Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Chet Faker - Archangel




When someone steps up to cover a genre classic such as Burial's Archangel, they better be prepared to deliver. And by deliver I mean they beter be complementarily shipping via fedex overnight insured, bubble wrapped in gold. So when I saw Chet Faker covered one of my all time favorite songs red flags of worry were starting to go off. I hit play with hesitation and thought to myself, "great, some dude with a beard singing 4 lines over a piano." SHIT WAS I WRONG! This is a climactic, wrenching, genre-crossing cover.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Ifan Dafydd - Celwydd



The man who brought us that awesome Amy Winehouse sampling bass tune, "No Good" in 2011, is back with Celwydd. I can't tell you what the hell it means but I can tell you its another climactic tune built around some gorgeous vocal sampling. Get your stream on:

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Youth Lagoon "Dropla"


Youth Lagoon, Mr. Trevor Powers, will release his second album "Wondrous Bughouse" on March 5th via Fat Possum Records. Stream the first single "Dropla" below. Upon first listen we are immediately reminded of 2011's "The Year of Hibernation" where we learned the kid can write emotive and very melodic music. This next album is on track to impress.