Jessie Ware & Sampha – Valentine (Music Video) + Mixtape for The Fader

This song is perfection. I’ve had it on constant repeat, and now the video has been released to make this Valentine’s Day almost bearable WHAAAAAT? A lovely gift from Young Turks, who are releasing the single today. Buy it on 7″ heart shaped vinyl here.

Jessie and Sampha have also put together this Valentine’s mix for The Fader, featuring tracks from Bill Withers, Royksopp, Actress and N.E.R.D. These two have MADE my February 14th!! Download the mixtape below.

Jessie Ware & Sampha - Fader Valentines mix by Young Turks

Star Slinger’s Mix for The Fader

You should go here and get Star Slinger’s Dollars to Pounds mix for The Fader. It’s fugging awesome.

Use it to soundtrack your weekend….guaranteed good times.

Four Tet – FACT Mix

Kieran Hebden, a.k.a. Four Tet, put something of a beast together for FACT to celebrate the return of his residency at London’s ‘no-longer-under-threat of closure’ Plastic People. The mix is available until the 27th, grab it now. The tracklisting can be found below. If, like me, you will be Manchester based this  November, get yourself down to the Kieran Hebden curated Warehouse Project, featuring the man himself as well as Caribou, Jamie xx, James Blake & Mount Kimbie. Such a good line-up I might be sick. Get your ticket here.

Four Tet – FACT Mix

Tracklist:
1. Rocketnumbernine – Matthew and Toby (Four Tet remix) [Text Records]
2. Pheeroan Ak Laff – 3 in 1 [Passin' Thru]
3. Soul Capsule – Seekers (Ricardo Villalobos remix) [Trelik]
4. Mount Kimbie – Blind Night Errand [Hot Flush]
5. Grevious Angel – Move Down Low VIP [Soul Jazz]
6. Ro 70 meets Move D – Untitled [Source Records]
7. Floating Points – J+W beat [Planet Mu]
8. Ramadanman – Glut [Hemlock]
9. JD Robb – Canon in Percussive Sound [Folkways]
10. Index – Starlight (break) [Record Shack Records]
11. Four Tet – Nothing to see [Soul Jazz]
12. Falty DL – St Marks (Cosmin TRG remix) [Rush Hour]
13. Luke Abbott – Holkham Drones [Border Community]
14. Oni Ayhun – OAR004A [Oni Ayhun Records]
15. Bob Holroyd – African drug (Four Tet remix) [Phonica]
16. Lata Mangeshkar – Too Mere Saath Rahega Munne [EMI]

(500) Days Of Weezy

Did you download My Sick Uncle’s (500) Days Of Weezy mixtape? I’ve only  just gotten around to listening to it but it’s quite enjoyable.

500 Days Of Weezy by Hypetrak

D/R/U/G/S

D/R/U/G/S are a Manchester/London based electronic group. Their songs could be placed in the dance genre, but they lean towards trippy and psychedelic rather than heavy bass and beats. The have a sound which is much more organic than any dance music you’d find in clubs, making it much more enjoyable to listen to.

Big Boi – Mix Tape For Dummies

Big Boi’s new (and LONG awaited) album Sir Lucious Left Foot…the Son of Chico Dusty, is out next week, but before that he’s giving away a mix tape, Big Boi Mix Tape For Dummies – Guide To Global Greatness. It’s pretty amazing. If you’re a fan already, this will be a great soundtrack to your weekend. If you’re not a fan, you probably will be by the end. You may even want to go out and buy his new record….sneaky move eh? Grab the mix tape below via Big Boi’s official site.

Download: Big Boi – Mix Tape For Dummies

Dominique Young Unique – Domination (Mixtape)

Dominique Young Unique is an 18-year-old rapper from Tampa Bay, and she’s really pretty damn good. She released this mixtape, entitled Domination today, you can download it here.

Dominique Young Unique – Domination by Toast Press

Free tracks from Subpop thank you very much.

Would you like 14 free tracks from Subpop, including Dum Dum Girls, Wolf Parade and The Ruby Suns? Of course you would. Listen to and download the tracks via the Soundcloud player below…

2010 Free Downloads by subpop

Wait What – The Notorious xx (Mixtape)

Have you heard this mixtape yet? Probably. I hope so.

I heard it at the beginning of the month when it was featured on one of my favourite blogs Pretty Much Amazing. I approached it skeptically, wondering how well Biggie and The xx would fit together, no matter how talented the remixer. There are moments where the combination does feel a little forced, when the tempo and lyrics of the original songs have had to be changed a little too much (or that could just be me and my intense love of every single second of The xx’s debut). This however, is an integral part of the remix process, and without a little adaptation this mixtape would never have worked. I’m happy to say that it really does, with the energy of Biggie’s lyrics bringing a fresh and bright element to the brilliance of The xx’s chilled tones. An ambitious but successful project.

wait what, the dj behind this project, was giving it away for free. But, with the music industry being what it is, he was quickly told to stop doing that. Check out what he had to say about that here

You can however, listen to and download the tracks with the help of the wonderful Soundcloud. Enjoy:

Free Kill Rock Stars Sampler

We all know Kill Rock Stars are an amazing label. To brighten up your day today they’re giving you a free sampler containing some brilliant tracks. The tracklist is below and you can download the zip here

01 ELLIOTT SMITH “Angeles” from Either/Or
02 THE THERMALS “Now We Can See” from Now We Can See
03 GOSSIP “Standing In the Way of Control” from Standing In The Way of Control
04 THAO “When We Swam” from Know Better Learn Faster 
05 SLEATER KINNEY “Oh!” from One Beat 
06 PANTHER “Love Is Sold” from Entropy
07 UNWOUND “Corpse Pose” from Repetition 
08 THE PAPER CHASE “What Should We Do With Your Body? (The Lightning) from Someday This Could All Be Yours (Part 1)
09 XIU XIU “Dear God, I Hate Myself” from Dear God, I Hate Myself 
10 DEERHOOF “Believe E.S.P.” from Friend Opportunity
11 QUASI “Repulsion” from American Gong
12 MARNIE STERN “Transformer” from This Is It… 
13 STEREO TOTAL “I Love You, Ono” from My Melody 
14 LILIPUT “Ain’t You” from Liliput 
15 BIKINI KILL “New Radio ” from New Radio 
16 BRATMOBILE “Die” from The Real Janelle
17 COMET GAIN “Kids In The Club” from Realistes
18 THE SHAKY HANDS “Allison and the Ancient Eyes” from Let It Die 
19 THE DECEMBERISTS “16 Military Wives” from Picaresque
20 HORSE FEATHERS “Curs In The Weeds” from House With No Home 
21 JEFF HANSON “Hiding Behind the Moon” from Son