Electronic one man band, Derek Vincent Smith, AKA Pretty Lights, is offering up his latest EP, Making Up a Changing Mind, as a free download on his official site. According to his bio, the Colorado based producer’s previous 3 albums have combined for over 500k downloads. Making Up a Changing Mind Track #2, “I Can [...]

Wow.
MGMT are offering up a track (not the single?), “Flash Delirium,” from their upcoming, long-awaited sophomore album, Congratulations. We were warned, guys. I am still navigating my way through this retro, psychedelic clusterfark of styles, instruments, melodies, and rhythms. That flute solo is confusing me, among lots of other things. Actually, “Flash Delirium” seems almost [...]

These aren’t the best quality, but if you’ve been anxiously awaiting a release date for We Are Lasers for the past 9 months, then these might be of interest. Lupe Fiasco premiered 3 new tracks off of the upcoming [someday?] album at his ‘Steppin Lasers’ Tour kick-off on Friday in Claremont, CA. “Scream,” “State Crime [...]

It happened overnight. It couldn’t happen any quicker.
As promised (well, sort of. Thought this was a mixtape. Oops), Drizzy Drake dropped the first single from his major label debut, “Over,” last night at midnight over at October’s Very Own (file already ‘not found’). The track, produced by Canadian hip hop producers Boi-1da (Clipse, K-os, Kardinal [...]

Spent 10 seconds widening my eyes to this rather transformative Mumford & Sons cover of Vampire Weekend’s Contra stand-out track, “Cousins,” on BBC Live Lounge before I decided it was the greatest thing of all time. OK, more like the greatest thing I’ve heard since 9:15. But still, great.
The UK folk band (hardcore, like, with [...]

The Morning Benders’ Big Echo is quickly becoming a top 10 contender for Twentyten. It’s already been decided that “Excuses” is the song of the year (after all 10 Teen Dream tracks, of course). Stream the entire sun kissed, Chris Taylor produced Rough Trade debut on their site. It has been heavily Grizzly Beared, and [...]

We Were Promised Jetpacks announced today that they will be releasing a 5 track EP entitled The Last Place You’ll Look on Fat Cat Records March 9. The EP features 3 new tracks and 2 alternate takes of songs from 2009’s These Four Walls. “A Far Cry,” yet another incredible Jetpacks track, is streaming [...]

Berkeley’s The Morning Benders are gearing up for the release of their album, Big Echo, on March 9 via Rough Trade. Last Friday, the band gave away their lovely single, “Excuses,” for the price of an email address on their website, where you can also stream the abundantly Grizzly Bear’d track “Promises” (the album is [...]

88 Keys, my favorite LOST and Ralph Lauren obsessed rapper just posted up a new track that he recorded for EA Sports’ NBA Live 10 video game. According to 88’s I Heart My Polo Lifestyle blog (obsessed!), the song “was placed within the game but not included in the official soundtrack due to contractual issues.”
“Wake [...]

The Temper Trap are still going pretty strong off the strength of their (500) Days of Summer indie anthem, “Sweet Disposition” (you haven’t heard it yet? What kind of hipster are you?!). While their debut full length album, Conditions, is overall a pretty weak offering, there’s no denying the power of this track. “Sweet Disposition” [...]