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/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/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/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/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/2012/02/08/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/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/video-bell-towers-scavengers/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/video-bell-towers-scavengers/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:12 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=174392 For awhile this video for Melbourne-based Bell Towers’ “Scavengers” feels like it could be one of those Sesame Street interstitials that doesn’t teach you about counting or the alphabet or colors, but instead teaches you … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/video-bell-towers-scavengers/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/video-kindness-gee-up/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/video-kindness-gee-up/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:50:50 +0000 Kim Taylor Bennett http://www.thefader.com/?p=174120 Back in 2009 Kindness aka Adam Bainbridge released his Replacements cover “Swingin’ Party” with the B-side “Gee Up” on Moshi Moshi. Then no one heard a peep from him until “Cyan” in 2011. This video revives … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/video-kindness-gee-up/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/by-the-numbers-airs-le-voyage-dans-la-lune/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/by-the-numbers-airs-le-voyage-dans-la-lune/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:46 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=174075 In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits and primary colors. This week, we look at Air’s LP Le Voyage Dans La Lune, which they … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/by-the-numbers-airs-le-voyage-dans-la-lune/feed/ 1 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/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/j-dilla-shine-on/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/j-dilla-shine-on/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:44 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=173792 In this 2006 feature from FADER #42, collaborators and family tell the stories behind some of the late J Dilla’s great productions. Think twice, youngbloods, precocious hoodrats, beatbox prodigies. Somewhere in the fine print of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/j-dilla-shine-on/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/video-niki-and-the-dove-the-fox/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/video-niki-and-the-dove-the-fox/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:45:38 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=173953 Have you guys seen that Cabin Porn Tumblr that is basically just pictures of tiny cabins in the middle of huge sweeping vistas? They’re all gorgeous, and the prevailing attitude behind them is basically: YEAH … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/video-niki-and-the-dove-the-fox/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/why-it-would-be-a-bummer-if-lana-del-rey-quit-making-music/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/why-it-would-be-a-bummer-if-lana-del-rey-quit-making-music/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:13:46 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=173608 Today, FACT magazine posted a quote from an interview Lana Del Rey did with Vogue UK saying: “I don’t think I’ll write another record”, claims Del Rey. “What would I say? I feel like everything … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/why-it-would-be-a-bummer-if-lana-del-rey-quit-making-music/feed/ 12 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/videos-hov-just-another-video-about-sunset-and-coco/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/videos-hov-just-another-video-about-sunset-and-coco/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:26 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=173633 HOV is an audiovisual collaboration between Polish artists Piotr Matkowski and Jaga Slowinska, a pair with uncanny eyes for poetic YouTube ephemera and Tumblr-stuff. “Just Another Video About Sunset,” the above video, is a trailer … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/videos-hov-just-another-video-about-sunset-and-coco/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/live-blondes-at-moma/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/live-blondes-at-moma/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:02 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thefader.com/?p=173248 We sent our buddies Weird Days over to MoMa’s PopRally to film NY synth duo Blondes perform in a lazer-lit museum hall filled with beautiful people dancing and clapping. They played two of our favorites … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/live-blondes-at-moma/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-m-i-a-bad-girls/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-m-i-a-bad-girls/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:25:05 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=173169 The new video for M.I.A.’s reworked Vicki Leekx track “Bad Girls” showcases desert stunt driving in what’s meant to look like a dreamy Saudi Arabian scene. Directed by Romain Gavras, the piece was actually filmed … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-m-i-a-bad-girls/feed/ 5 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/video-expensive-looks-vanishers/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-expensive-looks-vanishers/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:47 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=173343 For anyone who had an imaginary friend growing up (shout out to my childhood BFF “Reddy” who fondly remains in the furthest reaches of my brain), this new video for Expensive Looks’ “Vanishers” will strike … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-expensive-looks-vanishers/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-po-po-teen-dreamzlets-get-away/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-po-po-teen-dreamzlets-get-away/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:20 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=173215 When Po Po first showed up on the Mad Decent roster, it was a serious WTF moment. It seemed kinda weird that Diplo felt the need to sign a bunch of lanky lo-fi scuzz rockers … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-po-po-teen-dreamzlets-get-away/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-madonna-f-m-i-a-and-nicki-minaj-give-me-all-your-luvin/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-madonna-f-m-i-a-and-nicki-minaj-give-me-all-your-luvin/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:50:29 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=173168 M.I.A. and Minaj, wearing a letterman jacket and an Adidas trefoil logo bustier respectively, cheer on Madonna in the Megaforce-directed video for “Give Me All Your Luvin.” The single comes from Madonna’s 12th studio album, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-madonna-f-m-i-a-and-nicki-minaj-give-me-all-your-luvin/feed/ 6 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/video-nicolas-jaar-materials/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/video-nicolas-jaar-materials/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:30:52 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=172940 Nicolas Jaar was born in 1990, which officially means he and I are far enough apart in age that I can remember what I was doing pretty vividly the year he was born. That’s a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/video-nicolas-jaar-materials/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/daily-inspiration-don-cornelius/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/daily-inspiration-don-cornelius/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:05:03 +0000 Drew Millard http://www.thefader.com/?p=172803 This morning, Don Cornelius, creator and host of the beloved dance show Soul Train, was found dead in his Los Angeles home. Politically and musically conservative, Cornelius nevertheless extended the olive branch to hip hop … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/daily-inspiration-don-cornelius/feed/ 2 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 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/stream-john-talabot-f-pional-destiny/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/stream-john-talabot-f-pional-destiny/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:15:45 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=172610 John Talabot and Pional take a deep, full-bodied turn towards dancey on “Destiny,” the second track off Talabot’s (copyeditor’s-formatting-nightmare of a) debut fin. It’s a bit of a dazzler—all lyrical pessimism softened with full-blown, idealistic … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/stream-john-talabot-f-pional-destiny/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/stream-shlohmo-wen-uuu-salva-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/stream-shlohmo-wen-uuu-salva-remix/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:30:15 +0000 Elissa Stolman http://www.thefader.com/?p=172640 Shlohmo has released another taste of his upcoming Vacation EP in the form of a remix of “wen uuu” by his labelmate and European tour partner Salva. The remix retains the original’s slippery vocal sample … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/stream-shlohmo-wen-uuu-salva-remix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/download-arcas-debut-ep-baron-libre/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/download-arcas-debut-ep-baron-libre/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:30:38 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=172617 It’s basically just a point of fact right now that it is impossible to turn around without bumping into someone who happens to make electronic music in his bedroom. The range of emotions we have … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/download-arcas-debut-ep-baron-libre/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/miracle-good-love-pale-sketcher-remake-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/miracle-good-love-pale-sketcher-remake-mp3/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:45 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=172537 Reading about Pale Sketcher, the electronic project of Justin Broadrick, aka the dude who was in Napalm Death aka the dude who does Jesu, always felt like a serious What The Hell? moment. But whatever, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/miracle-good-love-pale-sketcher-remake-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/video-azure-blue-seasons/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/video-azure-blue-seasons/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:30:40 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=172621 For a November-released record explicitly about break-ups, Azure Blue’s Rule of Thirds shows a pretty blatant disregard for the downer days of winter, with its surfing cover art and Tobias Isaksson’s weightless Bahama breeze of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/video-azure-blue-seasons/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/download-evian-christs-kings-and-them-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/download-evian-christs-kings-and-them-mixtape/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:28:39 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=172481 Evian Christ, the anonymous producer whose unannounced series of straight-to-YouTube ambient footwork positioned him as the most exciting new artist of the year, has revealed his name—Joshua Leary, as many speculated—and finally shared high-quality MP3s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/download-evian-christs-kings-and-them-mixtape/feed/ 8 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/graphics-macgrackleton-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/graphics-macgrackleton-mp3/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:45:39 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=172511 New British producer Graphics turns in another new track, “MacGrackleton.” His “There’s a