Tagged: Switch
Staff Selects Playlist: R&B Production’s Rap Turn
Every week, a different FADER editor compiles a playlist to highlight a new release and give you a guide to that artist’s web of influences and peers. These Staff Selects live in our Spotify app, … read more »
Major Lazer Announce New Album
Major Lazer has announced that Free the Universe, the follow-up to 2009′s Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do, will be released on November 9th. Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Shaggy, Wyclef Jean, Tyga and Flux Pavilion … read more »
Popcaan, “Party Shot (Major Lazer and ETC!ETC! Remix)” MP3
Major Lazer and Los Angeles moombahton producer ETC!ETC! add a little pep into Vybz Kartel-protege Popcaan’s summer-primed, “Party Shot.” For the original and more from Popcaan, download his recent mixtape, Yiy Change. Download: Popcaan, “Party … read more »
Stream: Santigold’s Master of My Make-Believe
Santigold’s new album, Master of My Make-Believe is 38 minutes packed with single-worthy, slickly-produced tracks that will undoubtedly make their way into your steady stable of summer jams. A little production help from Diplo and … read more »
Santigold Reveals Details About Her New Album
While it doesn’t have a release date yet, Santigold has revealed that Master of My Make-Believe is the title of her second album. In an interview with V Magazine, she explained where the title comes … read more »
Stream: Major Lazer “German Elephant Killer”
In an almost inexcusable act of social networking sychophancy, Major Lazer made us “like” their song before we even listened to it. How else could we tell you, the discerning public, to go check it … read more »
Stream: Beastie Boys f. Santigold “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” (Major Lazer Remix)
Major Lazer’s remix of the Beastie Boys/Santigold collab “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” finds Diplo and Switch playing true to form. They pick up the pace of the original track, giving it … read more »
This Week in The FADER: June 12, 2011 Edition
** Beyonce, Kanye and Andre 3000 begged us to relax with their effortless jam “Party.” ** We welcomed back The Rapture and their new single “How Deep is Your Love?” ** With his new teaser … read more »
Diplowatch 2011 #11: Major Lazer Preview Their New Album in Jamaica
Diplo and Switch, reporting live from paradise, reveal some facts about trees and snippets of their upcoming Major Lazer sophomore LP. That’s Jahdan Blakkamoore on the video’s first track, Vybz Kartel killing the second, and … read more »
New Beyonce Arrives Prematurely: “Girls (Who Run the World)” MP3
If/since Beyonce can do anything, could she return with better than an attempt to mainstream Diplo and Switch‘s experimental dance/humper freakout “Pon De Floor” ? She did it with their blessing—the Major Lazer boys re-tailored … read more »
