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2011, 31 days of good, music

(31) Days of Good: Day 17

December 17, 2011 Bfay Leave a comment

The Weeknd was another one of this years most blogged about artists with the two mixtapes released in 2011. The first House of Balloons is one of my personal favorites. It is one of the few records that I can listen to start to finish.

♪ The Weeknd — High For This (from House of Ballons)

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Another artist who made a name for himself in the mixtape scene was the resident crooner for the Odd Future (OFWKTA) crew, Frank Ocean. Ocean exploded this last year, most notably with two features on Jay-Z and Kanye’s Watch the Throne record.

♪ Frank Ocean — Novacane (from Nostalgia)

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If those first two tracks weren’t lively enough for you, this should do the trick. It’s off the latest LP from the alt-hip hop duo, The Knux, and features vocals from some guy named Kid Cudi…maybe you’ve heard of him?

♪ The Knux – Run (feat. Kid Cudi) (from Eraser)

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2011, music, new music

[new music roundup] 9.27.11

September 27, 2011 Concrete Opinions Leave a comment

So this is a bit late, but I was at the Big Black Delta show at The Satellite last night (very good show btw, definitely worth checking out if you have the chance), followed by a pretty hectic day of work, and I may have had one too many PRB tall boys at the show. Needless to say, today I wasn’t exactly the olympic caliber blogger I aim to be today.

But enough excuses, here are a few of my favorite new releases this week. Enjoy.

Big Black Delta – BBDLP1

For fans of: M83, LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Mellowdrone, SONOIO

Key tracks: Huggin & Kissin, Betamax, Put The Gun On The Floor, IFUCKINGLOVEYOU

(hint: BBDLP1 is available for free download at bigblackdelta.com)

Dum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams

For fans of: Vivian Girls, Best Coast, Frankie Rose and The Outs, Crystal Stilts

Key tracks: Bedroom Eyes, Coming Down, Always Looking, Crystal Baby

J. Viewz – rivers and homes

For fans of: Violet Vision, Younger Brother, Washed Out, Blackbird Blackbird

Key tracks: Salty Air, Rivers and Homes, Far Too Close, About the Sea

The Knux – Eraser

For fans of: The Roots, Kid Cudi, Jurassic 5, Kidz in the Hall

Key tracks: Run (feat. Kid Cudi), You Can’t Lose, 1974 (feat. Natalia Kills), Eraser

Teen Daze – A Silent Planet EP

For fans of: Blackbird Blackbird, Memoryhouse, Two Bicycles, MillionYoung

Key tracks: Surface, The Harvest, Watch Over Me

Twin Sister – In Heaven

For fans of: Crystal Stilts, Beach House, Real Estate, Tennis

Key Tracks: Gene Ciampi, Stop, Kimmi In a Rice Field, Bad Street

Honorable Mention:

9th Wonder – The Wonder Years

Kasabian – Velociraptor!

Wilco – The Whole Love

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In Case You Missed It…

August 12, 2011 Concrete Opinions Leave a comment

So, I was lucky enough to take a much-needed vacation the last couple of weeks, but I wasn’t able to do much of anything in regards to this here blog…even though there seemed to be an abundance of musical going-ons while I was away.

With that said, I figured I should do a little roundup of music news/updates/announcements that caught my eye while I was out on the open road. My guess is most of this is old news for you, but in case you missed it…

Cults is going on tour with Foster The People this Fall. Check the dates here and enjoy the official video for Go Outside.

Kanye and Jay-Z released their highly anticipated collaboration, Watch The Throne. Does it live up to the hype?

The Knux visited Daytrotter. Listen/download the session here.

Hoodie Allen released a Leap Year, his followup mix-tape to last years Pep Rally. Both mix-tapes are available as free downloads. Grab Pep Rally here and Leap Year here.

Theophilus London is hitting the road this Fall.

Holy Ghost! are headlining their first ever tour in the US. Dates and such are here and be sure to check out the animated video of their track, Some Children, here. (FYI, you might as well grab the track for free while your there)

Mates of State are hitting the road this Fall. More information about the tour is here and enjoy the video of their brand new song, Maracas, below (courtesy of Stereogum and download the track for free here!