Undoubtedly 2013 is the best year yet for brother duo Disclosure.
Winter was brisk – and I’m delightedly turning the next page into warmer climates with this gem from UK producer SOPHIE.
A few weeks ago, on New York City’s coldest winter night, I stopped by Williamsburg’s Glasslands Gallery to check out new band White Prism.
BUY HERE Artist/designer/musician triple threat, Michna, pushes his latest musical work to the forefront with his new EP Moving Mountains (Out 9/18 on Ghostly International).
BUY HERE Straddling hip-hop and electro-R&B, UK designer DJ Dan Le Sac drops his fresh single “Play Along,” as an intro to his July 9th debut album release (self-produced via Sunday Best). Featuring feline vocalist Sarah Williams White,
BUY HERE Claude Violante‘s down-tempo dance floor hit unearths a melancholy mood that is just right for swirling in the darkness. Dim the L.E.D. lights, and cue the fog machine: this is melodramatic synth-pop at it’s finest.
Wildcat! Wildcat! is Jesse Taylor, Michael Wilson, and Jesse Carmichael: four Los Angeles-bred friends since the age of fourteen. It’s a bond thick enough to hear. Their single, “Mr Quiche” holds beats as hip hop as they are sexy trailing along quavering synths and grime-filled bass-lines appropriate for a sunny summer soundtrack. Miike Snow fans [...]
Listen to “Tears” here BUY HERE As if coaxing the listener to jump into an enigmatic vehicle, We Are Knights seductively demand, “Let’s go somewhere together.” It’s a smooth, slow ride
Listen to “Let it Happen” Here It is bonafide renditions of provocative fairytales. Frontline technology and honest vocals. It is music that can get in your bones. Wonder woman and once upon a time accountant-bound Ann Yu meshes with acclaimed DJ Jon Waters to reel in some seasoned listeners starting with San Francisco’s saturated indie [...]
Listen to “Original Don” here BUY HERE “Original Don” is Major Lazer‘s latest cannonball of a banger mélange. Marching to a mashed-up reggae beat, the single is a collaborative project between Lazer duo, (none other than DJ sensations, Diplo and Switch) and their Dutch friends, Partysquad.
BUY HERE Listen to “Spitfire” here Thank goodness for Porter Robinson. At only 19 years old, the North Carolina-native has come into electronic territory with an emotional potency. His track “Spitfire” tells its own story as it evolves and progresses from a slow-paced and darkened melody to an explosion of dominating electro.
Listen to “Wildfire” here The verdict on SBTRKT and Little Dragon‘s sizzling “Wildfire” team up: Ten dancing thumbs up. When that shy tribal beat comes in, you still have no idea that a hot synthy bass is on its way to come sweep you off your feet. That sexy, dub synth should be a sin–a [...]