“BTSTU” is one of those songs that stays with you for the rest of the day. In our case, it stuck with us for most of 2011. We’ve yet to…
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A$AP Rocky affiliated rapper/producer SpaceGhostPurrp has signed to the storied 4AD records (their current roster includes: The National, St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Twin Shadow, Grimes) and will release his Chronicles Of…

Well this is awesome. “Street Knock” is the first single from Swizz Beatz’ upcoming mixtape, Limitless, and it features a purple syrupy verse from hip hop’s new golden boy A$AP…

SCION A/V just dropped this brand new, summer-appropriate Danny Brown single called “Grown Up.” Seriously, we can’t wait to play this with the top down going 90 on the PCH.…

Brooklyn’s electro-goth duo Light Asylum were among some of bands we watched out for at SXSW and they delivered in spades. Now, Mexican Summer will release their self-titled debut album…

K.R.I.T just dropped his great 4eva Na Day mixtape (read our review) a couple weeks back but he’s already promoting his upcoming release, his major label debut, Live From The…

Yours and our favorite Shakespearean rockers Titus Andronicus have decided to “#FUCKTHEBULLSHIT” and release a 23-song mixtape of demos, live cuts, outtakes and their brand new single, which––because, why not?––is…

Nashville might not be the place you’d expect a duo like Future Unlimited to start pulling from the 1980s’ lasting influence, looking to (appropriately) futuristic inspirations, and compiling their impeccably…

You really have to hand it to Danny Brown; he stands out. His newest is “Baseline,” a bonus cut from last year’s already bloated XXX album (19-tracks––many of which were…

It’s been five years since El-P dropped his last record I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead, and clearly he’s spent that entire time recruiting amazing collaborators, signing to a great label,…

Cool band alert: Philadelphia’s Elegant Animals just dropped an EP of their sexy, slow-burning R&B-inspired electro-pop, and you’re free to stream and download Spectrum Nocturnal on their bandcamp right now.

The music portion of the South by Southwest festival in Austin starts tomorrow! Now in its 26th year, the festival has built a reputation for itself as a staggering platform…

If you were sitting and moping in your room because no one had mashed up Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready to Die with Lana del Rey’s Born to Die yet, get ready…
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New Yeasayer: "Henrietta"
New Childish Gambino: "Unnecessary" f/ ScHoolboy Q
New Azealia Banks: "JUMANJI" MP3
Wild Pitch: disco naïveté
Rec'd MP3: Purity Ring - "Obedear"
MP3: Major Lazer & Amber of Dirty Projectors - "Get Free"
MP3: Theophilus London & A$AP Rocky - "Big Spender"
Amazing: Florence + The Machine & Dev Hynes - "Never Let Me Go"
Check Out: Kirin J Callinan: "WIIW (Way to War)"
Check Out: MS MR - "Hurricane"
Sleep Over - "Romantic Streams" (CFCF Remix)
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