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Monday, September 23, 2013

yeah

Yeah Boy, the side project of Parachute Youth’s Johnny Castro is gearing up to release debut track ‘Can’t Get Enough’ on 6th October via Baked Goods. The fruitful product of Castro teaming up Stefan Abingdon when the two became acquainted in their hometown of Putney, ‘Can’t Get Enough’ is a fresh and funky, feel-good track.
‘Can’t Get Enough’ combines uplifting vocals with an easy-going beat that just oozes summer vibes. A light funk guitar sample bounces around the beat while a catchy piano melody provides the glue; there’s more to this tune than first appears. Extremely infectious but by no means oversimplified, the blissful melodies and groovy guitar samples coalesce flawlessly to produce this fun, harmonious debut from Yeah Boy.
Johnny and Stefan have already seen wild success in their previous projects, including a number two position on the iTunes music charts and millions of hits on their Youtube channel, respectively. Although just at the start of Yeah Boy’s musical journey, ‘Can’t Get Enough’ will be followed by an EP, which is sure to not disappoint.

Foxygen – Shuggie



Foxygen is coming out with another brilliant track, which sounds like it was found on some old 60s vinyl. However, Foxygen, is anything but old. The band started in 2005, but did not get much attention until their Take the Kids Off Broadway EP in 2011. Foxygen sound is right out of the avante guard psychedelic movement of the 60s, but put into a modern day context to keep it fresh. With an androgenous lead sounding lead singer who seems to resemble Dylan's wispy lyrical format, Foxygen give you a feeling of sitting somewhere in the past, but with all the modern comforts of today. Shuggie, is a complex track with almost 4 completely separate parts that seems to have little if any correlation to each other. However, they come together to create a truly unique an enjoyable track.

Sam Smith - Safe With Me (Marce Reazon Remix)



Sam Smith has been blowing up on the scene earlier this summer with his track 'Safe With Me'. Smith is part of the resurgence of high quality UK R&B and I gotta say i'm a real sucker for some good R&B. Sam's emotional lyrics and haunting background melody help to make a name for this track, but for me it is the New Yorker Marce Reazon remix which really enhances the song with its pulsing 808 beat to help give the song a little more bounce. I am looking forward to seeing what else Mr. Smith has in store for us down the road.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Alex Cheatle - Sweet Loving(ft. Star Slinger & Flume)



Alex Cheatle is a 19 singer out of the UK with some serious talent. Besides taking a genius track from Star Slinger and reinvigorating it with her sweet pop voice, she was also the youngest person ever to win the UK's Make It or Break It award in 2009. Star Slinger's original track Mornin' is a spacey mix of cuts and samples that come together to create a airy summer vibe that just makes you feel good. The addition of Cheatle's catchy lyrics makes it the perfect track for a Sunday morning after a long weekend of festivals, concerts, friends and burcak.

Dale Earnhardt jr jr - War Zone



Dale Earnhardt jrjr is an indie pop group out of Detroit, Michigan. The group formed back in 2010 and has been running strong for 2 years now. The track War Zone is on their up coming album "The Speed of Things", which will be released on October 8th.

Scavenger Hunt - Lost



Scavenger Hunt is an electro dream pop duo out of L.A. that is comprised of lead singer Jill Lameroux and producer Dan Mufson. Dan is a Kansas native who has been producing music for some time now. He has also been composer of jingles for many well respected companies. Jill and Dan met while Dan was visiting an Irish Pub in L.A. that Jill was singing at. Dan was impressed by what he heard and asked her if she wanted to work with him on a few jingles. After working together for sometime the two found that they enjoyed their creative relationship and decided to make some more beautiful music together. The result: Scavenger Hunt.

Flex Cop - This is not Meth



Here's a little something for all of you Breaking Bad fans out there. Flex Cop's track this is not Meth is a tribute to the BB episode of the same name and should probably come with a warning to let you know that while it's not Meth, it is still HIGHLY addictive. Although the topic of meth never seems to be a bright one, Flex Cop has been able to shine some light on it with this soul infused lighthearted end of summer track.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

A$AP Rocky - Fashion Killa (Blackbird Blackbird Remix)



I have to say that I have been a fan of A$AP for a minute now. At first I was put off by his name assuming that it was a rip off of Aesop Rock, but once I heard a few of his jams, that notion quickly faded. In the past few days I found some super solid laid back remixes that have been clogging up my tape decks and i thought it time to share.

RAC - Let Go (ft. Kele & MNDR)



It has been a while since RAC has put out an original production and it seems that they are back at it again and in full force. The last RAC original was their track "Hollywood" ft Penguin Prison. Let Go features Kele (lead singer and front man for Bloc Party) heading up the vocals and Amanda Warner (lead singer for MDNR) following through with the Chorus line. This song has a nice airy feeling that's a welcomed reminder that summer is over yet! The song reminds me slightly of the Clash's track  Train in Vain. It is probably due to the catchy underlying bass line that creates an upbeat summery vibe. RAC has continued to produce another catchy fun track that just begs to be put on repeat, which is where it's stuck on my playlist at the moment.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Funk Is Not Dead

In fact, funk is alive and well.  I think Uptown Funk Empire from Versailles would agree





Same goes for Belleruche and Los Charly's Orchestra, both from London









And I'll leave you off with a man from Georgia named Clarence Reid, better known as "Blowfly"