http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 The FADER magazine is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Through in-depth reporting and a distinct street sensibility, The FADER aggressively covers the most dynamic breadth of music and style emanating from the fringes of the mainstream to the heart of the underground. The FADER is the authority on what's next. The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. The FADER http://thefader.cachefly.net/thefader_issue62.jpghttp://www.thefader.com fader, fader magazine, rock, hip-hop no The FADER podcast@thefader.com http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/02/vic-d-f-juelz-santana-drink-it-out-the-bottle-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/02/vic-d-f-juelz-santana-drink-it-out-the-bottle-mp3/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:02:10 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=8459 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/02/vic-d-f-juelz-santana-drink-it-out-the-bottle-mp3/feed/ Back around the time the movie Crooklyn was released, Spike Lee had an interview where he talked about how though the boroughs of NYC were always easily passable, when he was young, they never really rocked with each other like that. Its good to see that things have changed as Vic D, better known as Vic Damone, links up with Juelz Santana for something that would fit neatly into one of Uptowns own get lite sessions. Summer is finally here and with it comes dancing in the streets, which well fully be expecting borough-wide when we hear Drink It Out The Bottle coming from somebodys trunk. Download: Vic D f. Juelz Santana, Drink It Out The Bottle Back around the time the movie Crooklyn was released, Spike Lee had an interview where he talked about how though the boroughs of NYC were always easily passable, when he was young, they never really rocked with each other like that. Its [...] http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/ghetto-palms-gp-all-stars%e2%80%94new-de-tropix-mavado-laden-natalie-storm-aidonia-leftside-di-genius-fitness-riddim-exclusive-esau-mwamwaya-refix/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/ghetto-palms-gp-all-stars%e2%80%94new-de-tropix-mavado-laden-natalie-storm-aidonia-leftside-di-genius-fitness-riddim-exclusive-esau-mwamwaya-refix/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:27:42 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=8455 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/ghetto-palms-gp-all-stars%e2%80%94new-de-tropix-mavado-laden-natalie-storm-aidonia-leftside-di-genius-fitness-riddim-exclusive-esau-mwamwaya-refix/feed/ In the past week almost every damn artist I would consider a signature Ghetto Palms poster-child has represented with crushing new tunes or refixes in a similar vibe (Busy Signal and Erup have both been putting enough overtime lately to be excused from this session.) The common ground is a 120 bpm neighborhood situated somewhere between synth pop and ragga soca, a tempo I have given up trying to name and will simply call the “sweet spot.” Hence, the Ghetto Palms All-Stars blend. Ghetto Palms All-Star/ Fitness riddim blend: Esau Mwamwaya, “Kada Manja” (Eddie STATS Skull refix) Mavado, “So Blessed” (De Tropix Soca Drums refix) Mavado, “Sweetest Time” (Fitness riddim) Aidonia, “OH oh OH oh OH” (Fitness riddim) Laden, “Warm Up” (Fitness riddim) Voicemail, “When They Need It” (Fitness riddim) Singing Sweet, “Mek Up your Face” (Fitness riddim) Natalie Storm, “Dip Fall” (Enur) De Tropix, “We Don’t Care” Leftside, “High” (RR riddim) Download: Ghetto Palms All Star Blend The “Kada Manja” refix which starts it off doesn’t really exist anywhere except this blend and my own tropical mindgarden. The backing track is Dre Skull’s Skull riddim and between the Ghetto Palms riddim run and it’s inclusion on the blend I did for Tim Turbo Thursdays, I have been pretty much caning it, but it suited this refix too perfectly to exclude. Something about epic melodies of The Very Best demands equally epic drums, the kettle and synths of the bare bones (← haha) riddim speaking eloquently to the equally minimal violin and afropella statement of “Kada Manja.” Johan of TVB actually sent me the various parts of “Kada” for remixing but the files were so big that downloading gave my computer an aneurysm of the brainframe (and both tracks are so on the same minimal wavelength that starting with the acapellas and instrumentals wasnt even necessary in the end). The “So Blessed” refix, on the other hand, is actually a De Tropix tune in a state of becoming. Instinct just got impatient “while Cherry is writing her verses for it, so I thought Id experiment with a few acapellas, and this is what i came up wit’” flipping Mavado over it as a test pattern/place holder, and gifting me my newest secret DJ weapon. Powerful as it is I can tell already from the beat and Instinct’s verse I’m going to love it even more as a De Tropix tune than a remix because personally I