We thought about skipping out on this one since we just posted up the Halloween mix, but there were too many sick new tracks released this month. Presenting our newest monthly mix for OCTOBER 2019, featuring our favorite tracks from the likes of TOPS, Clams Casino, Panda Bear, Toro y Moi, Caroline Says, Vegyn, Eartheater, Otha + more:
As we come up on 15 years existing as a blog, we are pleased to present our favorite releases of the decade. When we did this back in 2009 — that list still mostly holds up, with a few exceptions — we got Carles to write the foreword. It's a relic of an era that feels like an eternity ago, but one thing he said still rings true: "We have lived through this. Now we shall reflect upon this".
Almost impossible to follow up the best ALBUMS OF THE DECADE list we've seen this decade (SO FAR), but here are our favorite songs of the past 10 years, lovingly culled from a running list of over 500 tracks, all of which we adore...
L.A. duo Magdalena Bay keeps their flawless pop banger streak intact by dropping THE Halloween bop of the season. "Killshot" is a slinky, lovesick dance-pop anthem that the duo says is about, "unfulfilled yearning, about getting so caught up in romantic suspense that you feel your heart may burst." Watch the group's spooky and yet still absolutely fire DIY video below + check the lyrics/download here.
Presenting our 11th annual bone-chilling Gorilla vs. Bear Halloween Mix, crawling with super spooky + disturbing vibes to terrify your trick-or-treaters:
Over the weekend, Helena Deland opened for Iggy Pop at Paris' ARTE Concert Festival, and luckily for all of us and our collective wellbeing, the always brilliant La Blogothéque crew was there to capture the magical evening as only they could...
Presenting the list of our favorite releases from an overwhelming year, posted up way too soon like we always do:
Presenting our favorite songs of 2018*...
We are beyond excited to announce our new endeavor Luminelle Recordings, a record label formed in collaboration with Fat Possum/House Arrest...
Oslo's Das Body level up on their cathartic new single, officially dropping tomorrow on Luminelle. Das Body hooked up with the great Jorge Elbrecht on this one -- Elbrecht will also co-produce the band's debut LP, coming in early 2020 -- and that inspired collab is proving to be a magical one so far, as "Against the Glass" comes pretty damn close to capturing Ellie Linden and her band's stratospheric live presence (if you know you know), resulting in the biggest and most anthemic jam the band has released to date...
A short film written by Archy Marshall + directed by Charlotte Patmore, featuring new King Krule tracks “Perfecto Miserable”, “Alone, Omen 3”, “(Don’t Let The Dragon) Draag On” + “Energy Fleets”.
Los Angeles singer + multi-instrumentalist Miles Shannon aka Cassowary drops his stellar debut single for Fat Possum, "She Funked Me", a jazzy, cosmic R&B gem that was inspired in part by "promiscuity and free love, along with the emotional effects that come along with such connections...
HYPERSWIM marks the legendary Hyperdub label's 15th anniversary, and is out this Friday, featuring new tracks from Burial, Laurel Halo, Dean Blunt, DJ Taye, Kode9, Fatima Al Qadiri, and many more. You can stream the whole comp on Friday over at Adult Swim, but listen to the new Laurel Halo track "Crush" + check the full tracklist now below:
As regular readers/listeners of our SiriusXM show can attest, we adore New Jersey nurse + song maker Lindsey Radice aka Pynkie, and her endlessly charming and severely slept-on 2018 debut record neoteny (one of our favs of last year)...
Our favorite throwback freestyle duo Morgan Geist + Jessy Lanza aka The Galleria make their long-awaited return -- it's been almost 5 years since they dropped one of our favorite releases of 2015 -- with an effervescent new mall pop anthem...
Shout out to Nyck + Mich for the heads up on Flore Laurentienne, the new orchestral synth project of Quebec's Mathieu David Gagnon, accompanied on his stunning debut Volume 1 by a cast of talented Montreal musicians on strings...
London-based artist Francesca Belcourt shares their beautiful debut release under new moniker Tiberius b. Tiberius b says via instagram that "No Smoke" is "a teaching mechanism, talking to oneself and sharing those conversations with the air and with you," and the song has a poignant, bittersweet vibe that feels almost hopeful and comfortingly nostalgic, like a wistfully familiar recurring dream...
After a little hiatus as Drew, Kevin, and Keagan each worked on their respective solo jams, Hoops make their welcome return today with an infectious, balmy new groove that hits like a much needed warm breeze...