Hot Jam of the Day

Hot Jam of the Day (04.16.12): Disclosure, “Boiling” (f/ Sinead Harnett)

Posted on April 16, 2012 by TP1.COM in Featured, Hot Jam of the Day | 1 Comment

Disclosure
“Boiling” (f/ Sinead Harnett)
The Face EP (Greco-Roman)

After a run of successful singles, the fraternal post-dubstep duo of Guy and Howard Lawrence has finally prepared a full meal for us to sink our teeth into. The South London duo’s debut EP drops on June 4th on the label of burgeoning Berlin/London forward-thinking dance collective Greco-Roman. It’s led by this airy, surprisingly vocal-rich single that sounds a little bit like Burial remixing a particularly moody Araabmuzik track on a heavy dose of demerol. Like their influences (the aforementioned Burial, Mount Kimbie, early James Blake), the brothers have an impressive sense of sonic space and geometry, resulting in the kind of sparsly engulfing tracks that have allowed the uniquely British sound to resonate in car stereos and dancefloors around the world. Easily one of my most anticipated debuts of the year.

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Hot Jam of the Day (04.13.12): Black Vanilla, “Woman on Woman”

Posted on April 13, 2012 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Leave a comment

Black Vanilla
“Woman on Woman”
Unreleased

Here’s what we know about Black Vanilla.

1. It’s more than one guy, and one of those guys is definitely the guy behind shadowy, R&B outfit Guerre.

2. This Black Vanilla is not this Black Vanilla.

3. They are from somewhere in Australia.

4. They released one of the sexiest weirdo R&B singles of recent times.

That is all that is known about Black Vanilla.

Woman on Woman

Hot Jam of the Day (04.12.12): Sean Blackthorn, “[One] Night”

Posted on April 13, 2012 by TP1.COM in Featured, Hot Jam of the Day | 1 Comment

Sean Blackthorn
“[One] Night”

The man behind one of my favorite tracks of 2012 — the sparse, emotive “The Spirits” — is back with yet another sparse, stunning slow jam. When (not if) he blows up, he’ll inevitably be lumped in with progressive, bedroom R&B troubadours like the Weeknd, Frank Ocean, and to a lesser extent, How To Dress Well. While this is excellent company to be in, in Blackthorn’s limited work so far he has brought his own distinctive sound to the genre. It’s unclear what instruments he is playing (if any), but his work has a very live feel to it, while acts like the Weeknd and Frank Ocean feel very much like studio creations. Think of him as a sort of Maxwell to the Weeknd’s R. Kelly (stylistically, not sonically). Either way, “[One] Night” is another extremely powerful, soulful track from this young Canadian who looks set to have an incredible future ahead of him. I can’t wait to see where it goes.

Hot Jam of the Day (04.11.12): Yuck, “Chew”

Posted on April 12, 2012 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Leave a comment

Yuck
“Chew”
Single (Fat Possum)

The 75% British, 25% American quartet’s self-titled debut was one of the best of last year. Though the group wore (and still wears) its influences — Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Smashing Pumpkins — prominently on the tattered sleeve of its cardigan, the group burrowed out their own sound, thanks mostly to their excellent songwriting. The disc is chock-full of mature, fuzzy guitar pop with undeniable hooks. Songwriters Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom aimed for my fifth grade heart and scored a direct hit. “Chew” is a slightly noisier take on more of the same, and anybody who loves 90’s alt rock should really sit up and take notice.

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Hot Jam of the Day (04.10.12): Lost in the Trees, “Golden Eyelids”

Posted on April 12, 2012 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Leave a comment

Lost in the Trees
“Golden Eyelids”
A Church That Fits Our Needs (-ANTI, 2012)

Sometimes an album comes around that is just really fucking beautiful. It may not be particularly original or speak to you on a deeper level, but it is just really aesthetically pleasing. The sophomore LP from North Carolina’s foremost freak folk collective, Lost in the Trees, is just this sort of album. Blending backwoods-style nylon stringed guitars, lush strings, jangly percussion, and soaring vocal harmonies, Lost in the Trees would be the perfect sunny house band should Sufjan Stevens ever decide to start his own hippy commune (potential name: The Joy Ecstatic).

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Watch the Video after the Jump.

Hot Jam of the Day (04.09.12): Waka Flocka Flame, “I Don’t Really Care” (f/ Trey Songz)

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Waka Flocka Flame
“I Don’t Really Care”
Triple F Life: Friends, Fans, And Family

Waka Flocka Flame is the Tyson Chandler of hip-hop. Though both have recently attained superstar status, neither have changed their game at all and are more than happy to put on their hard hats and bang bodies down low. Even when he’s greeted with a radio-friendly club track like this (or 2010’s immortal “No Hands”), the young ATLien just can’t stop himself from going hard in the paint. That’s what makes this collaboration with Trey Songz — the NBA’s Ray Allen (all finesse, great teammate/set-up man, not quite good enough to win a title on his own) — so fulfilling. Waka’s lunchpail flow is a perfect foil to Songz’s sweet stroke, giving the crooner plenty of space to get his shine while holding it all together with two of his trademark, HAM verses. The result is a track that is smooth enough for the radio and hard enough for his core fans.

