Presenting our second annual summer mixtape of modern yacht rock vibes: Like last year, we’re using the term "yacht rock" loosely here, to include myriad sounds inspired by smooth, sumptous soft rock grooves, while occasionally veering off into balearica, pillowy soft funk, sophistipop, cosmic disco novelties, psych-soul, and darker forms of hypnogogia. Listen/download + check the full tracklist below:
Shlohmo drops his new, self-described "big heat wave lounge style music" mixtape FOR THA SUMMER for Sneeze Mag, featuring laid-back re-works of only the hits from Thugger, Future, Rae Sremmurd, Migos, Mobb Deep + more, with woozy samples from "old Japanese and Korean soul records" deftly weaved throughout...
We're psyched to team up once again with our friends at RACQUET Magazine on this new mix we put together to commemorate the release of their incredible third issue for Spring 2017. Featuring Kedr Livanskiy, jj, ABRA, Kelly Lee Owens, Prince Innocence, and more, including some classic soundbites from RACQUET covergirl Maria Sharapova herself...
LIZ teams up with fashion label NICOPANDA to drop a new mixtape + fashion editorial for the brand's F/W 2016 collection: Cross Your Heart is 33 minutes of glittery, irresistible feel-good pop, featuring diverse but uniformly dope production from Branchez, Henrik the Artist, and more, as well as a verse from Vic Mensa, and a remix of LIZ's fizzy SOPHIE collab from last year, "When I Rule the World"...
Polaris prize winner Kaytranada shares the companion to one of the best albums of the year. Download his new 0.001% mixtape -- "strictly for Kaytranada fans" -- below:
Listen to our MAY 2016 monthly mix, featuring our favorite new tracks from the past month, below:
The artist fka Lee Bannon is about to drop a new EP with an impressive roster of collaborators under his current moniker Dedekind Cut, but in the meantime, the insanely diverse producer unveils a sprawling, genre-spanning new mixtape, "consisting of over 30 previously unreleased recordings from 2012 to 2016"...
Like just about everyone else, we were introduced to incomparable Taipei rapper Aristophanes 貍貓 via her scene-stealing turn on the new Grimes record, and we immediately hit up the rapper's soundcloud to hear more of her entrancing, one-of-a-kind flow...