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Titus Andronicus Releases Mixtape

By ⋅ March 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Titus Andronicus has just released a new mixtape titled Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol. 1. They posted it on their tumblr, where you can download the mixtape for free and view the tracklisting and a short description for each song. Click here to download it directly. The mixtape includes a covers, demos, live tracks, a new single, and more. Be sure to check out the mixtape as they have been writing a lot of new material recently. The band is planning to release an album sometime later this year. The picture above is Patrick Stickles performing with the band at SXSW who recently shaved his beard.

Valentine’s Day Mix

By ⋅ February 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Here’s a mix to listen to.

 

Steel Train – I Feel Weird

The Postal Service – We Will Become Silhouettes

Rivers Cuomo – Lover in the Snow

Elliott Smith – Say Yes

Jimmy Eat World – Invented

The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

The Dangerous Summer – Reach For The Sun

Wilco – I’m Always In Love

Limbeck – I Wrote This Down

Girls – Saying I Love You

Cults – You Know What I Mean

The Format – Janet

Best Coast – Crazy For You

WZRD – Teleport 2 Me, Jame (Feat. Desire)

Listen: Flaming Lips & Erykah Badu – “Now I Understand”

By ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ 3 comments

The Flaming Lips and Erykah Badu have worked together to create the song, “Now I Understand”. The band’s description of the song in Soundcloud is “Sound construction piece featuring Lips, Erykah Badu, Siri, and Biz Markie backwards. It’s called “Now I Understand” It’s funny and will be available on SoundCloud for one week only!!! Life is beautiful. Music gets you high.” The song also features sampled vocals from Apple’s Siri. This collaboration is a part of a huge compilation album that the Flaming Lips plan to release on Record Store Day. The Flaming Lips plan to collaborate with Nick Cave, Neon Indian, Yoko Ono and Bon Iver. Frontman, Wayne Coyne, also hopes to work with Lykke Li and Ke$ha.

Jack White to Release Solo Album

By ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Jack White, former front-man of The White Stripes, always seems to be working on a music project. He has just announced a new solo LP that will be released April 24. The album is titled Blunderbluss. Listen to the first single, “Love Interruption”, below. You can also purchase the single here at 9 PM PST later today.

Below is extra information and what Jack White had to say about the album from a press release:

Produced by White and recorded at his own Third Man Studio in Nashville, Blunderbuss has been described by White as “an album I couldn’t have released until now. I’ve put off making records under my own name for a long time but these songs feel like they could only be presented under my name. These songs were written from scratch, had nothing to do with anyone or anything else but my own expression, my own colors on my own canvas.”

Drummer Leaves Fleet Foxes

By ⋅ January 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

J. Tillman, the drummer for Fleet Foxes, has left the band and posted his farewell on Tumblr. His last show with the band was in Tokyo on January 20. Sub Pop has also signed the band Poor Moon, which includes Fleet Foxes members Casey Wescott and Christian Wargo. You can listen and download the song “People in her Mind” here, which will be on the band’s Illusion EP that is planned for release on March 27. Click here for last night’s episode of Austin City Limits that features live performances by Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom.

Listen: A$AP Rocky – “Celebration”

By ⋅ January 16, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Everything seems to be going perfectly for A$AP Rocky, who in recent months has signed a huge record deal and released his first debut record, LiveLoveA$AP. He has just released “Celebration”, which is a solo version of his collaboration with Chicago MC Jon James. This song is a lot different from Rocky’s chill, dreamy Clams Casino–produced tracks and features the A$AP rhymer rapping over upbeat synths celebrating his recent success. Apparently this track might be a single for one of his upcoming projects. Listen to the song below. You can also download it here. Also, look out for the A$AP Mob album that’s planned to be released in February.

Kendrick Lamar Announces ‘Good Kid in a Mad City’

By ⋅ January 13, 2012 ⋅ 4 comments

Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar just announced to The Source that his new album is near completion. The album will be titled Good Kid in a Mad City. Kendrick stated that “it’s just going to have its own entity and its own space”, meaning that it will not be a sequel to Section.80, which was released last year to extremely good reviews by critics and was also our number 4 album of 2011. You should definitely check it out if you haven’t heard it yet. Section.80 was in between a mixtape and an album because it was released online, but Kendrick Lamar stated the new release would be his first proper debut album. Watch Kendrick’s interview with The Source below. Below that is also an interview with Drake‘s frequent producer/best friend, 40, where he talks about Kendrick Lamar’s involvement on Take Care.

Watch: Wilco – The Whole Love

By ⋅ January 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Wilco has released the music video for “Whole Love”. Jeff Tweedy’s son, Spencer Tweedy, directed the video that also stars Spencer’s younger brother Sammy and best friend Joey. Be sure to check out their album, The Whole Love, which is in our top 25 albums of 2011 list. Check out the music video below:

Avicii to Donate 1 Million Dollars

By ⋅ January 6, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Avicii will donate 1 million dollars to the charity, Feeding America. Feeding America is USA’s leading hunger-relief charity with a network of more than 200 food banks and food rescue organization. You can check out their website here. Avicii will be funding the million dollars with his “House for Hunger” tour, which kickstarted in Detroit, Michigan at January 5.

Avicii stated: “Hunger hits everywhere and the U.S. is not immune to it. For me personally, when I found out how widespread the hunger problem in the United States actually was, it blew my mind. I never would have imagined that 1 in 6 people in America struggle with hunger or that 1 in 4 children routinely do not get enough to eat.”

The “House for Hunger” tour consists of 26 concerts in 27 days, and you can check the tour dates here. Check out the music video for Avicii‘s insanely popular electro song, “Levels”.

Preview “Fresh” by 23

By ⋅ December 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

 

Update: 23 has finally released the entire track, which you can download here. If you want to listen to it on Youtube, check out this link. Enjoy!

Listen to a preview of “Fresh” by dubstep artist 23. “Fresh” is used in the commercial for VBlast which features NBA player Tyreke Evans. He will be releasing the full track later today and I will update when links are up.Watch the commercial and listen to the preview of the sick track below.

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