The Neptunes. Duff N*E*R*D albums and dodgy Daft Punk collaborations aside, their influence on today’s music is unmistakable. While preparing for a hip-hop set on Thursday night I read Immy’s post about Riffs and it put in mind Usher’s 2002 single U Don’t Have To Call, though I opted for the Ludacris-featuring remix on the […]
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Groove Theory’s “Tell Me” is perchance one of the biggest R&B hits of the 90’s. One of those tracks that deserve having the “unfeigned classic” label stamped all over them, without any further discussion. Then there is the graceful Amel Larrieux, the vocalist of the duo, who probably has one of the most beautiful voices ever; […]
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Came across this guy working under the name IL yesterday and it took me quite a while to find any information about the guy. All I know is that he hails from Illinois and this 17 track EP on Error Broadcast is his debut release. No idea how long it’s been in the making, but […]
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It’s Sunday, literally on the verge of Monday, but we weren’t going to to miss out on another Sunday’s Best! Here is the 13th edition consisting another collection of tracks that have been tickling our fancy the last week, starting off with the wonderful New York based Deniz Kurtel. Wolf & Lamb affiliate and lady of […]
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I wasn’t a huge fan of Big K.R.I.T’s first lp, “Krit Wuz Here“. Just being honest. Krit is talented and his production was doing him a lot of favors but I wasn’t drinking the kool-aid like some folks. “Hometown Hero” was the real standout track off that first album, even if that Adele song has […]
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The last few weeks have been fantastic. The mixtape “Nostalgia, ULTRA” by the OFWGKTA delegate Frank Ocean dropped, which was shortly followed by Toronto-bound singer The Weeknd‘s mixtape “House Of Balloons”. Although Frank Ocean’s relation to Odd Future may not lead to believe the following, both records are extremely soothing and unique debuts with incredibly tight productions, filled with […]
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Truancy Compilation One features fourteen tracks from a mixture of both upcoming and established artists based from all corners of the world, something we consider to be an important and essential venture with our first release as it embodies our ethos on music as a blog, having talked and written about DJs and producers from […]
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The actuality that you are an admirer of Brodinski‘s DJ-ing is a given. But when it comes to Moombahton, it might be an entirely different story. People seem to either go wild to a bit of Dave Nada, whereas the other half tries to escape the club when the DJ slows down to 108 BPM, […]
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Try finding good music on Sunday. We’ve already posted one remix of Lykke Li’s “I Follow Rivers” by Tyler, The Creator here on Truants, but earlier this week Stephen Fasano a.k.a. The Magician, formerly of Aeroplane, gave away his version as a Valentine’s gift and took it in a completely unique path, creating an upbeat jam […]
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Snoretex is a man of many talents. Part of both Allez Allez and WALLS, whose self-titled album on Kompakt was a delightful 30-minute journey into quiet post-shoegaze-electronica, Mr Sam Willis is taking a detour on his own in order to keep up his creativity in the wake of completing the aforementioned album. His first single […]
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.. Two, is the latest mixtape from Fresno rapper Fashawn. A follow up to his first Higher Learning back in 08, it works as a nice appetizer until we get another great full length in the (hopefully) near future. Not to sell the tape short! Fashawn can spit, and often gets compared to a younger […]
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In my last post I expressed my hopes that 2011 would be just as productive for Main Attrakionz as last year was, well with Squadda’s ‘I Smoke Because I Don’t Care About Death‘ album already released this month I’m encouraged to think it is. But I could never of guessed a collaboration with fellow Green […]
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