Big Boi has confirmed, that his new record will be titled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, and we got a new track from it to share. “She Said Ok” harkens back to the Speakerboxxx/Love Below days, where Big Boi on his smooth talking game. The surprise guest appearance from Theophilus London, is unusual and I don’t know if this kind of track best suits him. (Even though, I’m sure that this is a dream come true for him) Tre Luce provides the sweet tender hook, to complete this strip club anthem.
Florence and the Machine has released the David LaChapelle directed video for “Spectrum”. There are gorgeous sets, breathtaking costumes, and ballet dancers galore. As Kanye popularized last year, if you have some ballet dancers in your video, you can automatically be considered high art. Florence herself, is looking as good as I have ever seen her. She has really developed into a stunning force visually, hasn’t she?
If you missed it, we shared the Calvin Harris remix of the video earlier this week.
Florence and the Machine - “Spectrum”
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Silk Pillow
Childish Gambino feat Beck
Childish Gambino and Beck were a combination that we were never expecting to have happen, but somehow it has. As it turns out, “Silk Pillow” is the best Gambino track, that he’s recently released. Over an ever-changing piano and synth beat, Glover finally calms down a bit and starts making sense. Beck is doing his best rap-sung take, and somehow doesn’t feel out of place on this.
Line of the song: “Im trying to turn these Keke Palmer’s into baby mamas”
Those crazy X-Men influenced kids of the “Midnight City” video, mark their return in M83’s “Reunion”. In this chapter, the children go to the nearest Gotham to show off their unbelievable powers. Unfortunately, some government agency is not too happy with these nuggets, and try to track them down. This will most certainly remind you of this year’s minor hit film Chronicle, with a decidedly younger set of special beings.
M83 - “Reunion”
The boys of Chiddy Bang dropped by the now legendary PS 22, to perform 2 songs with the children, “Talkin’ To Myself” and “Mind Your Manners”. Both are flawless, and the cute kids do a perfect job on the choruses and adding in new melodies. Xaphoon, of course kills it on keyboard. Really what Mr. B has done at the school is nothing short of magical.
At the end of “Talkin to Myself”, watch the short interview with the band, and see how the kids go nuts everytime a video game gets mentioned. Hilarious.
Pick up Breakfast now.
Jay-Z and Kanye West have released the cinematic video for “No Church In The Wild”. Taking the theme of no religion, the people on the streets of Czech Republic are pissed and anarchy is the only option. Directed by Romain Garvais, this feels more like a 5 minute Christopher Nolan extravaganza rather than a standard music video. Although, we should expect nothing less from these two heavyweights. There are some breathtaking visuals, especially once the lasers touchdown at dusk. I can only imagine how much the budget must have been. While the recent use of the track in The Great Gatsby trailer upset me quite a bit (c’mon Hollywood), this reaffirms my original love of the Watch The Throne opener.
Jay-Z & Kanye West - “No Church In The Wild” (Feat. Frank Ocean)
Only discovered, King Tuff today, but thank god I did. I stumbled upon their brilliant video for the equally amazing “Bad Thing”. The bands acts as ghouls in a campy haunted house tale, that concludes in a live show. The song and video are tons and tons of fun.
They just released their S/T new record yesterday through Sub Pop. get it over here.
King Tuff - “Bad Thing”
Our first Indie babe of the Week of 2012, Foxes has her debut EP, Warrior, finally coming out July 3rd. We got 2 new glorious tunes from that to share with you. “Let Go For Tonight” is a future hit in the making. Evoking Florence and the Machine’s uncanny use of power, the track just soars. I also appreciate the fact, that there is no cheesy electro beat that drops in at the chorus, per usual of pop track these days. Remember that this only a “demo”, so just imagine how amazing the finished version will be.
“Warrior” is another huge slice of gorgeous pop, that just has to be played on every single BBC radio station possible. I mean that will have to be used for any championship type advert, right?
Pre-order the sure to be incredible, Warrior, here.
It’s a rare case to get a dream collab on a cover. At 2:30 this morning, it came true. World sensation Ellie Goulding tackles The Weeknd’s “High For This”. That would be amazing enough, but Xaphoon Jones completely reworks the beat for the pop princess to work off of. It goes without saying, this is as awesome as a cover as you can get. While it’s getting a bit annoying hearing “Lights” on Top 40 radio, this reaffirms all my faith in this beauty.
London’s Get People are about to put out their new EP, Harmonize, on July 2nd. To hold fans over, the band has put a trippy animated video out for single, “Something Better”. It’s a hearty, hazy synthed up new age jam that is ideal for 2AM listening. Despite the uplifting title, the song is decidedly heavy.
Get People- “Something Better”
