Dudes… Hot off of Mates of State’s Crushes album is the first single, a cover of Girls’ Laura. And it’s so Mates of State… So perfect. I can’t wait for this album to drop this summer. The tracklist includes covers of Deathcab, Tom Waits, and Fleetwood Mac. Oh yes.
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Review: Free Energy – Stuck On Nothing
Philly’s Free Energy finally dropped their debut album, Stuck On Nothing last Tuesday, and the only reason I haven’t written it up yet is that I been on an epic quest to find a Barracuda, a couple dozen flannel shirts, and a map of Hwy. 1 down to Big Sur. Seriously, we’ve been throwing Free [...]
What’s Black and White, and smoooooooooooooooth all over?
Penguin Prison, of course. Born in Manhattan as Chris Glover, and spending time in choir class with Alicia Keys, the Pris has clearly had the fire in his belly for a long time. And after a steady diet of school lunches and Michael Jackson it’s no wonder that the final product is ridiculously danceable and [...]
Florence + The Machine: 4-Pack Edition
Florence Welch, you make me wanna do bad things… She’s got the look, She’s got the love, and the tracks that have come out this year are all ripe for remix. And so we present you with a little remix action for your Sunday afternoon. Enjoy, kids. Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix) [Audio clip: view [...]
Review: I Heart Savoir Adore
What’s got two thumbs and loves Savoir Adore? This guy! Paul Hammer and Deidre Muro are clearly extremely talented instrumentalists and have produced a gem of a pop album. I mean, seriously, how can you not want to roll around in something that sounds like a Stars X Mates of State X Viva Voce X Au [...]
Review: Faunts – Feel.Love.Thinking.Of
Well, damn. Canada strikes again in 2009. First it was the straightforward pop goodness of These Electric Lives, then the NMH contemporaries The Rural Alberta Advantage. And now, as summer winds down, Faunts. OK, so this album really came out in February, but it’s getting reveiwed here NOW. So what happens when you listen to [...]
Review: Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer
Authority. If Spencer Krug’s got one thing going above anything else it’s a sound or authority in composition and sound. And the new Dragonslayer LP from the Krug & Co. project is no exception. From the first bars of Silver Moons, it’s almost as though he’s telling us truths about life, not just detailing his [...]
Quickie: Terry Lynn & Johan Hugo – Jamaican Girls
UPDATE: The entire album is now available here: http://www.thefader.com/redstripe . Get it! Get Get! Well boys & girls, it seems like Summer 2k9 is shaping up to be a crazy dancehall, reggaeton, cumbia, baile funk kinda party. And yes, that’s just fine. It’s actually pretty goddamn hot. Barely a week after Major Lazer dropped the [...]
Quickie: Drop It Like It’s Hot (Fontaine Remix)
Fontaine: I’ve got an existentital question for you… Dan (hey that’s me!): Yes? Fontaine: What ya do when tha pimps in tha crib? Seriously, there’s only one answer to that question, in general. And at 7:30 AM for sure… DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT! Local trip-hop magician, and all around badass Fontaine has taken Snoop [...]
I Made A Mixtape: Goddamn It’s Hot
You know what I love? No, besides bacon. I love waking up in the morning with no idea that before noon I just might have a miraculous 10 minutes where an entire mixtape gets crafted start to finish. That’s how the first mixtape of the summer was born, folks. On a deadline, on an iphone, [...]
