Last week I featured mashup artist, The Friendly Giant, and his latest offering, Hands Up High. Since then, he’s been hard at work and just dropped two brand new mashups for your listening pleasure.
Enjoy!
The Friendly Giant – Beautiful Kids (Sean Kingston//B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars//MGMT)
The Friendly Giant – Twisted (Twista ft. Kanye West//Pendulum)
For more Friendly Giant, become a fan on his Facebook page and/or subscribe to his YouTube channel.
KCRW has a fantastic lineup of live studio performances this week and it kicks off today at 11:15am on Morning Becomes Eclectic with UK singer Badly Drawn Boy. He’ll be playing old favorites and new tunes from his latest release, It’s What I’m Thinking Pt. – Photographing Snowflakes.
Badly Drawn Boy – The Shining (The Avalanches Good Word For The Weekend Remix)
Official music video for the track from Sister Wife, out now on Heavy Roc Music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g_T1h62ybo
Alex Winston just finished up a strong showing at SXSW and will be hitting the road in the next couple of months for a few shows here and there (dates below) and be sure to check out my previous post for more fantastic tunes from Ms Winston.
4-05 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
5-10 Glasgow, Scotland – King Tuts
5-12 Bristol, England – The Cooler
5-13 Brighton, England – The Great Escape Festival
5-14 Manchester, England – Futuresonic Festival
5-15 Dublin, Ireland – The Sugar Club
5-18 London, England – XOYO
5-20 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
Thao Nguyen (of Thao With The Get Down Stay Down) and singer/songwriter Mirah recently teamed up and recorded their self-titled debut full-length (out 4/26, pre-order here).
The duo will be hitting the road this May for a quick West Coast tour in support of the release. The tour kicks off in Los Angeles on May 1st and wraps up in Olympia, WA, on May 9th. For more about how Thao & Mirah came together, visit their press page at Kill Rock Stars.
5/1 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
5/2 Santa Barbara, CA – Soho
5/3 Oakland, CA – The New Parish
5/5 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Biltmore
5/6 Bellingham, WA – Western Washington University
5/7 Seattle, WA – Crocodile
5/8 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
5/9 Olympia, WA – The Northern
Thao & Mirah – Eleven
[bonus] Mirah – The Garden
[bonus] Thao With The Get Down Stay Down – Know Better Learn Faster
The latest from Sweden’s Acid House Kings, Music Sounds Better With You, is just a few days away (out 3/22, pre-order here) and other than the latest from The Go! Team (Rolling Blackouts, out now) and the upcoming release from The Antlers (Burst Apart, out 5/10), this is one of the 2011 releases i’m most excited about.
Since way back in 1991, Acid House Kings have been creating some of the best indie pop and Music Sounds Better With You will not disappoint. The Hype Machine had the entire album available to stream a couple of weeks ago and I pretty much listened to just that for the entire week. The video featured below is for the track, Would You Say Stop? — a track that’s pure pop bliss…and just happens to be available for free download courtesy of labrador records.
Enjoy!