If Mos Def were President

If Mos Def Were President

I would probably pack all my things and move to America.

Q-Tip - The Renaissance

Coming out next week is Q-Tip's third album The Renaissance. From what I've heard on the leaked songs this album is going be something special, appreances include J Dilla, Norah Jones, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq and Amanda Diva.

Getting Up

Life Is Better feat. Norah Jones

We Fight/Love feat. Raphael Saadiq

My Last 6 Albums

Kousnik - Out My Window

Debut album from Koushik Ghosh, a Dj on the Stone's Throw Label from Canada. An ambient and psych-pop album with mostly half baked songs, too subtle to categorised actually. A perfect substitution for a nap, you'll feel relaxed and a bit dazed after listening to the whole album.

Nothing's The Same

Coolin'

Bright And Shining

Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

Haha this album is fucking crazy. Compulsively unpredictable and messy yet brilliantly balanced.

Wicked Wisdom

For Our Elegant Castle

Plastis Wafers

The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind

Following up Nicolay and Phonte's 'classic album you've never heard of' is their sophomore Leave It All Behind. Unlike their debut, Phonte sings a lot more which is surprisingly fresh. One of the chillest releases this year.

I Wanna Know

Daykepper feat. Muhsinah

Take Off The Blues feat. Darien

Uyama Hiroto - A Son Of The Sun

If you're a fan of Nujabes, you would of heard of Uyama Hiroto by now, he done a few songs in a couple of his albums. A strong debut from this overtalented Japanese and no doubt released one of the 'better albums you'll never hear about' this year.

Waltz For Life Will Born

81summer

Colour Of Jade

Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs, The Bootleg Series Vol.8

Considering that this compilation are full of songs that were unreleased and abandoned from earlier projects, it amazes me how timeless and classical they sound.

Mississippi - Unreleased Version 2, Time Out Of Mind 1

Dignity - Unreleased, Oh Mercy

Marchin'To The City - Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind

Nujabes - Modal Soul Classics

I doubt there will ever be a Nujabes release that I would'nt enjoy. One thing I don't get is that if this is a follow up to Modal Soul or not, none the less it's an excellent release.

Under The Hood ft. Specifics

Ai-No-Kawa ft. Sleepwalker

Folklore ft. Clammbon

Vem Para Ficar ft. Lava

The Foreign Exchange - Daykepper Music Video

Classic song on a classic album.

Collective Fidelity - Sun Rise To Sun Set

I ate 4 sausage and egg mc muffins this morning, and whilst I did that I was listening to these songs.

1. Waking up early
2. 4 sausage and egg's
3. Bossa Nova & random shit
4. ??????
5. PROFIT!!

01. Scarborough RT (Nujabes Mix) - Moonstarr
02. Tropicalia - Beck
03. E Menina (Hey Girl) - Sergio Mendes
04. One Evening - Feist
05. I Know You Know - Esperanza Spalding
06. No Use feat. Clara Hill - Jazzanova
07. Space Cowboy - Jamiroquai
08. Ritmo Bossa Nova (Plug Famalam Mix) - Jay Dee
09. Kalas (Plug Famalam Mix) - Butti 49
10. Mas Que Nada feat. Black Eyed Peas - Sergio Mendes
11. Watch Out - De La Soul
12. Desafinado - Nina Persson
13. Aruarian Dance - Nujabes
14. You're My Baby - Robin Thicke
15. Ãqua de Beber - Tom Jobim & Astrud Gilberto
16. Timeless feat. India Arie
17. May-December - Mos Def
18. Wanda Vidal - Yesterday's New Quintet
19. Piano Bar - The Seatbelts & Yoko Kanno

Download Collective Fidelity - Sun Rise To Sun Set

Youtube Wednesday!

Kanye West - Love Lockdown

With the recent release of his new single from his upcoming album, 808's & Heartbreak, the reception towards his drastic change is either you love it or hate it. IMO, the song is great but I'm having second thoughts about the video. There is some great visuals in it but I just don't get it? I like his house though.



Radiohead - Reckoner

When a contest for who could make the best remix of Reckoner came up, it was only fitting that they should have a contest for who could make the best music video. The winner of the contest, Clement Picon from France, came up with a video riddled with metaphors that complements the song.



Ratatat - Shempi

With the success of their previous single and video, Mirando, they decided to use it's same formula by recycling an old ABBA video. Odd video yet perfectly normal for Ratatat's Shempi.



