Sunday, March 29, 2015

Purple Ferdinand -"Through Your Eyes (Sango Remix)"-mp3


East London singer-songwriter Purple Ferdinand gets an assist from Sango with a laid-back soul edit of "Through Your Eyes" from her 4-song Love Bound EP Remixes.

Purple Ferdinand -"Through Your Eyes (Sango Remix)"-mp3

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Drea Smith -"Helen Keller"-video


Chicago's Treated Crew's only female on deck Drea Smith makes her solo video debut with the elegant, dark and mysterious "Helen Keller".

Drea Smith -"Helen Keller (Produced by Doc Mckinney)"-mp3

Earl Sweatshirt & Action Bronson - "Warlord Leather"-mp3


Odd Futures' brightest Earl Sweatshirt and Action Bronson celebrate Action Bronson's Mr. Wonderful and Earl Sweatshirt's I Don't Like Shit , I Don't Go Outside with a bonus track produced by Alchemist. Nice drums.

Earl Sweatshirt & Action Bronson -"Warlord Leather"-mp3

Allan Kingdom -"Keep It Easy"-mp3


St. Paul, MN's Allan Kingdom coming off an incredible appearances with Kanye West on "All Day", Kingdom delivers a new joint of his own with "Keep It Easy".

Allan Kingdom -"Keep It Easy"-mp3

Monday, March 23, 2015

Kelela -"Enemy (Kingdom's Destruction Before Paradise Mix)"-mp3

Kelela new deluxe version of Cut 4 Me, with 9 new remixes including this the one below by Kingdom.

Kelela -"Enemy (Kingdom's Destruction Before Paradise Mix)"-mp3

UMAMI -"Bangles"-mp3


Minneapolis psych-synth band UMAMI has a new record on deck EPHEMERAL, first track "Bangles", released on Totally Gross National Products March 30th.

UMAMI -"Bangles"-mp3

FKA twigs -"Glass & Patron"-video



FKA twigs shares new track "Glass & Patron", produced by Boots, taken from her new EP, arriving this summer. Video directed by FKA twigs. FKA Twigs will also be on the next ASAP Rocky record this spring.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Black Milk -"I Guess"-mp3


Detroit's Black Milk delivers a nice little banger with "I Guess".

Black Milk -"I Guess"-mp3

Drea Smith -"Helen Keller (Prod. by Doc Mckinney)"-mp3


Singer, songwriter, "vibe.dealer" Drea Smith of Chicago's Treated Crew, released her solo jump with the ethereal beauty of "Helen Keller", her collaboration with producer Doc McKinney (The Weeknd, M.I.A, Spooky Black), Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Mano. "Helen Keller" feels like the Cocteau Twins remixed by Madlib.

Drea Smith -"Helen Keller (Prod. by Doc Mckinney)"-mp3

Monday, March 16, 2015

Joey Bada$$ x Kirk Knight -"Perception VS Reality"-mp3


Pro Era's Joey Bada$$ and Kirk Knight connect on "Perception VS Reality". Joey Bada$$ is riding high on the massive success of his debut B4.DA.$$.

Joey Bada$$ x Kirk Knight -"Perception VS Reality"-mp3

starRo -"Making Love"-video


Soulection's starRo makes his debut video with the sensual "Making Love", off his sterling new Emotions EP,, out now.

starRo ft. Greg Grease -"Particle Of Silent View"-mp3

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Björk -"Lionsong"-video



Björk has a new video thats very Björk. "Lionsong" is from her latest Vulnicura The video was created in collaboration between Björk, Inez & Vinoodh and visual effects production house Framestore.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Greg Grease -"Rip Van Winkle (prod. by starRo)"-mp3


Minneapolis Greg Grease follows up his 2011 debut Cornbread, Pearl & G, and 2012's Black King Cole EP with Born To Lurk Forced To Work on Sound Verite Records/ River Life, available on March 24th. The first track, "Rip Van Winkle", produced by starRo explores the need for rest, while as Nas said "Sleep is the cousin of death". Passionweiss premiered the track and said "Born to Lurk is Grease’s definitive effort, an expansive treatise on what it means to be a black man who raps in an ostensibly progressive metropolis."

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Greg Grease -"Rip Van Winkle (prod. by starRo)"-mp3

Nicholas L. Perez - "Pretty" -video



Nicholas L. Perez formerly known as Perez., Nicholas L. Perez moves more into exposing a little of himself with the new stylish video for "Pretty". "Pretty" comes from the Pretty EP available on Totally Gross National Product.

Perez. ft. Sophie Eris -"True Love Takes"-mp3

BADBADNOTGOOD – "Kaleidoscope (Kaytranada’s Flip Remix)"-mp3


BADBADNOTGOOD gets the treatment from Montreal mate Kaytranada.

BADBADNOTGOOD ft. Wara From The NBHD -Kaleidoscope (Kaytranada’s Flip Remix)-mp3

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Psymun -"55bpm"-mp3


Psymun of thestand4rd with quick surprise on the epic 22 minute, multi-jam "55bpm", get it soon as he will delete in tomorrow.

Psymun-"55bpm"-mp3

Monday, March 9, 2015

SPZRKT & Sango -The Hours Spent Loving You


Soulection's Sango & SPZTKT shares their collabortive projectThe Hours Spent Loving You.

SPZRKT & Sango -The Hours Spent Loving You-download

Grimes -"Realiti"-video



Grimes releases a previously-unheard track origninally recorded in 2013 for her Visions follow-up. “Since this is no longer gonna be on the album," she states in the video description, "I’m releasing it as a special thank you to everyone in Singapore, KL, Manila, Jakarta, HK, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo who came out to the shows!".

Saturday, March 7, 2015

M.I.A. - "Can See Can Do"-mp3


M.I.A. teases with new track "All My People" on twitter then releases "Can See Can Do", say new music is on the way this summer.

M.I.A.-"Can See Can Do"-mp3

Friday, March 6, 2015

Muja Messiah -"Hector Lavoe"-mp3


Muja Messiah releases new banger "Hector Lavoe", just because the weather in Minneapolis is so nice. With two new EP's on deck Angel Blood Soup and Southside Samurai Muja Messiah pays respect to Hector Lavoe and Scott La Rock.

Muja Messiah -"Hector Lavoe"-mp3

Jay Electronica - "Road To Perdition"-mp3


Jay Electronica gets an assist, with a sample of Jay-Z's "Success" from American Gangster on new jump "Road to Perdition". Jewels.

Jay Electronica -"Road To Perdition"-mp3

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Walkingshoe -"The Last One"-mp3


Chicago producer Walkingshoe releases new left leaning The Future Will Kill You EP on France' boutique netlabel Cosmonostro. The eclectic EP's organic beats "explores the nature of existence" with fellow like minded indie wordsmiths yu, Greg Grease, Frank Leone, Has-Lo & Defcee. МISHKA has a very nice interview with Walkingshoe.

Walkingshoe -"The Last One"-mp3

Kelela -"A Message (prod. by Arca)"-mp3


Buzzing into R&B's future with Kelela who has a brand new jump "A Message", produced by Acra. From her upcoming Hallucinogen EP, a six-track offering. The video for "A Message", co-written with Arca, directed by Daniel Sannwald. It will be released on May 5 via Fade to Mind. There's a great feature at I-D the future of R&B sounds like kelela la la!

Kelela -"A Message (prod. by Arca)"-mp3

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Purity Ring -"Bodyache"-video



Purity Ring return with their sophomore record Another Eternity, March 3rd on Last Gang/4AD.

Purity Ring -"Begin Again"-mp3