[ALBUM REVIEW] LANA DEL REY - BORN TO DIE

Despite all the internet hype, Lana Del Rey is just a gif on your tumblr dashboard. She's like a pretty actress who woke up one day deciding to make a pop album (Scarlett Johansson, anyone?), and it would be more enjoyable had the record belonged to such a genre of wannabes. The production is well done with beats and string arrangements that make tracks such as "Diet Mountain Dew" and "Radio" worth a listen. Unfortunately, Miss Rey doesn't take any risks and with little connection to the music, leaves us dragging along--almost wanting to help her create something better in the future. Until then, I plan to ignore her wallpaper music the next time I'm eating a Panera bread bowl.

By Natalie Burris; January 31, 2012





Born To Die on VINYL is available for Pre-Order from Insound via Interscope HERE

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 01.28.2012

Artist / Track / Album

Peaking Lights / All the Sun That Shines / 936
Acid Glasses / Jpeg Hoarder / 45
Velvet Underground / Beginning to see the Light / Velvet Underground
Stars / Changes / The Five Ghosts
Kurt Vile / Jesus Fever / Smoke Ring For My Halo
Bailff / When I leave You Will Still Stay / Red Balloon
Bon Iver / For Emma / For Emma, For Ever
Talking Heads / Burning Down The House/ Speaking In Tongues
Dillon/ Tip Tapping / The Silence Kills
Best Coast / Boyfriend / Crazy For You
Disappears / Replicate / Pre Language
The M's / Break Our Bones / The M's
Bachelorette / Blanket / Bachelorette
Keep Shelly In Athens / Struggle With Yourself/ Campus Maritus EP
Afrosound / Jungle Fever / The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol 1
The Walkmen / Angela Surf City / Lisbon
Grimes / Vowels = Space and Sound / Visions
We Are The Arm / So Intelligent / Togetherness
Black Joe Lewis / Big Booty Woman / Tell Them What Your Name Is
Blonde / Tide Is High / Greatest Hits
Wilco / Dawned On Me/ The Whole Love
Charles Bradley / Stay Away / Heartaches and Pain EP
Broadcast / Pendulum / Haha Sound
Moderne / Switch On Bach/ L’Espionne Aimait La Musique
M83 / Steve McQueen / Midnight City
REM / King of Comedy / Monster
White Rabbits / While We Go Dancing / Fort Nightly
Smiths / Ask / Louder Than Bombs
Tame Impala / Lucidity / Innerspeaker
Sonic Youth / Dirty Boots / Goo
The Soft Moon / Alive / Total Decay EP
Snowy Red / Wardance / Right To Die
Can / Mushroom Head / Tago Mago
Wooden Shjips / For So Long / Dos Vol 1
Yeasayer / Ambling Alp / Odd Blood
Joe Pug / Hymn 101 / Nation Of Heat
The National / Fake Empire / Boxer
Fleet Foxes / Montezuma / Helplessness Blues
Ex Cops / Broken Chinese Chairs / White Women

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 01.27.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

LCD Soundsystem / Daft House Is Playing In My House / LCD Soundsystem
Daft Punk / Da Funk / Homework
Innergaze / Shadow Disco / 12 Single
Toro Y Moi / Saturday Love / Freaking Out
Charles Bradley / The Worlds Gone Up In Flames / No Time For Dreaming
Deux / Dance With Me / Game And Performance
Beach Boys / California Girls / 1967 Rehearsal Tapes
Strokes / The End Has No End / Room On Fire
Comix / Touche pas mon sexe / Bippp
Malvoeaux / Broken Anthem / 12 Single
Coyote Clean Up / Blonde Aztek / Digital Single
In Trance 95 / Something Better Nothing / Cities Of Steel And Neon
The Human League / Never Let Me Go [Aeroplane Remix] / Digital Single
Miike Snow / Paddling Out / Digital Single
Chrisma / C Rock / Chinese Restaurant
Holy Ghost! / Do It Again / Holy Ghost
Al Green / I'm So In Love With You / Greatest Hits
Wu Lyf / We Bros / Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Holiday Crowd / Never Speak Of It Again / Over The Bluffs
Sleigh Bells / Born To Lose / Digital Single
Depeche Mode / Enjoy The Silence / Violator

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VIDEO: ZEBRA KATZ - IMA READ (FT. REDDD FOXXX)

"Ima Read," featuring Njena Reddd Foxxx, is the new single from Zebra Katz of Mad Decent. Despite what the title sounds like, it's not a track encouraging young people to read.

Zebra Katz- Ima Read (JEFF006) by Mad Decent

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VIDEO: WHITE RABBITS - HEAVY METAL

Heavy Metal the New music video from White Rabbits off Milk Famous out March 6th via White Iris on Vinyl. The video was directed by Andrew Droz Palermo and shows a creepy middle-aged man that is married to two young.

