http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/the-weeknd-ask-shlohmo-for-an-official-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/the-weeknd-ask-shlohmo-for-an-official-remix/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:30:35 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=175289 The Weeknd took to Tumblr to post a live video of Shlohmo’s slow, dark remix of The Weeknd-featuring Drake track, “Crew Love,” asking Shlohmo to “please release an official version…” This isn’t the official version, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/the-weeknd-ask-shlohmo-for-an-official-remix/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/project-pat-and-nasty-mane-never-had-shit-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/project-pat-and-nasty-mane-never-had-shit-mp3/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:15:01 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=175244 Project Pat and Nasty Mane just released a joint mixtape. It has moments meant to inspire booty moving and moments more focused on moving your emotions. The Illit Beats-produced “Never Had Shit” makes for a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/project-pat-and-nasty-mane-never-had-shit-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-solar-systems-throw-your-hands-up/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-solar-systems-throw-your-hands-up/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:15:37 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=175162 With Internet Forever’s self-titled debut LP out next week, the band’s Laura Wolf and their sometimes-producer Dreamtrak have finely multitasked a new track from their growing side project, Solar Systems. With its convincingly retro piano … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-solar-systems-throw-your-hands-up/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/young-jeezy-f-jay-z-drake-and-andre-3000-i-do-alternate-version-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/young-jeezy-f-jay-z-drake-and-andre-3000-i-do-alternate-version-mp3/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:21:06 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=175252 Word around the internet is that “I Do,” perennial favorite from Young Jeezy’s TM: 103, was originally not just a collab with Jay-Z and Andre 3000. Here is a supposedly axed verse from Drake, sandwiched … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/young-jeezy-f-jay-z-drake-and-andre-3000-i-do-alternate-version-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/download-questloves-j-dilla-tribute-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/download-questloves-j-dilla-tribute-mix/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:50:12 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=175212 Every Friday this February, Hot 97′s Mister Cee is handing over his “Throwback at Noon” hour to guest DJs celebrating Black History Month with “Black Fist Friday” mixes. Last week Cee talked with Pete Rock … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/download-questloves-j-dilla-tribute-mix/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/freddie-gibbs-f-young-jeezy-mobbin-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/freddie-gibbs-f-young-jeezy-mobbin-mp3/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:31:11 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=175215 “Mobbin” is another taste of what Young Jeezy, Freddie Gibbs and their CTE cronies have been cooking up for the collective album, It’s The World. Still no word on a proper release date, but this … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/freddie-gibbs-f-young-jeezy-mobbin-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/supa-villain-and-critic-f-b-ray-real-niggas-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/supa-villain-and-critic-f-b-ray-real-niggas-mp3/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:45:34 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=174913 Mississippi’s Supa Villain recently joined Critic for a record entitled Lion Kings, which dropped a few days ago. Much like his best work with Rich Boy, Supa Villain’s production here relies on sparse, evocative keyboards … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/supa-villain-and-critic-f-b-ray-real-niggas-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/download-human-tetris-album-happy-way-in-the-maze-of-rebirth/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/download-human-tetris-album-happy-way-in-the-maze-of-rebirth/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:15:40 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=175108 While it’s undeniable that Moscow-based band Human Tetris take the skeletal desolation of Joy Division very seriously, they also come off as more optimistic. Filtering sunrays through gorgeous guitar lines and propulsive bass. The vocals … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/download-human-tetris-album-happy-way-in-the-maze-of-rebirth/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-how-to-dress-well-clowne-towne-xiu-xiu-cover/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-how-to-dress-well-clowne-towne-xiu-xiu-cover/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:36 +0000 Drew Millard http://www.thefader.com/?p=174877 We can’t say we ever expected Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart to be as influential on music as he ended up being? Tom Krell, bka How to Dress Well clearly sites Xiu Xiu as a stylistic … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-how-to-dress-well-clowne-towne-xiu-xiu-cover/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-blondes-business-john-roberts-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-blondes-business-john-roberts-remix/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:45 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=175050 New York electronic darlings Blondes get a remix by John