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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Bathetic’s ‘Expressway’ Compilation, Featuring Dirty Beaches, Xander Harris, Cough Cool & More
Photo by Aaron Richter Alex Zhang Hungtai of Dirty Beaches and William Cody Watson have curated a special compilation for the latter’s Bathetic label called Expressway. Featuring exclusives from both artists and such fringe favorites as Cough Cool, Xander Harris and Wet Hair, it’s meant as a travelogue of sorts. Or as Hungtai puts it […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Memoryhouse, “This Will Be Our Year” (The Zombies Cover)
Via Memoryhouse‘s Tumblr: In light of the new year, Evan and I have decided to record a cover of one of our favorite Zombies songs, “This Will Be Our Yearâ€. Thank you everyone for all of your support in 2011, and I hope this song helps motivate you to lose 5 pounds, stop smoking, and […]
Sandwell District Shutters Its Doors, Offers New Mix
Sandwell District, one of our favorite underground techno collectives of the past five years, has decided to stop releasing new records, sharing the following statement on their Tumblr: Beginning the 31st of December, 2011, regular audio communications from Sandwell District will cease. All vinyl artifacts have been decommissioned. There is a possibility of future, albeit […]
2011 IN REVIEW: Download All Of Our Exclusive Mixes
Photo by Andrew Parks If you’re sick of year-end lists and simply want to hear some decent music, we’ve got a simple solution: start flipping through 12 months of exclusive Needle Exchange mixes, including popular entries from Demdike Stare, Peaking Lights, Anika and Sepalcure. And if you need tracklistings or some words from our artists, […]
THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: DJ Shadow
Photos by Jimmy Fontaine Words by Andrew Parks A sealed box of demos and cassettes sits in the corner of DJ Shadow‘s tour bus. The 39-year-old producer recently hit Calgary’s Recordland shop for an after-hours dig and hauled in everything from guy-with-a-guitar throwaways to alt-rock casualties that sound a lot like the Red Hot Chili […]
2011 IN REVIEW: 20 Of Our Favorite Magazine Features
Photo by Bryan Sheffield Look, we can’t blame you for missing some of self-titled‘s finest magazine features from the past year. Digging through our digital issues takes some dedication, which is why we went ahead and selected 20 standout stories from 2011, from Anika discussing modern art at MoMA and exclusive interviews with Zomby and […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Frank Ocean, “4 Tears (Demo)”
Via Frank Ocean‘s Tumblr: i just listened to this a few times for myself. figured maybe some else needed to hear it. it’s called ‘4 tears’.
LISTEN: SBTRKT, “Ride To Freedom”
You can grab this new track on the B-side of SBTRKT‘s upcoming “Hold On” single.