The new EP of French French producers BeataCue “Disque Oh!” is out today on Kitsuné. The EP includes 5 killer remixes by Don Rimini, High Rankin, J-Wow, Piemont and Eumig & Chinon. Download the web exclusive Eumig & Chinon hybrid remix HERE.
You’re welcome.
Hooked. On repeat. Listen up.
When you discover something good - why not spread the word? Scott Sanders, good friend of THE MALCOLM has a penchant for good musical taste. He’s got his finger on the pulse and knows how to create a killer playlist. For the past few months - every now and then - he will send his friends a playlist or a new album he discovered - which I consider the best electronic present to ever hit my inbox.
And now, he’s spreading it even further, creating a list exclusively for THE MALCOLM. It’s free, it’s fun, and hey, it’s summer.
And blast your speakers.
PLAYLIST:
Blue Steel – Bot’Ox
Never Follow Suit – The Radio Dept.
Spanish Sahara – Foals
I Feel Bonnie (ft. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) - Hot Chip
If Not Now – LoneLady
Twilight In The Afterlife – Lykke Li vs. YACHT
No One In Control – Snowden
I Won’t Kneel – Groove Armanda
Go Outside – Cults
Poison My Cup – Shannon McArdle
Stay Close – Delorean
Icarus – White Hinterland
Journal of Ardency – Class Actress
Bermuda – Kisses
House Jam (Alex Exxchange Remix) – Gang Gang Dance
Magic Powder – Minitel Rose
Home (RAC Mix) – Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes
Billie Holiday – Warpaint
When I’m Small – Phantogram
Young Again – Kasper Bjorke
Ah. Another month – another killer playlist from the folks at Dazed and Confused. New tracks from Charlotte Gainsbourg, These New Puritans, Dave I.D, Nicki Minaj, Yeasayer, and Giggs – turn those speakers UP!
“Spent a week in a dusty library
Waiting for some words to jump at me
We met by a trick of fate
French navy my sailor mate
We met by the moon on a silvery lake
You came my way
Said, I want you to stay”
“I don’t know if it’s right or wrong but come stay with me
I want to hear the beat of your heart.
if it’s good or bad come be with me
and i’ll give you the key to my heart ”
- “I FELT STUPID” BY THE DRUMS
Written by Alex Mejias - Founder of Left As Rain
Ever since I was a young, I’ve always loved sharing music. It got the the point where people would constantly bug me to make them mix CDs or tapes. This progressed. I made more friends. I got more requests for music.
Fast forward to August of 2007. I have a degree in interactive design/graphic design and live in Brooklyn now. I discovered a website called Hypem which you’re probably familiar with. Users upload tracks and make their own playlists. I wanted to combine this style of posting music into a blog format. I outlined the site in my head and designed the layout.
This is where I brought Chris on board. Chris and I met while we were attending Savannah College of Art and Design and ended up being roomates here in Brooklyn. I always appreciated his taste in music and design. We would frequently trade albums on AIM and his picks were always on point. Chris agreed to be part of the the project and designed the logo for me. If it wasnt for Chris, I don’t think this project would have succeeded. He picks up the slack for me when I slow down on posting.
Development took about 2 weeks. I made the site in flash because honestly I didnt know how to program anything else at the time. I made it super easy for us to post songs so we could keep up momentum and make sure people visit it everyday.
To be honest, I never expected our little music blog to take off like it has. The traffic is completely word of mouth for the most part which is pretty amazing. This month we’ve received about 20,000 hits and streamed almost a terabyte of data. Other than the US - we’ve been a big hit in South Korea and Turkey.
I’m currently in the process of finishing up the third version of the site, which is HTML driven this time. The new version has some awesome features I wasnt able to develop in flash. Hopefully I can make it cell phone compatible, but so far its not looking good - maybe an iphone app in the future.
This is a big crossroads for me with this project. It started really small and hasnt stopped gaining momentum since launch. Ideally, I would love to make revenue off the site, but after working out the numbers, it’ss almost not even worth it to have ugly banner ads for 1-2 thousand extra bucks a month. Were thinking about going the donate/merchandise route.
So yea, In short, I made the site so I could tell people to fuck off and goto my blog when they ask me for new music.
Dazed and Confused just released their December 2009 playlist to coincide with their Courtney Love cover story. Kicking it off with Julian Casablancas followed by The Drums (!!) and including my new favorite Cannibal by Fan Death - it’s a perfect way to ring in the holiday season.
Check it out here…..
“Or too little too late? He got the message she left on his car, in the rain.”
- THE GENERATIONALS - “WHEN THEY FIGHT, THEY FIGHT”
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