The great Santigold returns with the first video from her sophomore album Master of My Make Believe. The track, “Big Mouth”, is produced by Switch (one half of Major Lazer with Diplo) and Buraka Som Sistema, which explains the big cosmopolitan beat. Master of My Make Believe is due out this spring on Downtown / […]
18
Jan
First video from sophomore album "Master of My Make Believe"
18
Jul
Cee-Lo Green and The B-52's provide a stalker's soundtrack
As we explained in our Revenge Of the Teddybears feature a couple weeks back, we’re big fans of the half-man, half-bear hybrid producers. Finally the Swedish trio release their first official video from their Devil’s Music album — for the single “Cho-Cha”, which features the vocal stylings of Cee-Lo and The B-52’s. The video stars […]
1
Jul
A Q&A with Klas Åhlund as he prepares to drop Devil's Music
I’m not sure what they infuse their vodka with up in Sweden, but the tiny nation (population under 10 million) churns out more impossibly catchy hitmakers per capita than anywhere else on Earth. From the early days of Abba to the 90s pop dominance of Roxette, Cardigans and Ace of Bass onto the modern indie […]
8
Apr
A very quick lesson in 4 decades of breaks and beats
Known for engineering and producing for dudes like the M.I.A., Chemical Brothers, Diplo, The Freestylers, Roll Deep, Wiley, Lady Sovereign and most notably Deekline — he of Deekline & Wizard fame — the man known simply as Wizard has unleashed a minimix of most megamix robustness. Featuring a mindboggling 205 tracks in 10 minutes, Wizard’s […]
22
Mar
The Photography of Janette Beckman and David Corio at The Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City
Another impressive opening at The Morrison Hotel Gallery (Bowery) in New York City went down March 11th — a joint photography exhibition documenting the monumental punk and hip hop movements of the 70s and early 80s. For those who are not in the know, The Morrison Hotel is a fine art photography gallery based in […]
8
Mar
Drum and Knowledge drop the drums and knowledge
The superb Numero Group label drops a mixtape loaded with samples, breaks and beats from their exquisitely curated back library today. The set is mixed by hip hop production duo Drum and Knowledge, who gladly do so to celebrate their 10 year anniversary putting out classic joints. Enjoy the very excellent second funk, soul, jazz […]
20
Dec
More animated craziness from LA's future driven beatsmith
Los Angeles producer and man of the future worlds Flying Lotus gets the Adult Swim treatment in this video for his track “Zodiac Shit”. Is it as good as the misanthropic robots turning against their human overlords? I’d say it’s pretty damn close…
4
Nov
The latest in Faggotron's Disney revisioning, "Wishery"
Even if you haven’t heard of Pogo by name yet, chances are you’ve seen some of his creations — his remixes of Alice In Wonderland and UP! have made the ubiquitous internet rounds. The Australian producer, also known by his YouTube alias Fagottron, has managed to bring our childhood memories back to life while gaining much-deserved […]
