케이프 “Down”/“Tomorrow”

28 Aug 2013 — Henning Lahmann

Right before their anticipated appearance on our stage at Torstraßen Festival this Saturday, Berlin duo 케이프  (or Cape for us Europeans) have released two brand new tracks. Both "Down" and "Tomorrow" may serve as a friendly reminder of what made us fall in love with the project in the first place: superficially simple yet subtly sophisticated pop gems, stupendously blending k-pop influences with a very rigorous and expedient (shall I say Teutonic?) compositional construction.

Listen or download both songs below and head over here for more information on the festival, and here for tickets. 케이프 will perform at CCCP at 2pm.

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Born Gold “Abdomen”

27 Aug 2013 — Kelsie Brown

We're admittedly a bit late on this one, so you'll have to excuse us. Born Gold's Cecil Frena is no stranger to pop music, although in an unconventional way. His new stuff has him moving into a more accessible direction, dropping the autotune that was the signature of last year's release Little Sleepwalker and throwing his voice into the foreground of the mix. "Abdomen" is a damn catchy pop song, showcasing Cecil's ability to create hooks that get stuck in your head. It's still very clearly Born Gold's brand of hyperactive dance music, and that's what we love about it.

I Am An Exit will be out October 8 on Art Control (US)/Hovercraft (Canada)/Chill Mega Chill (vinyl/limited tape). Born Gold is also currently embarking on a house show-only North American tour. Check out the dates for that after the break.

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BORN GOLD HOUSE SHOW TOUR 2013

08-24 - Edmonton, AB - Bucklandham Palace
08-25 - Calgary, AB - The Water Shed
08-26 - Abbottsford, BC - Champion Jack's
08-27 - Vancouver, BC - Chapel House
08-28 - Seattle, WA - The Cockpit
08-29 - Bellingham, WA - The Dull Haus
08-31 - Sacramento, CA - Yard
09-01 - San Francisco, CA - The Convent
09-03 - Santa Barbara, CA - Biko Infoshop
09-04 - Los Angeles, CA - The Open Space
09-05 - San Diego, CA - The Porch
09-06 - Tucson, AZ - The Beat Box
09-08 - Denton, TX - Macaroni Island
09-09 - Austin, TX - PlayPalace
09-10 - Houston, TX - House of Creeps
09-11 - Oxford, MS - Lamar
09-12 - Birmingham, AL - Transylvania
09-13 - Tallahassee, FL - Heart's Desire
09-14 - Orlando, FL - Elementum House
09-15 - Gainesville, FL - CMC
09-16 - Tampa, FL - Fern Gully
09-17 - Athens, GA - Mt- Tibbetts
09-18 - Nashville, TN - The Joy Mansion
09-19 - Louisville, KT - Zach's Boudoir
09-21 - Grand Rapids, MI The Neighborhood House
09-22 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Mana Fortress
09-23 - London, ON - Castle Drum
09-24 - Toronto, ON - Ewantopia
09-25 - Wakefield, QC - Kelley's Kastle
09-26 - Montreal, QC - POP MONTREAL
09-27 - Montreal, QC - POP MONTREAL
09-28 - Montreal, QC - POP MONTREAL
09-29 - Montreal, QC - POP MONTREAL
10-01 - Halifax, NS - Sarah Street Were-house
10-03 - Sackville, NB - Patches
10-04 - Portland, ME - Sable's Cave
10-05 - Allston, MA - The Boonies
10-06 - Brooklyn, NY - the ho_se
10-07 - Troy, NY - Highland Island
10-08 - Peterborough, ON - Bethune House
10-09 - Waterloo, ON - Indigo Plateau
10-10 - Gambier, OH - Weaver Cottage
10-11 - Oberlin, OH - fOrtress
10-12 - Morgantown, WV - Pavlovic Palace
10-13 - Baltimore, MD - Hamilton Hallucinatory Herringbone House
10-15 - New York, NY - CMJ
10-16 - New York, NY - CMJ
10-17 - New York, NY - CMJ
10-18 - New York, NY - CMJ
10-19 - New York, NY - CMJ
10-20 - Muncie, IL - The Shire
10-21 - Chicago, IL - Archer Ballroom
10-22 - Minneapolis, MN - Gunnar's Gates
10-23 - Winnipeg, MB - Dead Lobster
10-24 - Saskatoon, SK - HQ
10-25 - Edmonton, AB - Rude Haus

