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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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Smart but always with his very British sense of humour, Mystro gives his stance on drug addiction as he explains the perils of cocaine. Taken from his EP What Type of Drug is Mystrogen.

Read our feature with Mystro here.

Mystro: Take It Easy

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Warner Music Group are fools.

Frank Ocean: American Wedding

Monday, March 26, 2012

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image Oddisee

Oddisee drops a new single. The long-awaited People Hear What They See drops later this year.

Friday, March 23, 2012

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A radio recording but screw it, we had to post.

Arcade Fire: Sprawl II (SoulWax Remix)

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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Back when a single could come out six years after an album was released.

The Smiths: The Light That Never Goes Out

Monday, March 19, 2012

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A Londoner takes on a Londoner.

Fybe:one has remixed Duct. The original to ‘Blackheath’ can be found on Duct’s new EP Circles, which is out today and seems fantastic.

Duct: Blackheath (Fybe:one Remix)

Monday, March 12, 2012

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A new track from Beach House that surfaced last week.

Beach House: Myth

Thursday, March 8, 2012

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Big hip hop classic from Boulevard Connection—Typhoon, Sek and Marak from Denmark.

Featuring Masta Ace, Edo and Common this track is from 2004.

Boulevard Connection: Claimin Respect

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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Get rid of midweek blues.

Darwin’s Theory have too much funk.

Darwin's Theory: Keep On Smiling

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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One of our favourite and most uplifting Akala tracks. UK hip hop at its best.

Taken from Its Not A Rumour.

Akala feat. Selah: Hold Your Head Up

Monday, March 5, 2012

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Had to recommend this by two of London’s most talented musicians. Dropped last night.

Friday, March 2, 2012

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Big tune. Happy Friday.

Skanky: Do You

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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We all ready recommended the exciting Alabama Skakes this week, but we just can’t get enough of their southern blues influence.

‘You Ain’t Alone’ is a special kind of love song, as we look forward to their debut album, Boys and Girls, dropping in April.

You Ain't Alone

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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Taken from his superb debut album, Lonely Are The Brave, ‘Sometimes’ sees old friend Maverick Sabre take his inspiration from a certain classic Roots track. Can you guess which one?

We were the first to interview the UK soul sensation a few years ago, and as we predicted on that cold winter day, we’re so happy to see his phenomenal success.

Sometimes

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Fans of the Black Keys should get to know Alabama Shakes.

We heart!

On Your Way

Monday, February 27, 2012

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Japanese Funk/Soul outfit always carrying the ability to cheer us up. Beautiful.

Check our feature with the super cool collective here.

Ovall: Take U Somewhere

Friday, February 24, 2012

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Today we’ve got to hand it to Andre 3000, Damon Albarn and James Murphy, and especially to the thumping verse 3 Stacks delivers. How long will he keep spoiling us?

Damon Albarn, James Murphy, Andre 3000: DoYaThang

‘He don’t rap enough’
But y’all rap a lot and I be like, ‘Wrap it up’
Ye ain’t Scarface, ye ain’t Willie D
Ye ain’t Bushwick, ye ain’t killin’ me

Thursday, February 23, 2012

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Taken from his brilliant debut When The Clouds Ran Away, today we recommend this instrumental wonder from Si-Tew.

Si-Tew: One Percent

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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Taken from the fantastic Section.80, today we recommend the super dope Kendrick Lamar.

Check the sample on this one.

Kendrick Lamar: Poe Mans Dreams
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