[QUICK MIX - TRAP/BASS] Zeds Dead – ‘Jambalaya Mix’
Created for Jambalaya Music Festival. Ticket link. Tracklist: Girl Unit – Double Take G-Eazy ft. Carnage – Loaded Major Lazer – Playground ft. Bugle and Arama Helecopter Showdown – Can U Feel Me (Antiserum Remix) Zeds Dead – Ratchet Busta Rhymes – Why Stop Now ft. Chris Brown Jamie Lidell – What A Shame (RL Grime and Salva Remix) Zeds Dead and Omar LinX – Cowboy (UZ Remix) Big Boi –... Read More
[HIPHOP/RAP] C2C – “Happy” (Chill Bump Remix)
I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to listening to new music, I tend to shy away from hip hop. It’s not that I don’t care for it, it’s just that there is so much other music I listen to that I don’t get around to it. But every once in a while I’ll hear something that just makes me smile, jump up and start moving around. And so it goes with Chill Bump‘s soulful hip hop remix of C2C‘s “Happy,”... Read More
[THE DAILY SWIM] Paldoore – “In Your Head”
Welcome to The Daily Swim, a new feature on The Sights and Sounds to bring you as much new music as we can. As a daily swimmer, water has always served as a dichotomy to my psyche – wholly and unswervingly calming in it’s vast simplicity yet at the same time able to harness and create massive amounts of energy. Which is exactly the type of music The Daily Swim will feature – no fuss posts with tracks from great producers that serve... Read More
[ELECTRONICA/HIP-HOP] Purity Ring – “Grammy” (Soulja Boy Cover)
Yeah, you read that title correctly. Purity Ring and Soulja Boy, while an unlikely combination, is just another example of bands working to expand their sound by incorporating and mixing in elements of other genres. And in this case, like in many others, it sees the cover band releasing a much better version than the original. Choosing instead to put the emphasis of the track on Soulja Boy‘s chorus, Megan James’ vocals have room to soar... Read More
[THE DAILY SWIM] YUME – “Admire”
Welcome to The Daily Swim, a new feature on The Sights and Sounds to bring you as much new music as we can. As a daily swimmer, water has always served as a dichotomy to my psyche – wholly and unswervingly calming in it’s vast simplicity yet at the same time able to harness and create massive amounts of energy. Which is exactly the type of music The Daily Swim will feature – no fuss posts with tracks from great producers that serve... Read More
[DUBSTEP/HIP-HOP] Modestep & Teddy Killerz – “Inside My Head” ft. Ghetts
Modestep‘s newest release had me doing a sonic double take after the first time I heard it. “Inside My Head” featuring sounds from Teddy Killerz and Ghetts has Modestep exploring some darker sounds compared to the rest of their catalogue of high energy sounds. A moaning bass sets the tone before the chorus brings back a semblance of the grimy dubstep sounds we’re accustomed to hearing. I especially enjoy the bit of electric... Read More
[THE DAILY SWIM] AM444 – “黑寡妇之爱 (Hei Gua Fu Zhi Ai)”
Welcome to The Daily Swim, a new feature on The Sights and Sounds to bring you as much new music as we can. As a daily swimmer, water has always served as a dichotomy to my psyche – wholly and unswervingly calming in it’s vast simplicity yet at the same time able to harness and create massive amounts of energy. Which is exactly the type of music The Daily Swim will feature – no fuss posts with tracks from great producers that serve... Read More
[HIP-HOP] Jez Dior – “Love Me To Death”
So I don’t listen to much hip-hop. Not that I don’t like it, it’s just that there’s not as much of it that I like compared to other music out right now. But once in a while comes an MC that has something just a little bit different to their sound. Couldn’t tell you what that is exactly, but I can tell you that Jez Dior has it. “Love Me To Death” is the second single off Jez Dior’s new mixtape/album... Read More
[DUBSTEP/HIPHOP] Flux Pavilion – “Do or Die” ft. Childish Gambino
It’s Friday. And it’s doomsday, so they say. So let’s kick this weekend off with a little noise destruction of our own. Flux Pavilion just dropped this massive dubstep track titled “Do Or Die” featuring lyricism from Childish Gambino. Sounds like a crazy collab, but dubstep has always had some roots in hip-hop and this track is probably one of the best examples of the two genres working together harmoniously (destructively?).... Read More
[INDIE/ELECTRO] Elliphant – “Down On Life”
Elliphant is back on the blogosphere radar with her new hip-hop influenced indie pop track “Down On Life.” Sounding like the twisted illegitimate offspring of MIA and Diplo – as deliciously fierce as the former but as intelligently playful as the latter – Elliphant pulls the balls of this dancehall slayer through its own throat and ties them in a cherry knot on the other side. Ellinor Olovsdotter slowly morphed into Elliphant through... Read More
