Here are our favorite records / songs / videos from a very strong first half of 2012, complete with links to listen to the albums in their entirety, in most cases. We probably don't have to ask you to leave your choices in the comments, but as always, we enjoy seeing them...
Clams Casino just dropped another instrumental mixtape via twitter, featuring some of his best beats from the last year or so, created for the likes of A$AP Rocky, LDR, Washed Out, The Weeknd, and more. Check a couple tracks below -- including the previously unreleased "Human" -- and go here to download the whole thing...
Clams Casino raises the already sky-high emotional stakes of the best Florence song (next to maybe only that xx remix) on this massive, murky re-work, the last minute of which is among the most powerful things we've heard this year. The Clams remix is featured on the b-side of Florence + the Machine's limited, hand-numbered 180-gram white vinyl Never Let Me Go 12" single, complete with gold
A$AP Rocky x VICE: "...based on elements from Rocky’s top five favorite movies: Scarface, Belly, Enter the Dragon, the Warriors, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."
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One last Xmas gift for 2011: Clams Casino is giving away the digitally remastered, 320 kbps (yeah he found out what those are / no he doesn't care) version of one of our favorite albums of the year. These are the files from the now sold-out Type Records vinyl re-issue of INSTRUMENTALS, so if you missed out on that one, here you go:
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Clams Casino :: INSTRUMENTALS (mastered ve...
The Weeknd just dropped his new mixtape Echoes of Silence over on his website. Check the tape-opening MJ cover and the Clams Casino-produced joint "The Fall," and download the whole thing below:
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The Weeknd :: Echoes of Silence ...