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Hot Jam of The Day (04.06.12): A$AP Rocky (f/ H-Town All-Stars), “Purple Swag” (Remix)

Posted on April 8, 2012 by TP1.COM in Featured, Hot Jam of the Day | Leave a comment

A$AP Rocky (f/ Paul Wall, Bun B, Killa Kyleon)
“Purple Swag” (H-Town All-Stars Remix)
Live Love Purple

To deride Harlem’s rising star A$AP Rocky for leaning too much on a sound that isn’t his own would be missing the point completely. Harlem may be more than 2,000 miles away from Houston’s syrup-soaked south side, but in the internet age, it really doesn’t matter. If the world’s leading Chillwave scholar can reside in one of the most decidedly un-chill locales on the planet, A$AP can be inspired by whomever he wants. And while Rocky relies heavily on his influences, he is always quick to big up his inspirations. He shows love to three of his biggest inspirations by getting out of the way entirely, letting three of Clutch City’s most diverse voices get their shine on. You can’t be mad at that.

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And just for the hell of it, here’s one of my favorite ever H-Town (by way of Port Arthur) tracks.

Hot Jam of the Day (04.06.12): Kanye West, “Theraflu”

Posted on April 8, 2012 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Leave a comment

Kanye West
“Theraflu”
Unreleased

Most of what’s been written about Kanye’s scathing pre-G.O.O.D. Friday single centers around a throwaway line about a B-List reality star. However, those only interested in Kimye’s potential future are forgetting the most important thing: this cut is all about the past. On “Theraflu,” the Chicago MC is back to his rampant, ferocious pre-808’s best, spitting line after line of his patented “sophisticated ignorance.” As a rule, an angry Kanye is a good Kanye, and while he is capable of crafting some of the most fascinating conceptual work on the planet, nobody can deliver a fuck you track quite like him.

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And because it’ll probably get taken down in the next 18 minutes, here’s another example of new Kanye channeling old Kanye: 2011’s in-fucking-credible “Mama’s Boyfriend.”

Hot Jam of the Day (04.04.12): jj, “Beautiful Life”

Posted on April 4, 2012 by TP1.COM in Featured, Hot Jam of the Day | Leave a comment

jj
“Beautiful Life”
jj n° 4 (2012)

It’s always a good morning when you wake up to an email from the Sincerely Yours folks. It means your day is going to start with a new, enigmatic slice of (mostly) Swedish pop magic. My excitement was magnified by the email I received this morning, thanks to its subject line: “l to the o to the.” Hoping it would be another warped take on a track by The-Dream — SY released Sail A Whale’s ghostly re-work of “Love King” a couple years ago — I (virtually) tore into it.

Though it’s decidedly not Terius-related, I was pleased to hear a typically shimmering, expansive new cut from the label’s most famous artists, the mysterious jj. The duo continues with their American radio-rap obsession, vocalist Elin Kastlander celestially blows “dro in this bitch” (to the extent that such a thing is possible) over a trademark Joakim Benon arraignment: carefree, sparse, and just-a-little-bit Balearic.

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Sail a Whale’s “Love (The-Dream) King”

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Hot Jam of the Day (04.03.12): Dent May, “Best Friend”

Posted on April 3, 2012 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Leave a comment

Dent May
Best Friend
Do Things (Paw Tracks)

Dent May seems like a fucking weirdo. Not like a check-out-how-weird-I-am/play-one-on-TV type weirdo. But, like a legitimately weird as fuck, weirdo. If the Jackson, Mississippi-based singer-songwriter owns less than six cats, it’s only because his mother doesn’t let him keep them in the house or it’s because he’s already set them on fire. Ok, that’s probably taking it a bit far, but his twisted take on 60’s pop-rock and Sexy People-style promo photos make it hard not to draw those kinds of conclusions. He thrust himself into the pop music zeitgeist with one of 2009’s best songs, the glorious, piano-driven “Eastover Wives,” which doubled as a inch-perfect slice of Beach Boys-era nostalgia and a bizarrely cautionary tale about the dangers of women getting involved in sex and marriage too young. This, the first single from the long-awaited Do Things, is more of the same, an ode to a best friend that is so earnest and cheesy, I almost thing he’s fucking with us. But I doubt it.

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