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Here's the Kendrick Lamar Verse That Will Launch 1,000 Feuds

Max Read
8/13/13 9:53am
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"Kendrick" was trending on Twitter last night not because of an abiding interest in the doings of redheaded actress Anna Kendrick but because rapper Kendrick Lamar started a feud. With the entire rap industry.

FKA twigs, "Water Me"

Max Read
8/01/13 3:29pm
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"FKA twigs," apparently no longer known as "twigs," follows up her fantastic 2012 debut EP with an incredible Weird Sadé single, produced by Arca.

CFCF, "Jump out of the Train"

Max Read
8/01/13 1:21pm
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The closest thing we'll ever get to vintage Peter Gabriel, in the best way possible, from Canadian bus-trip producer Mike Silver.

Haim, "The Wire"

Max Read
7/29/13 5:00pm
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Sister trio Haim with a little more of that golden perfect Pretenders-produced-by-Fleetwood-Mac sound. The only bad thing about this song is that it wasn't released early enough to be a true "summer jam."

FCL "It's You (David Morales Remix)"

Rich Juzwiak
5/14/13 3:57pm
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This is so perfectly '93 — the crashing, jacking house track meets a vocal straining to be more soulful than it is that sounds like it was recorded in a closet — with a palpable maturity coming from DefMix vet David Morales. Back in the day, the organ would have blared — now it lurks. Every time I go out, I hear stuff…

Jee Day "Sum of Love"

Rich Juzwiak
5/08/13 12:12pm
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Weirdest fucking vibe for a throwback dance track. Is it house? Is it disco like the subdued laser effects suggest? Is it retro-proto-house? Is that vocal supposed to mimic Nico?

Rudimental Feat. Angel Haze, "Hell Could Freeze (Skream Remix)"

Rich Juzwiak
5/07/13 5:10pm
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No, no wait. This is my jam.

Tamar Braxton "The One"

Rich Juzwiak
5/07/13 4:52pm
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On one hand, sampling Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy" (which itself samples Mtume's "Juicy Fruit") is a super cheap way to endear yourself to listeners. On the other hand, it works! On the alien third hand, Keyshia Cole, whom Tamar sounds a lot line on this track, already proved this years ago.

A Good Song About a Rat King

Adrian Chen
5/07/13 3:55pm
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One of my favorite new songs right is "Rat" by Wise Blood. Weird lyrics and sounds. Reminds me of Okay, another one of my favorite bands, except with hip hop beats. Check out the stream after the jump.

Sébastien Tellier & Caroline Polachek, "In the Crew of Tea Time"

Max Read
5/07/13 10:13am
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Sébastien Tellier, erstwhile Eurovision competitor and composer of what may be the chillest song of all time, has a gorgeous collaboration with Chairlift's Caroline Polachek. [h/t Mark]

Mariah Carey Is a Guest on Her Own Comeback Single

Rich Juzwiak
5/06/13 9:49am
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This morning, Mariah Carey released what is expected to be the lead single from her as-yet-untitled 14th studio album. Its title—"#Beautiful"—is a hashtag, and an indistinct one at that, but I guess #ReasonsWhyMariahIsAPrettyPrincess doesn't have the right pop ring.

The Mystery of Ciara's "He Reads," Explained

Rich Juzwiak
5/01/13 4:30pm
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One of my favorite things that has happened all year in music occurs during Ciara's "Body Party" video. Her gyrations are interrupted for an extremely stilted (even in the highly stilted medium of music-video acting) scene in which she and her real-life boyfriend Future meet and exchange awkwardly flirtatious…

Robin Thicke featuring 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar "Give It To You"

Rich Juzwiak
5/01/13 2:17pm
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This > The entirety of The 20/20 Experience.

Germans "Cruel"

Max Read
4/29/13 2:31pm
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Gorgeous, perfectly-realized melancholy disco inna Sarah Cracknell stylee. (h/t Grady)

Look At These Fucking Political/Conceptual/Imaginational Dancers

Rich Juzwiak
4/29/13 1:35pm
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Everyone's favorite privilege-acknowledging electro Swedes the Knife kicked off their tour in support of their Shaking the Habitual album this weekend in Bremen, Germany. The show opened with what the band called an "Absurdist Aerobics class taught by a master-teacher-guru-shaman-dictator-aerobics instructor-new age…

Jimmy Edgar "Sex Drive (Scuba's Dub of Doom)"

Rich Juzwiak
4/29/13 12:16pm
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Bass line is nasty as hell.

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