Producer and DJ Luomo has developed a reputation for a fearless and experimental electronic music, and he was recently enlisted to do this glistening and dreamy remix of the Presets latest single, “Promises."
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Caught a Ghost is a new project from Los Angeles,CA-based producer and songwriter Jesse Nolan and the project features Motown/Stax-era soul sound with modern production – you’ll come across samples, some light synths and beats. […]
Tru Thoughts will be releasing up-and-coming British soul sensation Alice Russell’s new album, To Dust on February 26th, 2013. “Heartbreaker” is the first single from the album, and I think that Russell’s voice will compare quite favorably […]
Violinist Judy Kang is perhaps one of the few musicians in the world to have played with both Pierre Boulez and Lady Gaga. Kang is also an accomplished child prodigy – she first picked up […]
Elin Ruth at the Living Room 12/6/12
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I have to admit that I’ve become a fan of Stones Throw Records artist Karriem Riggins as his work can sound a bit like the great Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit,” mixed with a bit of Kraftwerk. […]
We got one more video for you. This is from the same performance of the McCoy Tyner Trio with Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson, back in 1986 or so. Check out this live performance of […]
As I’ve mentioned several times, YouTube is a fantastic place where you can find all kinds of wondrous delights. I came across this great live footage of the McCoy Tyner trio with Freddie Hubbard and […]
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Best known for his time as a member of Smudge and the legendary Lemonheads, Tom Morgan will be releasing his latest solo effort, Orange Syringe through Fire Records on February 2013. “Taste for Blood,” is the first […]
Album Review: Maus Haus’ Light Noise
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Jon DeRosa, is a Brooklyn-based guitarist/singer/songwriter, who has been a member of dark folk/goth band Dead Leaves Rising and the atmospheric, drone of Aarktica. This year, he released his debut A Wolf in Preachers Clothes earlier this […]
The official video for the Presets’ “Promises,” the last single off their latest album, Pacifica, came out today, and the video directed by New Zealand’s production duo Special Problems is appropriately surreal and ethereal. And as […]
Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor teams up with renowned steel pan player Fimber Bravo on the latest single “The Way We Were” from his forthcoming full-length effort, Con-Fusion which Moshi Moshi Records will release on February 11th, 2013. […]
A little publication by the name of Rolling Stone recently premiered FIDLAR’s latest track “Gimmie Something.” After playing it a number of times, it struck me as having an uncanny similarity to classic Rolling Stones.