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MiaoMix Monday #5 [Halloween]

By ⋅ October 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Today is Halloween and today’s the perfect day to celebrate. I put together a mix of songs that in my opinion would be great to listen to during Halloween. None of them are actually directly related to Halloween in any way, but I think they have a very suitable vibe. The playlist this week isn’t really focused on any specific genre, but the first half of the playlist is rap and the 2nd half is a mix of dubstep, folk, and R&B music. The last song is “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” by Sufjan Stevens and if you’re at all familiar with the song, you’d think it wouldn’t fit in this playlist, but I think that it’s a perfect ending to this week’s mix.

Kid CuDi – “Maniac (feat. Cage & St. Vincent)”
Das Racist – “Sit Down, Man (feat. El-P) (Produced by Scoop Deville)”
Tyler, The Creator – “Tron Cat”
GZA/Genius – “Shadowboxin'”
The Weeknd – “Wicked Games”
Massive Attack – “Paradise Circus (Zeds Dead Remix)”
Burial – “Archangel”
Sufjan Stevens – “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.”

Lana Del Rey Signs with Interscope Records

By ⋅ October 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment


Riding the massive wave of blog popularity surrounding her extremely-catchy “Video Games”, New York singer Lana Del Rey has announced a deal with Interscope Records. According to this week’s issue of Billboard, her debut album will be released sometime in early 2012.

Lana also revealed via Facebook that her next single will be titled “Born 2 Die”. She posted: “Shooting video for my next single Born 2 Die in a castle in France with Woodkid. I absolutely know that you will adore it. Am thinking of You. XXX LDR X.”

Video: XV – “U.F.C.”

By ⋅ October 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

XV, the kid with the green backpack, released a fresh set of visuals for one of his recent mixtape’s hardest-hitting songs, “U.F.C.”, which also features vocals from Kristina Rose. If you watched Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, you’ll definitely enjoy the Joker Thugs trailing along throughout the video, which was shot throughout Chicago by Rex Arrow Films.

Check it out below. Vizzy’s debut album should be out in 2012. Hold tight.

Video: Common – “Blue Sky”

By ⋅ October 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Ever since Common first released his new single “Blue Sky”, I’ve been listening to it excessively. There’s something special about that Electric Light Orchestra sample…

Below, you can watch the newly-released music video for the track. The Dreamer, The Believer out on November 22, 2011 through Warner Bros. Records and is entirely produced by No I.D. From what we’ve heard already, the album (Common’s ninth) is set to be a great one. As he put it himself: “It’s going to be positive hip-hop. Hip-hop that can really generate good spirit, the spirit of the music and just good energy.”

Download New Guided By Voices Song

By ⋅ October 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

You can now listen to a new track by Guided By Voices titled “The Unsinkable Fats Domino” off their new album Let’s Go Eat the Factory. The album marks a return to a lineup of Robert Polland, Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Greg Demos, and Kevin Fennell, the same lineup the band had when they recorded indie rock essentials like Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes. Let’s Go Eat the Factory will be released January 1st, 2012 on the band’s own GBV Inc. label and you can preorder the 7″ for the single right here.

MP3: Guided By Voices – “The Unsinkable Fats Domino”

Mixtape: Phil The Thrill – Barely Awake

By ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Virginia’s Phil The Thrill has just released his long-awaited mixtape, Barely Awake, for free download. Talented and quite humble, Phil The Thrill is still finding his bearings as a rapper, but has already garnered quite a bit of press for himself and even met Compton MC Kendrick Lamar (peep the intro track). For some more information on the album, you can also check out my interview with Phil from a few weeks ago, where we discussed a bit about his rapping career and this mixtape in particular.

Chill beats and quality songs from an up-and-comer. Fly thoughts! You can download the mixtape below or alternatively, stream it after the break.

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Bon Iver Wins Q Award, Discusses Future Collaborations

By ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Q Magazine dished out honors yesterday for its Q Awards, in which Bon Iver received a well-deserved award for “Best New Album”. After receiving the award, Vernon discussed his recent collaborations with Kanye West and James Blake, stating that they were “awesome” and hinting that there was more to come. On his recent collaboration with Blake, Vernon stated that the two were “mutual fans”, that “it became pretty obvious” that the two should work together, and that the two would be doing “a lot in the future”. Check out Darcy’s review of the new Bon Iver album right here and click read more to check out the short interview with Q Magazine. You can also watch Bon Iver perform on BBC’s Later with Jools Holland (via P4K).

Other award winners include Coldplay with “Best Act in the World Today”, WU LYF with “Best New Act”, Lana Del Rey with “Next Big Thing”, and Snow Patrol with a peculiar “Best Classic Song” award.

Contest: Jane’s Addiction Autographed Guitar

By ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I don’t know how many of you are fans of alternative rock pioneers Jane’s Addiction, but we’ve teamed up with the band for a unique contest. To celebrate the release of their new album The Great Escape Artist, the band’s first in eight years, the band will give to one lucky fan a Paul Reed Smith SE Custom 24 guitar signed by Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, and Chris Chaney, as well as a copy of the new album (out now via Capitol Records).

Jane’s Addiction dominated the Los Angeles rock scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s, becoming one of the first alt rock bands to achieve mainstream success worldwide before breaking up for the first time in 1991. Whether or not you are a fan, this is your chance to win a piece of the band’s storied history.

ENTER HERE.

Stream Neon Indian’s Era Extra

By ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Select copies of the deluxe edition of Neon Indian‘s Era Extraña included a special disc (along with all the other goodies!) that was mysteriously labelled “Era Extraña Mixtape” with no other information. That disc’s contents, a 48-minute long mix containing a bunch of French synthpop tunes and even a Lil B track, can now be streamed below via Disco Naïveté. It’s assumed that the included songs inspired Alan Palomo’s sound on Era Extraña. Enjoy!

Listen: Pusha T – “What Dreams Are Made Of”

By ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s a brand new track from Clipse‘s Pusha T titled “What Dreams Are Made Of”, which will be included on Pusha’s forthcoming album Fear of God II: Let Us Pray. The new album will be out November 8th via Decon and G.O.O.D. Music and also includes Pusha’s well-received collaboration with OFWGKTA‘s Tyler, the Creator.

Listen to “What Dreams Are Made Of” below and also be sure to check the album’s tracklisting after the break.

MP3: Pusha T – “What Dreams Are Made Of”

Fear of God II: Let Us Pray Tracklisting:
01 Changing of the Guards (feat. Diddy)
02 Amen (feat. Kanye West and Young Jeezy)
03 Trouble on My Mind (feat. Tyler, the Creator)
04 What Dreams Are Made Of
05 Body Work (feat. Juicy J, Meek Mill, and French Montana)
06 Everything That Glitters (feat. French Montana)
07 So Obvious
08 Feeling Myself (feat. Kevin Cossom)
09 Raid (feat. 50 Cent and Pharrell)
10 My God
11 I Still Wanna (feat. Rick Ross and Ab Liva)
12 Alone in Vegas

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