PMA | Pretty Much Amazing

After hearing Notorious B.I.G. rap over the entire xx album earlier this year, nothing surprises me anymore, not even an album that mashes the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack with the incarcerated Lil Wayne. Excuse me, according to My Sick Uncle, the person behind this ambitious project, “This is not a mashup album, this is an album about Wayne.”Right you are, Sir, and I commend you on your efforts; this is so my shit right now. Download it now (updated link).

You can download Sleigh Bells’ entire set at this year’s Primavera Sound. Big ups to Some Kind of Awesome for upload all of this. (more…)

I secretly love Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg’s “California Gurls”, and now that Inner Party Ssystem and Chiddy Bang have come over and remixed the track to oblivion, I feel somewhat validated. Inner Party System inject the track with that dance-hall heat that wouldn’t feel out of place in an upcoming Diplo/Major Lazer mixtape. The remix is void of that all-too-familiar, earworm beat, and well, Katy Perry — almost. The Remix focuses on Snoop Dogg’s verse before letting Chiddy drop one on us. You can download the remix below: (more…)

“Trap of Mirrors” is the first single off the Pass’ debut album BURST. A few weeks ago we premiered the music video to the excellent “Treatment of the Sun“, but with “Trap of Mirrors”, The Pass are giving away the mp3 for your downloading pleasure. As if you need any other incentive to download free music from The Pass, I can assure you that “Trap of Mirrors” is instantly catchy and lives up to early favorites from their Colors EP like “Crosswalk Stereo“. I hope big things come the Pass’ way; their saccharine pop sensibility can’t be ignored. (more…)

Delorean released their breakthrough LP, Subiza this spring and we’ve been having trouble putting it down since. Singles like “Stay Close” and “Grow” were glorious examples of indie-pop gold. True Panther has just released Subiza‘s next single, “Real Love”, and it’s another bright and summery jam that gives true meaning to the music blogosphere’s latest buzz-word/insta-genre, blisscore. Listen to and download “Real Love” below: (more…)