Avatar Darko’s “Slow Dancing In A Ski Mask” gets the video treatment from Mego Lin, he of “Same Love” and “Can’t Hold Us” directorial fame. “Slow Dancing” appeared on Av’s last record, Soviet Goonion 2. His upcoming EP with producer Mega Man, Boris The Blade, is due November 6.
Insert coffee to begin.
NEW MUSIC: Doc Watson The Instrumental Album – Spekulation
Rapper/producer/author/actor/activist/barista* Spekulation dropped his Doc Watson The Instrumental Album on Monday. Thirteen shots for you to freestyle rap to. If that’s your thing.
(*Only four of these six things are true. As far as I know, anyway.)
NEW MUSIC: Bright Vices – The Flavr Blue
Electro-pop trio The Flavr Blue released their new EP yesterday, Bright Vices. You can preview and download it below. Click over to Potholes In My Blog to read some more stuff I wrote about it.
VIDEO: “Huey Newton” – Fleeta Partee (dir. by Notework; prod. by Bean One)
Fleeta Partee with a new video drop: “Huey Newton” was produced by Bean One and given the high-def treatment by The Notework.
NEW MUSIC: “The Golden” – Alisha Roney
We’re having a decidedly non-hip hop day over here at 206UP.COM. That’s okay, though, what better way to take a respite from rap’s hard knocks than with a crafty new single from singer/songwriter Alisha Roney, she of the numerous outstanding guest shots from The Good Sin’s “Eye 2 Eye” to The Physics’ latest “Am I Crazy”. Alisha goes for dolo on “The Golden”, and fans of R&B/soul are all the better for it.
NEW MUSIC: The Finger & The Moon – Budo
Budo’s new album, The Finger & The Moon, finds some things familiar and some things not. First, the self-produced LP is rich with sonic textures and (at times) dense fragments of musical thought that refuse to be beautiful at first listen, but reward later with repeated visits; it’s this ability that places the multi-instrumentalist in the category of musician rather than mere producer.
Secondly, Budo adds the “vocalist” tag to his repertoire, here singing on all ten of TF&TM‘s tracks. He doesn’t have a great voice — think of a sort of poor man’s Leonard Cohen for the millennial/internet set — but the combination of his spoken thoughts (which are often intensely personal) in addition to the musical help complete the whole picture.
Stream and download The Finger & The Moon below, and check out the video for the track “Fremont” below that.
REVIEW: Zenith – Grayskul
Grayskul
Zenith
Fake Four Inc.; 2013
Score (Beats Per Minute scale): 73 / 100
Zenith is Onry Ozzborn and JFK’s most expansive, ambitious project to date. Read my take for Beats Per Minute, here.
NEW MUSIC: And That’s Your Time – THEESatisfaction
Cat and Stas are back with a new EP called And That’s Your Time. It’s fresh off the Bandcamp grill this morning, perfect listening for your morning commute or first, second and third coffee breaks.
REVIEW: Rubber Souls – Tanya Morgan
Tanya Morgan
Rubber Souls
Imprint One80 Inc.; 2013
Score (Potholes In My Blog scale): 4.0 / 5.0
Grown man rap in a classic format. Read my review of Tanya Morgan’s new album, Rubber Souls, over at Potholes In My Blog, here.
VIDEO: “Macklemore & Ryan Lewis World Tour: Episode 1” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (presented by Buffalo Jeans)
Mack and RL are touring fools. Click here for an accounting of the remaining US leg of their Fall World Tour. This is episode 1 of 5 in a documentary series chronicling their adventures; it takes place in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, Brussels, Amsterdam, Zurich, and Paris.
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