Friday, August 31, 2012

VIDEO: YEASAYER - LONGEVITY



Sercretly Canadian dropped the new Yeasayer video for for the track Longevity. The video features Anand, Chris, Ira and Cale doing what they do best – performing, with a surprising twist thrown in. Watch below to see what happens.

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 08.25.2012



ARITST / TRACK / ALBUM
  • Acid Glasses / Jpeg Hoarder / 7 inch
  • Dominant Legs / Hoop of Love / Digital Single
  • Twin Shadow / Golden Light / Confess
  • Lower Dens / Batman / 7 Inch
  • Future Unlimited / Into The Sun / Cloak & Dagger EP
  • Darkside / A2 / Darkside EP
  • Major Lazer / Get Free [ft. Amber Coffman] / Single
  • Miami Horror / I Look To You [ft. Kimbra] /
  • Grimes / Genesis / Visions
  • Jessie Ware / Wildest Moments / Devotion
  • The XX / Chained / Coexist
  • Lemonade / Sister / Diver
  • Peaking Lights / Dreambeat / Lucifer
Guest DJ's Natalie and Tom Burris
  • The Fall / I Wake Up In The City / Single
  • The Stooges / Search and Destroy /7 Inch
  • Sic Alps / Gelly Roll Gum Drop / Single
  • Rolling Stones / Connection / Between the Buttons
  • The Archies / Bang Shang-A-Lang / Bootleg
  • Crazy Elephant / Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' / 7 Inch
  • Ana Tijoux / 1977 / 1977
  • Sly & The Family Stone / If You Want Me To Stay / 7 Inch
  • Delroy Wilson / Better Must Come /
  • Royal Trux / Faca Amalada /
  • Neil Michael Hagerty / Out of Reach /
  • RTX / Speed to Roam /
  • Cattanooga Cats / It's Summertime /
  • Ezra Furman / American Soil / The Year of No Returning
  • Dolly Parton / Don't Drop Out /
  • Tom Waits / I Don't Want To Grow Up / Bone Machine

Monday, August 27, 2012

CHROMATICS RELEASE KILL FOR LOVE 2xLP







Hot Off The Presses... "Kill For Love" Is Finally Available On Vinyl
  • Two LPs Pressed On Magenta Vinyl In Black Sleeves
  • Double Sided Lyric Insert
  • Silver Foil Stamped Back Cover
  • Mp3 Download Codes
CLICK HERE [Update: already sold out] FOR MAIL ORDER

Download The Free Digital Art Book Designed By Chromatics & Desire. Includes 37 Drawings Plus A .wav file of the track "No Escape".

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ART BOOK

CHROMATICS KILL FOR LOVE (DRUMLESS VERSION)



According to folks at Italians Do It Better HQ there will be a vinyl release of the Kill For Love Drumless Version soon!!! Here is the quote below...

"JOHNNY'S WORKING ON A VINYL VERSION OF THIS WITH THE ALTERNATE VERSION OF "KILL FOR LOVE" THAT WAS NEVER RELEASED. MORE ELECTRONIC THAN THE ALBUM VERSION. EXPECT A VINYL RELEASE FOR THAT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. MAIL ORDER ONLY. GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO DRUMLESS...BUT WITH A FEW ALTERNATE TAKES SWAPPED OUT FROM THIS VERSION. IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!"

Drumless version of Kill For Love available for FREE DWLD HERE

Thursday, August 23, 2012

VIDEO: MAJOR LAZER - GET FREE (FT. AMBER COFFMAN)

