Downbeat Treaty mix
(From Culture System)
Masterful mix of electro, trip-hop and dubstep, courtesy of New York artful blogger Culture System. Highlights include Emancipator's dislocated lounge jazz and DJ Slouch's uproarious Mirage. Well, uproarious for trip-hop anyway …
The Black Diamond Heavies – Poor Brown Sugar
(From The Real Big Rock Candy Mountain)
Nashville's Black Diamond Heavies thrash-out a 12-bar blues update on the myth of the Rolling Stones' Brown Sugar. Unsurprisingly – given her history – they reckon she isn't doing so well.
Major Lazer ft Santigold and Lexx – Hold the Line
(From Stereogum)
Stripped-back first offering from Diplo and Switch, the duo behind Major Lazer. Their lasers are powered by those two hip-hop behemoths: a Dick Dale sample and good ol' product placement ("vibrate like a [insert popular mobile phone brand here]").
Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You
(From MySpace, via Floukids)
Sometimes NMOW dreams of living in Paris, where apparently you wake surrounded by empty wine bottles, the smell of warm croissants and the pressing need to grab an 808 and convert last night's messiness into clean, funky Franco-pop.
Kwes – Tissues
(From MySpace)
Like bezzie mate Micachu, east Londoner Kwes knows that music produced in the bedroom has a better handle on what goes on in there. The pair have collaborated on a mixtape called Kwesachu, which will be available absolutely free on Kwes and Mica's MySpace sites from this Friday.
Happy birthday New Music on Wednesday!
New Music on Wednesday turns one today (ish). Here's the best of what we've dredged up during a year of what MP3 blogging legend Matthew Perpetua calls "pounding through the sludge".
1. Your Twenties – Caught Wheel
2. Mayer Hawthorne – Just Ain't Gonna Work Out
3. BITCHES! – Wallet
4. Sudden Weather Change – St Peter's Day
5. Terry Lynn – Streetlife
