Video: Hellogoodbye – When We First Met

So it looks like it is official,  the sound of Hellogoodbye I knew is gone. It is now replaced with some catchy indie pop tunes that are just as hard to forget as some of HG’s older traccks. At frist I was like eh, but now I’m really digging this new vibe, a new more […]



Janice Whaley (@blackpiano) – The Smiths Project

Janice Whaley’s The Smiths Project is a feat made possible by cheap technology, the Internet, and sheer willpower. I have a deep love and appreciation for DIY artists and projects, and this project is quite unique. Unlike other artists who have endeavored to write and record a song a day for 365 days or a […]



Remix Caribou – Sun (Altrice’s Only What You Gave Me remix)

As a new posting member  of Boom Boom Chik, I bring you a deep,smooth,slow,bassy remix of Caribou’s Sun off their lastest album, Swim. A good 90’svibe to it. I will be seeing them on October 19th, at Grand Central in Miami, Fl. Pictures will be posted after the show next week. Enjoy! Caribou-Sun (Altrice’s Only […]



Welcome: Útidúr

Útidúr, a self-described “dirty dozen indie pop orchestra” from Iceland, will be releasing their debut album, The Mess We’ve Made, in Iceland this month. So far, the two songs featured on their Bandcamp page are quite delightful; while they are talented musicians, they don’t seem to take themselves or their music awfully serious, and that’s […]



Welcome: Rumer

Did Karen Carpenter just come back from the dead? I didn’t think so. But upon listening to 31-year-old Rumer‘s song, “Slow”, you’d wonder if some freak-of-nature comeback didn’t just occur. The extremely talented British singer-songwriter, real name Sarah Joyce, and her brand of soul have caused her to become a new sensation in her native […]



Music Video Premiere: The Knocks – Make It Better

Got a chance to chill out with NYC duo The Knocks the other night when they threw a little soiree for some peeps at their studio in Chinatown. Met both B-Roc and Mr. JPatt and both guys are pretty chill. They just finished the video to their debut single, “Make It Better” and sent it […]



Troy Von Balthazar Releases Solo LP, ‘How To Live Off Nothing’

If you are a fan of Viva Voce, Sparklehorse, and some Fruit Bats, the you will enjoy former Chokebore frontman, Troy Von Balthazar‘s solo effort, How To Live Off Nothing. Indie folk is what you get when you put on his record and if his first single a beautiful, intimate pop tune called “Dots and […]



Friends of Friends: Volume 3 – Robot Koch / Mexicans With Guns

New Friends of Friends Compilation was released this week. Basically FoF is 2 friends who make some orignal tunes, then ask their friends to remix it. This Volume, the Third, features German beatman Robot Koch and Texas producer Mexicans With Guns. On remix duty is Mux Mool, Alex B, Salva, King Cannibal, Free the Robots, […]



Video: Data MC vs Nhan & TAAN – Too Young To Die

So the story of of Data MC vs Nhan & TAAN goes something like this. Two Asian, electro monks meet a South African Hip-Hop MC, who drops his rhymes to the beats of a producer duo consisting of Walera Goodman (originally hailing from Kazakhstan) respectively San Gabriel who is of argentinian-israelian decent. Both groups were […]



Madison Releases New Track From Forthcoming EP

We had talked about newcomer Madison a few weeks ago when she hit us with a track from the first installment of a 4-part EP series/multi-part pop and art project called The Noise Some People Make. Today, she hits us with another single from the EP called “Hot Hot Love,” a song that was featured […]



Hellogoodbye Releasing New Album, ‘Would It Kill You’

I hope you guys know who Hellogoodbye are.. If you don’t, go check out their album, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! Anyway the band is gearing up to release a new LP called Would It Kill You on November 9th. They also released the first single from the album called “You Sleep Alone.” The single, at […]



Remix: Big Boi – Shutterbug (Sub Swara Remix)

Got a dark, growling bass-heavy remix from NYC duo Sub Swara for you guys. They took a stab at Big Boi’s track “Shutterbug.” Check out some more Sub Wara, including a free download, from their website and make sure to look for their second album, Triggers, when it is released on November 9th. enjoY! Big […]



Remix: Jessie J – Do It Like A Dude (Labrinth Remix)

UK producer, Labrinth, seems too be on the rise as of lately. We had a remix of his first single, “Let The Sun Rise” from Code Name No Name last week and this week we get hit with a remix from Labrinth himself of Jessie J‘s “Do It Like A Dude.” “Do It Like A […]



Welcome: Botany

This morning’s beats come courtesy of Weatherford, TX’s Spencer Stephenson, a.k.a Botany. His debut release under the Botany moniker is called “Feeling Today” and finds the producer flipping “decades-old samples” into Psychedelia, blissed-out beats with sweet vocals from Ashley Rathburn. Feeling Today will be out on November 9th through Western Vinyl. enjoY! Tracklisting ———————- 1. […]



Yoga & Music with DJ HyFi

Today’s soundtrack for the office came courtesy of my friend, a yoga instructor, who tweeted about an awesome mix she downloaded. I decided to follow suit and tuned in to over an hour of chill, ambient beats which I’ve replayed about five times today. It’s a stressful week in the office, so it’s a sure […]



Video: LexiconDon – Student Body

Check out the new music video to LexiconDon‘s “Student Body”. These LA dudes have blowing up since the release of their debut LP, Pink and Blue. Yours truly will get a chance to speak with LD when they make their way through NY for CMJ. In the meantime check out the music video as well […]



Rival Schools Announce New Album, ‘Pedals’

Last week we talked about Rival School‘s announcement of a new album after a 9 year hiatus. This week we find some more info out– The album is called Pedals and will be out March 8th of 2011. The band also released a video to their first single from the album called “Shot After Shot” […]