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Abraham’s Daughter || Arcade Fire

From the upcoming soundtrack for The Hunger Games.

Party with @grimesz!! (Taken with Instagram at Dan’s Silverleaf)

Party with @grimesz!! (Taken with Instagram at Dan’s Silverleaf)

When I See You Again (Duke Dumont Rain On Kilimanjaro Mix) || Canyons

  • Artist: THEESatisfaction
  • TrackName: Enchantruss (ft. Shabazz Palaces)
  • Album: awE naturalE

Enchantruss (ft. Shabazz Palaces) || THEESatisfaction

I’m growing more anxious for THEESatisfaction’s album to release. This new track features frequent collaborators Shabazz Palaces, returning the favor for appearing on multiple tracks on their own debut Black Up. You can download the track below.

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(Thanks to The Needle Drop for the lowdown!)

Witches Brew (Diplo Mix) || Katy B

All The Rowboats || Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor has a new song, and it’s… different. Well compared to just about everything that she’s done thus far. It still has her touch, but it’s apparent that she’s going for a modern influence. I can’t say that i’m particularly a fan. It’s good to have artists making classical songs without the interference of pop trends. Listen and let me know what you think.

“Gremlins” by Gremlins

Gremlins is a collaborative side project between members of Braids, Toro y Moi, Ricky Eat Acid, and Coma Cinema. It’s psychwave/chillwave approach isn’t anything particularly new or breathtaking, but throws back to some older ideas first presented when chillwave was but a fledgeling genre. Most of the sounds pull inspiration from early Neon Indian, and i swear on “Louder” they sample “Freak Out/Starry Eyes” by LCD Soundsystem (the drums in the back). For a side project, it’s not too bad. You can stream the whole thing here and download it for free over at Bandcamp.

Wait || Airhead

Not many people know Airhead’s music, but would probably know him for being the guitarist for James Blake’s live show. The two collaborated on a 10” back in 2010 as well. Well Airhead is releasing a new 12” that is just fantastic. Blending the emotional soundscapes that post rock/shoegaze groups like Explosions in the Sky or Sigur Rós create with the intricate drumming and soft soundscape that James Blake creates, it’s an immersive, emotional track.

Say Something || Fort Romeau

Someone went a little overboard with the pitch wheel. Past that, this is a funky good time. It’s similar to what artists like Discourse and Schlomo are doing right now, which seems to draw more from Disco than from modern electronic music. This disco revival is something that i’m all for!

My WAR 7” from Sacred Bones came with a silkscreened cover, hand numbered, and with a wax sealing. Awesome. (Taken with instagram)

My WAR 7” from Sacred Bones came with a silkscreened cover, hand numbered, and with a wax sealing. Awesome. (Taken with instagram)

The End of an Era Notorious file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, best know for it’s illegal distribution of copyrighted materials and for giving rise to bittorrent through its hosting of millions of .torrent files, has stopped hosting all .torrent files and is instead switching over to magnet links. Magnet links differ in that they store no data, like .torrent files, and rather than linking to the location of a resource or webpage like normal links, they contain information about the location of the file or files you wish to download. This is a piss-poor description and if you want more information on magnet links, go here. What magnet links will do, is make it MUCH more difficult to track who is uploading things, and who is downloading them as well. The old system of SUE SUE SUE!!!! no longer is working, and organizations like the RIAA and the MPAA are turning to lobbying bills like SOPA, ACTA, and PIPA to stop piracy. But even with a great amount of resistance to these bills, they still press on. How will the switch to magnet links affect all of this? Well this is pure speculation on my part, but as it becomes more difficult to track who is downloading and uploading materials, more bills, potentially worse bills, will be pressed through congress. The lobbying groups are so used to the old system that anything new only means profit loss to them (quite ironic when you see that distribution services like Valve’s Steam platform is one of the most successful of it’s kind). The logical answer would be to adapt, but of course this won’t happen. Thus the cycle will continue. Corporate powers will try to regulate the internet through legislation, and the Pirate Bay will grow even more. And the Pirate Bay still stands firm, even with most of it’s founders in prison, and with many countries trying to block access to the site. It’s resillience has shown the world that the means of distribution need to change, because it’s not the products that are faulted (as billions of downloads would show).  Do you torrent music? Are you opposed to paying for these things, or are you just not getting what you want? What sorts of changes would you propose the music/film/games industries take?