Roberts, the producer whose George Fitzgerald remix was one of our favorites of last year. This rework is not dissimilar to that in spirit, a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/stream-blondes-business-john-roberts-remix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/domo-genesis-f-wiz-khalifa-ground-up-prod-by-cardo-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/domo-genesis-f-wiz-khalifa-ground-up-prod-by-cardo-mp3/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:15:13 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=175041 Domo Genesis, and Wiz Khalifa link up for an expectedly stoney space jam, “Ground Up,” released on Twitter last night. Both rappers have albums called Rolling Papers, a coincidence which Domo was less than thrilled … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/domo-genesis-f-wiz-khalifa-ground-up-prod-by-cardo-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/cassie-king-of-hearts-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/cassie-king-of-hearts-mp3/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:21:24 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=175031 Puffy filmed Cassie listening to the radio debut of “King of Hearts” in their car. As its digital tickle starts up, she pops a huge lipstick smile, claps out the chorus, chair wiggles as the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/cassie-king-of-hearts-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/the-return-of-earl-sweatshirt/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/the-return-of-earl-sweatshirt/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:47:57 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=174681 Is Earl Sweatshirt back? The internet is certainly telling us that he is. Last night, a Twitter account, Tumblr (with nothing on it) and an endearing YouTube promo video featuring Earl all surfaced. In the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/the-return-of-earl-sweatshirt/feed/ 7 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/stream-battles-white-electric-shabazz-palaces-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/stream-battles-white-electric-shabazz-palaces-remix/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:15:02 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=174812 The cool thing about Battles is that although their music is distinct and hyper-complicated, it still manages to be open to interpretation. The band and their label, Warp, obviously know this just as well as … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/stream-battles-white-electric-shabazz-palaces-remix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/troy-noka-f-t-coles-dont-fall-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/troy-noka-f-t-coles-dont-fall-mp3/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:40 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=174797 Once a behind-the-scenes collaborator with Chris Brown and Frank Ocean, singer/songwriter/producer Troy NōKA is now prepping his solo debut, Free Dreaming, for a March release. “Don’t Fall” is his second collaboration with T. Coles, following … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/troy-noka-f-t-coles-dont-fall-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/some-ember-era-of-wind-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/some-ember-era-of-wind-mp3/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:15:24 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=174739 Some Ember is the new solo project of Man/Miracle’s Dylan Travis. “Era of Wind” is only the second song he’s released, it is icy and desolate. It’s a little bit Lovecraft (From fingertip to dilated … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/some-ember-era-of-wind-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/young-thug-f-shawty-lo-and-skool-boy-curtains-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/young-thug-f-shawty-lo-and-skool-boy-curtains-mp3/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:29 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=174628 Young Thug has a pretty generic name, but it’s easy to see from a cursory browse of his YouTube account that the rapper has a standout presence. (Check out his scene-stealing charisma on Cash Out’s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/young-thug-f-shawty-lo-and-skool-boy-curtains-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-persona-la-aves-music-takes-me-higher-ep/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-persona-la-aves-music-takes-me-higher-ep/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:15:24 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=174520 Imagine if acid rain gets in the exoskeletons of two Honda ASIMO robots and they tried to have sex and electrocuted each other. There are songs for moments like that, or for your own fumbling … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-persona-la-aves-music-takes-me-higher-ep/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/metro-zu-f-jarret-and-denzel-aquarius-killa-curry-wave-cap-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/metro-zu-f-jarret-and-denzel-aquarius-killa-curry-wave-cap-mp3/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:50:13 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=174548 Metro Zu, a Miami-based art rap collective, recently released a record entitled Mink Rug with contributions from Spaceghostpurrp and Young L. The record is a hodgepodge of styles, keeping in line with the group’s unconventional, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/metro-zu-f-jarret-and-denzel-aquarius-killa-curry-wave-cap-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-stacy-barthe-no-strings-attached/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-stacy-barthe-no-strings-attached/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:58 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=173276 Songwriter turned solo