Way Back” was a surprise towards the end of last year, and he’s continued the streak with a small stream of singles … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/graphics-macgrackleton-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/hear-new-jamie-xx-touch-me/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/hear-new-jamie-xx-touch-me/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:24:11 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=172507 Young Turks premiered a new Jamie XX track, “Touch Me” yesterday on Australia’s FBi Radio. Download the entire show below—”Touch Me” starts 49 minutes in. Download: Young Turks Takeover on FBi Radio]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/hear-new-jamie-xx-touch-me/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/stream-carlos-giffoni-evidence/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/stream-carlos-giffoni-evidence/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:15:21 +0000 Frances Capell http://www.thefader.com/?p=172239 Venezuelan-born electronic artist Carlos Giffoni has unveiled the first track from his upcoming 12-inch, Evidence, out February 14th on Software. A resident of Brooklyn for over ten years, Giffoni also runs No Fun Productions and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/stream-carlos-giffoni-evidence/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/stream-keep-shelly-in-athens-just-like-honey-jesus-and-mary-chain-cover/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/stream-keep-shelly-in-athens-just-like-honey-jesus-and-mary-chain-cover/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:15:56 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=172108 Keep Shelly In Athens have made an appropriately sweet and delicate cover of Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey” for a charity compilation of the same name. All proceeds will go to benefit Breast … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/stream-keep-shelly-in-athens-just-like-honey-jesus-and-mary-chain-cover/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/video-noah-wall-in-canada/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/video-noah-wall-in-canada/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:15:16 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=172184 This is the second consecutive Noah Wall video—here’s the last one—with grainy, appropriated footage stuttering by way faster than eyes/brains can reasonably stand. I go cross-eyed instantly. And that’s no knock to director Daniel Brantley, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/video-noah-wall-in-canada/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/no-gold-good-and-bad-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/no-gold-good-and-bad-mp3/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:45:39 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=172085 The unsteady synth pad that opens No Gold’s “Good and Bad,” the first single from the Vancouver band’s upcoming sophomore album, follows the track pretty much until the end. It’s a sludgy ringing, basically the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/no-gold-good-and-bad-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/stream-shigetos-lineage-mini-lp/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/stream-shigetos-lineage-mini-lp/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:25:54 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=171786 Zack Saginaw, whose middle name and producer alias is Shigeto, releases his Lineage Mini-LP on Ghostly tomorrow. As the family tree title suggests, Lineage is a personal and reflective album—its front cover shows Saginaw’s great-grandfather’s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/stream-shigetos-lineage-mini-lp/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/teen-daze-brooklyn-sunburn-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/teen-daze-brooklyn-sunburn-mp3/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:33 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=171804 For his first full-length release, Vancouver’s Teen Daze summoned a collective spirit, inspired by the sparkly-eyed visions of idealistic unity, or as he tells it: “I came upon an old book at a thrift store … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/teen-daze-brooklyn-sunburn-mp3/feed/ 10 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/stream-m-i-a-bad-girls/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/stream-m-i-a-bad-girls/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:23:50 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=171774 Stream M.I.A.’s new Danja-produced single “Bad Girls,” via Pitchfork below. A video for the track, by “Born Free” director Romain Gavras, will be released this Friday, February 3rd. The video for M.I.A.’s previously reported collaboration … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/stream-m-i-a-bad-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/27/video-walls-into-our-midst/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/27/video-walls-into-our-midst/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:45:05 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=171477 Walls have whipped up this confection of a video for the sugar-high “Into Our Midst,” the album opener off last year’s Coracle LP, and the opening track for a the new “Into Our Midst” 12-inch … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/27/video-walls-into-our-midst/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/27/video-14th-take-me-there/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/27/video-14th-take-me-there/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:33:29 +0000 Drew Millard http://www.thefader.com/?p=171291 14th is a duo from Brighton, which you probably know is in the UK, right next to the ocean. They don’t necessarily make nautical music, but “Take Me There” gives off rainy day beach vibes, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/27/video-14th-take-me-there/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/26/stream-battles-sweetie-shag-the-field-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/26/stream-battles-sweetie-shag-the-field-remix/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:30:02 +0000 Elissa Stolman http://www.thefader.com/?p=170887 Battles have unveiled the first pair of tracks in a four-part vinyl series of remixes of their 2011 album Gloss Drop. The first 12″ record, set for physical and digital release February 7th on Warp, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/26/stream-battles-sweetie-shag-the-field-remix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/26/download-fader-vitaminwaters-winter-mixxxtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/26/download-fader-vitaminwaters-winter-mixxxtape/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:32 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=170037 To celebrate this year’s Winter X Games, FADER and vitaminwater got together to create our Winter Mixxxtape, a mix worthy of blasting through your headphones in the snow. Mixed by Nick Catchdubs, these ten tracks … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/26/download-fader-vitaminwaters-winter-mixxxtape/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/stream-dam-mantle-her-woes/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/stream-dam-mantle-her-woes/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:25:42 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=170836 Dam Mantle’s “Her Woes” starts off menacing, but quickly flourishes into accelerated rays of house-y light. Clicking breakdowns and a J Dilla sample are little fierce perks along the way. The track is one of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/stream-dam-mantle-her-woes/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/blondes-wine-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/blondes-wine-mp3/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:30:41 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=170619 We’ve seen the video (which, if you missed, you can see again, below), we’ve heard the Teengirl Fantasy remix, and now Brooklyn’s Blondes are giving it to us straight. “Wine” is all around high-register dance … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/blondes-wine-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/interview-air/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/interview-air/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:48 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=169797 In 1902, Georges Méliès made a movie about traveling to the moon. Obviously, at that point, nobody had actually been there, and, for all anybody knew, there were magical mushrooms, mysterious lagoons and frog-like aliens … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/interview-air/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/nneka-my-home-coki-of-digital-mystikz-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/nneka-my-home-coki-of-digital-mystikz-remix-mp3/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:30:40 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=170273 The music video for the original version of Nigerian-German singer Nneka’s “My Home” sees the artist portraying a few similarly stressed characters in Lagos—a diamond miner, a street-cleaner and a woman outnumbered in a corporate … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/nneka-my-home-coki-of-digital-mystikz-remix-mp3/feed/ 7 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/stream-justice-onnon-rick-rubin-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/stream-justice-onnon-rick-rubin-remix/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:15:01 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=170566 The official title of this remix is “On’n'on (Ruined by Rick Rubin),” harking back to the 1991 CD he produced for Queen, “We Will Rock You (Ruined by Rick Rubin).” It’s a fitting historical side … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/stream-justice-onnon-rick-rubin-remix/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/stream-miike-snow-f-lykke-li-black-tin-box/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/stream-miike-snow-f-lykke-li-black-tin-box/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:23:48 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=170448 If you were to ship island music over to Scandinavia for the winter, it might turn out like Miike Snow and Lykke Li’s, “Black Tin Box”—thumping with tropical persuasion, but frozen into something chilly and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/stream-miike-snow-f-lykke-li-black-tin-box/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/download-maxmillion-dunbars-bout-it-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/download-maxmillion-dunbars-bout-it-mix/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:30:57 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=170328 Featured in our current story on electronic labels, Maxmillion Dunbar (on the right) is one half of Future Times, the DC label with a tight niche of deep grooves. He’s just put up a new … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/download-maxmillion-dunbars-bout-it-mix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/sun-glitters-they-dont-want-to-let-you-know-sumsun-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/sun-glitters-they-dont-want-to-let-you-know-sumsun-remix-mp3/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:52:14 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=170337 His cheery Sun Glitters alias and beachy pastel album art cover up a pretty eerie darkness in Victor Ferreira’s music. Promises of loveliness by track titles like “The Wind Caresses Her Hair” are always undercut … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/sun-glitters-they-dont-want-to-let-you-know-sumsun-remix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/video-sleigh-bells-comeback-kid/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/video-sleigh-bells-comeback-kid/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:52:51 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=170225 With a rifle at her hip, Alexis Krauss gives her nails a fresh clear-coat on a plush, suburban bedspread in the “Comeback Kid” video, directed by Miller and Gregory Kohn. Watch the clip above, via … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/24/video-sleigh-bells-comeback-kid/feed/ 0