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Single Serving: Shark Week – Go West

May 17th, 2013 Shark-Week-Go-West-label

Our friends at Analog Edition/Everybody Taste are back with a brand new vinyl single from D.C.-based quartet Shark Week. You may remember these swaggering garage rockers from our October 2012 mix (their track “Get High” was a highlight). Shark Week’s latest offering features a pair of bluesy, sunburnt grooves the four piece recorded in the Santurce neighborhood [...]

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Single Serving: Oscar – “Never Told You” & “I Don’t Care”

May 15th, 2013

If you’re looking for a new artist to get excited about, you need look no further than 22-yo London-based Oscar Scheller. He’s released only three tracks so far, but they are damn good. “Never Told You” opens with a chugging rhythm (likely pinched from “Paid In Full“) balanced alongside bright, shuffling keys. When they enter, [...]

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Musical Pairings: Junip – Junip

May 13th, 2013

I like the idea of being a risk taker. By it’s very nature, it sounds adventurous and exciting. It sounds totally baller. It’s the essence of YOLO (and FIDLAR for that matter). But although I like the idea of being a risk taker in theory, I’m not a risk taker in practice. Not a true [...]

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Single Serving: Airbird & Napolian – In The Zone

May 10th, 2013

This jam from Airbird & Napolian, which features guest vocals from Erika Spring, has a beautiful house groove and a catchy-as-hell, get-your-ass-dancin’ shuffle. Yeah, I’m feeling it. A full length is coming from Cascine this winter. Thanks to Gorilla vs. Bear for sharing this.

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Single Serving: Thundercat – Oh Sheit It’s X

May 8th, 2013

I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around just how funky this new jam by Thundercat is. Those laser-lit synths and that rubbery bass line are monster-sized. Something tells me this album is going to be more than some of you can handle. Get prepared. Thundercat’s Apocalypse is due via Brainfeeder Records on July [...]

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Single Serving: Turtle Giant – Orange Grape

May 6th, 2013

As you may already know, we’re big fans of Macau-by-way-of-São Paolo trio Turtle Giant. In fact, their All Hidden Places EP was one of our favorite releases from last year. So it probably comes as no surprise that we’re incredibly excited for their followup, and “Orange Grape” is the first sign of what we might be [...]

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Single Serving: Heavy Deeds – One Drum

May 3rd, 2013

Minneapolis-based Heavy Deeds have a good thing going on if their slowly simmering psych jam “One Drum” is any indication. The tune steadily builds upon glistening cascades of guitar, warm synths, and tumbling hand drumming before softly crashing to a close like a wave along a shore. It definitely works for me. The EP is [...]

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TK020: KHUSHI – Magpie / When You Start & You Say

May 2nd, 2013

I never cease to be amazed by what some of the most truly talented solo musicians are capable of. Case in point, you’d never believe that the three tracks on this month’s single, which features London-based Kalim ‘Khushi‘ Patel, are the work of a solo musician. After all, each cut could be described as cinematic, [...]

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Musical Pairings: Lô Borges e Milton Nascimento – Clube Da Esquina

May 1st, 2013

I’ve made it no secret that I honestly believe that some of the greatest music ever recorded spawned from Brazil in the late 60′s and early-to-mid 70′s. The era saw the release of a slew of brilliant albums by Jorge Ben (including a spectacular collaboration with Gilberto Gil), several classics by Joao Gilberto, and a [...]

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Single Serving: The Everywheres – Someone Disappeared

April 30th, 2013

Have you copped the Turntable Kitchen Avocado & Bacon mix, yet? If you have, then I suspect you’ve been wondering about the cozy, lackadaisical opening track “Someone Disappeared.” It’s a laid back psych-pop jam built on a pair of warmly glowing acoustic guitars and a taut, tambourine-tinged rhythm. It’s also track two on the self-titled debut [...]

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