standout Stacy Barthe struck out on her own because she writes music too dark and personal for pop stars. “No Strings Attached” is a strange kind of love song about a connection … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-stacy-barthe-no-strings-attached/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/union-f-roc-marciano-preset-mars-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/union-f-roc-marciano-preset-mars-mp3/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:49 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=174408 French hip hop producers Union released a record last week entitled Analogtronics, much of which blends post-Dilla grooves with an emotional, reflective quality. Long Island’s Roc Marciano, who has a history of delivering when he … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/union-f-roc-marciano-preset-mars-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/lungu-lungu-waga-3000s-cold-heat/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/lungu-lungu-waga-3000s-cold-heat/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:00:02 +0000 Benjamin Lebrave http://www.thefader.com/?p=174094 Remain strong and feisty. The meaning of “Dale Fo Yi Kin Dao” hits you as soon as the cold but punchy beat starts. This song is the first release by Waga 3000. It’s average hip … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/lungu-lungu-waga-3000s-cold-heat/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/bei-maejor-f-waka-flocka-lights-down-low-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/bei-maejor-f-waka-flocka-lights-down-low-mp3/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:30:21 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=174407 Bei Maejor has been nominated for two Grammys. He has amassed songwriting and production credits for Keri Hilson, Ciara, Soulja Boy, Trey Songz and Frank Ocean. But the most important thing he’s done in my … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/bei-maejor-f-waka-flocka-lights-down-low-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-nite-jewel-in-the-dark/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-nite-jewel-in-the-dark/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:57 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=174434 There’s no coy veil over “In the Dark,” just Ramona Gonzalez bka Nite Jewel‘s clear, cold-water singing over ambling synths and a bright drum chop. The track comes from Nite Jewel’s second LP One Second … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/stream-nite-jewel-in-the-dark/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/main-attrakionz-announce-us-tour/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/main-attrakionz-announce-us-tour/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:28:12 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=174388 2011 was a marquee year for Oakland natives Main Attrakionz, but 2012 marks the year of their first ever tour. After a show in their homestate California and a gig in Miami in February, the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/main-attrakionz-announce-us-tour/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/download-rich-kidz-everybody-eat-bread-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/download-rich-kidz-everybody-eat-bread-mixtape/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:45:16 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=174309 Rich Kidz mixtape #Straightlikethat2 was one of the best (and most slept on) of last year—just ask the NY Times. Now the Atlanta duo is back with another tape of triumphant rap, Everybody Eat Bread. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/download-rich-kidz-everybody-eat-bread-mixtape/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/white-fence-swagger-vets-and-double-moon-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/white-fence-swagger-vets-and-double-moon-mp3/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:45:44 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=174170 At what point did hanging in the basement get glamorous? Maybe just right now, because White Fence’s “Swagger Vets and Double Moon” sounds like basement psych. The kind made by dudes that have only a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/white-fence-swagger-vets-and-double-moon-mp3/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/download-jackie-chain-and-nick-catchdubs-after-hours-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/download-jackie-chain-and-nick-catchdubs-after-hours-mixtape/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:29 +0000 Frances Capell http://www.thefader.com/?p=174147 As promised, Jackie Chain and Nick Catchdubs deliver a collection of party anthems and club bangers. Huntsville duo Block Beataz and DJ Burn One produce tracks, and Chain is joined by Freddie Gibbs, Gangsta Boo … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/download-jackie-chain-and-nick-catchdubs-after-hours-mixtape/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/power-animal-exorcism-spirituals-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/power-animal-exorcism-spirituals-remix/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:40 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=174138 Power Animal’s original “Exorcism” gradually builds into this whole everybody-drumming thing, with Keith Hampson’s talk-sung affirmations to forgive those who’ve hurt me and love those deserving attracting what sounds like a small army of dumpster-tappers … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/power-animal-exorcism-spirituals-remix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/woodsman-supernal-radionics-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/woodsman-supernal-radionics-mp3/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:34 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thefader.com/?p=173575 After relocating to New York City from Denver