Get your Monday workweek percolating with some Florida-simmered party time raps. The UK producer David Alexander jumps from one Tampa act (Yo! Majesty) to another with his latest spitfire rapper, Dominique Young Unique. Unique’s new mixtape, the 8-track Stupid Pretty, shows off deliveries that may have you reminiscing a bit of Shunda K without being overly familiar. […]

BBC Radio 1 is streaming the new mix that post-dubstep artist James Blake recorded for their Essential Mix series — you may remember we posted his “Lindisfarne” video as well as that James Drake Mashup Mixtape in the past couple months. Being his first time on The Essential Mix — one of the most consistent DJ/dance […]

Always a sad day with the passing of an artist whose work you really enjoyed, and such is the way we feel today with the reported death of DJ Mehdi (aka Mehdi Favéris-Essadi). One of our consistently favorite Ed Banger producers, we feel the best way to pay homage to Mehdi’s work is to enjoy […]

There are promotions, and then there are promotions. One has to tip their hat to the team at Desigual who have come up with one of the better promos in recent memory. For the Spanish apparel brand’s aptly named “Undie Party”, all you gotta do is come in your underwear to the Desigual Santa Monica […]

Drambuie is set to release their limited edition Jacobite Collection, The Spirit of ’45, next month making it the most valuable addition to their brand. The hand-blown crystal decanter that holds the 45-year-old Speyside whisky —infused with a secret recipe of herbs, heather honey and spices — is inspired by a mid-18th century design. The presentation […]

Highly secretive future R&B/slow-step crooner The Weeknd come through this fine morning with his new Thursday mixtape, the followup to the justifiably hyped House of Balloons which came out this past spring. Utilizing highly stylized user-created videos, the Toronto-based The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) has managed to keep a very low profile despite much scrutiny, […]

The Brooklyn duo of Javelin have put together a sample heavy mixtape rife with retro hits to promote their set at last night’s Check Yo’ Ponytail club night. From mashups of The Fall with MIA to older tracks of Rolling Stones and Fine Young Cannibals to newer juice like Vybz Cartel, their half hour set […]

It’s a big day for free music, as not only Black Lips release a mixtape today but also rapper Danny Brown drops his new Fool’s Gold album XXX for free. The Detroit rapper combines forces with the upstart Brooklyn label to give the kids some cynical tales of street life filtered through Brown’s unique style and […]