The forthcoming album teaser track “Pushin’ Aside, Pushin’ Along” from New York natives First Serve (produced by De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2) is resplendent in staccato ivories, sumptuous bass hooks, spectacular vernacular and classic flow from back in the day. Those with your fingers on the pulse will recall the track featuring […]
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For their next EP, Dark Sky is set to return to Black Acre, the label that put out their debut “Something to Lose / Ghost Notes” in 2010. Following their most recent release, the “Radius” EP on Modeselektor’s 50Weapons, things took off and it was hard to hit a club without hearing the instaclassic “Neon” […]
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Daniel Martin-McCormick of Mi Ami, Black Keys, and Sex Worker introduced us to Ital, an outlet for his more dancefloor orientated house music, last year. With the sonically diverse 12”s he released on 100% Silk behind him, he’s decided to break in 2012 with his debut album, Hive Mind, on Planet Mu. The album is […]
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Deemphasis is a producer from Clermont-Ferrand in central France, a town known for its tyres, rugby, and a big statue of Vercingetorix. But that snapshot doesn’t really get you any closer to the music this guy makes. “The Loss of Gravity EP”, released this week on the London-based Shameless Toady label, is made up of […]
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In the revivalist quagmire we’re all stewing in, hearing something as crispy fresh as Timbah’s “Can’t Live Without You” EP is like being served a plate full of tropical fruit after a decade of microwaved Supernoodles. Love it or hate it, “maximalism” is here to stay. In the quest for the elusive sound of the […]
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Gangrene, made up of Oh No and The Alchemist, were quick to follow up their all too brief and very excellent “Greneberg” EP with Roc Marciano with another stoner rap odyssey in “Vodka & Ayahuasca”. Being under the influence was a big part of the theme to the duo’s first album “Gutter Water” and they have explored that […]
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Since the release of his debut album Shlomoshun a couple years ago, LA’s Henry Laufer, aka Shlohmo, has demonstrated a seemingly infinite reservoir of creative inspiration, allowing him to maintain his incumbency as a leading figure in electronic music without becoming too intrinsically tied with any particular genre. His constant artistic evolution thrust him to […]
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As you might have noticed, the classic sound that defined 90s house is finally back. Or rather, it never really left and just crawled deep underground choosing to resurface at this point in time. Over the last few years we have been treated to this resurgence with new artists and labels paying homage to their […]
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Everybody please meet Jonti, Sydney’s hottest in far-out Pop music. Johannesburg-born Jonti released his debut LP ‘Twirligig’ on Stones Throw records late in 2011 and gained a good deal of attention for the multicomplexity of his arrangements that fuse Beach Boys Pop grandezza with DIY beats and his juvenile singing voice. To support promote their […]
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Schoolboy Q’s sophomore outing, “Habits & Contradictions” (#HnC) is a giant leap in progress over his debut in just about every way. It’s a tightly paced, freshly produced new west banger that never lets up even in the interlude. We gave you a few reasons last year for why you should already be listening to […]
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Houston based producer Sines embodies exactly the type of American hip hop that is universally loved. Hood vocal samples, coked out hi hats, and sparse 808s all doused in stripped horns and leads makes up Sines’ arsenal and on his latest EP “Money Girl” he fires all five off almost perfectly. The entire EP, which was released […]
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Ssaliva is another moniker of Francois Boulanger, the Belgian gentleman formerly known as Kingfisherg and more recently, Cupp Cave. Boulanger released his 10″ debut ‘RZA’ on Bruxelles-based Vlek Records after a cassette tape on Leaving Records in February 2011. The label issued his Cupp Cave debut ‘Dice Pool’ not much earlier last year and although […]
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