Major Lazer
Diplo and Switch return to their electronic dancehall project with artwork that nods to Don Draper and a tune which bangs like some kind of Dutch jumpstyle tune. Rugged and raw.
Major Lazer featuring The Partysquad – Original Don
Burial / Massive Attack
(Almost) anonymous dubstep producer Burial got his hands on two Massive Attack songs with their blessing and reworked them into 12-minute long dark gems.
It’s Around You is full-bodied electro-indie from ANR (Awesome New Republic), a duo born out of the South Florida warehouse party scene. What do you mean you’ve didn’t know that existed? Tut tut.
Jessie Ware
Having featured on records by SBTRKT and Joker, the young South London singer impresses on her own debut single Strangest Feeling with a super sweet and commanding vocal presence over skittering electronica.
Bjork and Dirty Projectors EP
Mount Wittenberg Orca is a collaborative 7-track EP between the Icelandic artist and the Brooklyn band which came about after they played a benefit show together in New York. All proceeds go towards the National Geographic Society’s Oceans Project.
http://www.mountwittenbergorca.com
Mike Scott orchestral mixtape
The Waterboys’ Mike Scott produced a Orchestral Pop Fantasia mix featuring tracks from Scott Walker, The Rolling Stones, Ennio Morricone and Liz Fraser.
Listen at State
Major Lazer summer mix
After the La Roux collaborative mixtape, Diplo dropped this mix of Major Lazer exclusives, Robyn, Rusko, Estelle, Jay-Z and more for a Chernobyl-based radio station.
Listen at MAd Decent
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New Yo La Tengo
The effervescent New Jersey trio have revealed the first track from their upcoming album Popular Songs and it’s an orchestral-assisted doozy.
http://short.ie/yola
Major Lazer Essential Mix
DJs Diplo and Switch bring their newest project to Radio One for two-hour back to back radio mix which reveals the dancehall and electro roots of their summer-soundtracking album Guns Don’t Kill People Lazers Do.
http://short.ie/majorlazer
Spod’s Exercise tape
Aussie musician Spod isn’t waiting for Nike to ask him to pen a jogging mixtape. Fantasyze is a musical podcast tailor made to Spod’s unique workout plan. He tells you when to walk, run and gives you odd encouragement along the way.
http://fantasyzewithspod.blogspot.com
Love Action Weekly Mixes
When not playing with Dublin’s chic almost all-girl band Taluluh Does The Hula, Jessie Love Action puts her energy into a blog updated with a new DJ mix every Friday.
http://loveactionluvs.blogspot.com
1. The global music blogger mixtape
24 songs from 24 countries as chosen by a music blogger from each country. It’s like the Eurovision except waaaaay cooler.
http://www.nialler9.com/tag/map/
2. Animal Collective remix Yeah Yeah Yeahs
One indie heavyweight remixes another. AC’s remix of ‘Hero’ replaces the rock with a sparse atmosphere.
http://tinyurl.com/yyysAC
3. Major Lazer debut
Diplo drops the first tune from Major Lazer’s LP which features Santigold and Mr. Lexx over an infectious guitar line.
http://tinyurl.com/lazerline
4. The Streets posts songs on Twitter
Mike Skinner posted MP3s of new songs ‘I Love My Phone’, ‘Trust Me’ and ‘David Hassles’ via Twitter last week.
http://tinyurl.com/streettweet
