Tame Impala recently stopped by the Triple J studios to play a few tracks. As part of Triple J’s “Like A Version” segment, the band covered the Outkast song “Prototype” and then played their Lonerism standout “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”. Check em out below.
As a teaser for their upcoming debut full length, Aussie duo Jagwar Ma released “The Throw” a couple days ago. The seven minute track includes a breezy beginning before they lay down the groove for the second half. Their album can’t come out soon enough.
Vacationer is currently on the road in support of their fantastic debut album, Gone, and will be stopping by Raleigh on March 5th playing at Kings. Body Language will open, which should be cool as well. Some tracks are below to get a preview.
“Trip”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzOaKcuAFnc]“Everyone Knows”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrGg_SUBVdg]“Be With You”
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Long.Live.A$ASP, A$AP Rocky’s second album comes out tomorrow, but almost all of the tracks are online by now. Highlights include a couple tracks produced by Clams Casino, loads of guest appearances (Kendrick Lamar, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Santigold, and Yelawolf to name a few), and a monster collab with Skrillex. Should be hot for a minute.
Major Lazer announced their 2013 World Tour today and they are making a stop in Carrboro on March 7, just two days after Alt-J (and only a few weeks after Tame Impala…the Cradle is doing work). Major Lazer, originally a collab between Diplo and Switch, is now a team of three; in place of Switch, Diplodocus has enlisted Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. Major Lazer’s second full length album, Free The Universe, is due out February 19th and you can check out the single “Jah No Partial” featuring Flux Pavilion below. Imagine that kind of live experience at the Cradle!
2012 breakout Lord Huron have posted their take on “Auld Lang Syne” to SoundCloud. Happy New Year folks.
Mathew Houck (aka Phosphorescent) will be releasing his 7th album in March. 2010’s Here’s To Taking It Easy was chock full of folksy Americana tunes. Apparently he wrote this album, titled Muchacho, from a Mexican beach hut. Here’s the first single from the upcoming release, “Song For Zula”.
I’ve only recently stumbled across Blackbird Blackbird, but he’s been putting out music for a couple years now. Since 2010, Mikey Sanders has put out 3 albums, from his debut Summer Heart in 2010, Halo in 2011, and this year’s Boracay Planet. In addition to this, he’s pumped out a several singles and a free EP called Modern Disbelief. Sanders’ style is dreampop / chillwave, so if you like Washed Out, etc. then have a listen. You can preview / buy it all at his bandcamp page. A few highlights are below.
“Pure”
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/15091837]“Tear”
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/32119408]“Hawaii (Niva Remix)”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRJEJlOY5SE]“It’s A War”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CGhx8H9h-U]“Float On” (Modest Mouse cover)
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Heems from Das Racist dropped another mixtape this week, a follow up to Nehru Jackets from earlier this year. This one features production from Crookers (!), Keyboard Kid, LE1F, Mike Finito, Beautiful Lou, and others. It’s full of Heem’s lazy flow and signature wordplay, including humorous pop culture allusions and foreign references (“my bread big like that Pakistani roti”). Here’s what Heems had to say about the mixtape to Rolling Stone:
“Wild Water Kingdom is more [like] the music I listened to after independent rap, [in] 2001, when, like, The Blueprint dropped and I started appreciating mainstream rap again, and Dipset after. I fuck with shit like Meek Mill and French Montana, and this is more in the vein of what I listen to now.”
You can download it here or stream it below.
Mercury Prize winners Alt-J have teamed up with Mountain Man for a track off the upcoming David O. Russel film Silver Linings Playbook soundtrack. Check it out below.
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