MIXTAPE: Death Grips - Exmilitary
Finally finished my dissertation so I’ve got time to post on here again. Death Grips started off as a Zach Hill project before mutating in to a hip-hop project with the current contributors being unknown. Death Grips sound like a cross between hip-hop and industrial and yes it is as mental as it sounds. Both intense and forward thinking, Death Grip’s debut mixtape Exmilitary is really bloody good. Down below is the video to a track off the mixtape called Guillotine and you can download the mixtape over at Death Grip’s site here.
Clams Casino - Gorilla
Clams Casino has been sending his beats out for years with them having appeared on tracks from Soulja Boy and Lil B. In the last few months, however, he appears to have realized he can do as well, if not better, without these guys and has been focusing on instrumentals. He recently released a mixtape of instrumentals from his past production work (which you can get for free here) and is releasing a solo EP called Rainforest on the 27th June. Here’s the video to that EP’s closer, Gorilla, which is directed by Jamie Harley. It’s a pretty dark and drone-influenced beat pretty typical of Clams Casino with, what sounds like, a pretty heavy witch house (sorry) influence. From the sounds of it, this EP is definitely one to look out for. It also has to be said that I’m a fan of the David Copperfield footage in the video.
DOWNLOAD: Domo Genesis - Cashmere
Guys, I don’t know if you got the memo but Domo Genesis really likes weed. So to celebrate 4/20 yesterday he released a little track called Cashmere for free on the Odd Future blog. The beat on this is as smooth as it gets and is apparently by Uzii. This track is the latest of a string of absolute bangers to come out of the Odd Future camp in recent months. Give it a listen and grab it down below.
DOWNLOAD: Wormrot - Dirge
Singapore’s Wormrot release their new album, Dirge, physically this time next month. Until then though, their label Earache have put the album up for free download on their website. Wormrot play fast and punishing grindcore, exactly how it should be. Dirge is the follow up to last year’s critically acclaimed debut album Abuse.
You can download Dirge here.
MIXTAPE: Curren$y - Covert Coup
You’d think that after having pretty much created a new age of stoner rap, alongside Wiz Khalifa, last year with his two fantastic Pilot Talk albums that Curren$y would be having a pretty quiet 2011. You’d be wrong. Here’s Curren$y’s second mixtape of the year, Covert Coup, a collaboration with legendary hip-hop producer Alchemist. Curren$y’s drowsy flow is as great as ever and Alchemist’s production suits it perfectly. Not sure if I like it as much as the two Pilot Talk LPs but it definitely has the potential to be a grower.
Download Covert Coup here.
STREAM: Nicolas Jaar - Love You Gotta Lose Again [EP]
Nicolas Jaar is a busy, busy man. Having recently released his fantastic debut, Space is Only Noise, here’s a stream of an EP made by the nineteen year old at the end of last year called Love You Gotta Lose Again (via Potholes in My Blog). Here we see Jaar working with a glitchier, more mellow and more downbeat sound than on his album. There are less of the schizophrenic influences which made his take on minimal deep house so amazing on the album but this is still a great listen. The vocal samples on the opener are especially incredible.
Nicolas Jaar /// love you gotta lose again EP by Clown and Sunset
MellowHype (feat. Bass Drum of Death) - 64
Here’s MellowHype, Hodgy Beats and Left Brain of Odd Future, with garage rock band Bass Drum of Death playing through a brand new song called 64. It’s performed on the The Daily Habit and will, presumably, be on the reissue of BlackenedWhite coming later this year. Proof if proof is needed that these are the guys to watch in Odd Future.
Here’s LCD Soundsystem’s final gig at Madison Square Garden from last night in it’s entirety. All three hours and a half hours of it. It’s pretty bloody incredible and has some nice little surprises in it too like a cameo from Arcade Fire.
The setlist goes as follows:
Dance Yrself Clean
(with “I’m Not In Love” by 10cc intro)
Drunk Girls
I Can Change
Time To Get Away
Get Innocuous!
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
Too Much Love
All My Friends
Tired
(with “Heart of the Sunrise” by Yes snippet)
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Set 2
45:33 Part One
45:33 Part Two (w/ Reggie Watts)
Sound of Silver
45:33 Part Four
45:33 Part Five (w/ Shit Robot)
45:33 Part Six
Freak Out/Starry Eyes
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Set 3
Us v Them
North American Scum (w/ Arcade Fire)
Bye Bye Bayou (Alan Vega cover)
You Wanted A Hit
Tribulations
Movement
Yeah (Crass Version)
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Set 4
Someone Great
Losing My Edge (With “Da Funk” by Daft Punk snippet)
Home
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Set 5
All I Want
Jump Into the Fire (Harry Nilsson Cover)
New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down (with “Twin Peaks Theme” by Angelo Badalamenti intro)
get-yr-groove-back asked: Ayo, really cool blog man. Some fantastic music on show.
Cheers man, that means a lot.
