On the week we mourned Donna Summer and Chuck Brown, watched a tech bubble nearly explode with the Facebook IPO and celebrated major releases by indie-darlings Beach House and Best Coast, the fantastic music just kept rolling in. Check out our weekend playlist for ya proof. Featuring highlife dusty dance from Pears, the Dead-meets-fried folk of MV & EE, Doseone's nasally riffing, muscular rock from Crocodiles, remixes from Active Child and Fort Romeau plus more, there's a free MP3 somewhere in here that shall warm your cold, cold heart. We promise!
Fresh off of a tour with Sleigh Bells, Minneapolis production duo Elite Gymnastics is preparing to release RUIN 4 – a "package" that claims both swag and music. This first tune is propulsive and circular, distorted vocals melding with head-bobbing rhythms. So, yeah: Watch your back, Dominque Moceanu.
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We've said it before and we'll say it again: Music videos are so back. They preview new music, often provide a solid streaming experience and many acts are starting to return to experimentation with visuals that can really change the context of a song. But what are the good ones? You know we got you! Here are our three favorites of the week in a new recurring feature called Three Clips. This week features Royal Headache, Nicki Minaj in a Chris Brown/Nas love triangle(!) and Kindness. Happy viewing!
New York rock group The Virgins formed back in 2006, putting out its debut EP in 2007 and a self-titled album the following year. But the group, led by Donald Cumming, fell off the radar until now. “Venus In Chains,” a garage-glam rocker, is The Virgins’ first new track since going on hiatus and will be officially released on May 26 via Glassine Box. And don’t worry, the band plans to follow this with a new album later this year, although a release date has yet to be set.
After the Wale-featuring "What It Look Like" and "Fast Cars Faster Women," a collaboration with Das, Curren$y just dropped the third single from his upcoming Stoned Immaculate album. Featuring on-every-track-in-2012 rapper 2 Chainz, "Capitol" is a breezy, flute-laden affair that finds Spitta focusing on weed, women, fine automobiles and vacationing. Hear more when the record, his second for Warner Bros., drops on June 5.
Yeasayer surprised fans on its mailing list with CDs of this latest track – a longing ode to a woman. It hinges on wonderfully trippy electro-keys that groove into directions as unpredictable as the way the tune was released. Just as it sounds like it might taper off, the beat picks up and the bass kicks in if only to usher "Henrietta" out the door.
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Diplo’s new one is a serious departure from the norm; we’re talking mandolins, folksy singing, a children’s chorus extolling the virtues of being chaste. Nah, we’re just playing. As if! Luckily he’s still flexing that tweaky kazoo riddim muscle we’ve come to expect. I mean, the single is called “Set It Off” and features Lazerdisk Party Sex. Did you think it would be anything other than a booty clapper? Jokes aside, the truth is there is a difference between the new Diplo and the Diplo of old. He’s started to lay down melancholic Phil Collins-like builds before he lights the match. Still burns the club down; just with a soft massage before the bonkers FX ignite. Pre-order that new EP right here, kids.
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On "End & Egg," Doseone puts his unique nasally flow in the favor of genreless spaceship production. The Anticon veteran takes multiple lefthand turns over majestic metallic sounds and steady thump on some headphones-under-the-hoodie business. His new solo album, G Is For Deep, is out May 29.
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