Best New Tracks - Pitchfork: How to Dress Well: "Repeat Pleasure"

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How to Dress Well: "Repeat Pleasure" Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:37 PM PDT   Every song Tom Krell writes and performs as How to Dress Well is a conversation: with romantic partners, with himself, with his complex web of musical ancestors. Based on what we've heard about new album "What Is This Heart?", Krell's penchant for communication is starting to leak out of his music, seeping into the names and titles that help give his compositions shape: an album title is a question imbued with mystery, a phrase like "Words I Don't Remember" is a plea for memory and clarity. New single "Repeat Pleasure" continues in a similar vein, but finds Krell swapping out confusion and fogginess for pure, radiant joy.

Best New Tracks - Pitchfork: Mac DeMarco: "Brother"

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Mac DeMarco: "Brother" Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:30 AM PDT   Take away the greasy dreamboat charm and the predilection for Viceroy cigarettes, and Mac DeMarco's calling card might be his choice of guitar tone. He likes his six-strings slippery and gleaming, like a forehead that hasn't been washed in a few days. After being relegated to the background on recent single "Passing Out Pieces", DeMarco's signature sound is back in force on the newest track cut from his upcoming full-length Salad Days, the sweet slacker anthem "Brother". It's a surprisingly melancholy advice column of a track, a piece of reflection in a mirror stained with bong water. Don't let the weathered ball-cap or unkempt exterior fool you: there's a heart of gold underneath that grime, and the tenderness of "Brother" is proof.

XLR8R News and Features

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1. The Lowdown - This Week's XLR8R Top 10 with DJ Koze, Burial, Dam-Funk, and More
2. Derek Piotr "Intersection of Rivers"
3. Download a New Mix from How to Dress Well
4. Hauschka Announces New LP
5. This Week in Music Tech: Dauwd on Push, Willie Burns Makes a Track, the ScratchPad App, umidi Custom Controllers, and More
6. Synkro Streams New EP in Full, Shares New Mix
7. Mr. Beatnick "Waning Moon (Best Available Technology Remix)"
8. XLR8R's Best of 2013: Top Downloads (20 - 1)
9. Tensnake Details Debut LP, Shares Another New Track
10. Press Play: Daft Punk, Madlib, Com Truise, Fantastic Mr Fox, and More
11. James K "Drunktrack (Florian Kupfer Remix)"
12. Re-Engineering
13. Toboggan "Neapolitan"
14. All-Night People

The Lowdown - This Week's XLR8R Top 10 with DJ Koze, Burial, Dam-Funk, and More Posted: 06 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST Throughout the week, a whole lot of material gets posted here on XLR8R. And while we know—and love—that some hardcore readers will eagerly pour over every single news story, interview, podcast, video, and MP3 download that appears on the site, we also realize that for most people, it's impossible to see everything, which means that some quality XLR8R content is likely to get missed in the hustle and bustle of everyone's daily lives. In the interest of making it easier for everyone to catch up, every Friday we present The Lowdown, a weekly wrap-up of the top 10 tidbits from our site. read more

Potholes In My Blog

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1. Watch Drake’s Previously Unreleased “We’ll Be Fine” Video
2. Ryshon Jones – “Three Kay” P. Thelonious Martin
3. 2014 Grammy Award Nominees Revealed; Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell and Jay Z Lead The Way
4. D.W – Smooth Operations [EP]
5. Vic Mensa – “Suitcase” F. Chance the Rapper
6. Allan Kingdom – “The Dwelling/Good Problems” [Video]
7. Best Downloads Of The Week (12/6/13)
8. Stream How To Dress Well’s Diverse “Stay The Night” Mix
9. Fa†e – “The Last Stop” F. Blu [Potholes Video Premiere]
10. Spacek Signs With Ninja Tune, Drops New Single

Watch Drake’s Previously Unreleased “We’ll Be Fine” Video Posted: 07 Dec 2013 01:52 PM PST All you diehard Drake fans out there no doubt recall that Take Care‘s “We’ll Be Fine” was seemingly set and ready to have a video released for it. But for whatever reason, the trailer was never followed up by the full clip and the Earth kept spinnin’, Drizzy released a new album, etc… That changes today. Apparently director Mikael Colombu felt it was time to share his work with the world and has revealed the entirety of “We’ll Be Fine”. There’s a catch, though, and it’s that you only hear portions of the actual song in the video. It’s been replaced by a classical (or is it opera?) tune, though snippets of the track pop up here and there. Oh, as for the video itself? It’s an interesting one, that’s for damn sure. You can watch the video below and buy Take Care here.