of music. A lot. So much that it can, at times, overwhelm, fatigue, dull you down to your most basic of senses. And then you hear a track like “You Belong to No One” by Scottish artist The Son(s) and from the moment you first hit play and that first gorgeous acoustic guitar figure floats into the mix and then that hushed double-track vocal begins its glide sailing cross the crest of each note’s pluck. It’s beautiful. “This is why we do this.” And you’re blown away. The Son(s)’ s/t debut is out today on Olive Grove Records.
The Son(s) – You Belong to No OneRating: 8.5