think they are at their best when they go straight vincy with the ragga soca. Stephen “di Genius” McGregor can always be counted on for type of rhythms that are like glue for the far-flung tangents of the Ghetto Palms diapora and his newest, “Fitness,” does not disappoint. Mavado, Laden and Aidonia—who has only recently convinced me he deserves the hype he’s gotten—kill it particularly dead. “Dip and Fall,” Enur ft. Natalie storm is not actually that new, having debuted on Federation presents on the TNT mix CD, but Natalie’s manager passed me a sampler of her greatest forwards just in time to work it in here. Although on some of my favorite Storm tunes Natalie have an old school Sister Nancy flow (like on “Dem Gal Sittin”) but here she chats at rave tempo with poise that would put any UK pirate queen to shame. Also she says drop it dung, pick it up like it’s a yoyo / stay pon the quest like you a name Frodo.” De Tropix again! I like them. Newest finds Cherry getting rude so over chords that channel the Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams” which I’ve realized is one of their main strategies: raggifying bits of ideas from 80s Madonna, Lionel Richie, El Debarge, et al for the soundsystem generation. Signed or not they’ve already stockpiled close to an albums worth of bigness and bashiness. Last but not least Leftside makes me eat my words (or at least change my mind) by turning in the nicest (and eeriest) version of the RR riddim I ran a few weeks ago. In the past week almost every damn artist I would consider a signature Ghetto Palms poster-child has represented with crushing new tunes or refixes in a similar vibe (Busy Signal and Erup have both been putting enough overtime lately to be excused [...] http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/jap-f-young-dro-big-kuntry-how-we-get-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/jap-f-young-dro-big-kuntry-how-we-get-mp3/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:37:50 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=8252 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/jap-f-young-dro-big-kuntry-how-we-get-mp3/feed/ So Many Shrimp nailed it when they said that Young Dro bites Yung LA shamelessly on this song. And why shouldnt he? Dro is the father of many current rappers styles, but LA is Grand Hustles style killer, rapping in a helium-voiced uptalk that dominates almost every song hes on by sheer passive force. Hes not on this one though, so Dro takes a swing at soft sounds over Zaytovens ultra-positive bird-chirp synths. Download: Jap f. Young Dro + Big Kuntry, How We Get So Many Shrimp nailed it when they said that Young Dro bites Yung LA shamelessly on this song. And why shouldnt he? Dro is the father of many current rappers styles, but LA is Grand Hustles style killer, rapping in a [...] http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-beat-it-jakwob-and-jestars-wakowob-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-beat-it-jakwob-and-jestars-wakowob-mp3/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:48:21 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=8291 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-beat-it-jakwob-and-jestars-wakowob-mp3/feed/ After downloading about 90,342 MJ tribute mixes and attending 32 different MJ-themed events (including one spin class dedicated to his post-Off the Wall work), it seemed there would be no new way to pay respects to the greatest of all time. But Jakwob, whose Ellie Goulding remix were unceasingly wild for, and his old pal Jestar, have remade Beat It into a true-blue Brit bass-wobbler with echoes of dub thats more creative than most of the homages being horseshoed onto el internet. Its refreshing and this shit stays being sad. Download: Michael Jackson, Beat It (Jakwob and Jestars Wakowob) (via After downloading about 90,342 MJ tribute mixes and attending 32 different MJ-themed events (including one spin class dedicated to his post-Off the Wall work), it seemed there would be no new way to pay respects to the greatest of all time. But [...] http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/23/62/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/23/62/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:25:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/23/62/feed/ Crocodiles Summer of Hate DJ Sega Colors Sleepy D Sleepy Fuckin D CFCF Crystal Mines Phoenix Lisztomania Major Lazer Hold the Line Amadou Mariam Sabali (Paul Epworth Remix) Foreign Born Early Warnings Wavves To the Dregs Young Dro Clean With It Dum Dum Girls Brite Futures Rapid Youth In the Trench Popo Kill Tonight Esser Headlock Jenny Wilson Like a Fading Rainbow Trudgers Nothing Perfect Ever No Paws (No Lions) Robert Ancient Crux In Teen Dreams Maluca El Tigeroso Omega Tu No Ta Pa Mi Twin Lion White Fur Music from The FADER issue 62 featuring Major Lazer, Phoenix, Wavves, Dum Dum Girls, Foreign Born, Jenny Wilson and