Kid Sister — born Melissa Young and big sis to Josh, one-half of DJ duo Flosstradamus — finally has some new music to for the world. Her Dusk 2 Dawn: The Diary of Jane Jupiter mixtape not only claims to push the envelope of the artist’s boundaries in terms of style, but actually serves as an introduction to […]

Always ready for the Jeremih news here, considering our history tracking Jeremih x Shlohmo collabs like their No More free EP. Set the headphones to Future R&B and listen to Jeremih’s new N.O.M.A (Not On My Album) mixtape just put out through Datpiff. Tracks include contributions from Juicy J., DJ Spinz, Key Wane, Lo-Key, Chi Hoover and more. As implied in the […]

Yesterday we shared the Disclosure-produced “You Stressin’” from Bishop Nehru, and today it’s a certified legend that collaborates with the Lawrence Brothers. Apparently the meeting of exceptional musical minds happened when Mary J first heard Disclosure’s “F For You”, and fell hard for the young brothers’ production. Inspired and on her own accord, the R&B diva […]

One of the more mellow mixtapes we’ll ever put up, Rhye’s set assembled for FADER magazine is putting us in the proper work mindspace. The duo who call themselves Rhye are otherwise known as singer Milosh (Mike Milosh) and Robin Hannibal of Danish group Quadron. As FADER describes: ” “The pair made us a mix […]

I loved Singles. It actually got me my first girlfriend. She was gorgeous, way out of my league — especially since I was a long-haired hesher. But while watching Singles she — being a fairly conservative girl from the Midwest — realized that one could actually date a guy with long hair and listened to […]

Anybody who even moderately pays attention to music knows how difficult it is to survive as an independent label nowadays — the shit is brutal. What’s even harder is surviving when you’re uncompromising about your product, discriminating with your roster and meticulous about your craft. Such is the case with Los Angeles’ Stones Throw Records, […]

Poliça is the Minneapolis-based duo comprised of singer/songwriter Channy Leanagh and producer Ryan Olson, who had previously collaborated in the synth-pop supergroup GAYNGS (check out our Q&A with Channy here). Their debut album Give You The Ghost carries an R&B and electro-pop fused sound and was released this past February. They’ve already put out several […]

Give You the Ghost is the debut album by Minneapolis-based band Poliça, which formed June 2011 and released their first two songs, “Wandering Star” and “Lay Your Cards Out”, shortly thereafter (see our “Wandering Star” Video post here). Having taken part in GAYNGS, the synth-disco-pop super group, producer Ryan Olsen and singer/songwriter Channy Leanagh teamed up […]