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Houston producer Rabit drops his second sick tape of the year, and like his winter release THE DOPE SHOW, which featured tracks from Tirzah and Lana Del Rey, Rabit once again mines some inspired source material on this one including Molly Nilsson and "wokeuplikethis*", chopped + screwed into spectral slo-mo fever dreams in the classic DJ Screw tradition...

the best experience of these past years was going back to my childhood music school in Aix en provence to learn drums. They opened a modern music/rock department that didn't exist when i was classically trained ten years ago. I would practise for 6 hours in the drum class and young students would come visit me and talk to me about their passion for drums and their dreams...

Anyone looking for some solid background listening should check out all of the bootlegged DJ Screw mixtapes uploaded to youtube. I love to just have them playing in the morning when I’m working on email or cleaning up my studio. Its almost like how ambient music works for me - just let it wash over you. (Enjoy with or without a double cup of lean haha…) -- Washed Out

one of my favorite records, and this beautiful track has this awesome video i found about somehow only recently. love her style, love the vibe. -- Nite Jewel

Houston's inaugural Day For Night festival goes down this weekend, and despite the fact that it boasts one of the more ambitious + adventurously-curated lineups of the year — featuring such massive names as Kendrick Lamar, New Order, Flying Lotus, Philip Glass, and Janelle Monae -- it's managed to fly mostly under the radar...

One of our heroes, Arlington, TX's own Jana Hunter, put together a beautiful mix for Dazed, featuring some of her inspirations, including Julee Cruise, Alice Coltrane, Throwing Shade, Wendy Carlos + more. Lower Dens' Escape From Evil is out next week. Full mix tracklist after the jump...

Brand new Back To the Middle mix from Dallas' own Sober and his Top Notch partner Dayta, featuring a lil something for everyone, from classics by Ready For the World, Blondie, and New Edition to Koreless, Bag Raiders, Disclosure, Classixx, and more. Perfect/essential summer night vibes. Catch Sober holding it down between sets at GvsB III + setting off the evening's festivities with a rare set fr

The "Purple Swag" H-Town Allstars remix, chopped not slopped by OG Ron C. Download the whole LiveLovePurple tape for free here. mp3: A$AP Rocky :: Purple Swag (H-Town Allstars Remix feat. Paul Wall, Bun B & Killa Kyleon)