more. http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/17/freeload-radioclit-s-fu-na-na-na-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/17/freeload-radioclit-s-fu-na-na-na-mix/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:50:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/17/freeload-radioclit-s-fu-na-na-na-mix/feed/ Leave it to Radioclit to expose us to an entire new genre of music, this time in their mix for Corporate Bloggin, which is primarily made up of accordion-based dance music from Cape Verde. Of course, Radioclit being the world travelers they are, theyve also included epic jams from Uproot Andy, Pitbull, Skepta, Maluca and Wiley. Were totally going to start name-dropping Raiss Di Funanas Nho Fifi at parties and everyone is going to be really jealous. Download: Radioclit, Fu Na Na Na Mix Sabi Dimas - Xibioti e Sousa Janka Nabay - Eh Congo (Radioclit Edit) Iproot Andy - La Camisola Raiss Di Funana - Nho Fifi Naty Kid - Sereia Pitbull feat Machem Montano & Lil Jon - Floor On Fire Ricky T - Pressure Boom Kidy - Apoia Tradisom (Radioclit Edit) Skepta - Stageshow Rhythm Ize - Tronku Di Mundo Wiley - Sorry Sorry Pardon What (Radioclit Edit) DJ Vielo - Decale Mon Afrique DJ Gant Man - Boricua Juke Maluca - El Tigeraso Marius - Senhora De Luz Tony Allen - Fuji Ouija (Diplo Remix) Leave it to Radioclit to expose us to an entire new genre of music, this time in their mix for Corporate Bloggin, which is primarily made up of accordion-based dance music from Cape Verde. Of course, Radioclit being the world travelers they are, [...] http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/61/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/61/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/61/feed/ David Byrne Grizzly Bear Moody Blues Michael Bell-Smith Bouncing Lights Forever Theophilus London Beat Junkie Micachu and The Shapes Uncertain Kind Dutty Artz Brooklyn Anthems GEN F Salem / Nipsey Hussle / Ida Maria / Pterodactyl / Joker / Erup Issue 61 featuring David Byrne, Grizzly Bear, Dutty Artz, Michael Bell-Smith, Micachu and more http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/05/61-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/05/61-2/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/05/61-2/feed/ La Yegros Trocitos de Madera Salem ohK Dirty Projectors and David Byrne Knotty Pine Theophilus London Ooos and Ahhs Joker Do It Jahdan Blakkamoore The General Pterodactyl December Erup Mek Noise Nipsey Hussle f. Slauson Boyz K Young Roll the Windows Up Grizzly Bear Cheerleader Music from The FADER issue 61 featuring Salem, Grizzly Bear, Joker, Theophilus London, Pterodactyl and more. http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/26/60/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/26/60/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:52:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/26/60/feed/ We Have Band Oh! (DIY Version) Girls Lust for Life Nicki Minaj Beam Me Up Scotty Assassin Almighty Protect Sholi All That We Can See Death Politicians in my Eyes Nite Jewel Weak for Me The Juan Maclean One Day DJ Tim Dolla Number Advisory Beirut La Llorna Bat for Lashes Glass Music from The FADER issue 60 featuring Bat for Lashes, Beirut, Girls, Brick Bandits, Sholi, Nite Jewel and more. http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/24/60-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/24/60-2/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:25:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/24/60-2/feed/ Bat for Lashes The Traveler Beirut Mutt Culture Banda Jiminez Interwoven Patrik Ervell Bare Necessities GEN F Girls / We Have Band / Sholi / Nicki Minaj / Assassin / Nite Jewel Issue 60 featuring Bat for Lashes, Beirut, Girls, Patrik Ervell and more http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/14/59/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/14/59/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:50:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/14/59/feed/ Charles Hamilton Brooklyn Girls Lauren Flax f. Sia Youve Changed Blank Dogs Blaring Speeches Little Boots Stuck on Repeat (remix) De Tropix Bad Name Woolfy Oh Missy Antony The Johnsons Another World Amazing Baby Pump Yr Breaks Electrik Red Drank In My Cup Wavves No Hope Kids Homebwoi Gimme a Break Music from The FADER issue 59 featuring Charles Hamilton, Little Boots, Wavves, Antony The Johnsons, Amazing Baby, Woolfy and more. http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/13/59-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/13/59-2/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:26:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/13/59-2/feed/ Little Boots The New Dynamic Charles Hamilton Next Pop, 125th St. Blank Dogs Almost Everything Will Be Revealed Electrik Red Do You Think Im a Nasty Girl? GEN F Homebwoi / De Tropix / Late Of The Pier / Woolfy / Wavves / Amazing Baby / Lauren Flax Issue 59 featuring Little Boots, Charles Hamilton, Blank Dogs, Electrik Red and