Janelle Monáe - Many Moons

From her recently released album, Metropolis - The Chase, the first single Many Moons arrives with a brilliant video. Vibes from Prince to Andre 3000 are all over this video, no doubt the coolest video I've seen this year.

Before The Music Dies

If you're a fan of music this documentary is a MUST, the whole thing speaks nothing but truth. Trailer

Last 5 albums

TV On The Radio - Dear Science
A smart and brilliant album, it's a giant mixing pot of all the good things about music at the moment. Easily one of the best releases this year.

TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose


TV On The Radio - Golden Age


TV On The Radio - Love Dog




Murs - Murs For President
Unlike his previous albums with 9th Wonder, his new release on a major label more diverse, not essentially a good thing. But this an decent album that attempts to get into the mainstream and change perspectives about rap.

Murs - Can It Be


Murs - Love and Appreciate




Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
Continuing the intensity from their debut, the sound in Loyalty to Loyalty is more so deepened rather than expanded. A raw and blue-esque album which signals growth in the Kids.

Cold War Kids - Every Valley Is Not A Lake


Cold War Kids - Golden Gate Jumpers




Stereolab - Chemical Chords
Stereolab sacrifices some of their distinct sound for a charming and crisp pop album

Stereolab - Neon Beanbag


Stereolab - Self Portrait With Electric Brain


Stereolab - Cellulose Sunshine




Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Bringing back R&B to it's golden days in the 80's, Saadiq reminds us what R&B is suppose to be and delivers one of the best albums in it's genre this year.

Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash


Raphael Saadiq - Just One Kiss feat. Joss Stone

Justice - Cross-Country Race To The Universe

I think it's safe to say that Justice is synonymous with the word epic. Here is an upcoming documentary on them and their tours, directed Romain Gavras. Drops by November 24.

Ben Folds - Such Great Heights (Postal Service Cover)

I know this is pretty old, but I felt it was my duty to remind everyone how awesome this cover was.

The Cool Kids - Delivery Man (Music Video)

New song from Mikey and Inglish, I know they've already released their debut this year but hopefully they drop another soon.

14 Brilliant Gig Posters

I stumbled upon site dedicated to gig posters, I never knew there was such a following on these things, apparently it has been going strong for the past 4 decades. Anyway whilst sifting through these poster I did manage to find a couple that were very impressive and inspiring. Here are a few posters that stood out for me.

Deerhoof



Designer: The Small Stakes


Beck



Designer: The Heads Of State


Broken Social Scene



Designer: The Small Stakes


Cat Power



Designer: The Heads Of State


The Decemberist



Designer: Little Jacket


Feist



Designer: Micah Smith


The Futureheads



Designer: Ugly Bogus


LCD Soundsystem



Designer: Little Jacket


Of Montreal



Designer: F2 Design


Radiohead



Designer: Emek


Sigur Ros



Designer: Vahalla Studios


The Shins



Designer: Kevin Tong


Vampire Weekend



Designer: Spike Press


Zero 7



Designer: Dan Stiles

If you want to see more, you can visit the site here.

Ohhh shiiii

Youngest badasses in the world.

Collective Fidelity - Youth of Spring

Today was a good day, being more of a Winter person, the warmness of Spring was very welcoming. Anyway, here is another mix I plan to post every month or so. It's full of songs that were very enjoyable to listen today with it's awesome weather, don't worry, not every month is going to be as hipster-esque as this, ENJOY

01. Australia - The Shins
02. Undeclared - The Dodos
03. Feel The Love - Cut Copy
04. Dance, Dance, Dance - Lykke Li
05. Still Fond - Cut Off Your Hands
06. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
07. Rat Is Dead (Rage) - CSS
08. Sunday Morning (Acoustic) - Maroon 5
09. Crackers - Maia Hirasawa
10. Eanie Meany - Jim Noir
11. Campus Vampire Weekend
12. Lights Out - Santogold
13. She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks
14. Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk - LIghtspeed Champion
15. Seven Days In Sunny June - Jamiroqai
16. Weekend Wars - MGMT
17. Gobbledigook - Sigur Ros

Download Collective Fidelity - Youth of Spring

Graffiti with soul

Preeta, originating from Venice is an artist who makes graffiti more organic. This is the type of graffiti that should be made instead of the tags polluting the streets. You can sift through Preeta's work here

Must Haves

Foreign Exchange's classic 2004 debut, new album is dropping by October 10. Here is their new single Daykeeper, available for download here.



Download Foreign Exchange - Connected

Ohhh shiiii

I wonder how much it hurts.

Social Modern - 9-08

I'm legit now, no more leaking albums, instead of full albums only mixes from now on. New single from Mos Def, a couple of songs from T.I's new album Paper Trail which was surprisingly good and songs full of freshness.

01. Callin' Me ft. Phonte - S1
02. Dance, Dance, Dance (Cha!se Remix) - Lykke Li
03. Delivery Man - The Cool Kids
04. I Decided (Part I) - Solange
05. Live Your Life ft. Rihanna - T.I
06. Needy Girl (Bloc Party Remix) - Chromeo
07. Paper Planes (Cold Blank Remix) - M.I.A
08. Recommendation - Little Dragon
09. Summertime (Crookers Remix) - Wiley
10. Swagger Like Us feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z & Lil Wayne - T.I
11. Swagger Like Us feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z & Lil Wayne (Immuzikation Remix) - T.I
12. The Glow - Mos Def
13. When We Dance - Ryan Leslie
14. Wrong Day - Jazmine Sullivan

Download Social Modern - 9-08

Justice - Planisphere

A while ago, Justice made a couple of tracks for some Dior Homme fashion show and just recently everyone who owns a blog is going nuts over it and they have every right to. Justice have polished the 4 part track into a more crisp sound. Please cop this and hear how epic it is.

Download Justice - Planisphere

Goddammit!

My file host suspended my account again so none of the previous posts won't have any links, which doesn't really make a difference because a lot of them are pretty weak. I blame it on Madden 09 and Call of Duty 4 so don't think I'm lazy. Anyway, this blog is going to take a new direction soon, well as soon as I get tired of Madden and Call of Duty :S

Common - Announcement ft. Pharrell (Music Video)

Could be a possible single from Common's upcoming album 'Invincible Summer', drops on September 23rd.

Bloc Party - Intimacy

I was having a conversation with a friend about the direction that Bloc Party is taking, and we both agreed that we didn't like it one bit. But it wasn't like me to give up on their newly released third album, 'Intimacy', after one listening. Through out the weekend, I have been more open minded about this album, at one point I was missing what Bloc Party was good at, Silent Alarm, eventually accepting change. I have realised that A Weekend At The City was a merely a prologue for this album and that this is what they were trying to achieve on their sophomore. Props to them for trying a new sound and I'm certain on their next album, they will achieve the vibe they had on Silent Alarm but with a new and refined sound. So in the mean time listen to this album and hear how much they've grown up.

01. Ares
02. Mercury
03. Halo
04. Biko
05. Trojan Horse
06. Signs
07. One Month Off
08. Zephyrus
09. Better Than Heaven
10. Ion Square

Download Bloc Party - Intimacy

John Legend - Green Light ft. Andre 3000 (Music Video)

John Legend's first single from the upcoming release, 'Evolver', dropping by late October.

Freshness

New songs from Lupe to Franz Ferdinand and an awesome cover from my future wife, Gabrielle Cilmi.

01. Birds And Bees - Lupe Fiasco
02. Breakdown (DJ Infamous Remix)- Wale
03. Creator (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)- Santogold
04. Dope Boys Remix ft. Lupe Fiasco, Wale & Kardinal Offishal - George Street & Don Canon
05. Paper Planes (Staters Remix)- M.I.A
06. Lucid Dreams - Franz Fernidand
07. Cry Me A River (Justin Timberlake Cover)- Gabrielle Cilmi
08. Jockin' Jay Z - Jay Z
09. Pennies - The Cool Kids

Download 19-8-8 mix

Santogold - Lights Out (Music Video)

One of my favourite songs from her album behind Creator and You'll Find A Way

One Day As A Lion EP

Zach de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Mars Volta, shit is dope.

