Guilty Simpson + Paul White -"Trust"-video/mp3

U.K. producer Paul White links with Detroit's Guilty Simpson for a melodic track off White's Rapping With Paul White, out August 22nd. via Stones Throw

Guilty Simpson + Paul White -"Trust"-mp3

Radiohead -"Separator (Four Tet Remix)"-mp3

Radiohead continues their remix assault with "Feral (Lone Remix), "Separator" by Four Tet and "Morning Mr. Magpie (Pearson Sound Scavenger Remix)" available on 12inch Aug.9th. Shout out blahblahblah

Radiohead -Separator (Four Tet Remix)"-mp3

The Cloak Ox -"Prisen Trailer" -video

Minneapolis Andrew Broder (Fog/Dosh) unveils his new project The Cloak Ox ready their Totally Gross National Product release with this trailer for the upcoming debut Prisen ep.

The Cloak Ox -"Prisen"-mp3

MF Doom & Ghostface Killah (Doomstarks) -"Victory Laps"-mp3

MF Doom and Ghostface KIllah's Doomstarks Victory Laps finally see the light of day with remixes from Madlib & MF Doom. Limited edition Picture Disc / Serato tone 12" on Nature Sounds. via Stonesthrow

MF Doom & Ghostface Killah-"Victory Laps"-mp3

BK-One -"Tema Do Canibal Mega-Mix"-mp3

Rhymesayers artist/producer BK-One will release the follow up to 2009's Rádio Do Canibal with Benzilla with another round of Brazilian flavor on Tema Do Canibal ep Aug. 30th on Itunes & green vinyl. With appearances by MF Doom, Brazilian maestro Arthur Verocai, West Coast producer Exile, Chicago's Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, famed São Paulo percussionist Helcio Milito and Mike 2600.

BK-One -"Tema Do Canibal Mega-Mix"-mp3

Toki Wright -"25​/​8​/​366 (prod. by Lazerbeak)"-mp3

RSE's Toki Wright unleashes a track from a few years ago " 25/8/366" produced by Lazerbeak of Doomtree, featuring Oskar Ly.

Toki Wright -"25/8/366"-mp3

Bjork - "Crystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)"-mp3

Bjork breaks out The Crystalline Series: Omar Souleyman with Souleyman remixing his magic on "Crystalline", "Tesla" and "Mawai". Bjork new Biophilla coming late Sept.

Bjork -Crystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)"- (stream)

Seun Kuti - "Rise Up (Swizz Beatz Remix)"-mp3

Fela's youngest time has arrived Seun Kuti with a Swiss Beatz remix for one of my favorite joints "Rise Up", off his fantastic From Africa With Fury: Rise.

Seun Kuti -"Rise Up (Swizz Beatz Remix)"-mp3

Frank Ocean -"Thinking About You"-mp3

The Odd Future's R&B kingpin Frank Ocean delivers another bedroom knocker. Check for Frank Ocean as he will be featured on new Kanye West & Jay-Z's Watch The Throne.

Frank Ocean -"Thinking About You"-mp3

The Weeknd -"High For This (live)"-video

Tornoto's uber cool The Weeknd make their debut live performance and it's captured by fans smartphone's.

The Weeknd -"High For This"-mp3

Björk's -"Crystalline"-video

Björk's first official video for the album's lead single "Crystalline". Directed by frequent collaborator Michel Gondry. Björk's new opus Biophilia out Sept. 27th.

Blu-"Lucky -mp3

Blu to release Jesus tomorrow digitally and Aug. 30th on vinyl. via swag sounds

Blu -"Lucky"-mp3

Arcade Fire -"Ready To Start (Damian Taylor & Arcade Fire Remix)"-mp3

Montreal's Arcade Fire with a new remix from their deluxe edition of The Suburbs. via Passionate Sounds

Arcade Fire -"Ready To Start (Damian Taylor & Arcade Fire Remix)"-mp3

M.I.A. -"27" -mp3

M.I.A. pays respect to her friend the fallen U.K. chanteuse Amy Winehouse (R.I.P) with a pre-Vikki Leeks "27" , an finished demo. via Disco Naivete.

M.I.A. -"27"-mp3

Kanye West and Jay-Z -"Otis"-mp3

Hip-hop royalty Kanye West & Jay-Z with the Otis Redding sampled “Try a Little Tenderness,” the first look (not counting "H.A.M.) from Watch The Throne, produced by Kanye West, duh in stores April 5th. Shout out 2db

Kanye West & Jay-Z -"Otis"-mp3

Flying Lotus -"Lullabye"-mp3

Flying Lotus returns with one new track and a remix of "Heave (n)", todays a good day.

Flying Lotus -"Lullabye"-mp3
Flying Lotus -"Heave(n) mix 2"-mp3

TV On The Radio - "Caffeinated Consciousness"-video

TV On the Radio is currently on tour and has a new ep with remixes of "Will Do (Mylo remix)", "Caffeinated Consciousness (Das Racist/patrickWhat remix)" & the "Caffeinated Consciousness" video available via Itunes. Reviler has a four takes review of TVOTR's most optimistic effort to date with Nine Types Of Light.

