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Get Weird
Okay, so I’m going to be completely honest. This post may or may not have been inspired by the fact that the band is called Us Baby Bear Bones. They’d have to go out of their way to be distinctly bad for me to NOT post this. That said, they sound similar to Au Revoir Simone but with a little more teeth. Atmospheric and just the right amount of melancholy for Sunday night listening.
Also, they’re called Us Baby Bear Bones. Did I mention that yet?
Chance marvels at his discovery of the uniboob
In a world where Chicago has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country, and turds like Chief Keef are at the top of the city’s rap game, it’s refreshing to hear someone like Chance the Rapper step to the mic. Teaming up with Nosaj Thing (one of my favorite producers, check him out), he brings some realness on this jam – a hidden track of his mixtape Acid Rap. Just don’t call it conscious rap, this is some good kid, m.A.A.d. City shit.
Nosaj Thing x Chance the Rapper “Songs From Scratch” from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
Someone didn’t hear about that whole No Doubt thing
Young Wonder is an electronic duo from Ireland who might instantly draw comparisons to Purity Ring. While they already have an interesting collection of productions under their belt through 2012′s eponymous release, with “Time” it sounds like they’ve hit their songwriting stride. Guest vocals from fellow Irish producer Sacred Animals provide a settling balance to Rachel Koeman’s sharp cries before giving way to lush synth patterns and pleasantly surprising delays.
There’s always that beautiful moment when experimental production stops becoming experimental and a gorgeous product emerges from the lab work. This is one of those moments.
Moody as you wanna be
So, I have this tremendous Spotify playlist going called Waveforms and Galactic Unicorn Dust featuring all the best experimental electronica artists like Nosaj Thing, Gold Panda, Shlohmo, etc and let me just say it’s an utter shame that Vienna-based producer Sohn isn’t on the platform yet to be included on that list. Little is known about this guy (as is often the case) but his delicately textured production and fitting vocals make for extremely pleasant listening. “The Wheel” is a breakout waiting to happen, not to mention he does a phenomenal remix of the Banks song I posted a few weeks back.
Lapalux is unimpressed
Remember Busdriver, the incredibly rapid-speed backpack rapper? I say “remember” because it seems like the dude has been around forever (I remember listening to him in junior high). A quick Wikipedia search and turns out the guy is only 35 years old and released his first album at 13. That doesn’t have much to do with this recent collaboration with Essex-based producer Lapalux, but it’s an interesting factoid.
“Forlorn” is a strange juxtaposition of Busdriver’s frenetic style and Lapalux’s laid-back, slow churning lo-fi production. While it didn’t make the cut for Lapalux’s forthcoming LP, it stands well on its own.
