Saturday, August 18, 2012
Champagne Butthead Poster
Prints will be available at their Seattle show September 13th. Maybe, I can hook you up earlier. BUY TICKETS
Friday, August 17, 2012
OCnotes - What's Your Sign
A free precursor to his much awaited September release. OC continues to share all of his music with us, and I cannot be more thankful. DOWNLOAD HERE
"Its been a minute since ive dropped some music. I’m sittin on a lot of material right now but im waiting to drop each piece in its proper fashion. This EP is somethin like a pre teaser for my september release which i consider one of my best works. This, like most of my works is an experimental piece of sorts, an adventure through sound, a melting pot of genres compiled into an astrological masterpiece. Whats Your Sign?"
"Its been a minute since ive dropped some music. I’m sittin on a lot of material right now but im waiting to drop each piece in its proper fashion. This EP is somethin like a pre teaser for my september release which i consider one of my best works. This, like most of my works is an experimental piece of sorts, an adventure through sound, a melting pot of genres compiled into an astrological masterpiece. Whats Your Sign?"
Doc Ellis
Felix pitched a perfect game, but does that really compare with throwing a no hitter while on LSD? I think not.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Blue Scholars - Slick Watts
Shot by Jordan Nicholson, this is a beautiful trip around this great city. I need to get one of those foam hands, I need that Monte Carlo, and I really wish that remix would have seen the light of day.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Kingdom Crumbs
Listen to it. Buy it. Download it. It's the new new coming out of The Cloud and it is well worth every listen. I was blessed enough to catch their first show in Alaska during Home Skillet Fest. I must say I was pleasantly surprised to see the four doing all types of shit I hadn't seen them do before, playing different drum machines, synthesizers, and utilizing talk boxes. This album puts me in a dream state that I don't want to ever come down from.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Keyboard Kid x Based Soul
If you’re in any way familiar with the sounds of Lil B The Based God, then it’s metaphysically impossible that you haven’t heard or seen the sounds of producer Keyboard Kid.
Considered “one of modern hip hop’s most influential producers” by FACT Magazine (whose interview with him here is a must) and “the Pharrell of Based” by the Guardian, BasedWorld’s official president and Lil B’s “main producer” is keen to make 2012 his following the success of that other otherworldly Based sound architect Clams Casino.
It’s important to remember that you can’t be one of the most prolific rappers in the history of the world without working with producers who are equally as prolific.
Through sheer numbers alone, Keyboard Kid has created his own artist development bubble, finding and perfecting the ability over several projects to cross and splice genres – from the “shrill, maximalist techno freakery crossed with Wagnerian synth und drang” of Cosmonaut to Based Treasure, where he “ takes old soul and funk samples, chops and screws them and basicallrey makes them sound like the Stylistics in space, or Barry White put in a blender with Tyler, the Creator” - and constantly leave you guessing.
His Transitions EP, just released on UK label Donky Pitch to critical acclaim, was an amplified, fragmented version of the former, while his latest project ‘Based Soul’, which Southern Hospitality is hugely excited to offer to the world, might just be some of his most epic work to date, drawing from classic hip-hop samples and giving them the power, sheen and reinterpretation they’ve been aching for.
‘Based Soul’ is available for free download below. We truly hope you enjoy.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Deadkill - "Oh God Help You"
Deadkill just released this awesome short horror music video to promote their 7" release. The sweat filled pile up of chaos and debauchery are helping me release some much needed tension today. Take your shirt off and watch the entire thing.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Lemonade x Le1f x Darwin Play Barboza Tonight
Super hyped to be playing along side both of these acts tonight at Barboza. Doors are at 8pm, dont miss out on this one.
Lemonade is a band. It's not often that bands get invited to take part in the XLR8R podcast series, but the Brooklyn trio is not the average indie outfit, even if its new full-length, Diver, is loaded with the kind of wonderfully emotive, synth-driven pop that rarely appears on our website. In fairness, the record also includes nods to early-'90s R&B, grime, new age, 2-step, Balearic house, '80s freestyle, and other styles too numerous to list. Basically, many of Lemonade's tastes line up pretty closely with our own. Furthermore, XLR8R has been following—and, more importantly, liking—the exploits of this group since its early days as a DIY psychedelic/tropical rave outfit, even before the release of its self-titled debut in 2008. All these years later, the release of Diver marks a major milestone for Lemonade, not to mention an important stylistic turning point for the band. To commemorate the occasion, we invited its members to put together this exclusive mix. In truth, Lemonade has put together a collection of tunes that essentially represents the band's collective headspace. While plenty of people will undoubtedly attempt to ascertain what Diver is "about," plenty of the answers are right here, as Lemonade cruises through new-age bliss, '90s house nostalgia, sun-soaked tropical grooves, inventive bass explorations, and more. The tracklist may appear fractured, but it's a remarkably cohesive listen. Whether behind the decks or in the recording studio, it appears that Lemonade has learned to bring together disparate influences and form a focused musical statement.
