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Alt-J: Something GoodBUY HERE Meet UK-bred quartet, and must-know band, Alt-J. Taking on the delta sign as their symbol, they represent change and introduce us to folk as we’ve never known it: what they call “folk-step.”
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Wildcat! Wildcat!: Mr QuicheWildcat! 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 [...]
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Mac DeMarco: I’m A ManBUY HERE Getting to know Mac DeMarco is somewhat of an arduous process requiring patience throughout his fickle tendencies, which access an inner Lou Reed and a soft rock, Elvis.
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Jagwar Ma: What Love?BUY HERE The marriage of electronic and psychedelic mischief in progressive rock have not always ended happily ever after, but Australia’s Jagwar Ma chops too finely to be taken for granted. Lead by former Lost Valentinos member, and praised producer, Jono Ma, the group remains in their cloud of mystery–providing little information via social outlets [...]
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Major Lazer: Get Free (Feat. Amber from Dirty Projectors)BUY HERE It is not everyday that nitrogen stamina surfaces in the form of two top-shelf DJ/Producers and a temptress with a spin history that arches M.I.A, Santigold, Thom Yorke, Afrojack, and Rusko (deep breath) in electro-reggae-fusion fashion. Unless you are Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz) and Switch (Anthony John Culverwell) under the the guise of Major Lazer and [...]
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: That’s What’s UpBUY HERE There are, undoubtedly, heads double taking their Shazam results, and radio heads tilting in surprise to find that this flower child of a single was birthed after 1970.
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Chet Faker: No DiggityBUY HERE The new prince of down tempo, Australian artist and producer, Chet Faker turns Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” into an even sexier tune–if you can imagine the possibility. Basically, Dr. Dre and Blackstreet stepped into a hypothetical elevator with
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AU: Get AliveBUY HERE Search no further: Your airtight solution for any particular doldrums is brought to you by Portland group, AU. In orchestral likeness to Beirut, both vocally and climactically, the duo confidently experiments with world-moving horns, tingling strings, and peaking pianos.
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Frank Ocean: WhiteListen to “White” here BUY HERE Jazz-filled horns come in to cushion Frank Ocean‘s raw, yet gorgeous vocals just as the almost fully a cappella single (minus minimal keyboard), “White” comes to a close. A sweet nectar-coated voice, comparable to Stevie Wonder,
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Hot Chip: FlutesListen to “Flutes” here BUY HERE Hot Chip‘s last album release, One Life Stand felt more like a one night stand. We loved them and we never heard from them again. It has been two slightly painful years without the indietronica touch of Hot Chip’s deft rhythms, but Joe Goddard,
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AlunaGeorge: You Know You Like ItListen to “You Know You Like It” here BUY HERE Patience is a not only a virtue, but also a necessity in the case of AlunaGeorge‘s under-the-radar R&B hit, “You Know You Like It.” Like a honoring love letter to our favorite R&B girl bands of the 90′s,
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We Are Knights: TearsListen 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