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This is just plain cute, classic, peppy material by some really talented dudes. under-appreciated 80's new wave is the bomb.
At long last, After Dark 2-- the sequel to the excellent Italians Do It Better After Dark compilation.
Peaking Lights' fifth album, titled The Fifth State Of Consciousness, was produced in their Dreamfuzz studio over two years. It's both a departure from the new and a return to the old with a whole new twist on the psychedelic dub-pop they've become known for. Sonically the album shifts through many states from beginning to end, resonating deep, like a drive through foreign landscapes where you're glued to the window, as everything slowly changes around you.
Sound-tracking her unerring dedication to absorbing, selecting, making, living and breathing dance music and club culture around the world, Classic Music Company presents Honey Dijon's debut artist album 'The Best of Both Worlds'. Featuring collaborations with the most relevant artists that dance music has to offer in 2017, the album is one of the most anticipated events in this year's house music calendar.
The sequence of “Slumlord” into “Slumlord’s Re-lease” and “Techno Clique” proves to be Night School’s centerpiece and the most concrete realization yet of Neon Indian as pure electronic music.
"Ready or Not" is a song by the American hip hop group Fugees, from their second studio album The Score (1996). The song contains a sample of "Boadicea" from Enya (1987) by Enya, and its chorus is based on "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)" by The Delfonics.
War & Leisure, which runs 12 tracks long, boasts additional guest spots from Kali Uchis and Rick Ross.
Raised in the U.S. and Korea, singer/songwriter and producer Kathy Yaeji Lee distills a multitude of cultural influences to create dreamy deep house music, between a dreamy whisper and languid rapping, singing in English and Korean about identity, anxiety, and beauty standards.
We don’t know about you, but we simply cannot get enough of SZA’s Ctrl from earlier this year. One of best albums of 2017 it captures feelings about contemporary relationships that are hard to put in words.
Porches, the music project Aaron Maine started in 2010, began as a muddy mix of DIY rock and folk. His striking new song, “Country,” works with a more limited palette to create his signature mood: melancholy cut with verve.
Sincerity can be difficult to fake and impossible to authenticate. Nicholas Krgovich, a Canadian indie veteran who makes crafted 60s pop, seems genuine enough, but there’s something of the hotel lobby’s dead air in his music, despite the son-of-the-soil lyrics.
Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats is a compilation album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released in 1990 as Gabriel's first career retrospective, including songs from his first solo album.
The West Coast’s own Giraffage made his full-length debut this fall, and that’s just the beginning of a slew of good news from the up-and-coming producer today. Slowly,” featuring vocals from New York-based producer Matosic, is a dreamy and intricate synth-pop odyssey that’s virtually impossible not to tap a toe to, luring you in with its buoyant hooks before revealing its more compelling and complex depths.
“Edge of Extremes,” immediately sets the tone for Gold on Gold, the band’s debut release, with its slinky bass line, high/low vocal harmony, punchy drumbeat, and unabashed love for nostalgic, danceable pop.
When you listen to Sylvan Esso singer and lyricist Amelia Meath talk about the album, What Now, you quickly learn how profoundly she's motivated by love. There's the love of magical sounds and the euphoria she feels when music "lifts you off the earth."
Cut Copy's Haiku From Zero is an enjoyable record filled with playful melodies and catchy hooks, but its easy-going nature ultimately results in the album feeling a little vapid, and lacks enough ingenuity to feel vital or arresting.
Noname, the Chicago rapper behind one of last year's most poetic debut projects, Telefone is the debut mixtape by American hip hop recording artist it was released on July 31, 2016 as a free digital download. It features guest appearances from Saba, Raury, and Smino, among others.
Stephen Bruner, is the madman behind Thundercat. With 23 songs in total, there’s a lot to absorb in “Drunk.”
Dâm-Funk, Stones Throw album, Invite the Light billed as a “loosely autobiographical concept album,” inspired by the trials and tribulations of his personal and professional life over the past six years.
