How the West Was Won

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212 (feat. Lazy Jay) by Azealia Banks

Has more flow than Nicki Minaj and arguably more clout. Although the comparison is easy and clichéd, it’s hard not to hear a not-so-radio-friendly no-holds-barred female Weezy.

The new Azealia Banks EP 1991 was meant to come out on April 17th, but was delayed for reasons stated below:

“I just switched management.. Literally like three days ago, and have a whole new set of resources to take advantage of. We’re gonna vamp this up and make it official.. No more ghetto mixes and closet recording.. I have a budget now! #brokewithexpensivetaste”.

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Identikit by Radiohead

oxitosis:

Radiohead | Identikit

sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside
that we all can love, that we all can love, that we all can
sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside
that we all can love, that we all can love, that we all can 

when i see you messing me around
i don’t want to know, i don’t want to know, i don’t want to
did i see you messing me around
i don’t want to know, i don’t want to know, i don’t want 

broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts 

pieces of a wreck of mankind
that you can’t create, that you can’t create, that you can’t
pieces of a wreck of mankind
that you can’t create, that you can’t create, that you can’t

when i see you messing me around
i don’t want to know, i don’t want to know, i don’t want to
when i see you searching me around
i don’t want to know, i don’t want to know, i don’t want to know

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Thanks Vision by Toro Y Moi

One of the most interesting people in electronica right now, Toro Y Moi is finishing up his tour in Tokyo tonight. Saw him recently at Laneway Festival in Auckland, and he didn’t fail to impress. Get lost in the chillwave tide.

(Photo above from http://cleobarnett.tumblr.com/)

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Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem

But I’m losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they’re actually really, really nice.

Losing My Edge, the song that propelled LCD Soundsystem into the public conscious. James Murphy name checks favourite bands of the past, but makes the point that you can move forward but at the same time keep the musical tricks that make these past musicians so timeless. A great example of how LCD Soundsystem mixed elements of other musical genres and got away with it so flawlessly.

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Round And Round by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Up and around we go
Round and around we go…

I can’t even begin to explain what Ariel Pink means and why he does what he does, because I don’t have a freaking clue. It doesn’t matter because his warped 80’s throw-back music speaks for itself. Round and Round from the album Before Today.

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National Anthem (Final Demo) by Lana Del Rey

Born to Die got slewed with criticisms ranging from being overly bombastic to being too melodramatic, even getting slated to the point where one started to question whether the thing had slept with the journalists wife or personally insulted his/her mother. If there’s one thing everyone can agree on though, it’s that the original demo version of National Anthem is far superior, with it’s defiant guitar and rallying from Lana Del Rey make it sound like more of a… Well… Anthem.