Lyrics Born’s first single from the forthcoming album, Real People.  Check out his indie go-go campaign with Oxfam here.

From QBert’s Extraterrestria / GalaXXXian…El-P did the beat with Mr. Lif on the vocals.

New vid from Pyramid Vritra for “Eleven12” from his Stones Throw debut, Indra.

Free 3 Songs from The Stepkids.  The songs on The Stepkids latest release, Wanderers, were originally written for their latest album Troubadour, but ended up being completed free from any limitations of what might work in any setting. The band explains:

“The songs in this collection are different than anything else we’ve done. We wrote and recorded them at the height of our experimentation. We spared no artistry and weren’t limited to any business strategy, a target audience, single considerations, or limitations to the style that we established with our first album. In other words, for better or worse, you will never again hear anything like this from us, let alone anyone else. Enjoy.” – The Stepkids (Jeff, Dan, Tim)

Download | THE STEPKIDS – WANDERERS (zip with 320 kbps MP3 files)

This collection contains three songs, with six variations on the cover art. A 6-track version with instrumentals is also available.

THE STEPKIDS, LIVE DATES, SUMMER 2014

Jun 27: Glastonbury Music Festival, Glastonbury UK
Aug 22: Los Globos, Los Angeles CA
Aug 23: First City Music Festival, Monterey CA

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Madlib’s Rock Konducta is coming out July 15.  It is the fifth installment in Madlib’s Beat Konducta series following Beat Konducta: Movie Scenes (2006), Beat Konducta in India (2007), A Tribute to J Dilla (2009) and Beat Konducta in Africa (2010).

Rock Konducta grabs its source material from various worldwide rock scenes from the 60s through the 80s, from American psychedelia to Germany’s Krautrock to acid-soaked Spanish prog to synthy, early-80s oddities.

Madlib announced his Rock Konducta album with a limited edition 45 made specifically for sale at the Zamrock Live! Madlib Medicine Show in San Francisco in early 2013. It was a fitting place to make the debut, as his previous Beat Konducta in Africa album was heavily inspired by Africa’s vibrant 70s rock scene, with a specific focus on Zambia’s Zamrock.

On vinyl, the album has been released in two parts – Rock Konducta Pt. 1, available here, and Rock Konducta Pt. 2 coming July 8.

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Lyrics Born has just announced his 8th album, Real People.  He recorded it in New Orleans with Ben Ellman & Robert Mercurio from Galactic, and he enlisted a number of  legendary NOLA artists and musicians.   Some featured guests: Trombone Shorty, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Galactic, Corey “Boe Money” Henry (Rebirth Brass Band), Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk, Neville Family), Corey Glover (Living Colour), David Shaw (The Revivalists), Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin & Wood).

LB  is also doing a special Indie GoGo campaign with Oxfam America to donate a percentage of his sales to their efforts in the New Orleans and Gulf Region.  Please check the page here.

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¡MAYDAY! x MURS new single, “Here” from the upcoming ¡MURSDAY! due out June 10th.

We’ve been listening to the new Roots album which is streaming today on Pitchfork…

Zion I tap the Substance Over Hype crew for the new video for “Masters of Ceremony”

Atmosphere’s latest is out today and is available in the shop.  They also released a video for “Camera Thief”: