Upcoming Legendary

Dubplate Dionysus was an idea formed in 2012 by friends Fred Royster, a graphic designer by day, remixer/producer by night and Matt Keppel, lyricist/vocalist of electronic pop act Microfilm. They had an idea to celebrate the dancefloor ecstasy of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s era of Chicago House, freestyle, and electrofunk all within the structure of a dancefloor-ready pop act. ‘Upcoming Legendary’ is the first in a series of singles coming out later in 2012 and moving in to 2013. A debut album is also in the writing and planning stages. The track is pretty banging... Dubplate Dionysus on Facebook

Scream Therapy

Therapist is a three piece indie band with members Suz residing in Phoenix, AZ, and Ant and Marco, both residing in California. They are shouty post-punk dance rock practitioners, and I love that shit. Suz sings with the right amount of snark and snarl and the music is tight and angular. Blake Miller from Moving Units delivers a tasty remix of their single I Know What I Want. Download their new Heart Beats EP @ Bandcamp - name your own price!

RIYL: Moving Units, The Rapture, Death From Above 1979, Glass Candy, The Chinese Stars



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Sunburn

Baio - Tanto feat. Matias Aguayo
Baio is the new solo project from Chris Baio, bass player for Vampire Weekend. His debut SUNBURN EP will be released on May 21st on Greco-Roman. Tanto is a delightfully off kilter electronic disco track with a whiff of summer-y steel drums. Nice.

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Silk Threads...

Sarah Nixey's new EP is called Silk Threads. Her fave remixers , electronic duo Microfilm, have cooked up a couple of different versions, and are offering up the Unraveled Remix as a free download. The EP is out April 23rd.

Lover Motion

Ben Browning - Feels Like Cut Copy bassist Ben Browning on the solo tip. Lover Motion is his new EP. Gus Franklin and Haima Marriott (Architecture in Helsinki) were enlisted to add production and shimmer, Lachlan Dickie provided live-drums to some of the original tracks and Cut Copy's own Dan Whitford and his collection of vintage synths provided keyboard programming, producing some of the classic keyboard tones you hear. The ending result is some tasty electro pop rock that isn't too far removed from his band's musical realm. Feels Like rides a popping bass line to smoothville. Very nice. Click the Soundcloud link to listen to the whole EP. Facebook / Soundcloud / Buy on iTunes

Funky Friday

Plug 1 & Plug 2 from De La Soul are putting out an album next week as First Serve. If you're looking for some old skool Three Feet High & Rising type party jams you've come to the right place!
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One of my current musical obsessions is the Hot Chip side project The 2 Bears. Their album Be Strong is a bumping set of tracks that are funky and humorous - deep house vibes with a big helping of reggae riddims thrown in. Here is a cool remix they did, as well as the stomping Bear Hug.




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Take genre hopper Damon Albarn, mix in Afro drummer extraordinaire Tony Allen and the funky bass of Flea and sprinkle liberally with Erykah Badu. Delicious!
Rocket Juice and the Moon – Hey Shooter (feat. Erykah Badu) by Fuse Group Australia

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May The Funk Be With You...

Headnodic's
Funky Star Wars
A 40 minute mix of the funkiest Star Wars cover tunes of the 70's & 80's.
You know you need it...

Love Forever

The Mary Onettes - Love's Taking Strange WaysSweden's The Mary Onettes have a new EP coming out on February 28th. Called Love Forever, it features production by Dan Lissvik. It will be available as a digital download as well as a limited edition vinyl (1000 copies). Pre-order yours here!

A Few Choice Tracks...

Here are a few new bits of music floating around the interwebs today. Shigeto has a mini LP which is lovely and Huron River Drive should prove it to you. Also enjoy a St. Etienne remix of The 2 Bears, as well as a spaced out Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas remix of Roxy Music's Avalon. Excellent.

Destination

Barry Adamson - Destination (Mush Remix)
From his forthcoming 10th album I Will Set You Free (2/14/12 - Central Control)
Barry Adamson

Brugada

Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Brugada
A new track taken from the forthcoming album Crown and Treaty (out 4/16/12), the follow up to their Mercury Music Prize nominated album (Twice Born Men - 2009).

Sweet Billy Pilgrim / Facebook