Feb22

Lazer Sword Announces New Album ‘Memory’

Monkeytown to Release Full-Length April 27th 

Lazer Sword, the duo made up of Low Limit and Lando Kal, will be releasing their sophomore album through Monkeytown on April 27th in Europe and May 1st in the US. The 11-track record is called Memory, and follows their last release on Monkeytown, the impressive single Sounds Sane / Klock. The album will also feature collaborations with Jimmy Edgar and Machinedrum, and you’ll be able to hear previews of tracks leading up to its release via Modeselektor’s Soundcloud. The first two previews, for Pleasure Zone and Point of Return, have already been posted and you can hear them here.

Lazer Sword have also announced European and US tour dates in anticipation of their album release, you can see them after the jump along with the album art and full tracklisting for Memory.

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Feb22

Machinedrum Drops ‘Nastyfuckk’ EP

Stream the Whole Release Here 

Somehow, Machinedrum (real name Travis Stewart) has managed to release even more music – not that we’re complaining. After his 2011 release of a handful of EPs, his own fantastic Room(s) LP, followed by the debut Sepalcure LP with Praveen Sharma a few months later, you might think he’d want to take a break. Instead, he’s hit the ground running in 2012 with his house-leaning SXLND EP on LuckyMe, a collaborative EP with Om Unit as Dream Continuum, and his latest endeavor, Nastyfuckk.

The Nastyfuckk EP, released on The Index, has Stewart showing more of his juke/footwork inclination in a darker way than before. Title track Nastyfuckk is an aggressive, growling number that, similar to his banger Alarmaa, seems difficult to drop into …

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Feb22

Stream Mouse On Mars’ ‘Parastrophics’ LP in Full

Hear it Before its Release February 28th on Monkeytown 

Just a month ago, Modeselektor’s Monkeytown label posted a series of frustratingly short clips as a preview of Mouse on Mars’ forthcoming album Parastrophics. They weren’t long enough to gather much about the album, except for that it was going to be good, and long overdue – their last album came out all the way back in 2006. Starting today, you can stream the entire Parastrophics album over at XLR8R before its release on February 28th. You can also click here to listen to the first single from the album, Polaroyced.

Click here to stream Mouse on Mars’ ‘Parastrophics’

Follow the jump for a list of upcoming tour dates as well as the official album art.

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Feb22

Watch: Hot City x LOL Boys – Hot Boys (Video)

Unknown to the Unknown Presents 'LOL City' 

One of 2012’s already most interesting labels, Unknown to the Unknown (UTTU), has just dropped a new collaborative EP between UTTU label boss Hot City and LA/Montreal duo LOL Boys. The EP features two tracks, the acidy lead Hot Boys, and the equally fierce Whitney (Jus Some Shit), which was first featured in LOL Boys’ podcast for Frite Nite. Yesterday, the world was introduced to LOL City through the release of a video for Hot Boys, which you can watch above. It’s an indescribable trip put together by LOL Boys’ Jerome Potter along with Johnny Woods that needs to be seen to be understood.

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Feb22

Quantic & Alice Russell – Look Around The Corner (Video)

UK’s revered independent artists Quantic and Alice Russell are joining forces for their first collaborative album “Look Around The Corner.” The album will be out on April 3rd via Tru Thoughts. Today, Tru Thoughts has released a video of the duo and Quantic’s band Combo Bárbaro recording the lead single “Look Around The Corner” live in the studio. “Look Around The Corner” is out now on deluxe full-color 10” vinyl and digital download.

A multi-layered, intricate and stunningly realized song, “Look Around The Corner” envelops the listener in a bittersweet embrace of soul, blues, folk and gospel with the inimitable swing of Quantic’s world-renowned band, the Combo Bárbaro. Alice Russell’s soulful, powerhouse vocals, Quantic’s trademark warm production, the big string sections and spine-tingling harmonies, create an uplifting …

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