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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: The 2 Bears, ‘Whatever the Weather’ Mix

While Joe Goddard will soon be busy pushing Hot Chip’s new album, we can’t stress just how crucial his 2 Bears side project is. A collaboration with his Greco-Roman DJ partner Raf Daddy (a.k.a. Raphael Rundell), it sounds like it was beamed in from a Bay Area dance floor—bursting at the grooves with sweat, steam […]

LISTEN: Busdriver, “Superhand’s Mantra” (Featuring Aesop Rock)

If you’re like us and actually have fond memories of Def Jux’s heyday, and Busdriver‘s first couple LPs–including one with Daedelus–the following 7-inch-only collaboration with Aesop Rock will almost make you forget about the MC’s well-intentioned Christmas caroling with Kimya Dawson. “Songs born out of aggression tend to usually make the final cut over here,” […]

PRIMER: Lilacs & Champagne On … The Art of Sampling

Lilacs & Champagne had us at goodbye–namely the line in their bio that promised “something like the sound of Nurse With Wound collaborating with J Dilla.” Not that any of this loop-led tomfoolery should be all that surprising. After all, Emil Amos–one half of the Grails-related duo alongside Alex Hall–lent us a library music mix […]

LISTEN: Korallreven’s ‘ONANDONANDON’ Mixtape

Some thoughts from Marcus Joons, via Oki-Ni: I know, I know, I know that you should try to be in the moment, in the now, and that you should not always go for what’s around the corner or use witchcraft to see what is in the future. Anyway, this is not what’s now, this is […]

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Scuba, “Flash Addict”

Since the first single off Scuba‘s new album (Personality, due out March 6th through Hotflush) is already receiving massive airplay everywhere from East Village Radio here in New York to BBC Radio 1 in the UK, the shape-shifting producer has passed on its B-side as a free download. Grab it above, or on vinyl alongside […]

Azealia Banks and Paul Epworth Lend “Bambi” To Mugler Show

And the meteoric rise of self-titled‘s current cover star continues, as Azealia Banks shares a runaway edit of “Bambi”—the first byproduct of her Paul Epworth sessions—with Mugler. Check out the line’s fashion week video below, alongside a streaming version of Banks’ track…