Blood Orange
Lightspeed Champion’s Devonte Hynes goes into ’80s mode for his new project which was produced by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor. Check out the Prince-inspired cold dancefloor stylings of single Dinner.
Uffie covers Tom Tom Club
France’s electronic enfant terrible finally comes good with a cover of Tom Tom Club’s Wordy Rappinghood. With TTC playing Vicar Street on July 22nd, the revival has started.
SebastiAn – Love In Motion
Uffie’s Ed Banger label-mate SebastiAn (capital A essential) goes into dark electro territory and ropes in soulful white boy Mayer Hawthorne for the hypnotic hook.
bit.ly/loveinmotion
The Very Best - Super Mom
Originally released for Mother’s Day in North America last Sunday, The Very Best’s new mixtape works well all year round with African-led covers of Kanye, Cee-Lo, Kate Bush and LCD Soundsystem. A free download.
theverybestmusic.com
Band of Blogs
Sat, May 14, 2011