Facing the Sun is excerpted here from Fritz Kalkbrenner’s killer new Here Today Gone Tomorrow LP, out now on Rough Trade. This soul-infused almost Balearic-sounding electro mix is five plus minutes of serious weight. Get into it below.
Fritz Kalkbrenner – Facing the Sun
The homie DJ SLEEPER goes in on the Khaled/Pain track. This mix is some seriously sick stuff. The creativity in the beat switches is some next level type shit. Get into it below. P.S. Check the visuals too, dope dope dope dope dope.
DJ Khaled – All I Do Is Win (DJ SLEEPER Remix) (Feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg)
This cello-backed cover of “Dazed and Confused” comes to us via the From the Land of the Ice and Snow: The Songs of Led Zeppelin compilation out now on Jealous Butcher records. The compliation also features Laura Veirs, The Long Winters, and Chris Walla but this Portland Cello Project collab w also PDX based Laura Gibson really got our attention. Give it a listen below. The Cellos really light up the track and Gibson’s vocal compliments them quite well.
The Portland Cello Project – Dazed and Confused (Feat. Laura Gibson)
Ol’ One Eye aka frontperson for the world’s biggest band is linked up here by mix man Daniel Johnson to his biggest vocal influence, Jeff Buckley. Hat tip to Rollo & Grady on the track.
Thom Yorke x Jeff Buckley – You & I, Analyse (Daniel Johnson Mix)
Featured by Zane Lowe earlier this week as part of his Hottest Records in the World series, The Wall is new from UK band Yuck.
Yuck – The Wall
Mr. Theophilus is back in your chiropract with this “Life of a Lover” remix jam. As is your typical Theophilus London track, the song comes locked w a nice beat (buttery smooth here) and dope features (Jesse Boykins vox and Blu rhymes). Get live below.
Theophilus London – Life of a Lover (Remix) (Feat. Jesse Boykins III & Blu)rating: 8.4
Our bloke Mike Skinner returns with the track for “4 O’Clock”. It’s good news to us that The Streets dude is back on his b.i. and releasing music. We’re banking serious pounds sterling on “4 O’Clock” being only a first in lengthy series of quality material.
The Streets – 4 O’Clockrating: 8.1
OK? seriously, Cee-Lo, my man, OK? OK?! This song is way more than OK! It’s freaking awesome! If our excitement for Cee-Lo’s new Lady Killer LP to drop could grow anymore, It’s OK just knocked that shit straight off the meter. The Lady Killer is in stores Nov. 9.
Cee-Lo Green – It’s OKrating: 8.7
Nashville’s MONA are one of our fav new bands. Not only do they bring the serious guitar heat and smooth melodies.. but we also hear they make a killer batch of “chocolate chip cookies”. Hot new band + Serious cookie skillz. That’s some serious fire right there. Toast with us to the nascient career of these guys cause that glass of 2 buck chuck we’re raising to you now will be that Dom Perignon shit by the close of 2011. Mark It.
MONA – Walk in the Park (Beach House Cover) Mona – Trouble on the Way
xaphoon picks up the deez on this bootleg of the track for constellations. the chiddy bang man flips a good tune to a great one on this mix. check it! hat tip to skoa on the track.
Darwin Deez – Constellations (Xaphoon Jones Bootleg)rating: 8.2
if we could marry jessica larrabee’s voice we would.
She Keeps Bees – New Seedrating: 8.9
falling out this new soul jam from bk-based band body language. the track does have that soul, funk, early disco feel at its heart but comes locked w so much more; so many disparate yet complimentary ideas and influences boiled down, simmered, then jamified into one killer track. body language have a four song EP available for stream on their bandcamp page. get into it below.
Body Language – Falling Outrating: 8.5
previewed below is the new single from chi-town it boys the smith westerns. weekend is taken from the band’s upcoming die it blonde LP due in january on fat possum. diggin’ the walter becker guitar tone!
Smith Westerns – Weekend by forcefieldpr
rating: 8.7
