Information Society - "Running" (12" Single )

Freestyle Friday!

C-Bank - "I Won't Stop Loving You"

Freestyle Friday!

Sampha - "Indecision"

Sampha is something of a mysterious figure. He's perhaps best known for his collaboration with the also rather mysterious SBTRKT, London producer Aaron Jerome, on Jerome's self-titled debut LP. Really the best thing about that album, Sampha has this super soft, feathery tone that somehow also manages to feel incredibly deep. Every note gives me chills. The mighty interweb reveals little about him besides this silly Q&A and the mystique just adds to his appeal. Supposedly Sampha is working on some solo stuff for a future full-length LP and this demo track is hopefully just a taste of more to come. This song is just so sweet and intimate with spare electronics over a simple lovely piano track and Sampha's voice floating over it all singing "Let it all work out." I think it will.

M.I.A. - "Bad Girls"

Wowz. I wasn't even that into this song before I saw the video and now my chain is bangin' on my chest too. Just like the video for Boyz (oh how I love that video), which had me singing "Nananananananana" for days, "Bad Girls" has got me all giddy.

Jellybean f. Madonna - "Sidewalk Talk (Dance Mix)"

Freestyle Friday!

Pretty Tony - "Jam The Box"

Freestyle Friday! It's going to be a good day.

New Holidays - "Maybe So Maybe No"

Classic Motor City.

SYMMETRY - "OVER THE EDGE"

Amazing collection of tracks and perfect companion to these dark winter months from Johnny Jewel and Nat Walker and their “Symmetry – Themes For An Imaginary Film” project.

“Three years in the making, Symmetry – the project that began as a conceptual tangent between Glass Candy, Chromatics, Mirage, & Desire’s more abstract sides – finally sees its release this month. Themes For An Imaginary Film is two hours of claustrophobic cinematic bliss compiled for Painters, Writers, Photographers, Designers, Cruisers, Night Walkers, & Dreamers. Adrenaline drips thick like syrup across a horizon where memories become blurred scenes behind the windshield & yesterday’s faces fade as the road strobes to aggressive rhythms. Romantic melodies linger in the rearview mirror as chimera bells saturate the electric fog that’s slowly rolling in.

Over the span of thirty seven tracks, Symmetry embraces the elegance of European noir cut with a lean & violent American razor. Directly in your face & breathing down your neck one minute, & escaping beyond the night sky the next. The attention given to color & detail on these recordings is more graphic than musical. More visual than aural. With no flashy virtuosity to clutter the mood, the album’s pulse thrives on the empty pockets of space left in the wake of throbbing bass & the faint flicker of electro candlelight. Minimal, strict, & always in motion, there’s an oppressive overtone throughout the record that winds itself tight as a clock. Johnny Jewel & Nat Walker (Chromatics & Desire) give us propulsive moments that are more rhythm based than Pop, & less reliant on a lyrical presence than their other projects.” - via Discobelle

Lilla Sällskapet - "Om vingarna bär"

I've posted about these guys before. Still not sure why they're not hitting harder in the states?

STS - "Cut Me Off" (GOLD RUSH)

THIS is what hip hop needs right now.



Mega stupid bonus points for the expertly flipped sample from this Gotye track, which is also obscenely hot.