Oct 07

ListenUp: XXL’s Playlist For The Government Shutdown, Sam Valenti’s nostalgic #PrivateJam, Darkside’s “Paper Trails” and more

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Darkside: Paper Trails When Darkside remixed the entirety of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories this summer, it was clear they were warming up to something much bigger. Producer Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington have been concocting a musical experiment since their 2011…

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Sep 29

ListenUp: From nomadic tunes for the modern world to a comedic #PrivateJam by Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson; the music we tweeted this week

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Trentemøller: Lost As stated on the SoundCloud page for Anders Trentemøller’s record label, Lost In My Room, his newly launched album Lost, is “yet another fuck-you to whatever genre you thought you had him boxed into.”…

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Sep 22

ListenUp: Elvis Costello and the Roots, SBTRKT, Kendrick Lamar and more in our weekly music recap

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SBTRKT: IMO The typically reserved musician Aaron Jerome—better known as UK producer SBTRKT—bared a bit of himself this week with the surprise Twitter revealing of “IMO.” The unmixed and unmastered song is from new album recordings,…

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Sep 15

ListenUp: The music we tweeted this week had an unintentional theme: male vocalists with superb falsettos

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Active Child: Subtle (Feat. Mikky Ekko) Video-game textures and delayed synths meet choir music in “Subtle,” the first official single from Active Child’s upcoming EP. It’s an unusual departure for Active Child’s Pat Grossi, an LA-based…

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Sep 08

ListenUp: The Weeknd preview, Pixies’ surprise EP, the “Rappin Duke” and more in the songs we tweeted this week

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Pixies: Indie Cindy Perhaps a nod to the years during their reign, the video for Pixies’ “Indie Cindy”—a preview track from their surprising forthcoming EP—is bound by a VHS aesthetic. While the legendary Boston-based band is…

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Sep 01

ListenUp: Missy Elliott’s KCON debut, Wild Ones’ sporty music video and more in our look at the songs we tweeted this week

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Missy Elliott + G-Dragon: Niliria There’s more to Seoul than “Gangnam Style.” While Justin Timberlake pleased Brooklyn at the VMAs, his Korean counterpart G-Dragon (who rose to fame through his pop band Big Bang and whose solo career has been equally influential) was…

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Aug 25

ListenUp: The music we tweeted this week and the second installment of our #PrivateJam series

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Parquet Courts: You’ve Got Me Wonderin’ Now The four-piece band from New York has a raw punk sound that could easily have been found on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack; the recorder line on Parquet Courts’ newest single, “,…

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Aug 18

ListenUp: The music we tweeted this week and the debut of our weekly #PrivateJam

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HAIM: The Wire The sisterly trio of hot rockers known as HAIM continues to leave fans wanting more with their new song “The Wire”—and the track’s brazen video shows they’re breaking a few hearts along the…

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Aug 11

ListenUp: Superhumanoids mesmerize, Bill Callahan’s dub fantasy and more in the music we tweeted this week

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Future Islands: Walking Through That Door Artist Kymia Nawabi explores the confidence that deep love provides in a new stop-motion short film for Future Islands’ 2010 synth-pop song, “Walking Through That Door.” The animation, which features…

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Aug 04

ListenUp: From “Bad Jokes” to a choral take on “Untrust Us,” our look back at the music we tweeted this week

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Jeremy Deller + Melodians Steel Orchestra: Voodoo Ray Recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studio Two in collaboration with Vinyl Factory, English Magic is the three-song soundtrack to a new film by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, currently on view in the British…

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