Watch: Gold Zebra “Love, French, Better” (exclusive)

27 Aug 2013 — Tonje Thilesen

After wrapping up their first European tour this summer, the up-and-coming Montréal duo Gold Zebra are set to release their debut LP this fall — expectantly a luscious addition to the latest releases of fellow Canadian noir pop ensambles, Austra, Terror Bird and Sally Dige, to mention a few. "Love, French, Better" was originally released in 2011, however recently featured as movie soundtrack in The Canyons, giving it a prominent space on the upcoming full-lenght on Montréal label Visage Musique. Watch the visuals for "Love, French, Better" below, directed by Emilie Serri.

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Alligator Indian “PUF//FIN”

27 Aug 2013 — Henry Schiller

Alligator Indian’s “PUF//FIN” is like a Justin Timberlake cover of an Oingo Boingo song that I didn’t know I wanted to hear until I heard it and fell in love with it. The third track off of the trio's upcoming More Songs About Animals and TV EP, “PUF//FIN” is a gooey piece of maudlin dance pop. Alligator Indian trade in the video game fight song insistence of earlier single “Corpsing” for some head-in-the-toilet immersive trance, but "PUF//FIN" maintains "Corpsing"'s oozy graveyard atmosphere. With lyrics about devouring insects delivered in deadpan tenor, Alligator Indian may come off to some as more of a Mighty Boosh ripoff than a serious pop trio, but their goofy presentation delightfully masks some seriously intelligent compositions.

More Songs About Animals and TV is out September 17 on Bleeding Gold Records.

 

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Le1f “Damn Son”

23 Aug 2013 — Andrew Wagner

“Damn Son” is Le1f at his best: forward-thinking production, clever rhymes, and just a touch of egocentricism (“damn I’m the bomb”) all mixed together into one addictive track. The track is the first single from his upcoming Tree House mixtape (his second for 2013). Produced by Shy Guy, “Damn Son” is built around the ubiquitous “damn son, where’d you find this” dance music sample, which, in Le1f’s hands, is anything but played out. There is, sadly, no music video yet, but given Le1f’s incredible music video history, let’s hope for one soon.

Stream and download “Damn Son” below. Download Tree House on September 10th.

 

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Felicita “Climb Up Eh”

23 Aug 2013 — Henning Lahmann

Been a while since we last came across new material by London-based artist Felicita, and a massive banger like this one is even more of a true surprise. "Climb Up Eh" is simply brilliant, a modern, forward-thinking piece of intricate beat making, absurd and irritating and infective all at once. While the beats are dope by themselves, those layered and confusingly manipulated vocals by Chlo are what makes "Climb Up Eh" truly outstanding. Absolutely irresistible tune, this should be a smash hit. Video following next month. Check it out:

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Dean Blunt “King James”

23 Aug 2013 — Henning Lahmann

Our cherished friends over at Tiny Mix Tapes are to Dean Blunt what Jay Carney is to Obama: the first to make sense of the mess he's done, and then struggling to explain it to the world. So whenever there's a new Hype Williams-related YouTube piece in my inbox when I wake up in the morning, the protocol requires me to head over to TMT first to look for answers. You're virtually never disappointed, cause while new material reaches me via mail, the folks over there must have some sort of Dean Blunt Google Alert sent directly to their iWatch prototypes or something. Or it's just that magical thing called time zones. Who knows, really.

So anyway, below there's a new track by Dean Blunt. It's called "King James". It's very Dean Blunt, which should be self-explanatory by now. Also, it's early. The time, not the track. Even better still, it comes as part of a whole new DB work, a 10-track, 24-minute EP called Stone Island, released in Russia (?), and available for download here, here, or here.

Press briefing is over. Carry on.

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