01. Wild International
02. Ocean View
03. Last Letter
04. If You Fear Dying
05. One Day As A Lion

Download One Day As A Lion EP

Kanye West - Champion (music video)

Kanye in muppet mode for his song 'Champion'

Freshness

01. You Can't Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Remix) - The Rolling Stones
02. Mercury (CSS Remix) - Bloc Party
03. Put Your Hands Up (Weekends Remix) - Busta Rhymes & Black Eyed Peas
04. Clocks (Buena Vista Social Club Edit) - Coldplay
05. Vocab (Refugees Hip Hop Remix) - Fugees
06. Green Light (MSTRKRFT Remix) - John Legend & Andre 3000
07. Can It Be - Murs
08. Golden Skans (Sebastian Remix) - The Klaxons
09. Weather Girl - The Similou
10. Do You Realize (TPS Remix) - Postal Service

Download 11-8-08 Mix

Classic video of the week

I've heard this song a thousand times, but I still can't figure out if he's saying 'summer', 'sun-eyed' or 'cyanide' girl.

Madvillain - Madvillainy 2 (The Madlib Remix)

This is a bold move from Madlib, when I first heard that Madvillainy 2 was going to be a remix of the first I was too keen. When Madvillain came out on 2004, it created a lot of buzz and I was expecting the unexpected for it's successor. Apart from that it seems like it was more of a remodel instead of remix and don't worry MF DOOM is still impressive in the lyrical department. Producers and artists should listen to this and treat hip hop like a form of art again.

01. Pow! (intro)
02. No Brain
03. Pearls
04. Light Of The Past
05. Boulder Holder
06. Borrowed Time
07. Space Ho's Coast To Coast
08. Invazion (interlude)
09. Drainos
10. Fire In The Hole
11. Heat Niner
12. Monkey Suit
13. Fluid (instrumental)
14. Can't Reform Em
15. Redd Spot (interlude)
16. Running Around With Another
17. Butter King Jewels
16. Sermon
19. Roller Coaster Riders (instrumentals)
20. 3.214
21. Confucius Spot (interlude)
22. Never Go Pop
23. Savage Beast (instrumental)
24. Cold One
25. Cold One (reprise)

Download Madvillain - Madvillainy 2 (The Madlib Remix)

EDIT: Available here

Must Haves

Reminds me of school.

Download Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

J*Davey - Land Of The Lost + Mix

Hmmm how to describe J*Davey? A more fitting question is what doesn't describe J*Davey? The duo consist of producer Brook D'Leau and female vocalist Jack Davey (Brianna Cartwright). They avoid the musical norms and create a post-modern afropunk electric soul sound heavily influenced from neo-soul, new wave, funk, and hip-hop. They sounds as if Erykah Badu teamed up with G.O.O.D Music producers Sa-Ra. I've been keeping my eyes on these guys since late 2006 and I've only found a couple of mixes from random blogs. They recently released their 2 disc debut album 'Beauty In Distortion/Land Of The Lost'. I found Land Of the Lost but can't find a complete album of the other one. Well heres Land Of The Lost, most of the songs from Beauty In Distortion and my collection of unreleased songs, sorry for holding out for so long :S


Their first single 'Mr. Mister'

J*Davey on Last.fm and Myspace

Land Of The Lost

01. Hi's & Lo's
02. Just Because ft Phonte of Little Brother
03. Lil Big Heads
04. Red Light
05. Hi Sun
06. Dirty Love
07. Slooow
08. Thick (Interlude)
09. sLAyer ft. Pacific Division, Bleu Collar & Dix Gibran
10. Lalaland
11. Dancehall ft. Kardinal Offishall
12. Mr. Mister (Land Of The Lost Version)
13. Venus 2 Mars
14. Valley Of Love
15. Let It Bleed

Download J*Davey - Land Of The Lost

J*Davey Mix

01. Might As Well
02. No More
03. Topsy Turvy
04. Fancy Auto
05. You Are
06. Take My Time
07. This One
08. Everybody (Touch It)
09. Mr. Mister
10. Division Of Joy
11. Dirty Love
12. Let It Bleed
13. Private Parts
14. Camera (Gangster)
15. Cowboys & Indians
16. Relax
17. Slut Daddy
18. Mr. Mister (Remix)
19. No More (DonWill Remix)
20. Finer Things
21. Lazydaze (snippet)

Download J*Davey Mix

Robin Thicke - Magic (Video)

Robin Thicke's first single for for third album Something Else dropping by this spring here in Australia. The song is pretty good but I couldn't help but laugh at the video, it's so cheesy while he sports a sanchez mustache lol.

CSS - Donkey + Bonus Tracks

The Brazillians are back with a sophomore that album sounds aesthically more post-punk compared to their electro-dominated predecessor. But the sextet still have their synths and the programable drums that was very present in their debut. More than worth it.

