VIDEO: DISAPPEARS - KONE

As Disappears get ready to release their next record this fall on Kranky, here is a video for the track Kone off of there self-released 12” that drops later this month. Described as “pretty abstract and experimental,” the Kone EP features two versions of the title track (including an edit that ends in a locked groove) and another new song called “Kontakt.” Both of which feature the band’s new drummer, Noah Leger, who recently replaced Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth.

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VIDEO: BITING ELBOWS - BAD MOTHERFUCKER (INSANE OFFICE ESCAPE 2)

Quite possibly the baddest ass motherfucking video ever made! Great job to Biting Elbows and the song is a'ight also!

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VIDEO: FRANK OCEAN - LOST

Frank Ocean just posted on his tumblr page the new video for the track "Lost"off his amazing album Channel Orange. The clip is a split-screen travelogue that follows Ocean spanning the globe through places like Dubai, Chicago, Paris, and Tokyo... Quite possibly my favorite track of the album!

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[LISTEN UP] PUSHA T - NUMBERS ON THE BOARDS

"Our family Hov brought that real hip hop shit this morning so me and Pusha wanna keep that feeling going." -- Kanye West

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 03.30.2013

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Acid Pauli / A Clone Is A Clone / MST
• The Avalanches / Frontier Psychiatrist / Since I Left You
• Surhan / Watching The World / EP
• Farah / The Law of Life (Remix) / The Law of Life (Remix)
• Black Light Smoke / Lovework (DJ T. Remix) / Lovework (DJ T. Remix)
• Whilk & Misky / Don't Come Back No More (Remix) / Don't Come Back No More (Remix)
• Paul Simon / Diamonds Dub (Tangoterje Remix) / Diamonds Dub (Tangoterje Remix)
• The Crystal Ark / We Came To (House Mix) / We Came To (House Mix)
• Wherewolf / Episode 1 / Secret Art Society

Eric Michales from Paper Thick Walls Guest DJ Set

• Mutts / No One Left / Object Permanence
• Santah / Teeth / You're Still A Lover
• California Wives / Marianne / Art History
• Save The Clocktower / Better Than Ever / Through the Glass
• JC Brooks and Uptown Sound / Bad News / Want More
• The David Mayfield Parade / Breath of Love / The David Mayfield Parade
• Sandman Viper Command / Strawberry Quick / Everbody See This
• Carbon Tigers / Science / The Burrows
• Paper Thick Walls / A Thousand Novels / A Thousand Novels
• The Soil & The Sun / Raised In Glory / Single
• The Damn Choir / Brooklyn / Faithful Fools
• The Crane Wives / New Colors / Safe Ship, Harbored

THE MINIMAL BEAT 03.30.2013 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[LISTEN UP] WHILK AND MISKY - DARKLANDS

A few weeks back I received a email from Whilk And Misky and there was a song attached titled Wing Clipper. I pressed play and from the opening beat till the last I was immediately hooked! Now a few weeks later I recieve another email with another amazing track titled "Darklands". I am really liking what I'm hearing and looking forward to more in the near future!

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[LISTEN UP] THE NATIONAL - DEMONS

Check out the first single "Demons" off of The National's new album Trouble Will Find Me which is available for Pre-Order now HERE

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[LISTEN UP] GHOST LOFT - SO HIGH

Producer Danny Choi, better known as Ghost Loft released his new single “So High” this past week... Soooo good sooooo high!

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VIDEO: WHEREWOLF CITY - "REINCARNATION" (EPISODE 2)

...reincarnation. wolf to boy....

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VIDEO: SYMMETRY - STREETS OF FIRE

Italians Do It Better artist Johnny Jewel just released a video for the track Streets Of Fire featuring vocals by Ruth Radelet by his other band Chromatics. Symmetry is a project that released Themes For An Imaginary Film back in 2011. The video is full of footage shot around New York City, and was directed by Alastair Uhlig. Check it out below.

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VIDEO: NICOLAS JAAR - NOISE

Nicolas Jaar “journeys into the abyss to ponder the complexities of making music today” with the Avant/Garde Diaries. Directed by Richard Parks. Music by Nico Jaar. Read the full interview with Jaar HERE.

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VIDEO: TORO Y MOI - NEVER MATTER

"Never Matter" is the third single off Toro Y Moi's third full-length, "Anything In Return". Out now on Carpark Records HERE.

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[LISTEN UP] ANGEL OLSEN + MARISSA NADLER - FRISCO DEPOT

Angel Olsen and Marissa Nadler team up once again on this beautiful, calming rendition of Mickey Newbury‘s 1971 song “Frisco Depot,” further heightening our anticipation for the future collaborative covers from these two that Marissa promised late last year.

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[LISTEN UP] JMZS SMITH - CASUAL SEX EP

Jmzs Smith is back with a new 4 track EP titled "Casual Sex". It continues with the themes of "Sex & Cigarettes" - delving deeper into themes of late nights, girls, cigarettes, Brooklyn, perfume, hipsters, cabs, nights in bars - all accompanied by an undercurrent feeling of ennui. It's like a little slice of life in NYC. The music has a French Lounge/Disco/New York House kind of vibe. You can download the EP for FREE via Soundcloud or purchase via Super Boring Music on Cassette and Reel to Reel Tape + CD Box Set

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[LISTEN UP] MAN TEAR - OUTSIDE AMORE

Axel Boman and Petter Nordkvist of Sweden’s Studio Barnhus momentarily shine a mirror ball onto their usual punch-drunk house for their debut release as Man Tear. A collaboration with vocalist J. Jonason, “Outside Amore” is a trilling slab of spacious disco, the loping drums and chiming synthesizer accents pirouetting in tandem with Jonason’s tremulous delivery. The yearning vox of the original are kinetic on their own, but the dub further accosts Jonason with all manner of interplanetary commotion and shards of tambourine.

Available now on limited edition 12" vinyl via DFA HERE

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