G-Eazy's from Oakland, but is living in New Orleans, he's currently in college, he's white, he makes his own beats, and he's sickk. Still going through his material, I have yet to hear anything I didn't like but here's a couple favorites thus far...
As promised, a Mac Miller post+pic. He made "People Under the Stairs" in celebration of reaching 300,000 twitter followers. The other track, "Put It On" is one of my favorites off of On and On and Beyond.
Another great female vocalist from Gothenburg, Sweden?? They're doing something right over there. jj is the duo Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander, they've reworked a few popular tracks but this one of Dr. Dre is my fav
This is great! After I played Combat Baby, Help I'm Alive, Gimme Sympathy, Monster Hospital, then the remixes on repeat I had to take a break from Metric. Now I'm welcoming them back into my playlists with these two remixes of Satellite Mind. Emily Haines' voice is unmistakable, but other than that the remixes don't sound like the same song. (a side note: Ben Crea won the indabamusic.com Satellite Mind remix contest, $1000 and a feature on RCRDLBL, if you're interested in the other submissions, click here)
After I heard "Nightlight" I checked out my archives to see what I said about Little Dragon last time I posted one of their tracks.....turns out I said nothing! I was probably feeling lazy, or maybe when I made a post about "Feather" I didn't realize how much I would come to love this band.
So now, a little bit about Little Dragon: The bandmates Yukimi Nagano, Erik Boden, Frederik Wallin and Hakan Wirenstrand all went to high school together in Gothenburg, Sweden. They describe themselves as "peacelovingdreamytrancedance for the soul....". I'd say this is a pretty accurate description. The band has tried to stay under the radar, but without much success. They've been sought out by Dave Sitek for a collaboration on "If You Return" and were featured on the Gorillaz last album Plastic Beach. Now they have a US tour and will be performing at Outside Lands in SF this August. It seems fame is persistent with true talent. The song "Nightlight" is their latest release. It will be featured on the 7" Ritual Union (the release date isn't up yet). I've also included one of my favorite Little Dragon songs below and if you missed it last time listen to "Feather" here.
Here comes an ultra-girly-merchandising-major analogy to music. Ready? Ok, some music is like five inch furry peep-toe ankle boots. It's true. It sounds like it could be pretty cool, it's innovative, it's exciting. But once you own a pair, you come to realize that you're either shoveling snow into your shoes freezing your toes off, sweating in your fashion statement or wearing dripping wet, matted stilettos (wtf). Point being- there's no occasion for them.
....And the same goes for music. Case in point, Tyler the Creator. Most of you have probably already heard of him. "Yonkers" has over six million views on YouTube. I think the guy's really interesting. He has some cool things to say and definitely chooses to say them in his own way. But when it comes down to it, when the hell am I gonna listen to this music? Rape, self-mutilation, suicidal thoughts are pretty heavy subjects to vibe to. I'm not gonna turn this on in the car, or listen to this while I'm studying, and it's not exactly conducive to partying. As much as I appreciate his clever lyricism, I can't get over the subject matter. As my friend Angie said on her blog, Victory Lemonade, Tyler the Creator is NSFL (Not Safe For Life) That said, after watching this interview I can say that he's got a point. He may be blunt about it, but the things he says are not outrageous. Check out his interview below to see what I mean.
I'm looking forward to seeing in which direction he'll take his sophomore album. Maybe we'll see a less angry side of Tyler (but I doubt it).
I was so torn when making this post. Feature a Chiddy Bang picture or a Mac Miller picture?....decisions. Ultimately, I thought this pic of Chiddy and Xaphoon Jones was too cool not to post (sorry Mac, next time I promise).
So in the previous post I said I had no new music to post on the blog, which is still true :(. This track by London DJ, Max Sedgley, is old, like dusty. I haven't listened to this song in soo long I almost forgot about it. I downloaded it back in high school and return to it every year or so. It's been on my iTunes for so long I consider it one of the originals in my music collection. Hopefully you like it as much as I do and it becomes a favorite within your music library too.
I haven't been downloading much music lately.....lately meaning a few days. But it seems like it's been a long time and I have no new material to post on Sounds and Colors. Instead of filling the gap with a song I'm not so excited about I thought instead I would post this video. It's a Nike campaign that ran in Japan about a year ago. A beautiful collaboration by ilovedust of London and San Francisco's AKQA.
