XLR8R News and Features: Video: Loose Shus "Ladies"

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1. Video: Loose Shus "Ladies"
2. Roland Looks Back at the TR-909 in New Teaser Video
3. King of Arabs "We Are Bored in the City (Matrixxman Remix)"
4. Tycho Streams New Single, Announces Tour Dates
5. Omar-S to Celebrate FXHE's 10th Anniversary with New Mix Album
6. Elektron Reveals New Analog Rytm Drum Machine
7. Sampha Releases EP of Early Productions
8. Watch the Video for Holly Herndon's New "Chorus" Single
9. Teengirl Fantasy "TonBase"
10. French Fries Details Debut LP, Shares Track Previews
11. DJ Q Announces Debut Album for Local Action, Shares New Track
12. Fabriclive 73
13. Actress
14. DJ Earl "WTF?!? Life Sent It Up"
15. Snow Bone "Cubic (Steve Murphy's Dirt Mix)"

Video: Loose Shus "Ladies" Posted: 21 Jan 2014 11:59 AM PST Loungey and sensual vibes fill out the slick grooves of "Ladies"—a track lifted from San Francisco producer Loose Shus' brand-new, self-titled EP for Voltaire—and are paired with some retro-minded animations in this fresh clip. read more

Best New Tracks - Pitchfork: Mac DeMarco: "Passing Out Pieces"

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1. Mac DeMarco: "Passing Out Pieces"
2. Holly Herndon: "Chorus"
3. Sevendeaths: "All Night Graves"

Mac DeMarco: "Passing Out Pieces" Posted: 21 Jan 2014 01:47 PM PST It's obviously a figure of speech, but my first reaction to learning that Mac DeMarco titled his new album Salad Days was wondering when he last came in contact with lettuce or any vegetable for that matter. For all of his off-the-record geniality and approachability, there's something seriously unhealthy about the world he inhabits as a songwriter, and even on his breakthrough 2, the eerie, trebly production and deadpan vocals on "My Kind of Woman" and "Ode To Viceroy" suggested a guy who showered up only to lounge in his filthy apartment; it wasn't dirty as in "vulgar", just unclean. "Passing Out Pieces" sounds like DeMarco finally acknowledging his predilection for the wrong crowd, contrasting a bit of self-reckoning with that omnipresent, gap-tooted smile: "Passing out pieces of me/ You know nothing comes free...What ma don't know is starting to take its toll." These are lines that sound unusually plaintive for DeMarco, and yet refuse to reveal what's really going on in express terms. It's a guy who sounds like he's about to share his darkest secrets and then orders another round of shots. Meanwhile, the sneaky melody and chintzy synths evoke Harry Nilsson in his bathrobe, another classicist tunesmith who couldn't shake his natural inclination towards entropy. Mac DeMarco: "Passing Out Pieces" on SoundCloud.

XLR8R News and Features

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1. Dubspot Launches Dubspot Labs Event Series, Details Upcoming Synth-Building Workshop
2. DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn "DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn Meet Tshetsha Boys (Photonz 33 1/3 Refix)"
3. Watch Jessy Lanza Perform for Yours Truly
4. Download a New Mix from Rene Hell
5. Rain Dog "Regolith"
6. Holly Herndon Announces New 12"
7. Bubblin' Up Week 2014: Beyond Talabot - Barcelona's Electronic Scene Works Its Way into the Spotlight
8. XO "Old Skool"
9. Go Dugong "Total Body Workout"

Dubspot Launches Dubspot Labs Event Series, Details Upcoming Synth-Building Workshop Posted: 06 Jan 2014 12:03 PM PST New York-based production school Dubspot (which recently revealed it would be opening a Los Angeles location in 2014) has announced Dubspot Labs, a new, ongoing series of special events and workshops scheduled to begin this weekend with a seminar on DIY synth building. read more