Maybe a slightly more jazzed up quality on this new Flying Lotus tune. It sort of carries a similar aesthetic to Roy Ayers more mellow ’70’s material. Add to that Fly Lo’s usual haul of killer polyrhythms and rich ambient textures and you’re left smoothing out to a pretty sick track. “Caravan of Delight” will feature on the new Ed Banger release King of Limbs Let the Children Techno expect quality shit from Skream, Mr. Oizo and SebastiAn to also feature on the compilation.
Rating: 8.1
From 1963. Written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, with The Supremes (!) on back-up vocals. Spotless.
Marvin Gaye – Can I Get a Witness
Check this new UFO-wave mix of The Streets’ “Puzzled By People” by southeast London artist Zoo Kid. Outta space jam.
The Streets – Puzzled By People (Zoo Kid Remix) via SKOARating: 8.1
We won’t front, when we first saw “Dum Dum Girls” paired with “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” we feared the worst. “There Is a Light” is at least one b3sci’ers fav Smiths song so the bar is a little on the high side. Dum Dum Girls smash it though. From the moment we hit play, and the those big Surfaris-esque guitar tones came in we were hooked. Catch the wave below.
Dum Dum Girls – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Smiths Cover)Rating: 8.2
Totally fucking brilliant! One of our favorite singles of the year so far. “Pray On Me” is an absolute monster, a ten thousand pound megatron bomb of sick vocals (check the howl on singer Marc Jones), punishing guitar, and massive fill-the-room rhythms. Mega.
Kill It Kid – Pray On Me
LA band Grouplove recently re-released their debut EP on which the vaguely ’90’s college radio sounding “Gold Coast” is our choice track. If the EP is any indication, these guys could be massive. Get familiar below.
Grouplove – Gold Coast via theburningearRating: 8.1
Say what you want about Sean John, if there’s been one (positive) consistent thing throughout his career, it’s that the dude can pick beats. And “I Hate That You Love Me” has a beat that kills. The goofy lyrics, Diddy’s strange (lack of) flow decisions, all’s forgiven the second that beat drops.
Diddy-Dirty Money – I Hate That You Love MeRating: 8.1
Yet another permutation of The Raveonettes sound on this demo for new tune “Recharge & Revolt”. The Raves sound like a bunch of other bands, stylistic mutation to stylistic mutation, they liberally pillage any number of influences (Jesus and Mary Chain to MBV to ’60’s Pop) yet they always sound like The Raveonettes. “Recharge & Revolt” feels a bit more from the MBV, Ride territory of influence but is still 100% (pure love) Raveonettes. Great melodies, great male-female harmonies, excellent guitar layering and arranging all the hallmarks of good quality Raves shit. Raven in the Grave, the band’s upcoming LP is due in April. Psyched!
The Raveonettes – Recharge & Revolt (Demo)Rating: 8.3
Two legendary MCs hook up here (Is Black Thought in the legend conversation? We think so.) with an assist from some other dude with Legend in his name. In prepping this post, I spun Eric B. and Rakim’s “In the Ghetto” a few times this afternoon. It’s crazy how fresh it still sounds. Track is 20 years old. J.Period, who helmed this remake, absolutely does the original justice. The addition of electric pianos give the song a certain new depth and fit the vocal stylings of the track’s new personnel quite well (Black Thought & John Legend). Legend, really stands out, the soulful lines of melody he breathes into the track’s close are really ace and lend an added visceral texture to the track that only deepens its immediacy.
J.Period – In the Ghetto (Wake Up!) (Feat. Black Thought, John Legend, Rakim)Rating: 8.2
Contributed by Erin Routson
Bypassing death throes of a gnarly Cleveland winter, Chip tha Ripper takes a pleasure cruise with Gold Panda to the Caribbean. Relax, get hooked, go with them. Mind vacation.
Chip Tha Ripper – (Bitch I) Feel Good (Gold Panda Unofficial Hancock Version)Rating: 8.5
Crazy how much this Angie Stone jam still gets remixed. It’s like it’s still a current track. Def a testament to how killer the groove is on the original. Spanish DJ Kaze takes his crack here and pretty much smashes it. The track goes heavier here but it absolutely works. Kaze combines not only those heavier floor-filling elements but also the glide of Angie’s original track. The result is nothing short of a heater. Get into it below.
Angie Stone – I Wish I Didn’t Miss You (Kaze Remix)Rating: 8.3
