Get cozy on the couch and turn up this weekend gem, “On & On”. It’s a pleasing, ultra-smooth, soulful pop track, which owes much of its sparkly production work to London duo Snakehips and its silkiness to vocalist George Maple. If Maple’s name sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve spotlighted her beautiful R&B-esque vocals before — not just for her original song “Fixed”, but also for her collab with Aussie electronic artist Flume.
Call it catch-up Sunday, but I think it’s better to post a song that’s 23 days old than to never expose it to the masses at all. “I Heard” by Scottish trio Young Fathers is one such track; it’s hardly “hot-off-the-presses”, but it doesn’t make it any less write-up worthy. The cut is difficult to neatly categorize, but know this: it’s soothing, but rapturous, and offers a fresh blend of indie rock, soul, hip-hop and other unnameable, but creative elements. Plus, that light and cool falsetto is hard not to latch onto. Check it out above, and also peep its newly-released official video here.
Young Fathers’ new album, TAPE TWO, comes out June 11th via Anticon.
It’s kind of a bummer day as the NBA team I’ve been rooting for took a tough loss this afternoon, but “All For Love” by Night Panther, a track I’ve been meaning to throw up on TMN, eases the pain a little; plus, I figured I douse myself in good vibe tunes rather than alcohol. It’s a groovy, percussion-loving, synth-happy pop jam with a badass little rippin’ guitar solo during the bridge. Just what I (and maybe some of you, ninjas) need right about now. Tune in.
It’s really starting to warm up out there and what better way to celebrate than with tunes that evoke lush, sizzling shorelines and hazy, summer nights? Cue: lo-fi, dream-rockers Bee Eyes, all the way from the oft-hot and humid Philippines, and these two tracks “Dasma Girl” and “Double Sunrise”. If the rising temperatures don’t melt you, these oozy, slo-mo, jangly pop numbers might do the trick (though I might be a little biased as my folks are from Manila…). Tune in below, ninjas.
Again, the San Francisco producer Giraffage lays his remix magic, this time on Owl Eyes’ original “Closure”, twisting, flipping and slooooowing down … Continue reading
While I sometimes find myself shying away from those gaudy, hyper-active commercials for the revamped 2013 version of The Great Gatsby, there’s no denying that the film’s got a super hot, Grade-A soundtrack. We’ve already heard Florence and the Machine’s “Over The Love”, Lana Del Rey’s “Young & Beautiful”, and Nero’s “Into The Past”. Now, the latest track to surface from the OST is this bone-chilling, slow-thumper “Together” by The xx, maestros of haunting subtlety. If you know what Fitzgerald’s story is all about, you’ll know this song is perfect for it. Stream The xx’s “Together”.
Baby Alpaca — yes, cue those fawning “aww’s” — is a new, New York based group led by singer-songwriter Chris Kittrell. “Sea … Continue reading