CSS on Last.fm

01. Jager Yoga
02. Rat Is Dead (Rage)
03. Let's Reggae All Night
04. Give It Up
05. Left Behind
06. Beautiful Song
07. How I Became Paranoid
08. Move
09. I Fly
10. Believe Achieve
11. Air Painter
12. Hollywood
13. I Wanna Be Your J Lo
14. Sô lora, sô burra (Disk Putas)

Download CSS - Donkey

Divshare

If you have been trying to d/l one of the links you may have noticed that it does not work anymore. Divshare has finally terminated my account :(

I'm not sad, well maybe just a little bit but I don't blame them. Thank you Divshare for your superior services. In the meantime, my posts are going to decline in the next couple weeks until I can find a new file host. If you want a missing album or mix, comment on the post and I'll re-up asap.

Must Haves

Remixes and collabs of her 2004 release 'Let It Die'

01. One Evening (Jose Gonzales solo piano)
02. Inside + Out (Apostle of Hustle Unmix Live at the BBC)
03. Mushaboom (Mocky Mix)
04. Gatekeeper (One Room One Hour Mix)
05. Lonely Lonely (Frisbee'd Mix)
06. Mushaboom (K-OS Mix)
07. Snow Lion
08. Tout Documentary
09. The Simple Story
10. Lovertits
11. Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix)
12. Gatekeeper (Do Right Mix)
13. One Evening (VV Mix)
14.When I Was A Young Girl (VV Mix)
15. Mushaboom (VV Mix)

Download Feist - Open Season

Kenna ft. Justin Timberlake - Rockway Life

This guy is criminally underrated, I thought I had all his bonus songs from Make Sure They Don't See My Face but I was wrong. Here is a new song that came with the U.K release just recently, I also re-up'd his album if you haven't heard of him yet.



Download Kenna - Rockaway Life

Freshness

Bloc Party's new song 'Mercury' is already remixed and a Justice song from back in the days, like 1999 days.

01. Sure You Will - Justice
02. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Biancardi Remix) - The Clash
03. Sunset Blvd (Lord Skywave Remix) - Pacific
04. I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance - Black Kids
05. Bucky Done Gun (Billion Dollar DJs Remix) - M.I.A
06. Lovefool (Mr GASPAR Remix) - The Cardigans
07. Mercury (Telemitry Remix) - Bloc Party
08. Embrace ft. Ladyhawke (Fred Falke Miami Horror Remix) - PNAU
09. Falling Down (Chemical Brothers Remix) - Oasis

Download 14-7-8 mix

Bloc Party - Mercury

Released a few days ago from their up coming album. For the people who are yearning for a Silent Alarm return, you're not going to like this. But for myself, I like their new sound carrying on from Silent Alarm eventually got repetitive.



Download Bloc Party - Mercury

Portishead - The Rip (video)

I don't really understand the video, but it's one of the better songs on Third.

N*E*R*D* ft. Santogold & Julian Casblancas - My Drive Thru (video)

Dope video is dope.

Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Quite enjoyable.

01. Melodies & Desires
02. Dance Dance Dance
03. I'm Good, I'm Good
04. Let It Fall
05. My
06. Little Bit
07. Hanging High
08. This Trumpet In My Head
09. Complaint Department
10. Breaking It Up
11. Time Flies
12. Window Blues

Download Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Freshness

01. Somersault ft. MF DOOM & Sia (Danger Mouse Remix)- Zero 7
02. Bust A Move (Diplo Remix)- Young MC
03. Gimme Passage - Aesop Rock vs. Rolling Stones vs. Street Lab - KidRom
04. Hiooooooo - Mic Terror & Dj Mano
05. Imperial Stress - Justice & John Williams
06. It's A Fact ft. Hollywood Holt (DJ Mano Remix)- Matt & Kim
07. Little Bit (CSS Remix)- Lykke Li
08. Naive (Ali's Summer Rebrand)- The Kooks
09. Song A - Pedro The Lion
10. Secousse (Crookers Spino Remix)- Radioclit
11. Summer Of 69 (Brian Adams Cover)- PYT
12. Tainted Love (The C90's Remix)- Softcell
13. Talk Like That (Miami Horror Remix)- The Presets
14. The Sun Smells Too Loud - Mogwai

Download 7-7-8 mix