Boddika guested on Benji B’s Radio 1 show last week and let loose this Joy Orbison untitled track in the mix. Rumored to be named “Ellipsis”, the tune is a bit of departure for Joy O with cascading pianos and smooth house-esque breakdowns.
Joy Orbison – EllipsisRating: 8.3
Barcelona group Debilos, formerly Debilorithmicos, released “Turn My Clock” as a single and multiple remixes, with Anqui contributing sweet vocal lines. Watch the video and listen to the Check One Remix.
Debilos – Turn My Clock (Check One Remix) via YYYDebilos “Turn My Clock” (Original Version) feat. Anqui from El Chavo on Vimeo.
Rating: 8.3
Let us recite from broken bibles on streetcorners
Follow dogs on docks
Speak wild songs
Throw stones
Say anything
Blink at the sun and scratch and stumble into silence
Ages is 20 year old Southern California based producer Michael Lundy.
Ages – A Coney Island of the MindPurchase Failures via Bandcamp
Rating: 8.7
“Knees”, by UK act Peter and Kerry, plays like moving images on a screen, pages of photos slipped through thumbs, memories unwound. The quiet rhythm and piano driven track features some simply gorgeous harmonies exchanged between the song’s two leads, Tape Club labelmates Peter Lyons and Kerry Leatham. The melodies just seem to suspend at times, those spaces in time between moments. Those times that are observational, still, one still point in a life-filled whirlwind. The duo’s “Friends, Clothes, Photos” EP is due in March.
Peter and Kerry – KneesRating: 8.5
To quote Youtube user TheFreshKevin, “Fuck LeBron, We got Chip.”
Chip Tha Ripper – Cool PointsRating: 8.0
Wow. This Take remix of “Look At All the Smiling Faces” is pulled from Ghostly’s new remix E.P. of Shigeto’s great “Full Circle” release from last year. Love it.
Shigeto – Look At All the Smiling Faces (Take Remix) via XLR8RRating: 8.7
We’re huge huge fans of Liam Bailey. And to hear him on this his first legit single sound like this, holy shit. Great voice. Great song. Great arrangements. His debut “Out of the Shadows” is due in May. We couldn’t be more psyched.
Liam Bailey – You Better Leave MeRating: 8.7
Lupe’s latest is a heater, yes. It’s a good song. But at what price? “Words I Never Said” sounds like the radio. It’s produced by Alex Da Kid (“Love the Way You Lie” “Coming Home” “Castle Walls”, etc). It’s got Skylar Grey on the hook (what a run of features for her btw). I think we sort of expect a fresher sound from Lupe. The beat choice is interesting. If for the lyrical content alone, this track WON’T get on radio. If chosen for the anthemic quality, ok. But the sound is still a bit tired and maybe even a slightly lazy choice. The song is, in a way, emblematic of Lupe’s career caught somewhere between credible lyrical greatness and the mainstream of pop rap. P.S. Alex Da Kid up the tempo on your beats! The songs are wayyyyyy too slow and drag.
Lupe Fiasco – Words I Never Said (Feat. Skylar Grey) (Prod. Alex Da Kid)Rating: 8.4
Words like “sublime”, “gorgeous”, “transcendent”, words like that get thrown around probably too much in this whole music blogging game. I mean there is only so many descriptive adjectives out there, only so many emotional sentiments, only so many ways to a fill a page but to use those adjectives, to describe this song; that’s really just the start.
Rating: 9.0
The owner of one of the sickest flows in the universe will be live in Boston this Friday @ Brighton Music Hall. Our man Lyrics Born will be backed by a killer live band and will be droppin bombs til the break of dawn. Sound good? Hold up, Hold up, Hold up! It’s gets better! Check this, b3sci’s got two free passes to the show! Being the generous crew we are, we’re hooking you up. All you gotta do is be the first to hit our email with the subject line “Girl, Gimme Those Lyrics Born Tickets!” and the passes will be yours. So don’t delay, “Girl, Gimme Those…”
Lyrics Born – Lies X3 (Keys N Krates remix) by Keys N Krates
Lyrics Born – Lies x 3 (Keys N Krates Remix)
We’re not sure why Kesha is sneering @ us on that artwork. Smile Ke$h, you’re famous! But anyway….HLM is an Orange County, CA DJ we found on Soundcloud recently. This killer mix of “We R Who We R” (prob best remix of this song of ALL TIME! btw) is just one of a veritable super stack of awesome pop remixes we’re into from him.
Kesha – We R Who We R (HLM Remix)Rating: 8.3
Nashville singer-songwriter Tristen is one of our favorite new discoveries. Her brand of country-influenced plainspoken pop is really really cool. The Kate Bush Influence, Patti Smith, etc. They’re all there. But the honesty and the grittiness and the joy that comes with having music influenced and informed by Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, etc that sets her apart. We’ve had “Matchstick Murder” and another tune of her’s “Baby Drugs” in rotation here for a minute now. Try for yourself below.
Tristen – Matchstick MurderRating: 8.0
