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News: Rahim reveal tracks from Laughter + play Union Hall next month
Artists mentioned:We were totally like 14-year-old girls a while ago when we heard Rahim's first EP of material and after seeing them live a few times in and around New York City. The ridiculously catchy, off-the-map percussive songs were so good and engulfing, we just couldn't help ourselves. When the band...(read full post)
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Photos: Fucking awesome time at Webster Hall
Artists mentioned:Okay, so, er, this was the first US show for both Italy's Crookers and French uber-amazing dude Danger. Along with those guys, Vin from Midnight Juggernauts, Dave1 from Chromeo, Alex English, Spitzer and DJ Funk also threw down their vicious......(read full post)
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The New York Times talks disco; Hercules and Love Affair
Artists mentioned:Normally, this is the part where we quote a rather healthy bit of text from the article in order to give you guys a better idea of what it's all about, but considering how hot to death this band Hercules and Love Affair is right now, you should just click...(read full post)
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mp-FREE: Beats International - "For Spacious Lies (fitforuse edit)"
Artists mentioned:Ah to be a 23-year-old from Brooklyn who likes electro and remixes and mash-ups. We got an email from Drew aka fitforuse today with this new edit of Beat International, who are probably best known for what happened to the group's principal, Norman Cook, a half-decade after the band's demise. ...(read full post)
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Tours: Natalie Portman's Shaved Head + mp3s
Artists mentioned:(photo by Sophia Goldfarb) Almost as good a name as Kathleen Turner Overdrive, the four kids in Seattle-based electro group Natalie Portman's Shaved Head take the tried and true formula of holding onto one's youth and hoping to never let go (cf. Black Kids, Be Your Own Pet, Tilly and...(read full post)
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mp-FREE: Plagiarists - "Church"
Artists mentioned:We've listened to this song on repeat for about the last twenty minutes (my, aren't we compulsive) and every time, we get completely caught up in the first two minutes thinking that this has got to be some forgotten Cold War Kids demo or something. It's completely engrossing and completely...(read full post)
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Emerging: Lady GaGa
Artists mentioned:(photo by Candice Lawler) If you happen to frequent this site at all (you know who you are), you've probably seen the Google-produced ads toting New York's hottest theatrical-pop artist, Lady GaGa. We decided to stop staring at it saying "Wtf?" and searched around. We are totally glad we did,...(read full post)
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mp-FREE: The Antlers cover Yo La Tengo, Magnetic Fields on new EP
Artists mentioned:The Antlers, aka Brooklyn bedroom pop artist Peter Silberman, were a featured "emerging" artist of ours in March of this year. Silberman's arrangements are reverb-laden, ethereal masterpieces that we can't help but love. It's fun for us to be asked by coworkers who the band is when they overhear me...(read full post)
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Video: Rick Ross - "Here I Am"
Artists mentioned:If you seriously had any cause to believe that Rick Ross was a) not the boss, b) not one of the Top 10 MCs in the game, or c) not completely living the life, this video should seriously shut that down. Truth is, both of his records have debuted at...(read full post)
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mp-FREE: new Buffetlibre mixtape "Verbena No. 4"
Artists mentioned:There's no better way to start off the week (especially in NYC where it's going to hit 97 degrees) than with a mixtape from the Spanish kids in Buffetlibre that's full of exclusives. Thanks to Marc Constanti from Buffetlibre for emailing us the minute this was finished. It's quite spectacular....(read full post)
