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Jon Hopkins “Breathe This Air” feat. Purity Ring

[youtube]http://youtu.be/CPmucPjFulI[/youtube] Jon Hopkins is a UK producer and master of ambient electronica. Hopkins has just released the second video from his Mercury Prize-nominated album, Immunity.  Featuring the haunting vocals of

Somewhere Over a Dusty Rainbow with Wax Tailor

Wax Tailor is a French producer who melds together a wide variety of genres such as downtempo, electronic, trip hop, electro-swing, and turntablism. Building upon a foundation of layered samples,

Cody ChesnuTT “I’ve Been Life”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lgog8c4FnE[/youtube] In the new video for “I’ve Been Life”, Cody ChesnuTT takes us on a tour through New York’s historic Bedford Stuyvesant neighbourhood (whose past inhabitants include the Notorious B.I.G.

Shad “Stylin”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUrQuB2oUa4[/youtube] The new video for “Stylin” features a couple of Canadian hiphop heavyweights having fun over some funky basslines.  The first single off of Shad’s upcoming Flying Colours album finds

Earl Sweatshirt “Hive”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FcDXL5Aw0o[/youtube] Earl Sweatshirt is one of the most lyrical rappers to come out in the last few years, hailing from the Odd Future collective that includes Tyler, the Creator and

The Neighbourhood Rocks the Block

2013 is turning out to be a banner year for the Californian buzz band known as The Neighbourhood. Having just dropped their debut album I Love You in April, they’re

Scout Niblett “Gun”

[youtube]http://youtu.be/U_EYmtHbiZ0[/youtube] Scout Niblett’s new video for “Gun” is a fully loaded clip of contradiction and incongruity aimed directly at your forehead.   The video opens to the notes of a music

Woodpigeon “Robin Song”

[youtube]http://youtu.be/IK9Jq_YzMlI[/youtube] The first thing you notice about Woodpigeon’s latest video, “Robin Song”, is the amazing animation that makes art out of the brilliant use of watercoloured paper cut-outs;  watching the

Wax Idols “When It Happens”

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/62719726[/vimeo] Wax Idols are an all-women, post-punk outfit from Oakland whose latest album, Discipline and Desire, sees the band going in a darker direction than their debut by fully embracing

Passion Pit “Cry Like A Ghost”

[youtube]http://youtu.be/i380DwcJxxM[/youtube] Passion Pit’s latest video opens with a distraught looking woman running (or being chased?) through the forest at night, and after stumbling to the ground, her body abruptly begins