and beginning work on a third full-length, the guys of Woodsman are reflecting on their past. They made Humdrum and Indoor Days in Colorado in 2008, and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/woodsman-supernal-radionics-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/stream-dalai-lama-renaissance-80-bpm/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/stream-dalai-lama-renaissance-80-bpm/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:30:11 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=173964 Brussels trio Dalai Lama Renaissance pump a lot of emotional baggage into “80 BPM,” a song based around a simple question: How do you do? Answering it is just as nerve-wracking whether the question comes … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/stream-dalai-lama-renaissance-80-bpm/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/french-montana-shot-caller-ny-giants-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/french-montana-shot-caller-ny-giants-remix-mp3/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:15:06 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=173963 Today, the New York Giants are having a parade. Congratulations to them on their Super Bowl win are in order, and they arrive not just in the form of ticker tape, but via a brief … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/french-montana-shot-caller-ny-giants-remix-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/e-40-f-juicy-j-and-2-chainz-they-point-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/e-40-f-juicy-j-and-2-chainz-they-point-mp3/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:39 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=173960 E-40, Juicy J and 2 Chainz get flossy over the Bangladesh-produced, “They Point.” 40′s The Block Brochure is out March 27th. Download: E-40 f. Juicy J and 2 Chainz, “They Point”]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/e-40-f-juicy-j-and-2-chainz-they-point-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/stream-boy-friend-bad-dreams/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/stream-boy-friend-bad-dreams/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:45:35 +0000 Frances Capell http://www.thefader.com/?p=173758 Austin duo Boy Friend have released another lush, atmospheric selection from their upcoming album Egyptian Wrinkle, out March 5th via Hell, Yes. Like most stuff we’ve heard from best pals Christa Palazzolo and Sarah Brown, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/stream-boy-friend-bad-dreams/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-monica-and-brandy-it-all-belongs-to-me/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-monica-and-brandy-it-all-belongs-to-me/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:06:43 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=173879 Monica and Brandy collaborate in the 21st century, reclaiming a MacBook from a wayward lover with the strange admonition, log off your Facebook. Stream the Rico Love-produced single, to be released by RCA February 14th, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-monica-and-brandy-it-all-belongs-to-me/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/meek-mill-f-rick-ross-errrday-prod-by-cardiak-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/meek-mill-f-rick-ross-errrday-prod-by-cardiak-mp3/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:50:54 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=173867 Wax Wizard, DJ Spinatik (who recently dropped the sixty-third (!!!) installment of his Street Runnaz mixtape series) links up with The Syndicate for another edition of their Stash House tapes which includes this new Meek … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/meek-mill-f-rick-ross-errrday-prod-by-cardiak-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/lloyd-so-gone-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/lloyd-so-gone-mp3/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:15:08 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=173763 Lloyd’s new track, “So Gone” tackles the kind of mind-warping lust that requires one to use a flashlight in the daylight to see through a fog of enchantment. Its a synth flute-laden Valentine’s Day anthem … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/lloyd-so-gone-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-lotus-plaza-come-back/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-lotus-plaza-come-back/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:45:46 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=173759 The only downside, if you can even call it a downside, to being part of a band like Deerhunter is that the records from both that project and Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound are so colossal … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-lotus-plaza-come-back/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stevie-joe-make-her-say-part-2-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stevie-joe-make-her-say-part-2-mp3/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:15:18 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=173519 Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, but never fear—Oakland’s favorite record label released a seasonally-themed compilation just in time for the holiday. This might seem like an unusual move for the label, but considering … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stevie-joe-make-her-say-part-2-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-dangelo-left-right-james-blake-harmonix-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-dangelo-left-right-james-blake-harmonix-remix/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:12:02 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=173710 James Blake really loves to just sit at a piano and sing, and has long admired D’Angelo for doing that so beautifully. Last Friday night, under his Harmonimix moniker, Blake