01 The Art Of Noise "Camilla - The Old, Old Story" (China)
02 The System "Don't Disturb This Groove" (Atlantic)
03 Dream 2 Science "My Love Turns to Liquid" (Rush Hour)
04 Jacques Renault "Searching for Some Real Love" (On The Prowl Party Breaks)
05 Kresy "Holding Space (Relaxed Version)" (Hivern Discs)
06 Lauer "Trainmann (Tensnake Tranceman Mix)" (Running Back)
07 Solid Sessions "Janeiro" (Combined Forces)
08 Apollo Four Forty "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub (Armand Van Helden Moonraker Remix)" (550 Music)
09 Mike Monday "Grace (Justin Martin Remix)" (Dirtybird)
10 Girl Unit "Ensemble (Club Mix)" (Night Slugs)
11 Funkystepz "Jigga" (Forever Live Young)
12 Beaumont "Adrift" (Hotflush)
13 Hyetal "Beach Scene" (Black Acre)
14 Rabbit in the Moon "Out of Body Experience (Original)" (Hardkiss)
15 Lemonade "Neptune (Sinjin Hawke Remix)" (True Panther)
DOWNLOAD HERE
Khalif Diouf, aka Le1f, made this dark, immersive and painstakingly detailed mixtape using cash raised through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. He asked for $2000 to put it together, but got considerably more than that in the end. Whichever way you look at it, it’s a bargain – especially now that it’s available to us for the unbelievably low price of zero cents.
Following collaborations with Das Racist and Nguzunguzu, Le1f’s ‘Dark York’ is an immensely rich tape of gothic terror, stuttering beats and sludgy vocals dripping with the grime of New York City. Underlying it all is Le1f himself, part of a wave of openly gay rappers coming out of Gotham right now to slyly overturn hip hop’s outmoded homophobic streak.
DOWNLOAD DARK YORK
Lemonade is a band. It's not often that bands get invited to take part in the XLR8R podcast series, but the Brooklyn trio is not the average indie outfit, even if its new full-length, Diver, is loaded with the kind of wonderfully emotive, synth-driven pop that rarely appears on our website. In fairness, the record also includes nods to early-'90s R&B, grime, new age, 2-step, Balearic house, '80s freestyle, and other styles too numerous to list. Basically, many of Lemonade's tastes line up pretty closely with our own. Furthermore, XLR8R has been following—and, more importantly, liking—the exploits of this group since its early days as a DIY psychedelic/tropical rave outfit, even before the release of its self-titled debut in 2008. All these years later, the release of Diver marks a major milestone for Lemonade, not to mention an important stylistic turning point for the band. To commemorate the occasion, we invited its members to put together this exclusive mix. In truth, Lemonade has put together a collection of tunes that essentially represents the band's collective headspace. While plenty of people will undoubtedly attempt to ascertain what Diver is "about," plenty of the answers are right here, as Lemonade cruises through new-age bliss, '90s house nostalgia, sun-soaked tropical grooves, inventive bass explorations, and more. The tracklist may appear fractured, but it's a remarkably cohesive listen. Whether behind the decks or in the recording studio, it appears that Lemonade has learned to bring together disparate influences and form a focused musical statement.
01 The Art Of Noise "Camilla - The Old, Old Story" (China)
02 The System "Don't Disturb This Groove" (Atlantic)
03 Dream 2 Science "My Love Turns to Liquid" (Rush Hour)
04 Jacques Renault "Searching for Some Real Love" (On The Prowl Party Breaks)
05 Kresy "Holding Space (Relaxed Version)" (Hivern Discs)
06 Lauer "Trainmann (Tensnake Tranceman Mix)" (Running Back)
07 Solid Sessions "Janeiro" (Combined Forces)
08 Apollo Four Forty "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub (Armand Van Helden Moonraker Remix)" (550 Music)
09 Mike Monday "Grace (Justin Martin Remix)" (Dirtybird)
10 Girl Unit "Ensemble (Club Mix)" (Night Slugs)
11 Funkystepz "Jigga" (Forever Live Young)
12 Beaumont "Adrift" (Hotflush)
13 Hyetal "Beach Scene" (Black Acre)
14 Rabbit in the Moon "Out of Body Experience (Original)" (Hardkiss)
15 Lemonade "Neptune (Sinjin Hawke Remix)" (True Panther)
DOWNLOAD HERE
Khalif Diouf, aka Le1f, made this dark, immersive and painstakingly detailed mixtape using cash raised through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. He asked for $2000 to put it together, but got considerably more than that in the end. Whichever way you look at it, it’s a bargain – especially now that it’s available to us for the unbelievably low price of zero cents.
Following collaborations with Das Racist and Nguzunguzu, Le1f’s ‘Dark York’ is an immensely rich tape of gothic terror, stuttering beats and sludgy vocals dripping with the grime of New York City. Underlying it all is Le1f himself, part of a wave of openly gay rappers coming out of Gotham right now to slyly overturn hip hop’s outmoded homophobic streak.
DOWNLOAD DARK YORK
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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