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VIDEO: THE HOLIDAY CROWD - PENNIES FOUND

Over the Bluffs from The Holiday Crowd is out now via Shelflife Records HERE

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 01.20.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

The Cure / Friday Im In Love / Greatest Hits
Lower Dens / Brains / Digital Single
Loyal Divide / Otto / EP
Panda Bear / Last Night at the Jetty / Tomboy
Moon / Paris / Moon EP
Nicolas Jaar / With Just One Glance / Digital Single
Peaking Lights / Marshmallow Yellow (Ital Remix) / Remix EP
Santigold / Big Mouth / Digital Single
White Rabbits / Heavy Metal / Digital Single
Pretty Good Dance Moves / Movement 2 / Limo
John Maus / Keep Pushing On / We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
Charleston / Piece By Piece / Digital Single
Little Joy / Dont Watch Me Dancing / Little Joy
Charles Manson / Look at your Game Girl / Lie
The Raveonettes / Wanna Dance / B-Sides and Rarities
James Brown / Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Pt 1 / All Time Greatest Hits
Lana Del Rey / Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix) / Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix)
Caged Animals / The Beautiful Things In The World / Eat Their Own
Twin Shadow / Tyrant Destroyer / Forget
Maria Mckee / If Love Is A Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags) / 45
Crystal Castles / Courtship Dating / Crystal Castles
Beck / Novocain / Odelay
Justice / On & On / Audio, Video, Disco
The National / Abel / Alligator
The Lively Ones / Surf Rider / 45
Cat Power / Lived In Bars / The Greatest
Chromatics / I'm On Fire / Digital Single
Neil Young / Harvest Moon / Harvest

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[LISTEN UP] MIIKE SNOW - PADDLING OUT

Electo-pop trio Miike Snow put out the first single from their upcoming Happy To You, “Devil’s Work,” out in December, and now they return with another track from that record, “Paddling Out.

Paddling Out by miikesnow

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VIDEO: SANTIGOLD - BIG MOUTH

Santigold just released this new music video from Director Cody Critcheloe along with a DWLD of “Big Mouth” for free HERE

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[LISTEN UP] SLEIGH BELLS - COMEBACK KID

This past December, Sleigh Bells shared "Born to Lose," the first single from their upcoming new album Reign of Terror. The Brooklyn duo just released another track titled "Comeback Kid." If you pre-order the LP on iTunes, you'll get a download of "Comeback Kid" right away.

Comeback Kid by Sleigh Bells

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[LISTEN UP] LOWER DENS - BRAINS

Lower Dens announce new album Nootropics with a new song titled Brains DWLD HERE

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[LISTEN UP] M | O | O | N - MOON EP

M | O | O | N drops self-titled Moon EP DWLD via Bandcamp HERE

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VIDEO: CAGED ANIMALS - ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD

Caged Animals : 'All the Beautiful Things In The World' (NSFW) from Jamie Harley on Vimeo.

Here is a new music video of Caged Animal’s track All The Beautiful Things in the World, directed by Jamie Harley. The newest album Eat Their Own is available on VINYL via there Bandcamp page HERE

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[LISTEN UP] NICOLAS JAAR - WITH JUST ONE GLANCE YOU

New track from Nicolas Jaar titled With Just One Glance You. Vocals by Scout Larue, the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.

Nicolas Jaar - With Just One Glance f/ Scout LaRue by Pretty Much Amazing

via PMA

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[LISTEN UP] WHITE RABBITS - HEAVY METAL

Milk Famous from White Rabbits produced by Mike McCarthy hits stores March 6th via TBD Records. The vinyl will be available a week later, on March 13th. Download the first track Heavy Metal for FREE below.

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LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS (TRAILER)

On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with NEW YORK magazine calling the event "a marvel of pure craft" and TIME magazine lamenting "we may never dance again." SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS is both a narrative film documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision. More info HERE

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VIDEO: THE WEEKND - NEXT

Next is available along with the new album Echos of Silence for FREE download via www.the-weeknd.com

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[LISTEN UP] THE FLAMING LIPS & PLASITC ONO BAND EP

Oklahoma City folk heroes The Flaming Lips have teamed up with Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band this past new years eve and day for performances in their hometown. They also dropped a EP that was recorded with the the Ono band for a special limited Vinyl release. The tracks are...pretty weird. But then again, that much should probably have been expected.



01 The Fear Of Litany


02. Do It


03 Brain of Heaven


04 Atlas Eets Christmas

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VIDEO: JAMES BLAKE - A CASE FOR YOU

Enough Thunder is available via Insound HERE

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