Frontwoman Merrill Garbus wrote the 12-track collection, which was produced by longtime collaborator and newly official member, Nate Brenner. As a preview to the album, the duo has shared a teaser track called “Look at Your Hands”. It’s a fun, effervescent tune with 80s synth and a funky bass.
L'Orange, he's been battling with depression as well as hearing loss and has undergone multiple surgeries. But, he's back with more new music for his fans. He's one of the most underrated producers in hip-hop, L’Orange is known for his early 20th century inspired style and stripped down jazz influence.
The refined sophomore album from Majid Jordan best known for featuring on Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home” finds the Toronto duo coasting on an atmospheric pop-R&B sound that is uniquely their own.
Maybe this song's about the Garden of Eden, or how Adam and Eve were kicked out of it: But maybe the Garden of Eden theory is a metaphor for something else entirely? Wow, what an awesome song! The guitar is excellent. One of the Church's best. Another great but under-rated 80s band.
The lead single is “Fall In Love,” which exhibits the duo’s continued mastery at mashing up dance-pop and shoegaze. It’s a breathy and bombastic beauty, which you can watch it below www.youtube.com
Charlotte Gainsbourg is back with Rest, a new single written with Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. It's super soft and smooth with Charlotte's silky vocals. Perfect mood music.
This song is about pointing out Captain Obvious. War is a game for the wealthy and the uneducated, yet it involves the entire world. Let’s keep a positive mantra on our minds that we can create the means to change. We can change our minds and reframe our reality. And, yes, you can dance The Macarena to “Poor the War Away.
Psychedelic, revolutionary music has often gone hand-in-hand with communal living. Take what seem like Goat’s two main poles of influence: from Nigeria, Fela Kuti and his Kalakuta Republic, out of which the Afrika 70 collective would regularly pump their 15-minute Afrobeat monoliths railing against government corruption and army brutality.
Album closer “Something to Remember Me By” stands as one of their finest songs to date. A slice of '80s infused alt-pop featuring bright house style keys and twinkling synths with a crowd-pleasing hook.
The Canadian indie rock vets Broken Social Scene, fifth full-length studio release for the alternative rock collective features many of the original members including Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw of Metric; Amy Millan and Evan Cranley of Stars; Charles Spearin and Ohad Benchetrit of Do Make Say Think; and Leslie Feist.
Musically, I Used To Spend may feel like it never really lands because of its unlikely chord patterns, but it sounds clear as day, Belt’s lo-fi aesthetic hasn’t disappeared, but each instrument breathes in the mix, the daydream is interrupted by the timbre of Shapiro’s voice, which keeps the songs rooted firmly in an angsty tradition.
Critical acclaim be welcomed or forgotten the resurgence of Slowdive in the one and done day and age is something worth acknowledging!
John Maus, Tuesday Jan 23, 2018 at The Crocodile www.thecrocodile.com
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. Yesterday's song of the day, featured on The Morning Show with John Richards, is FKL’s “Different Street,” from the album Out of Tune on Orphan Records blog.kexp.org
Never tell John Talabot his music's cozy. The Barcelona based producer expressed confusion over many of the labels applied to the music that has made him such a presence in electronic music over the last few years "tropical" being the most obvious.
This album, written at an isolated farmhouse in rural Canada, is about the journey of a man essentially a narcissist fighting with ideas of impurity and worthlessness.
The Greatest Gift is an appropriate accompaniment to Carrie and Lowell. A simple compilation of oddball tracks, it delivers enough to stand for itself but is ultimately only really for the enjoyment of Stevens’ long-time fans.
After singing with Solange, Drake, Kanye, and Frank, Sampha releases his debut LP. It’s a remarkable, meditative work, as he processes grief and navigates self-discovery.
London-based Marcus Marr has shared crisp new funker 'High Times'.
Spaced out disco, 'High Times' is built around that choppy guitar lick, while the undulating, hypnotic production is reminiscent of those Todd Terje re-works.