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 08.18.2012



ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

  • James Blake / Wilhelm Scream / James Blake
  • The Late Great Fitzcarraldos / My Temptation / The Late Great Fitzcarraldos
  • SLT  / Warcraft / Digital Single
  • Mike Simonetti / The Third of the Storms/
  • Passion Pit / Take a Walk / Gossamar
  • MGMT / Electric Feel / MGMT
  • Mike Simonetti & Johnny Jewel / The Dead of Night / Albuterol
  • Psychic Twin / Gonna Get Her / 7 Inch
  • Pretty Good Dance Moves / Sample My Body / EP
  • Nicolas Jar / Too Many Kids Finding Rain in the Dust / Space Is Only Noise
  • The 2 Bears / Bear Hug / Be Strong
  • The Beastie Boys / Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun / Paul's Boutique
  • Teddy Bears / Ahead of My Time [Ft. Daddy Boastin] / Soft Machine
  • Ariel M / Wedding Song Number 3 / Single
  • Metric / Help Im Alive / Fantacys
  • Tortise / Why Hope Pai / Alazeris Taxon
  • Portishead / The Rip / III
  • Blur / Tender / Tender [Cornelius Remix] / [Cornelius Remix]
  • Chandliers / Sugar Scoop / Roule
  • My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult / The Days of Swine and Roses / Single
  • Fever Ray / Seven/ Fever Ray
  • Clinic / Walking With Thee / Walking With Thee
  • Panda Bear / Bros / Single

ITALIANS DO IT BETTER VS DFA NIGHT IN CHICAGO


Come dance the night away with some sweet, sweet tunes from the labels Italians Do It Better and DFA! DJ 's BILLEH OCEAN & RANDY NIETO spinning all night long. FREE to all RSVP link HERE.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

5 MINUTES WITH IDA NO


























A Rare Recording Of Ida No Interviewed With Flashcards By Alberto Rossini Live On The Set Of A Martin D'Argensio Photo Shoot For "Body Work" February In Montreal 2012.

Glass Candy & Chromatics Play A Benefit For Music Programs In Oregon Schools At The Crystal Ballroom In Portland On August 30th.

ITALIANS DO IT BETTER VS DFA NIGHT w/ DJ's Billeh Ocean & Randy Nieto playing records all night at Burlington in Chicago August 23rd



VIDEO: GRIMES - GENESIS



Drum Roll please.... The video for Grimes' "Genesis" is here (directed by Claire Boucher herself), and it bears no shortage of things to gawk at. I LOVE it! Visions is out now on LP via INSOUND HERE


Tuesday, August 21, 2012

[LISTEN UP] LES SINS - FETH / TAKEN



Chaz Bundick or Toro Y Moi has dropped both sides from his new Les Sins 7″, due later this month on JIAOLONG label more info HERE

VIDEO: PEAKING LIGHTS - DREAMBEAT



New music video from lo-fi dub hipsters Peaking Lights for the track Dreambeat. Lucifer is out now via Mexican Summer HERE

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 08.11.2012


ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
  • Ghostloft / Seconds / Single
  • The Charleston / Piece by Piece / Single
  • Kraftwerk / Home Computer / Computer World
  • The Weekend / D.D. / Echos of Silence
  • LCD Soundsystem / Bye Bye Bayou / Single
  • Chromatics / Lady / Kill for Love [Drumless Version]
  • Sensual Harassment / Disco Heart / Single
  • Glass Candy / Beatific / Beatbox
  • Yeasayer / Fingers Never Bleed / Fragment World
  • Twigs / Hide / Single
  • Grimes / Oblivion / Visions
  • The Late Great Fitzcarraldos / Jesu / Single
  • Nite Jewel / One Second Of Love / Peaking Lights Remix
Guest DJ Randy Nieto of Belmont & Clarke
  • Chanderliers / Ginger Jack / Founding Fathers
  • Youth Lagoon / Daydream / The Year of Hibernation
  • Wild Nothing / Chinatown / Gemeni
  • Dragonette / Pick Up the Phone / Fixin to Thrill
  • Beach House / Wedding Bell / Devotion
  • Purity Ring / Ungirthed / Single
  • Glasser / Apply / Ring
  • Belmont & Clarke / Tidal Wave / Tidal Wave
  • Aphex Twin / The Girl Boy Song / Richard D James
  • Twisted Wires / One Night at the Raw Deal / Single

Friday, August 10, 2012

...INTRODUCING TWIGS!



























If Abel Tesfaye better known as The Weeknd and Claire Boucher aka Grimes had a love child it would be Twigs. Im so into this right now and I don't really know who she is and is pretty much a mystery at this point! The beat in Hide is simply nasty if you turn up the bass; Ache is dance’able and more in your face. Sexy just the way we like it. Thanks to Cate Underwood for the heads up!

