M.I.A. -"Haters ( I'm A Singer)"-mp3

"Why the hell would journalist be thinkin' shit?, cause lies equals power, equals politics...I didn't lie to you....your a racist ,I wouldn't trust you one bit"

M.I.A. delivers a quite banger with "Haters" (also called "I'm A Singer") as she continues her assault on NYT writer Lynn Hirshberg who penned the inflammatory cover story M.I.A.’s Agitprop Pop. M.I.A.'s new record titled / \ / \ / \ Y / \, is actually pronounced "Maya" (M.I.A.'s real first name), and will now drop on July 13th via her label Neet Recordings/Interscope.

M.I.A. -"Haters (I'm A Singer)"-mp3

Kanye West -"Power"-mp3

"Screams from the haters got a nice ring to it, I guess every super hero need his theme music" Yessir! Kanye West is back and he's snappin' "In this white mans world, we're the one's chosen". "Power" is rumored to be the first track off his upcoming comeback jump Good Ass Job. He's going hard, straight flows, tons of emotion, no Auto-tune, no guest R&B vocal and great sample of King Crimson's prog-rock classic "21st Century Schizoid Man." Fuckin' Taylor Swift. Shout out NR

Kanye West -"Power"-mp3

Sean Price -"Let Me Tell You"-mp3

New York's Sean Price goes hard, he's a straight spitter "Almost ashamed to say that I rap, not because the age, it's just beacause the game is so wack".
Shouts to 2db

Sean Price -"Let Me Tell You"-mp3

Beach House -"Baby"-mp3

Baltimore's Beach House can't seem to do any wrong, check out "Baby" off their Zebra ep. Cheers to the find folks at 8/1.

Beach House -"Baby"-mp3

Arcade Fire -"The Suburbs", "Month of May" -mp3

Montreal's finest Arcade Fire has a new 12inch with two new songs, the gorgeous strummer "The Suburbs" and the more anthemic "Month Of May". Aracade Fire new album The Suburbs, will come out on August 3rd. Cheers to One Thirty BPM.

Arcade Fire -"The Suburbs"-mp3
Arcade Fire -"Month of May"-mp3

Flying Lotus-"Heave(n)"-mp3

Released today by Flying Lotus, who mentioned that he "forgot" to put this on his future modern classic Cosmogramma. Shout out the gfolks at We Want Someone.

Flying Lotus -"Heave(n)"-mp3
Flying Lotus -"Heave(n)"-video
Radiohead -"Reckoner (Flying Lotus Remix)"-mp3

The Very Best to play the Cedar Cultural Center

The Very Best, Fader's favorite African-Euro collective anchored by the golden voice of Esau Mwamwaya, backed by U.K. producers Radioclit. The Very Best play Minneapolis tonite, they pal around with some cool folks like M.I.A. , Santigold, TV On The Radio & Diplo and that dude from Vampire Weekend, still go see them.

The Very Best
DJ Danny Sigelman
May 26th
The Cedar Cultural Center

The Very Best ft. M.I.A. -"Rain Dance"-mp3
Esau Mwamwaya ft. Santogold, M.I.A & Radioclit -"Get It Up"-mp3

Raekwon -"Alphabet Soup"-mp3

The God Shallah goes in on the ABC's for "Alphabet Soup" off Rae's upcoming Brinks Boys vol.2 mixtape scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend. Pure heat, no-gimmicks or R&B sangin'. Spotted at NR

Raekwon -"Alphabet Soup"-mp3

Kurt Vile – Square Shells EP

Philadelphia's psych hero Kurt Vile has a new Square Shells EP/12inch. For a limited time, the next 24hrs Matador is giving it away the Square Shells EP for free.

Kurt Vile –"Invisibility: Nonexistent"-mp3

Paper Tiger ft. Dessa -"Palace"

Doomtree's DJ/producer Paper Tiger and Dessa collab on the slow burner "Palace". A surprisingly melodic first track from his debut solo longplayer Made Like Us, out July 27th. via 2db.

