Archive for January, 2012

Ladyhawke‘s about to drop her forthcoming album Anxiety soon, and the first single off of it, “Black White & Blue,” has already been the source of inspiration for some pretty impressive remixes. Case in point: The... Read more »

This is nuts. Xaphoon has been on our radar for a few years now, but it’s always so interesting to take a step back and see how far he’s come. The remixes, edits and some of... Read more »

We’ve heard a snippet and a live rendition, and now we have the album version of “Teleport 2 Me, Jamie,” by Kid Cudi and Dot Da Genius (collectively WZRD). Cudder turned 28 yesterday, and what better... Read more »

When we made our wishlist for music in 2012, one wish was that indie acts outside of rap would make mixtapes. We’re sick of waiting all year only to get one album from our favorite indie... Read more »

Lunice, the 23-year-old Canadian taking the electronic world by storm right now, is really just making rap beats. His stuff is a little too forward thinking to have someone rapping over it, though. The Mad Decent... Read more »

Last week Jack Peñate threw a one-take video of him performing new material from his forthcoming album up on his YouTube channel, and now he’s kindly giving it away for free download. “No One Lied” is... Read more »

I’m not sure Lil Wayne understands how art works. You know how Wayne sometimes gets on stage and holds a guitar and moves his hand around and somehow music magically plays (example here)? Well in his... Read more »

When Cris Cab first arrived with his reggae-pop covers of Top 40 hits, it was pretty obvious that the kid was going to make a name for himself. Now that he’s got the support of Pharrell,... Read more »

This right here is pretty legendary. For the first time in over a decade, the classic Artifacts crew has reunited for a retail release. For El Da Sensei’s Nu World Remix EP, Tame One & DJ... Read more »

While Justin Vernon clearly expressed his distaste for the Grammys, Bon Iver is in the running for three awards and “Holocene” is featured in one of the commercials for the 2012 Grammys. It appears that the commercial... Read more »

Hey, do you guys remember D.VELOPED? We’ve featured his music on here a few times in the the past. While mashups generally aren’t our thing, it’s hard to overlook D’s precision and level of skill on... Read more »

Mr. “pitta patta pitta patta pitta patta” is back with his first official single/video as a YMCMB member. This is his visual for “Why Stop Now” which features a blonde Chris Brown on the chorus &... Read more »

If you were expecting this beef to escalate any further, it looks like you’re going to be disappointed. While Common seemed to attribute this whole rivalry to the competitive spirit of hip-hop, Drake has a different... Read more »

On first listen, Bowerbirds don’t have the kind of flashy, captivating songs that sweep you off your feet. The songs may take a minute to settle in, but their sound is angelic and they seem like... Read more »

Sharon Van Etten, who we first featured with fiery folk-rock number “Serpent” in November (still available to download now), will have her third album Tramp released by always on-point indie label Jagjaguwar on February 7th. Recorded... Read more »