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Essentials: “Feel It Now” – Gold Dash

I had been taking a little bit of a break from blogging while sorting my way through a stupid-busy spring, when this tune hit my inbox — and I can’t pass up talking about it for just a moment. “Feel It Now” is upbeat and sounds warm enough to bask in its glow. Rich with texture and… [continued]
Essentials: Phife Dawg’s Body of Work with ATCQ

One thing we always strive to avoid with our writing is being opportunistic. This week, we lost Phife Dawg, frontman of the seminal rap group, A Tribe Called Quest. You’ve read the tributes, you know his legacy. Hip-hop wouldn’t be hip-hop without Phife. My good friend and fellow hip-hop head Brent Tactic acutely noted that Phife’s modestly-stated… [continued]
Buzzbands Have Insisted 2016 Is Their Come-Back Year

If you liked music in the Year of Our Lord 2008, then congratulations: today is the day you’ve been waiting eight years for. It was admittedly not worth the wait, but today is a really good day for internet-age music fans who were all about this shit before hashtag EDM neon loose-pooped all over the cool points we worked so… [continued]
ESSENTIALS: “Full Throttle” – Amp Live + Plivva

Kairos Audio is the home for a wide variety of catchy, weird bass music – and to be completely honest, not all of it is my bag. On first listen of “Full Throttle” it’s a seeming simplistic tune, but there’s something wonderfully primed for DJs and danceability about that simplicity. Amp Live and Plivva deliver… [continued]
Op-Ed: Why Rick Rubin Taking On Star Wars Will Be Electronic Music’s Biggest Win Since Daft Punk

The story got a good amount of buzz, but I’m not sure how many people noticed the gravity of the announcement that Rick Rubin had assembled a crack team of producers to remix Star Wars sounds into an album’s worth of varied electronic and dance tracks, called Star Wars: Headspace. On the surface, it sounds… [continued]
Essentials: “Palms” (feat. Amory) – TastyTreat

It’s an increasingly rare occurrence that someone can describe their sound as ‘future r&b’ without my disinterest following a minute or less into the song. The term is played out and means nothing and meant nothing and aren’t we all just trying to be futuristic at this point? Enter TastyTreat, who laughs at that, produces something ridiculous on… [continued]
Users Allege ‘Serious Security Flaws’ In Toneden Platform

Popular follow-to-download gating app Toneden is facing several allegations that their app exploits a serious flaw that can compromise the security of Soundcloud user accounts. Toneden co-founder Ali Shakeri denies the claims. 2PlusTwo Management + Embrace Entertainment’s Biz Davis posted on Facebook Monday that he was warned by Soundcloud of “suspicious activity regarding [their] client’s (Soundcloud) accounts,” and that Toneden was a… [continued]
Yeezy Season: “No More Parties In LA” ft. Kendrick Lamar – Kanye West

G.O.O.D. Monday. While Kim K’s assurance that we’d be seeing new Kanye every Friday has proved not quite 100, it wasn’t far off. Yeezy just dropped his recently-hyped Kendrick Lamar collab “No More Parties In LA” and it’s… Kanye at his best. I am not joking or exaggerating. This is 6 minutes of fire without… [continued]
In Memoriam: David Bowie

David Bowie has passed away at the age of 69 after a quiet and swift 18-month battle with cancer. His final album, Blackstar, was released last week on 8th January, Bowie’s birthday, and will stand as a hauntingly beautiful farewell. Bowie’s death strikes many of his fans by surprise — while it was technically no sworn secret… [continued]
Wolfgang Gartner Announces New Album + Release Date

Wolfgang Gartner has confirmed a new album via Twitter, releasing 29th January in the US with international release dates pending. The announcement comes during a relative drought from the producer, who largely disappeared from public attention after canceling a tour early last year, following the revelation of ongoing heart issues that posed serious risk to his health. Since then,… [continued]