Paper Tiger ft. Dessa -"Palace"-mp3

Nas -"Hey Young World (Slick Rick)"-mp3

Nas goes in on a true classic, Slick Rick's "Hey Young World"
via Levis Pioneer Sessions.

Nas -"Hey Young World (Slick Rick)-mp3

Gil Scott Heron ft. Mos Def -"New York Is Killing Me"-mp3

The legendary Gil-Scot Heron hooks up with Mos Def, who adds a few bars to "New York Is Killing Me" off Scott-Heron's comeback opus I'm New Here.

Gil Scott Heron and Mos Def -"New York Is Killing Me"-mp3

Local Natives – Wide Eyes (Suckers Remix)

This has been around for a week or so, I just found time to listen and it's great. For what its worth, most folks have been calling the Local Natives, the West Cost answer to Grizzly Bear. Not sure about that but this remix is a keeper. Reviler has review & flicks from the show in Minneapolis last week at the 400 Bar. Shout out WeAllWantSomeone via PMA.

Local Natives –Wide Eyes (Suckers Remix)-mp3

Maria Isa -"Lowrider Mamis (Caddy, Lincoln, Chevys)" -video

Maria Isa's "Lowrider Mamis" (Caddy's, Lincoln, Chevys) off her upcoming mixtape Sip It. Shot on St. Paul's Westside, directed by Twin Films.

Maria Isa -"Lowrider Mamis (Caddy, Lincoln, Chevys)"-mp3

Capricorn Vertical Slum -"The Best Cocaine in the Canyon"-mp3

New from Colin Johnson formerly of beloved Minneapolis psych rock band Vampire Hands, strikes out for a lo-fi, hooky solo jump as Capricorn Vertical Slum. The brilliantly titled first look, "The Best Cocaine in the Canyon" from Various Portals and Sleazo Inputs Vol.1: Tourism out now on Moon Glyph.

Capricorn Vertical Slum -"The Best Cocaine in the Canyon"-mp3

The Roots – "Dear God 2.0" -mp3

The Roots hook up with Monsters of Folk's Jim James to cover,re-interpet their slow jam,AM rock banger "Dear God". The Roots 11th album How I Got Over out June 22nd on DefJam. Shout out 2db

The Roots –"Dear God 2.0"-mp3

Toots & The Maytals at First Aveune ticket giveaway

Sound Verite has a pair of tickets to see reggae legend Toots & the Maytals. Formed in the 1960s when ska was hot, Toots scored many hit among them "Funky Kingston" and "Pressure Drop". The Clash covered "Pressure Drop", The Specials "Monkey Man" as well as being featured in the classic The Harder They Come. Toots has a new record out Flip and Twist. Win a pair of tickets by telling me what year did The Who invite Toots & The Maytals as the opening act on a North American tour?

Toots & The Maytals
May 25th
First Avenue

Toots & The Maytals -"Monkey Man"-mp3

Beach House -"Lemonade (Gucci Mane cover")"-video

Indie darlings, Beach House goes in on the South's hottest thug rapper on the moment Gucci Mane at Cochella. It's super short, still cute.

Guilty Simpson & Bumps -"Drums"-mp3

Detroit's hardest Guilty Simpson and Madlib just released their collabo jump OJ Simpson. As expected it bangs, as Guilty wear's Madlib's beats like a find glove. Guilty Simpson also appears with Bumps a side project of Tortoise's John McEntire, John Herndon and Dan Bitney. Their original intention was to on have Guilty on their 2007 Stones Throw release Bumps by Bumps.

Guilty Simpson & Bumps -"Drums"-mp3

Red Pens at Triple Rock

Minneapolis awesome reverb heavy, sexy art noise duo Red Pens plays a free show at Triple Rock. The Red Pens "Street Issue" appears in the documentary Trampoline by award winning local filmmaker Mark Wojahn. Music from Solid Gold, Aby Wolf, M.anifest & Mystery Palace also appears in the doc.

