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Music Video Roundup – 04.11.2013 [Joel Compass, AlunaGeorge, Toro Y Moi, The Last Royals, Them Jeans]

by Brandon on April 11, 2013

If you haven’t got through yesterday’s videos yet then get on it! This eyeball adventure doesn’t stop. We got some great storys this round. From noir suspense thrillers to fairy-tale inspired urban grit these all take us somewhere specific. And there are tacos.

Joel Compass – “Back To Me”

Wow. [click for more!]

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Carousel – “Another Day”

by Brandon on April 10, 2013

i can tell that you’re quiet but you feel it too

Having the pleasure of hanging with the Carousel guys at SXSW, I can attest to their status as road warriors. I’ve seen the tour vehicle. The life of a band on the road is one of fast friends and even faster goodbyes. “Another Day” is an ode to that fantasy of just being able to have one more day. I think we’ve all been there.

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[REMIX] Alt-J – “Breezeblocks” (Acid Invaders Remix)

by Brandon on April 10, 2013

i love you so, i love you so

Ok, fine. I’l give you another remix. Just beware, this one goes to a dark place. Just follow it. There is definitely a strobe light at the end of this tunnel. Best rework of Alt-J I’ve heard.

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[MP3] Notorious B.I.G. – Party & Bullshit (Cheapshot Remix)

by Brandon on April 10, 2013

*it don’t take nothin’ but frontin’ for me to start somethin’, buggin’ and barkin’ at ni**az like i was duck huntin’*

Anyone else miss the remix posts like I do? Listening to a tight work up like this makes me want to post remixes all day! Don’t worry, I’m working on some stuff behind the scenes that will streamline all the posts and allow me to keep the jams coming faster and fresher than ever!

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Music Video Roundup – 04.10.2013 [Yacht, Wavves, Poolside, A$AP Rocky, Yeah Yeah Yeahs]

by Brandon on April 10, 2013

GAAAAHHH!!! Hot damn, its been too long! These server issues keeping TBE down is like being held under wtaer. I cant share music means I can’t breathe. And the hits don’t stop coming! SO many videos to share. Stay tuned over the next few days.

Yacht – “Second Summer”

Never got, or got into, these guys but this track and it’s accompanying visual mind bender are a [click for more!]

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Ra Ra Riot – “I Shut Off”

by Brandon on April 10, 2013

oh, i have tried to command but you fought back, oh what for?

Ok, let’s be honest, nothing will beat Ra Ra Riot’s debut LP Rhumb Line. At first listen I felt like their 3rd album Beta Love was another disappointment but it is really growing on me with each listen. Deep cut “I Shut Off” is a firm reminder that despite efforts to shift their sound these guys still got it. Stream the whole album here.

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[LP] C2C – TETRA (w/ “The Beat” + “Down The Road”)

by Brandon on March 28, 2013

goodbye baby, yes i’m going, have no place to go

Who: 4 DJs: 20 Syl, DJ Pfel, DJ Greem, DJ Atom
What: Indie scratch grooves, like folk, blues, hip-hop, & dance in a blender.
Where: Nantes, France + Facebook
When: Tetra is out now.
Why: Damn, I’m sorry. I’ve been loving this album so damn hard it’s made it hard for me to write about. How will I ever do it justice!? Well, you know what? I won’t. The jams themselves will speak for themselves.

The 4 DJs in C2C got together as far back as 1998, have over a 1/3 million likes on FB, have been covered by TBE fave Bernhoft, and are just now starting to make waves in the US. Their upcoming appearances at Coachella are the single most exciting thing about that desert (fuck)fest. Just watch any of their live videos to get a sense of the mind bending talent and music they dish out. While the quartet ranked #1 in the DMC World Championships four times in a row (2003-2006. Watch the amazing 2005 video here), I have no patience for turntablism for turntablism’s sake. I do have patience for the way they deftly blend insane scratching skills with blues samples to make downright catchy and infectious grooves. Get into it!

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Young Galaxy – “Pretty Boy” + “Fall For You”

by Brandon on March 28, 2013

i don’t care if disbelievers don’t understand

Apparently Montreal’s Young Galaxy have been making music for a bit now, even being long-listed for the Polaris Prize with their 2011 album Shapeshifting. We’ll all have to go track that down in a minute but first bliss out to “Pretty Boy”, a propulsive shimmer machine that is perfect for [click for more!]

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[MP3] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Thrift Shop” (Epoch Remix)

by Brandon on March 26, 2013

i’m gonna pop some tags

Just the other day I was wondering why “Thrift Shop” didn’t have any remixes? Recent mega crossover hit “Somebody That I Used To Know” has a gazillion! Then, poof! This lands in my inbox. It’s a shredding dubby groover that boils things down before Transformer-ing them back up. And it came with a note on why there were no other “Thrift Shop” remixes: the stems were under lock and key. Epoch Rises were not to be deterred. Apparently made up of two wizards, they constructed their own stems using future-tech audio filtering techniques and built this jam from there. But enough of that, time to get those thrift threads durrrrty! Also, get into this goofy and highly destructive video remix they put together.

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[VIDEO] Music Video Roundup – 03.26.13 [Capital Cities, Biffy Clyro, Rihanna, Wake Owl, The Leisure Scoiety]

by Brandon on March 26, 2013

Yeah yeah, its been a while. SXSW got the best of me down in Austin and Ive been buried ever since. Some of these are a few weeks old but if you haven’t wrapped your eyeballs around em yet then wait no longer. Some TBE faves up in this mix!

Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”

The video we’ve waited almost 2 years for is finally here! Capital Cities bring that goofy live party vibe to video! Love [click for more!]

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