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Remix Roundup: “It’s a Trap!” Edition

This week’s roundup didn’t have trap music as its intended theme, but it just kind of happened that way. Go figure. And while I’m not completely sold on its recent resurgence, the genre deserves some ...

· May, 18 · in Remix Roundup

Throwback Thursdays – Garden State Original Soundtrack

Garden State arrived in movie theaters in 2004 and was directed by “Scrubs” star Zach Braff. Braff portrayed Andrew Largeman, a melancholy and depressed twenty-something who returns to New Jersey after news of his mother’s death. The ...

· May, 16 · in Throwback Thursdays

Listen: Chance The Rapper x Nosaj Thing – Paranoia

So my brother, the younger/hipper/more relevant version of myself, recently put me on to Chance the Rapper, and while my opinion about him isn’t fully formed yet, I feel fairly confident in saying that the ...

May, 16

Video: MØ – Waste of Time

With only a handful of singles to her name (a name, by the way, that is deceptively difficult to search for on Google) and a dramatic influx of overseas female alt-pop imports, it would appear ...

May, 15

MisterWives

The intent behind this blog has never been to make absurd proclamations of greatness or unfounded predictions of success, but rather, to highlight and share new/new-ish music that, for one reason or another, we find ...

May, 15

Upcoming Album – Kanye West

Kanye West has not released an album since 2010 with “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” This past week, we were given a preview of Ye’s anticipated untitled album. Producer Hudson Mohawke spun two tracks that he ...

May, 13

Happy Mother’s Day from the Motherlovers at YFW.

Because every mother’s day needs a mother’s night. If doing it is wrong, we don’t want to be right.   In case you missed it, The Lonely Island combined forces with Between Two Ferns to ...

May, 12

MS MR

Although the golden age of “chillwave” came and went without much fanfare, the residual inspiration (most likely that sound left in the wake of Toro Y Moi) has given rise to lesser known, though no ...

May, 09

Album Stream: Vampire Weekend – “Modern Vampires Of The City”

Vampire Weekend is streaming their highly anticipated album, Modern Vampires Of The City, a full week ahead of its official release date (May 14) and all is well with the world. The critically charged quartet returns ...

May, 08

Listen: Say Lou Lou – Fool Of Me (feat. Chet Faker)

Rainy days never fail to inspire me. And while I don’t always find myself drawn to the best music on these days, it’s more often than not, the most evocative. This usually ends up being ...

May, 07

Listen: Ciara – Body Party (Cleindl Remix)

I’ll be honest, I’m not entirely above listening to Ciara, but I am woefully out of date when it comes to what’s current and trending with mainstream R&B these days. That being said, I couldn’t ...

May, 06

Listen: Phoenix – Trying To Be Cool (Wolf Saga Remix)

It didn’t take long for Wolf Saga to get his hands on this one, and as usual, he doesn’t disappoint. I know we shared RAC‘s slick rework of “Trying To Be Cool” a couple of ...

May, 05

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