Red Pens
BNLX
Voytek
Triple Rock
Sun. May 16th

Red Pens -"Hung Out"-mp3
BNLK -"Do Without"-mp3

Sarah White -"Fade (Busy Remix)"-mp3

Brooklyn vocalist Sarah White adds some new remixes to her chill-out track "Fade". White recently won Scion's search for a vocalist and worked with King Britt, as well as contributing to M.anifest's excellent The Birds and The Beats.

Sarah White -"Fade (Busy Remix)"-mp3
M.anifest ft. Sarah White -"Born Free"-mp3

T.Q.D. The Appetizer EP vol.2

Minneapolis underground clique Backrground Noise Crew's T.Q.D. follows up their Appetizer ep with a new batch, Appetizer 2. Produced by Egypto Knuckles and Poor Boy, Appetizer 2 is a spirited affair that harkens back to the era of Souls of Mischeif, early Atmosphere.

T.Q.D. -The Appetizer EP vol.2

Trouble Andrew -The Trouble Gang Mixtape

New from the snowboardin' homie Trouble Andrew, The Trouble Gang Mixtape featuring new bangers co-starring Spankrock, Santigold, Diplo, Amanda Blank, Martin "Doc" McKinney, Lil'Jon, Lets Go To War, Curren$y, Mick Boogie and Hollywood Holt.

The Trouble Gang Mixtape-(stream/dl)
Trouble Andrew ft. Amanda Blank -"Run,Hide"-mp3
Trouble Andrew -"Lil Black Book"-mp3

Raekwon - "Just 4 Laughs" & "Flawless Crowns"-mp3

Wu-Tangs' Raekwon tosses out another b-side. A "proper version" of "Just 4 Laughs" or "Flawless" should have been on the much hyped, but all too brief Wu-Massacre project with Meth & Ghost. "Just 4 Laughs" will be on the The Brinks Boys 2mixtape.

Raekwon -"Just 4 Laughs"-mp3
Raekwon -"Flawless Crowns""-mp3

M.I.A. – “Born Free (High Contrast Remix)”, "XXXO" -mp3

M.I.A. is indeed "Born Free" remixed by High Contrast. Update: New surprisingly ultra pop jump "XXXO", produced by Blaqstarr.

M.I.A. –"Born Free (High Contrast Remix)"-mp3
M.I.A. -"XXXO"-mp3

Gayngs social scene at First Ave, “Cry"-video

Gayngs, the star-studded Minneapolis/Eau Claire, Wisconsin social scene led by producer Ryan Olson (Digitata/Marijuana Death Squad/Building Better Bombs) with contributions from Solid Gold, Bon Iver, P.O.S., Lookbook, Micheal Lewis (Andrew Bird), James Buckley (Mystery Palace), Roma di Luna, Dessa, Rosebuds, Megafuan, Nate Vernon and more. Here's the Godley and Cream inspired/redux clip for "Cry" off their upcoming debut Relayted out on Jagjaguwar, May 11th.



Gayngs Last Prom on Earth
May 14th
First Avenue

Gayngs -"Faded High"-mp3
Gayngs -"The Gaudy Side of Town"-mp3

Nas & Damian Marley -"Patience"-mp3

Distant Relatives, the collabo project of Nas & Damian Marley finally gets a release date, May 18th. "Patience" samples Malian duo Amadou & Mariam's "Sabali" which was produced and co-written Mr. Gorillaz, Damon Albarn. Definitely more Marley than Escobar. via NR

Nas & Damian Marley -"Patience"-mp3
Nas & Damian Marley -"Friends"-mp3

Wolf Parade – “What Did My Lover Say (It’ Always Had To Go This Way)” -mp3

Canada's rising, with new Broken Social Scene, New Pornographer on deck and now the new highly-anticipated release from Montreal's Wolf Parade. Check two new tracks from Wolf Parade's Expo 86, out June 29th on SubPop. Cheers to MBV & MFR .

Wolf Parade –"What Did My Lover Say (It’ Always Had To Go This Way)"-mp3
Wolf Parade –"Ghost Pressure"-mp3