The End of an Era

Notorious file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, best know for it’s illegal distribution of copyrighted materials and for giving rise to bittorrent through its hosting of millions of .torrent files, has stopped hosting all .torrent files and is instead switching over to magnet links. Magnet links differ in that they store no data, like .torrent files, and rather than linking to the location of a resource or webpage like normal links, they contain information about the location of the file or files you wish to download. This is a piss-poor description and if you want more information on magnet links, go here.

What magnet links will do, is make it MUCH more difficult to track who is uploading things, and who is downloading them as well. The old system of SUE SUE SUE!!!! no longer is working, and organizations like the RIAA and the MPAA are turning to lobbying bills like SOPA, ACTA, and PIPA to stop piracy. But even with a great amount of resistance to these bills, they still press on. How will the switch to magnet links affect all of this? Well this is pure speculation on my part, but as it becomes more difficult to track who is downloading and uploading materials, more bills, potentially worse bills, will be pressed through congress. The lobbying groups are so used to the old system that anything new only means profit loss to them (quite ironic when you see that distribution services like Valve’s Steam platform is one of the most successful of it’s kind). The logical answer would be to adapt, but of course this won’t happen. Thus the cycle will continue. Corporate powers will try to regulate the internet through legislation, and the Pirate Bay will grow even more.

And the Pirate Bay still stands firm, even with most of it’s founders in prison, and with many countries trying to block access to the site. It’s resillience has shown the world that the means of distribution need to change, because it’s not the products that are faulted (as billions of downloads would show). 

Do you torrent music? Are you opposed to paying for these things, or are you just not getting what you want? What sorts of changes would you propose the music/film/games industries take?

  • Artist: Andrew Bird
  • TrackName: Danse Carribe
  • Album: Break It Yourself

Danse Carribe || Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird has a knack for making quirky, beautiful songs. He’s not lost this ability on his new album Break It Yourself. It’s a little more rough around the edges than his last endevour Noble Beast, but still keeps some of the outré sound elements that he used. One thing that i’ve noticed is his sound is moving in a Beirut-like direction, which is in no way a bad thing. Beirut and Andrew have always been in the same general territories. “Danse Carribe” is a great example of how much his music has changed in the 3 years since his last album. It shows progress and evolution, while still holding onto the particular brand of sound Bird has made himself known for. 

Work It (Cheapshot Remix) || Missy Elliot

Under her circumstances, i can understand why Missy Elliot hasn’t released any new material (which it changing this year!). But her songs are so well produced that they hold up incredibly well. So it’s always fun revisiting old tracks like “Work It” with great remixes like DJ Cheapshot’s newest work. It adds some disco, funk* vibes which always tickle my fancy. If you like the track, you can download it on soundcloud!

*i almost has a freudian slip and briefly typed “fuck” before catching it and correcting myself. I thought it was funny.

  • Artist: PS I Love You
  • TrackName: Sentimental Dishes
  • Album: Death Dreams

Sentimental Dishes || PS I Love You

Garage rock has really been making a resurgence in the past few years. A lot of people have become fed up with the heavily processed music that flood the airwaves and are looking for something more natural, more human. PS I Love You Made an impression a few years back and gained a lot of new fans at last years SXSW (myself included), so it’s great to see that they aren’t changing too much in their sound. Their new album Death Dreams will be released May 8th through Paper Bag.

Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Gigamesh Remix) || Michael Jackson

This isn’t a new remix, but i just recently heard it and thought that i’d share with all of you lovely people out there. More than anything, it’s an extended mix of the song, that lends itself for nights at le discothèque. In other words, if this doesn’t make you want to dance, you need to get your hearing checked.

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