more. http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/26/58/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/26/58/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:36:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/26/58/feed/ Fan Death Veronicas Veil Ron Browz Pop Champagne Illa J We Here Kanye West Heartless College f. Minitel Rose The Energy Store DJ Mujava Township Funk No Age Teen Creeps The Muslims Parasites Traid Gutta Bitch The Big Pink Too Young to Love Music from The FADER issue 58 featuring Kanye West, No Age, Ron Browz, The Big Pink, The Muslims, College and more. http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/25/58-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/25/58-2/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:45:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/25/58-2/feed/ Kanye West Im Amazing No Age Everything is Possible My Selector Ooga Booga / Family / Cipha Sounds / Santos party House / Rico Wade / Oak / Bounty Killer / Partizan + The Directors Bureau / Rare Book Room Erol Alkan Transformer Joyriders Witnessing Dublins Ballymun flats crash and burn GEN F Fan Death / DJ Mujava / College / Ron Browz / The Muslims / Traid / The Big Pink / Illa J Issue 58 featuring Kanye West, No Age, Erol Alkan, Oak, Family, Bounty Killer, Santos Party House, a photo essay on Joyriders and more. http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/12/4/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/12/4/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:16:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/12/4/feed/ The Angels of Light Promise of Water Larkin Grimm Ride That Cyclone The Entrance Band Grim Reaper Blues Quinn Walker Wind Chimes Mariee Sioux Friendboats Phosphorescent Wolves Music from the New Soul installment of F2 featuring The Angels of Light, Phosphorescent, The Entrance Band, Mariee Sioux and more. http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/11/4-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/11/4-2/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/11/4-2/feed/ Remember How This One Goes Mariee Sioux / Michael Gira / Phosphorescent / Quinn Walker New Frontier The Entrance Band and (((folkYEAH!)))s Festival in the Forest Issue 4 The New Folk featuring The Entrance Band, Mariee Sioux, Michael Gira, Phosphorescent and Quinn Walker http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/09/57/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/09/57/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:16:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/09/57/feed/ Brightblack Morning Light Hologram Buffalo Crystal Stilts Crystal Stilts TV on the Radio Dancing Choose School of Seven Bells Half Asleep Gang Gang Dance House Jam (XXXChange Remix) Brisco Just Know Dat Wax Fang World War II (Pt. 2) Sebastien Grainger American Names Serani No Games Brisco Im Me Juana Molina Un Dia Wild Yaks River May Come Deerhunter Little Kids Music from The FADER issue 57 featuring Brightblack Morning Light, TV on the Radio, Gang Gang Dance, Deerhunter, Crystal Stilts, Brisco, Serani and more. http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/07/57-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/07/57-2/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:00:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/07/57-2/feed/ TV on the Radio Complex Sugars Brightblack Morning Light The Golden Hour Iraq and Afghanistan American Wars AIDS in America The Conundrum Refugee Motels Temporary Residence Waianae Coastal Range The Other Side GEN F Brisco / Crystal Stilts / Sebastien Grainger / Friendly Fires / Serani / School of Seven Bells / Wax Fang / XXXChange / Wild Yaks Issue 57 featuring TV on the Radio, Brightblack Morning Light and photo essays on Iraq and Afghanistan, AIDS in America, Refugee Motels, the Waianae Coastal Range in Hawaii and much more. http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/16/3/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/16/3/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:31:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/16/3/feed/ Jazmine Sullivan Need U Bad Little Dragon Recommendation Plantlife Sumthin About Her Free the Robots Jazzhole Keziah Jones Lagos vs New York Nosaj Thing 1685 Flying Lotus f. Dolly Roberta Flack Muhsinah Millions Gaslamp Killer and Gonjasufi Kobwebs New Music from the New Soul installment of F2 featuring Jazmine Sullivan, Flying Lotus, Little Dragon, Plantlife and more. http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/02/3-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/02/3-2/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:54:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/02/3-2/feed/ New Frontier Flying Lotus and Southern Californias Electronic Space Soul Take It From The Top Keziah Jones / Little Dragon/ Jazmine Sullivan / Muhsinah / Jack Splash Issue 2 The New Soul, featuring Flying Lotus, Jazmine Sullivan and Keziah Jones