Forest Fire – Future Shadow

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Mokhov – Halcyon Days

Oleg Mokhov is a Russian-American electronic producer based in San Fran, who travels the world creating music and remixes on his laptop (“music in a backpack” is his claim to fame). When he’s not making his own music, he’s interviewing other electronic artists (such as Com Truise and Solvent) for the BlueRize podcast network, which he co-founded. Mokhov has put out a string of EPs and remixes over the last year or so, and this past summer, he dropped his debut full-length called Halcyon Days, which can be streamed at it’s entirety on Soundcloud. If you like downtempo / chill music like Boards of Canada, Four Tet, or Tycho, then definitely throw this album on to help you through the workday.

Some videos after the jump…

MMJ Collaborate With Forecastle 2012

From booking bands and curating late night shows, to choosing philanthropic partners, My Morning Jacket is collaborating with Forecastle for this year’s 10th Anniversary. In addition, My Morning Jacket will be headlining on Saturday evening during the 3-day
event, taking place at Louisville’s Waterfront Park on July 13-15, 2012. More details here.

Listen: Aeroplane, Cut Copy Remix The Rapture

The good people of DFA Records (you know, James Murphy’s label…home of Hot Chip, Holy Ghost!, LCD Soundsystem, etc.) released a 3 track EP yesterday featuring 3 remixes of The Rapture’s “Sail Away” by Cut Copy, Cosmic Kids, and Aeroplane. Pretty sweet.

Free Mixtape From Himanshu of Das Racist: Nehru Jackets

More free sh*t! Heems from Das Racist has a new mixtape called Nehru Jackets that can be downloaded here. The new compilation has appearances by Danny Brown, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Das Racist’s Kool A.D., Action Bronson, Childish Gambino, Despot, and more. Preview a few tracks like “Alien Gonzalez” and “Bangles (ft. Fat Tony & Big Baby Gandhi)” after the jump.

Free Reptar Show @ King’s | Feb 10th

As part of their Winter / Spring ’12 Tour, Athens-based Reptar will be stopping at King’s in Raleigh on Friday, February 10th. And it’s free. Free I tell ya! More info is here. Check out the video for “Rainbounce” and go here for the full list of tour dates, which includes Chapel Hill (03.29), G-boro (02.02), and Asheville (02.11). See you at King’s.

H/T to Charlie.

 

Trailer for LCD Soundsystem’s “Shut Up and Play the Hits”

On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with NEW YORK magazine calling the event “a marvel of pure craft” and TIME magazine lamenting “we may never dance again.” SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS is both a narrative film documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.

http://www.shutupandplaythehits.com/

The War On Drugs On Fallon Tonight / New Track

The War on Drugs will be releasing “Come to the City” – from one of last year’s best albums – later this month. The B-Side feature a previously unreleased track called “Don’t Fear the Ghost”, which you can stream via Soundcloud below the nostalgic video for “City”.

Set your DVR to catch the Philly boys live on Fallon tonight and don’t miss them at Lincoln Theatre on Friday, March 9th.

New Track from The Shins – “Simple Song”

The Shins will be releasing a new album – Port of Morrow – on March 20 and they’ve dropped the first track from it called “Simple Song”. This is the first album since 2007′s Wincing the Night Away, so the bar is set pretty high. Listen to the track below.

TSM’s Top Albums of 2011

A few days late, but here’s the list of TSM’s top 25 albums of 2011. Take the jump to see the rest of the list. It’s worth mentioning that about half the albums on this list were at the number one spot on my list at some point in time. Also, I neglected to listen to the M83 album…I know, I know. Check out tracks on the YouTube playlist here or on Spotify.

01. Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr – It’s a Corporate World | DEJJ’s debut full length twists and turns through its tracks perfectly exemplifying their rich, sonic sound throughout. Corporate World is a non-stop, well-balanced introduction to this new(ish) duo’s harmonic style. Listen: “Morning Thought”
02.Tycho – Dive| Scott Hansen’s music sounds just like his artwork looks. Listen: “Daydream”, “Coastal Break”

03. Bon Iver – Bon Iver | This album is amazing from start to finish. Plain and simple. “Holocene” may be one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. Listen: “Holocene”

04. The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? | The Vaccines describe their influences as “’50s rock ‘n’ roll, ’60s garage and girl groups, ’70s punk, ’80s American hardcore, C86 and good pop music”. The easy comparison upon first listen is to The Ramones, but lead singer Justin Young offers a lot more range and the album has solid production (cheers Scutt). Listen: “Wetsuit”

05. Cut Copy – Zonoscope | The Aussies have done it even better than In Ghost Colours on this summery head-nod fest of an album. Listen: “Need You Now”

06. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up | Holy sh*t! This hip-hop collective explore multiple different areas – even within the same song – throughout an album that’s perfect for good headphones. Listen: “An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum”

07. Hooray For Earth – True Loves | This album blew me away when I first heard it. “Black Trees” is definitely one of the best songs of the year. Listen: “Black Trees”

08. Panda Bear – Tomboy | Animal Collective member puts out a heavily textured avant-garde album that tops his previous Person Pitch. Listen: “Last Night At The Jetty”

09. My Morning Jacket – Circuital | This band does amazing things, and this album is one of them. Listen: “Cicuital”

10. tUnE-yArDs – W H O K I L L | Merrill Garbus mixes Keller Williams loop styled drumlines, Afro-beat, and saxophones. Listen: “Bizness”