ListenUp: A Boiler Room birthday mix, Todd Terje’s debut album, a Frankie Knuckles tribute and more in the music we tweeted this week

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Todd Terje: It’s Album Time Next week dance fans will finally be able to get their hands on the highly anticipated debut album from the self-dubbed “remaster of the universe,” Todd Terje. The aptly titled LP, …

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ListenUp: Hot Chip’s take on William Onyeabor, Swedish dance-pop, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s vampire soundtrack and more in our look at the music we tweeted this week

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Kishi Bashi: Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It! The imitable Kishi Bashi (aka K Ishibashi) has created yet another delightful pop song with “Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!” Set to appear on his upcoming album Lighght…

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ListenUp: Kate Bush back on tour, Henrik Vibskov’s #PrivateJam, Liars’ new “Mess” and more in the music we tweeted this week

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3’Hi NYC + LON Berlin-based 3’Hi is bringing their “sweaty dance floor” vibes to New York and London this spring and, for a hint at what’s to come, check out their promo video montage culled straight…

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ListenUp: Mahotella Queens, Banks + Shlomo, Habibi and more in the music we tweeted this week

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Big Boi feat. Phantogram and Sade: CPU 2.0 2014 may well be the year of OutKast. The “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik”-bumping duo is set to headline over 40 music festivals throughout the year, including Coachella and Governor’s Ball, plus both Big Boi and André 3000 are…

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Best of CH 2013: ListenUp: The top songs, albums and artists influencing an incredible year in music

Best of CH 2013: ListenUp


As 2013 comes to a close, we take a moment to reflect upon the hundreds of songs that hit our headphones, had us dancing and influenced daily life throughout the year, many of which we reported on in our weekly feature, ListenUp. Below are 12 of our favorite singles…

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ListenUp: The historic Nelson Mandela anthem, Kirsten Dunst in anime costume, a lot of NTS radio and more in our look at music this week

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It’s Nice That + NTS Radio’s Black Impulse Playlist Our creativity-championing friends over at It’s Nice That have let the folks from Black Impulse on NTS Radio hijack their weekly mixtape—resulting in two hours of music,…

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ListenUp: Record Store Day: Our look at the special releases and limited editions stemming from the vinyl-focused biannual holiday

ListenUp: Record Store Day


The Replacements: All Shook Down Forming in the final year of the ’70s in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Replacements ushered in the ’80s with their critically-acclaimed (if commercially unsuccessful) American indie rock sound. In 1990, a year before disbanding, they released the stripped-down album…

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Dukes of Chutney: Domino EP: Filmmaker Dustin Lynn reveals his musical side with a new band embracing cinematic electro surf sounds

Dukes of Chutney: Domino EP


We first came across Dustin Lynn’s visual creativity in connection with David de Rothschild’s Adventure Ecology initiative back in 2007. When we interviewed him last, Lynn was with de Rothchild on the Toxico Mission in…

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Butterscotch Records: The new label celebrates its launch with cuddly theremins and Wilco’s Mikael Jorgensen on white vinyl

Butterscotch Records


The newest record label on the New York circuit is Butterscotch Records, the brainchild of seasoned engineer and producer Allen Farmelo. For its launch this month, Farmelo (now a…

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Spirit Bear Mezcal Ensemble: A night of sonic exploration at LN-CC, energized and unified through drinking mezcal, is now available on 12″ vinyl

Spirit Bear Mezcal Ensemble


Back in March 2013, musicians and non-musicians alike gathered at London retail concept space LN-CC for a multi-sensory experience like no other. Thomas Bullock—a DJ and record producer with decades of street cred who fell in love with mezcal later in life—had…

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