VIDEO: BODY LANGUAGE - FALLING OUT



Body Language’sFalling Out” is is such a sweet track. Here’s the official video to the song filmed by Ian Perlman shot live in New York. The track is taken from Body Language’s 2011 album entitled “Social Studies” available on Bandcamp HERE


Thursday, August 9, 2012

VIDEO: SENSUAL HARASSMENT - DISCO HEART



If your into Slutever’s Karley Sciortino & beat-driven Psycho-pop Disco then you will love Sensual Harassment latest. Above is an uncensored erotic outtake music video featuring the track Disco Heart. Below is the official music video which highlights a flight attendant drug dealer, aliens, and a Brooklyn warehouse party. Two very different but awesome videos for a sweet song!

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

LISTEN UP: MAZES - PEACE CAN DO NO WRONG




Check out Mazes's new video for the song "Peace Can Do No Wrong," from the upcoming record titled Mazes Blazes available for Pre-Order now on Parasol Records via Sanzimat HERE

LISTEN UP - THE LATE GREAT FITZCARRALDOS - JESU




Enjoy the newest tune along with a music video from The Late Great Fitzcarraldos titled Jesu. New album due out later this year via Fake Diamond Records. Jesu is now available on iTunes HERE.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

NICOLAS JAAR X CAT POWER


Nicolas Jaar releases a beautifully haunted remix of Cat Power’s new single “Cherokee.” Download Jaar’s re-work + the original below:

Friday, August 3, 2012

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 07.28.12

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

  • Twin Shadow / Five Seconds / Confess
  • Justice / Civilization - Audio Video Disco
  • Givers / Up Up Up (CSS Remix)/ Remix
  • The Weeknd / What You Need / House of Blues
  • Chairlift / Amanaemoenesia / Something
  • Toro Y Moi / Low Shoulder / Causes of This
  • Metric / The Wanderlust / Synthetica
  • Jack White /  Freedom In 21 / Blunderbuss
  • The Shams Band / Cold City / Cold City
  • The Gaslight Anthem / Howl / Handwritten
  • Black Keys / Gold On The Ceiling / El Camino
  • Band of Skulls / You're Not Pretty But You Got It Goin On / Sweet Sour
  • M83 / Kim & Jessie / Saturdays + Youth
  • The Walkmen / The Witch / Heaven
  • Yuna / Live Your Life / Yuna
  • Neon Indian / Sleep Paralysist / Single
  • Big Science / Headlight Song / Difficulty
  • The Jezabels / Endless Summer / Prisoner
  • Washed Out / Amor Fati / Within & Without
  • Tame Impala / Elephant / Digital Single
  • Bloc Party / Flux / A Weekend In The City
  • Franz Ferdinand / The Dark Of The Matinee
  • The Big Pink / Stay Gold / Single
  • Frank Ocean / Pyramids / Channel Orange

VIDEO: LOWER DENS - CANDY



I have never been lucky enough to experience one but I'm going to assume corporate outings are always tons of fun and are looked forward to by all company employees. You'll be able to find "Candy" on Lower Dens' latest LP Nootropics available HERE

Thursday, August 2, 2012

WEBCAST OF 2012 LOLLAPALOOZA FESTIVAL



Fans that don't have tickets to the SOLD OUT Lollapalooza won't be facing the gut wrenching set-time conflict type of decisions people on the ground will be making — but they will get the chance to watch 48 of the festival's sets via YouTube live stream. The YouTube stream will kick off at 1:30 p.m. set (CDT, so 11:30 a.m. for West Coasters and 2:30 p.m. for East Coasters) on Friday. See the actual stream times HERE

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

TWIN SHADOW PERFORMS RUN MY HEART FOR YOURS TRULY



Twin Shadow has a new album out (Confess, in case you missed it - it’s available now on 4AD), Yours Truly had the perfect excuse to come over to George Lewis Jr house in Silver Lake to capture him perform an acoustic version of album highlight Run My Heart.

VIDEO: VACATIONER - TRIP


Downtown Records
presents Vacationer's first official video for the first single "Trip" shot by Dave Homcy on Lomography LomoKino cameras in Hawaii. Edited and Color Corrected by Philippe Grenade for Fortune Films USA.