Sunday’s Best Pt. XII
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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Climb Up the Walls Snoretex
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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Fashawn, Higher Learning…
.. 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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Green Ova Taking Ova
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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Bullion Driving You To Plastic
If there’s two artists that I would never have linked up in my mind it would be The Beach Boys and Jay Dee, but somehow Bullion proved that seemingly mismatched names can work out into a perfectly balanced sound. It’s been a couple of years since Pet Sounds: In The Key of Dee was released on […]
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Canblaster is the Master of Complication
Before I get into this – does anyone else think that Canblaster looks like Paul Dano? Seriously though. Dude has been on some futuristic ’ish for some time now. He’s just put out the Master of Complication EP on Nightshifters, and if you ever imagined what would happen if he took all the different ideas […]
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Ill Blu – Meltdown EP
With Ill Blu’s debut release on Hyperdub being one of the most anticipated releases on their label last year it’s no wonder their follow up has garnered a rightfully earned amount of hype. With remixes for Cheryl Cole, Shystie, Hot Chip, Roll Deep, production work for Princess Nyah and being one of the forefathers of […]
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Tyler the Creator Remixes Lykke Li
Between releasing another one of his mindblowingly mindfuck videos, the announcement of his second album release on XL Recordings, omitting the comma from his alias, reaching ridiculous statistics on iTunes and YouTube and more of that exciting jazz, Tyler the Creator has a lot going on for him right now. Yonkers is getting well-deserved recognition […]
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The Jealous Guys – The Love Mixtape
The first mixtape by The Jealous Guys dropped earlier today, and it’s as good as we thought it would be. Released on Valentines day with the appropriate title “The Love Mixtape”, they earned wings with an hour of Bay Area hip-hop above par. There are fifteen tracks included for your listening pleasure, and two interludes […]
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Cunninlynguists – Stars Shine Brightest
I wish I could say I’ve been following the Cunninlynguists since their debut album, “Will Rap For Food” dropped in 2001 but I was woefully ignorant until a friends girlfriend linked me to “Seasons” five or six years ago. I’ve changed a bit since then and they have too. Kno’s production is smoother, generally a […]
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Photomachine’s Technicolour EP
Now we here at TRUANTS are major fans of Super Recordings having mentioned and posted about their releases on a number of occasions so it’s always a pleasure to find emails from them in my inbox. The 4th release on their label comes as a debut from London producer Photomachine whom you may have previously […]
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Main Attrakionz
Main Attrakionz are a hip-hop duo hailing from Oakland that have been active since their Middle School days and consist of the very talented MondreM.A.N and Squadda B. The self proclaimed “best duo ever” have been on constant rotation since I came across the video for ‘Legion Of Doom‘ a few months ago. The beat […]
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