Amarolas, a new 16 year old electro producer, released a brand new remix of Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa‘s megahit “Payphone” a couple days ago. The original song never appealed to me, but this remix definitely makes it a great song to sing along to now. You can find more of his mixes on his Soundcloud page or on his website at amarolas.com.
Delta Heavy, the dubstep group that brought you the incredible “Must Be The Feeling” remix, delivers with a filthy new dubstep banger. The drop is perfect for what comes next as Delta Heavy creates a totally different sound compared to the original song. Be ready to rage when you hear this!
Avicii, one of the biggest progressive house artists right now, finally releases the long awaited “Dancing In My Head”, but it’s not the “(Avicii’s Been Cursed Mix)”. In this mix, Eric Turner adds monumental vocals that would sound spectacular in a club or a festival. It’s clear that this song will be a new party anthem. You can watch the creative lyric video for the song below.
Cazzie Jetson of THEBLKHANDS has finally unveiled his new solo record, theMighty, placing the entire 18-song record up for free download on Bandcamp. On it, he drops slick flows over production work from ILLA of THEBLKHANDS, Wale-associated Best Kept Secret, Cazzie himself, and more. Narration throughout is provided by Dominic Serendip. You can get familiar with the Philly-based rapper’s work below and stay tuned for more from THEBLKHANDS.
Com Truise always sounds at peace when he’s programs his synthesizer, so there’s no surprise that his new song “Chemical Legs”, the latest contribution to Adult Swim’s Singles Program is a stunner. What may come as a surprise, however, is that the New Jersey-based musician features his own vocals for the first time as he half-talks, half-sings over the semi-robotic, Daft Punk like synth trance that we’ve grown to love and expect from Truise.
Adult Swim will continue to release a brand new exclusive song for three more weeks to complete the 12 week, 12 song plan. We’ve already heard new material from artists like FlyLo and Wavves. Next up is Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, which we’ll hear next Monday.
Cudderisback. No, really. The Man on the Moon is back.
After showing his rapping self for a capricious 30 seconds on Hit-Boy‘s “Old School Caddy”, the Kid Cudi of old made his full reappearance late last night on “Just What I Am”, the first leak from his forthcoming Indicud album. Alongside him is another new (but not really) face: King Chip, the artist formerly known as Chip Tha Ripper and Cudi’s longtime collaborator. Both artists kill it on some Cudder self-production, something he seems to be getting into recently for Indicud, which he has described as his version of Dr. Dre‘s The Chronic 2001.
With Rock the Bells on its way (we’ll be there!), the G.O.O.D. Music collaboration record looming, and Indicud being worked on, it’s going to be a pretty busy year for Cudder.. so turn the music up and vibe with the MP3 directly below.
THEBLKHANDS rapper Cazzie Jetson hits the streets of New York City with his crew to film a brand new video for “Ponyboy”, the third single from his upcoming solo record theMighty (cover art is featured above). You can grab the MP3 for free on THEBLKHANDS’ Soundcloud. The Philly-bred and recorded theMighty will be out on August 13th, so get familiar below and get ready for more from Cazzie in just two days.
Professor O’blivion is an experimental project featuring John Deguide on bass guitar and Patrick Piper on drums, two hip boys rising from the depths of Barrington, Illinois. I’m big on supporting local and self produced music — “Think locally, fuck globally.” When I found out long ago that they had almost finished their first demo, I hassled John about it for months. I was extremely pumped to finally hear some local music that didn’t reiterate the stereotype of Barrington. Alas due to some problems they ran into, I was forced to be a patient crow and waited for my moment to strike.
This demo is exactly what I had hoped it would be: it’s creative and very experimental. The intro to the demo has the same kind of vibe as Old Gray‘s track “Instrumental”, even though the music overall doesn’t have the same Old Gray pop/emo feel. Professor O’blivion has a very heavy sound that is really raw, but in no way is it trashy noise-rock. They use a very deep bass, which in my opinion really rounds out and enhances the flow of the songs. The drums are sick and Patrick is a pretty hardcore drummer. Together, they equally create this hip underground sound that is Professor O’blivion.
The new demo is currently available for free on the band’s Bandcamp or you can stream it below. Be sure to also check out Patrick’s side project BlackWindom.
Demo 2012 Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Curmudgeon
3. John Haley
4. That Would Be The Closet
Hit-Boy‘s second song as a rapper is the long-awaited, often-teased “Old School Caddy” collaboration with G.O.O.D. Music fam Kid Cudi. This time, the producer-turned-rapper got behind the tables himself to churn out his own production, which fits perfectly with Kid Cudi’s energetic Man On The Moon/A Kid Named Cudi era flow. Cudi is actually only on the song for about 36 seconds (one short verse after Hit-Boy spits his two), but his presence is huge, especially since Hit-Boy still sounds like he’s trying to find his voice and lane as a rapper. I’ve heard criticisms about Hit-Boy’s laid-back flow and voice inflection since he appears a bit lazy at times, but I think it works much better on “Old School Caddy” than on his debut “Jay-Z Interview”. The song title is certainly better.
You can download “Old School Caddy” for free below, courtesy of Hit-Boy himself. What do you think? Can Hit-Boy follow in his mentor Kanye‘s shoes or should he just stick to production? On a side note, how about Cudi’s return to rap?
Now I’ve never been one to jump on new albums the second they come out. That’s mostly because I’m fairly lazy and don’t keep track of when certain things are actually being released. Wild Nothing somewhat recently released their second album Nocturne under Captured Tracks. I wasn’t too excited to jump right on this album because I can still groove to their first album Gemini released in 2010. So often, new albums ruin the band for me and I can just never dig the new music as much because the sound has always shifted. Yet at the same time I get frustrated when I see bands that don’t know how to change their sound one bit and basically reproduce the same song over and over. Clearly the way I look at music is logical. Yet either way, I was positive that Wild Nothing would bring some chill nostalgic vibes just like they did in songs like “Summer Holiday” and “Chinatown” from their first LP.
Gemini had some great stand out songs but as all together it lacked the beautiful flow that these guys have now brought into Nocturne. After several listens to the new album, no song specifically stands out as being better than the rest; every song is solid. The songs are still incredibly catchy beats that are perfect for summer days. And the album isn’t one hit surrounded by a bunch of filler trash either — it’s an experience of hip synth vibes and again, a really strong beat with the drums. That’s one thing that I notice the most in Wild Nothing: the presence in the drums becomes quite dominant, all of the beats are put together beautifully; they give the song it’s originality. You have to greatly appreciate the instrumental structure to their songs. Incredibly impressive are the variations of sound in songs like “The Blue Dress”, which feel so much heavier but never out of place on their album.
These guys have been recently touring with Diiv, who also recently released a new album that is worth checking out.
Check out the song “The Blue Dress” below, from their new album.
Nocturne Tracklist:
01) Shadow
02) Midnight Song
03) Nocturne
04) Through The Grass
05) Only Heather
06) This Chain Won’t Break
07) Disappear Always
08) Paradise
09) Counting Days
10) The Blue Dress
11) Rheya
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