Todd Terje - Remaster of the Universe

I discovered this album through Noah Lennox, aka, Panda Bear. It was on his top albums of 2012, I believe. Anyways, the album is very light and crisp. Very enjoyable on these hot summer days!

Culture Shock

I've been playing this non stop lately. The production is just so incredible. Enjoy folks.

Chance the Rapper

I've listened to this mixtape a lot lately. Chance is just so raw and bursting with talent on this. I hope he has a bright future a head of himself. This release has a lot of great production and great lyrics from this 20 year old Chicago native. Acid Rap is available for free, and I will put a link at the bottom of this post. The last song on the mixtape, "Everything's good" has to my favorite! It starts out with a beautiful piano hook that plays thee entire track. While this happens the interlude is a recording of Chance talking to his father. It's great! Check this out!





You can get these files here.

TNGNT

This little EP by TNGNT is "Bumpin." Its only four tracks but it sets the mood. The first three are fantastic, especially Higher Ground. I could play that song all day!


















You can listen to it here.

Higher Ground.

Mac Demarco

     There is something special about discovering a band live before ever listening to them. This in fact, was the case for my first time listening to Mac Demarco. And wow I've been listening to him non stop ever since. Almost obsessively. His live performance was one of the best I saw at Bonnarroo this year, his cover of Bachman Turner Overdrive's "Taking care of business" was stellar!
     Mac has put out two official releases, "Mac Demarco 2, and "Rock and Roll Night Club" both are great and highly addictive. I'm not going to post any links to downloads because I feel these albums are worth paying for. But it isn't hard to locate his stuff online.


Rock and Roll Night club.

                                                                          1. Rock and Roll Night Club
                                                                          2. Baby's wearing blue jeans.
                                                                          3. One more Tear to Cry
                                                                          4. European Vegas
                                                                          5. Me and Jon Hanging On
                                                                          6. I'm a man
                                                                          7. Only You




Mac Demarco 2 (listen to the entire album)
Pretty much every song is great! But the more notable songs are as follows.

1. Cooking up Something Good
2. Dreamin
3. FREAKING OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
4. Annie
5. ODE TO VICEROY
6. Robson Girl
7. The Stars keep on calling my name
8. My Kind of Woman
9. Boe Zaah
10. Sherrill
11. Still Together

Star Slinger = = Sweet Dreams in the Summer time.

Ah Star Slinger takes me back to my first summer in college. His music will always remind me of that certain time in my life.

      This UK producer had one particular song that always set the mood for great summer vibes. The track is entitled "Mornin'" and features samples from The Staple Singer's song "Let's do it again."

Star Slinger Mornin'

Original Song by The Staple Singers

Another great track from Star Slinger for some summer chilling and grilling. 

Hey why not another? 

This is actually  Teams vs. Star Slinger. Its called Say Please.

Fuck Buttons returns

Fuck buttons has returned with their third LP, Slow focus. I've been a big fan of their previous works Street Horrrsing, and Tarot Sport and Slow focus picks up right where they left off. I feel they just keep improving and growing as a duo. The only chance I had to see them was when they were touring on their first album, and boy can they play a loud show.  Slow focus hasn't been released officially yet, but it has leaked. Also you can stream it over on Pitchfork's website. The opening track is a wild 9 minutes and some of the best Fuck Buttons yet.


                              You can listen to it here. 


An old jam from Tarot Sport,

Killer Mike R.A.P music and Run the Jewels

I had heard great things about Killer Mike's 2012 album, R.A.P Music, but  I put off listening to him for a long time. I got to see Killer Mike this year at Bonnaroo and man can he put on a show! In my opinion I thought he out-shined most of the Hip Hop performers there. Something about a good MC who knows how to involve a crowd thrills me. Anyways his album R.A.P music is great! Its packed with energy, integrity, and lyrics from the heart and soul. You can tell Killer Mike has a lot to say and a lot to prove, and he's doing it with style and great production. I'm not going to post this particular album but I'll post his new collaboration with EI-P called Run the Jewels.
           
                                 R.A.P Music (my personal Favorite Track by Killer Mike)

You can get Run The Jewels here.

 

Sweet Valley

I never really played Zelda as a kid, or ever really, but the bit music is really awesome. Sweet Valley takes Zelda Ocarina of Time and samples game sounds along with the soundtrack to make a couple beautiful songs. The whole mixtape is a great listen. But check out the following tracks in particular...

1. One
2. Where will I go
5. Chaos Speed
6. Eternal Champ
7. Motorcycle Renegade
8. The Great Bay Shrines
9. Sentimental Trash



The album is called Eternal Champ and is free on Sweet Valley's Bandcamp. You can get it here.