played a remix of the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-dangelo-left-right-james-blake-harmonix-remix/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-mux-mools-album-planet-high-school/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-mux-mools-album-planet-high-school/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:42 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=173548 For the longest time, Mux Mool’s remix of Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better with You” was my most-played song in iTunes, this weirdly processed, stuttering thing bridging turn-of-the-century French house and instrumental hip hop. The new … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-mux-mools-album-planet-high-school/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/download-john-talabots-fact-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/download-john-talabots-fact-mix/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:30:34 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=173549 John Talabot, the Spanish genius with no face, has a new Fact mix that acts as a nice companion to his great album, ƒin, which is out today. The mix is a definite winding road … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/download-john-talabots-fact-mix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/download-currenys-here-ep/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/download-currenys-here-ep/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:58:22 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=173574 Amidst Sunday’s Super Bowl ruckus—Gucci Mane’s triumphant return, M.I.A.’s bird flipping—New Orleans native Curren$y released a five-track EP called Here. It’s as smooth and stoney as expected, and the right thing to ease you into … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/download-currenys-here-ep/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/05/download-gucci-manes-trap-back-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/05/download-gucci-manes-trap-back-mixtape/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:17:36 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=173497 Gucci presents Trap Back, a collection of his best performances in some time, as an alternative to church-going this Super Bowl Sunday morning. Half of the tape’s tracks are produced by Mike Will, who has … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/05/download-gucci-manes-trap-back-mixtape/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/download-i-self-devines-the-upliftment-struggle-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/download-i-self-devines-the-upliftment-struggle-mixtape/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:21:13 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=173460 Last month, Los Angeles-raised and Minneapolis-based rapper I Self Devine released a mixtape entitled LA State of Mind. It was the first of a series of four free mixtapes the artist is releasing in the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/download-i-self-devines-the-upliftment-struggle-mixtape/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/stream-frankie-rose-interstellar/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/stream-frankie-rose-interstellar/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:10:47 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=173466 “Interstellar,” Frankie Rose’s third leak from her upcoming album of the same title, suits up quite nicely to its name. What starts off reminiscent of a planetarium’s star-gazing soundtrack blooms into something more ecstatic than … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/stream-frankie-rose-interstellar/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/theesatisfaction-queens-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/theesatisfaction-queens-mp3/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:02:55 +0000 Frances Capell http://www.thefader.com/?p=173284 “QueenS” is the first single from Seattle duo THEESatisfaction’s album awE naturalE, which will be released March 27 on Sub Pop. THEESatisfaction delivered a fierce performance as part of the vitaminwater uncapped series in December, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/theesatisfaction-queens-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/stream-prince-innocence-shells/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/stream-prince-innocence-shells/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:59 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=173376 Prince Innocence is Montreal’s Josh Mcintyre, the guy behind Little Girls, and Toronto’s Talvi Faustmann, making her Bandcamp debut as the duo’s haunting vocalist. “Shells” is just the third song they’ve released. It’s nothing overcomplicated … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/stream-prince-innocence-shells/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/download-deniro-farrars-album-destiny-altered/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/download-deniro-farrars-album-destiny-altered/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:30 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=173230 North Carolina’s Deniro Farrar has released his debut album Destiny Altered. In a much-deserved hat tip, he’s passing 100% of profits to the album’s producers, an impressively compiled upper tier group of cloudy, based Bandcamp-dominators—SKYWLKR, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/download-deniro-farrars-album-destiny-altered/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/a-dangelo-live-mixtape-is-better-than-no-dangelo-at-all/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/a-dangelo-live-mixtape-is-better-than-no-dangelo-at-all/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:01 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=173244 If there was an award for most times an artist has appeared on an internal