Darkstar – “Amplified Ease”

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LISTEN:  Darkstar – Amplified Ease  (from YouTube) Darkstar recently released Amplified Ease, another single off their upcoming album “News From Nowhere” (out February 5 on Warp, pre-order here).   The band’s sound is an interesting mix of lo-fi acoustic, psychedelia and loops – which sounds familiar yet fresh and it is difficult not to let their [...]

Darkstar – “Timeaway”

LISTEN:  Darkstar – Timeaway Darkstar recently signed with Warp Records and have just released a new single on the label entitled Timeaway (free download here).  Like most good music the song is not easily classified – it has elements of electronica, psychedelia, and lo-fi – but nonetheless is very infectious.  Definitely looking forward to hearing [...]

Flying Lotus – “Until The Quiet Comes”

LISTEN:  Flying Lotus – All The Secrets  (from Soundcloud) Flying Lotus just released his much anticipated new album “Until The Quiet Comes” and it easily lives up to the hype.  His last effort “Cosmogramma” contained some awe-inspiring moments, but as an album it was not the easiest listen as FlyLo was exploring the farthest limits [...]

Flying Lotus – “See Thru To U (ft. Erykah Badu)”

LISTEN:  Flying Lotus – See Thru To U [feat. Erykah Badu] (From YouTube) See Thru To U is from the upcoming Flying Lotus release “Until The Quiet Comes” (out October 2, 2012) and it is a short mellow blast of the mighty Erykah Badu singing and scatting over some chill FlyLo sounds.  If this is indicative [...]

TNGHT – “Goooo”

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I wasn’t blown away by Hudson Mohawke’s debut album “Butter” (he became quite the critical darling), but he has a new group with producer Lunice that they are calling TNGHT.  They just released a self-titled EP on Warp and as far as beat-making projects go it does sound pretty damn fresh.  Check out the track [...]

Flying Lotus – “Between Friends”

Flying Lotus is the latest artist to contribute a track to Adult Swim’s Singles Program (12 free tracks over 12 weeks).  Between Friends has Earl Sweatshirt and someone named Captain Murphy (could it be FlyLo?) rapping over a a chill electric piano loop and a bunch of other assorted found sounds.  He has a new [...]

Battles – “Dross Glop”

Battles the Band. 13 Lexington abe Brooklyn NY Feb 3 2011

Photo by Stefano Giovannini LISTEN:  Battles – “Futura (The Alchemist Remix)” Battles has finally released “Dross Glop”, which puts together all the kick-ass remixes of tracks off their last album “Gloss Drop” (get it?) that they have been slowly releasing on limited edition 12″ vinyl.  Not surprisingly, there is an amazing line-up of people who [...]