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Experimental beatsmaker, Muhsinah aka The Golden Girl, has been nominated for a Grammy but has not even an a full studio album to call her own! Help her raise the $31,000 needed to cover the cost of producing this album/film project through pre-sale and fan …
Music production has always been as important to James Murphy, (frontman/maestro of LCD Soundsystem) as the band itself. For this very reason, he formed DFA Records, an acronym taken from his thunderous style of sound engineering, dubbed the “Death From Above.” Grappling with the success …
In anticipation of my upcoming Spinner interview with The Golden Filter, I bring you this album streaming widget thing. The Golden Filter are rising stars in the nu-wave retro disco sounds and have some awesome indie made in-browser videos to watch at their site, so …
Here’s the latest from the Rhymesayer’s camp. Dark Time Sunshine is psychedelic inspired rap outfit made up of Seattler (Seattlian?) producer Zavala and rhymer Onry Ozzborn, known as Cape Cowen these days. The drowning girl and dancing spaceman/hazmat suited up dude in this lush 60s …
I’m really proud of Francis and The Lights. Not that I know the guys personally or anything, but they have really come a long way since taking a controversial stand against free music hosting platforms like Myspace, (although it seems that they’ve recently softened up …
French newcomers Tambour Battant have dropped this jumpy promo mix that lies somewhere in the electro-house, glitch hop, fidget, dubstep and even baile funk realms. You may remember them for their Major Lazer or Missill remixes. Their new EP ‘On The Ground’ will be out …
While sadly I actually prefer the condensed version in the opening credits of “How To Make it in America” it seems like Aloe and his crew realized that maybe there wasn’t more than just a six-figure hook and tacked on”So Hard” a new track from …
Christina Applegate for the next Major Lazer music vid?
Talk about a mouthful of a name. It’s a daunting title but you know what? Seahorse & The Storyteller shows some very highbrow, expertly crafted psychedelic funk from a behind the scenes industry veteran who obviously doesn’t give a crap about marketing, positioning or placement. …