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Video: Shabazz Palaces – “Bop Hard (Live at KEXP)”
Sub Pop-signed avante-garde rap group Shabazz Palaces unleashed a brand new song, “Bop Hard”, while making a stop at Seattle’s KEXP radio station the other day. The song features lush instrumentation and Palaceer Lazaro’s thought-provoking rhymes. If you aren’t already familiar with the group’s catalog, now would be a good time to check out their newly-released debut album, Black Up, out now via Sub Pop. It’s been hailed by many to be this year’s greatest rap album.
Check out the live performance of “Bop Hard” below.
Panda Bear and Sonic Boom Perform On Fallon
Noah Lennox, more famously known as Panda Bear of Animal Collective, made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, performingTomboy‘s opening track “You Can Count On Me”. For someone who claims he is terrified of performing on stage, Noah seemed incredibly calm as he performed the song with Sonic Boom, complete with a stunning light show from ODDSAC director and Animal Collective imagist Danny Perez. Ooh, pretty!
Check it out below, via The Audio Perv.
Listen: Wale – “First Class (feat. Big Sean & B.o.B)”
Wale links up with Big Sean and B.o.B on “First Class”, a brand new Raz Fresco-produced track. The track features the three freshmen alumni trying to outdo each other. Solid verses all around from an all star cast.
It’s currently unclear whether or not the cut will appear on Wale’s upcoming sophomore album and his first since making the switch to Maybach Music. As he says on the track, Wale’s setting out to “renovate the game” after a rather disappointing debut album. Check out the song below.
Hoodie Allen Details ‘Leap Year’
New York-based rapper Hoodie Allen has announced that his forthcoming Leap Year mixtape will be released on July 26th. Like his previous mixtape, Pep Rally, Hoodie will be releasing it online for free download.
Hoodie tends to incorporate many indie samples into his work, including the works of The Black Keys, Beach House, and Gil-Scott Heron & Jamie xx in the past (just to name a few). His new work should be no different, as is shown by the brand new Leap Year trailer below. Excited? You should be.
Hit the break to see Hoodie’s upcoming tour dates.
Video: The Dangerous Summer – “War Paint”
Hopeless Records have released a brand new music video to “War Paint”, the opening track from The Dangerous Summer‘s forthcoming album War Paint. The fantastic album is set to be released on July 19. You can preorder from Hopeless Records here.
Radiohead from the Basement
More and more clips of Radiohead‘s The King of Limbs From the Basement are showing up, and the newest is of the opening track, “Bloom”. The performance shows the beauty of this band’s music and the electronic bliss of their new album. You can watch the video below.
Single: Pusha T – “Trouble On My Mind (feat. Tyler, The Creator)”
Track: “Trouble On My Mind (feat. Tyler, The Creator)”
Artist: Pusha T
Release Date: July 9, 2011
Label: GOOD Music/Def Jam
Pusha T always has his drugdealer past on his mind (and in his verses), but this time, the Clipse rapper teams up with Odd Future‘s Tyler, The Creator to discuss the trouble on his mind. The first single from Pusha’s upcoming mixtape Fear of God 2: Let Us Pray, “Trouble On My Mind” features simplistic, atmospheric, and ultimately haunting production from The Neptunes and three on-point verses. Pusha spins a story about his troubled past before handing the mic to Tyler, who delivers a maniacal verse in his signature style. The two then split the third verse, with Tyler referencing his highly-successful single, “Yonkers”, and Pusha T closing by addressing the mismatch between himself and Tyler: “This is for the critics who doubted the chemistry/Two different worlds, same symmetry.” Thankfully for us, he’s right; despite the stylistic differences on paper, the collaboration simply works.
“Trouble On My Mind (feat. Tyler, The Creator)” is from Fear of God 2: Let Us Pray, set to be released on August 23, 2011 via GOOD Music/Def Jam.
Rating: 8/10
Balance and Composure To Tour Canada, Australia, and US
have just announced a slew of new tour dates, with the band touring Canada and Australia before embarking on a full US tour. They will be joined by a number of bands throughout, including La Dispute,Make Do And Mend, Polar Bear Club, and Fireworks.
Full dates and tour guests are listed below. (more…)
Sublime With Rome Stream
It has been over a decade since the death of legendary frontman of Sublime, Bradley Nowell. Two years ago, on August 31, 2009, the remaining members of the band announced that the band would be reuniting with a young boy by the name of Rome Ramirez. Many fans grew angry, but over the last two years, Rome has impressed fans from all over the world. Sublime with Rome have released a stream for their new album, Yours Truly. Listen to the entire album below.
Deep Elm Records – Like Their Facebook to Get Free Music!
Deep Elm Records will give away one record per week for the rest of the year if their Facebook page gets 2,000 likes by July 15. They’re at 1,882 so let’s finish it off for the sake of free music!
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