Freddie Joachim pays tribute to The Reverend and more on his new EP Dusted. Freddie does justice. Grab the EP for free at his Bandcamp.
Freddie Joachim – L & H (Al Green’s Love & Happiness Remix) via bklyn.Freddie Joachim: (Official)
Rating: 8.4
Freddie Joachim pays tribute to The Reverend and more on his new EP Dusted. Freddie does justice. Grab the EP for free at his Bandcamp.
Freddie Joachim – L & H (Al Green’s Love & Happiness Remix) via bklyn.Freddie Joachim: (Official)
Rating: 8.4
Various Cruelties keep it timeless with “She Is The One”. Sparse technically and rich in structure, their songwriting continues to speak volumes. More to come from this London group.
Various Cruelties – She Is The OneVarious Cruelties: (Facebook) (Bandcamp)
rating: 8.1
The Weeknd continues his streak of non-stop jams. Previously unreleased and off the new The Noise EP, “Do It” gets down. Press play.
The Weeknd – Do ItThe Weeknd: (Official) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.2
“An Ugly Person On A Movie Screen” is a pretty complex pop song. The track clocks in at 3:12 but not before it takes you on a journey. Some tracks, much like their cover of The Beach Boys, “God Only Knows”, foreshadow Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’s respect for an art of melody. It’s not an easy craft, and one rarely successful, but occasionally a band comes along that actually gets it. It’s a Corporate World hits stores June 7th.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – An Ugly Person On A Movie ScreenDale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.: (Official)
Rating: 8.4
My Morning Jacket are one of the few bands who truly master any style they wish to pursue. While I don’t think of them as a pop band, they deliver several melodic entries on their new “Circuital” album, which drops next Tuesday May 31. Similar to the title track which deals with life’s journeys, “Outta My System” address’ crossroad questions such as whether to smoke drugs and whether to remain single. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this track getting a fair amount of radio play. Contributed by Bruce Rave
My Morning Jacket – Outta My SystemMy Morning Jacket: (Official)
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Rating: 8.5
To what has become a rather redundant style in the indie soundscape, StaG bring a breath of fresh air. With ambient synths and guitars this Boulder Colorado collective compose music rather than play songs. Here’s a band for the radar.
StaG – Turn Away StaG – I Swim (Bare)Rating: 8.2
Given all of the hype and ‘secrecy’ surrounding Manchester outfit WU LYF, their material so far speaks for itself. “Dirt” is no exception with a soulful vocal sitting nicely amidst a variety of syncopated concepts, WU LYF continue to peak our curiosity and anticipation to experience them in a live setting. The band has a handful of shows scheduled around the world in the next few months, dates are on their site. Hat tip to b3sci fam Chris Gedos for the heads up on the track.
Wu Lyf – DirtWu Lyf: (Official) (Myspace) (Facebook)
Rating: 8.3
In any case you thought this song was over… an on-the-up Tinie Tempah gives us all another reason to love the best new stripper song in memory. Here goes the official take off his Foreign Object mixtape:
Tinie Tempah – ET (Remix)(Feat. Katy Perry & Kanye West)Tinie Tempah: (Official) (Myspace) (Facebook) (Mixtape)
Rating: 8.2
NYC’s Penguin Prison features on “Reckless” off Huey Mack’s new Freshman 15 mixtape. 80s elevator soundtracks and hip-hop make friends here for one serious party track. Get down!
Huey Mack – Reckless (feat. Penguin Prison)Huey Mack: (Official) (Mixtape)
Penguin Prison: (Official)
Rating: 7.7
You know it’s a good day when a new Raphael Saadiq LP hits the shelves! “Just Don’t” is a favorite deep cut off of Stone Rollin’, an album sure to fit comfortably on many year-end lists.
Raphael Saadiq – Just Don’t (feat. Yukimi Nakano)Raphael Saadiq: (Official) (Purchase)
Rating: 8.3
“Puppeteers” is previewed from UNKLE’s bountiful archives. With every listen you can feel the radiant chemistry with nick nicely.
UNKLE – Puppeteers (feat. Nick Nicely)[demo]UNKLE: (Official)
Nick Nicely: (MySpace)
Rating: 8.6
The German duo jump on that 2002 NY garage rock thing as the beauty products heir jumps on “Forrest Gump”; a track which Casablancas also co-wrote.
Digitalism – Forrest Gump (Feat. Julian Casablancas)Digitalism: (Official) (Myspace)
Rating: 8.2