FADER office wish list to do something (anything), D’Angelo would definitely win it. Pretty much every other year, it seems … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/a-dangelo-live-mixtape-is-better-than-no-dangelo-at-all/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-drake-practice/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-drake-practice/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:29:12 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=173176 The tail-wagging in the new clip for Drake’s “Practice” closely resembles a viral video from 2011 that was rumored to feature Serena Williams shaking it for her web cam at home. Drake and Common’s beef … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-drake-practice/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/khia-pay-yo-pussy-bill-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/khia-pay-yo-pussy-bill-mp3/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:45:56 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=172887 Consider the debt of gratitude the reigning queens of lewd owe to the originator, Khia. Until “My Neck, My Back,” “lascivious” wasn’t even in the dictionary. Back in 2002, there was also a lot more … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/khia-pay-yo-pussy-bill-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/nina-sky-day-dreaming-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/nina-sky-day-dreaming-mp3/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:29 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=173075 Twin sisters Nicole and Natalie Albino bka Nina Sky, know how to wear a bevy of different hats, whether they’re teaming up with Kid Sister for a Spanglish rendition of Debbie Deb’s “Look Out Weekend” … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/nina-sky-day-dreaming-mp3/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/labyrinth-ear-humble-bones-giraffage-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/labyrinth-ear-humble-bones-giraffage-remix-mp3/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:30:31 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=173061 San Francisco producer Giraffage’s floaty remix of Labyrinth Ear’s “Humble Bones” basically freezes the song in the sparkly synth part that opens the original, a riff that’s like the sonic equivalent of walking through a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/labyrinth-ear-humble-bones-giraffage-remix-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/cfcf-exercise-3-building-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/cfcf-exercise-3-building-mp3/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:26 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=172984 CFCF’s new, mini-LP Exercises is a series of piano and synth-based pieces influenced by Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Borden using “institutional architecture and ’70s Canadiana” as a framework. “Exercise #3 (Building)” is meditatively … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/cfcf-exercise-3-building-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/lil-durk-f-king-louie-i-get-paid-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/lil-durk-f-king-louie-i-get-paid-mp3/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:33 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=172874 One of the most frustrating habits of the national media is their ability to turn an entire movement’s sound into an elevator pitch, the way Houston’s scene was reduced to a single concept: “syrup.” Suddenly … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/lil-durk-f-king-louie-i-get-paid-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/rhye-open-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/rhye-open-mp3/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:27 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=172930 Details are being withheld about the identities of the duo behind Rhye. They live in LA, but both have European backgrounds; they’re signed to Innovative Leisure, and they’re both members of other (possibly well-known) bands. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/rhye-open-mp3/feed/ 17 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/big-k-r-i-t-boobie-miles-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/big-k-r-i-t-boobie-miles-mp3/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:30:43 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=172934 “Boobie Miles” is the first leak from Big K.R.I.T.’s upcoming mixtape, 4evaNaDay. The track takes its title from Houston high school football player James Miles, who was also one of the main subjects of the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/big-k-r-i-t-boobie-miles-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/stream-julia-holter-in-the-same-room/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/stream-julia-holter-in-the-same-room/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:25:56 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=172904 “In the Same Room” is the second offering from homegrown LA experimentalist Julia Holter’s upcoming album, Ekstasis, to be released March 8th by RVNG. At the outset it’s catchy and incredibly optimistic, Holter’s crystal-clear vocals … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/stream-julia-holter-in-the-same-room/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/ooooo-f-butterclock-nowayback-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/ooooo-f-butterclock-nowayback-mp3/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:30:50 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=172833 Even though there’s already been an entire free Evian Christ mixtape today, the fun from Tri Angle records does not stop. Here’s the first single from oOoOO’s next release. Like his previous material, the track … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/ooooo-f-butterclock-nowayback-mp3/feed/ 0