TV On The Radio
Aug. 30th
Aug. 31st
First Avenue

Little Dragon - “Crystafilm” -mp3

Swede art-rockers Little Dragon offer up the third track from upcoming Ritual Union. via The Well Versed

Little Dragon-“Crystafilm”-mp3

Best Coast - "Boyfriend (Lindstrøm Remix)"-mp3

Norwegian producer Lindstrøm remixes Best Coast not sure why though. via Hypetrak

Best Coast -"Boyfriend (Lindstrøm Remix)"-mp3

Wu-Tang ft. Ghostface Killah, M.O.P & AZ -"Legendary Weapons"-mp3

Wu-Tang's Ghostface Killah with NYC hardrock's M.O.P. & AZ off Wu-Tang's Legendary Weapons compilation in stores July 26th.

Wu-Tang ft. Ghostface Killah, AZ & M.O.P. -"Legendary Weapons"-mp3

Radical Cemetery -"Black Hawks Down"-mp3

From the fine folks at Moon Glyph, Radical Cemetery with their debut N.N.E. cassette release available now. The spiraling noise meets synths arrangements for the challenging listener indeed. The young lads are a part of the art collective Hardland/Heartland.

Radical Cemetery -"Black Hawks Down"-mp3

KRS -One at First Ave for Northside Tornado Benefit

Hip-hop's longtime cultural icon, KRS One comes to Minneapolis to headline MOJA... MplsTornado Concert. KRS-One hooks up with Minneapolis producer King Karnov for a new jump off the collaborative project with Bumpy Knuckles, Royalty Check.

KRS -One
Slum Village
Toki Wright
DJ Xpect
DJ Peter Parker
First Ave.
Jul. 19th

KRS One -"Stand Up (prod. by King Karnov)"-mp3

Beastie Boys ft. Santigold-"Don't Play Games That I Can't Win

Old school b-boys the Beastie Boys feature with Santigold gets the Spike Jonz treatment, off their Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. Full Length, Ultra HD & Explicit Director's Cut.


Beastie Boys ft. Santigold-"Don't Play Games That I Can't Win (Major Lazer Remix Edition)"-mp3
Santigold ft. Karen O. -"Go"-mp3

Bjork -"Cosmogony"-mp3

Iceland pixie and revolutionary Bjork lets loose another track from the app-ready Biophilia; Pitchfork has an interview. via All Neon

Bjork -"Cosmogony"-mp3

Vast Aire ft. Guilty Simpson & Haze -"The Verdict (Remix)"-mp3

Cannibal Ox's Vast Aire recruits Detroit's Guilty Simpson & the U.K.'s Haze for some remix action. Taken from Vast Aire's OX 2010: A Street Odyssey . Check out Guilty Simpson, Sean Price & Black Milk's Random Axe debut Random Axe. via 2db

Vast Aire ft. Guilty Simpson & Haze -"The Verdict (Remix)"-mp3

Radiohead -"Bloom (Harmonic 313 RMX)" -mp3

Radiohead's second set of King Of Limbs remixes are here as Thom Yorke goes ambient dubstep on "Bloom" with Harmonic's intrumental jump. Radiohead also has another "Boom" remix from Mark Pritchard and "Morning Mr. Magpie" gets two-step bounce from Nathan Fake".

Radiohead -"Bloom (Harmonic 313 RMX)"-mp3
Radiohead -"Morning Mr. Magpie (Nathan Fake)"-mp3

Kendrick Lamar -"A.D.H.D."-mp3

Compton's Kendrick Lamar, has one of the years best hip-hop records with # Section 80. Standout tracks "Hiipower" & "Ronald Reagan" are worth the price of admission alone, with all the great press including a Pitchfork look, check this kid out.

Kendrick Lamar -"A.D.H.D."-mp3
Kendrick Lamar -"Ronald Reagan"-mp3

Washed Out -"Eyes Be Closed"-mp3

Atlanta's Ernest Greene the bedroom producer known as Washed Out has chillwave lovers in love with sexy full length Within and Without. Radio K's track of day Tuesday. do yourself a favor, get it.

Washed Out -"Eyes Be Closed"-mp3

Thurston Moore -"Circulation"-video

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore takes his new Beck produced record, the stunning strummer Demolished Thoughts on the road. Moore will be hitting up Minneapolis next Monday.

Thurston Moore
Kurt Vile
The Varsity
July 18th

Grimes -"Beast Infection"-video

Montreal's Claire Boucher aka Grimes with "Beast Infection" off her forthcoming Geidi Prime longplayer on No Pain in Pop. Shot by David J. Romero and Courtenay Mayes.

Doomtree present Wugazi (Wu-Tang vs. Fugazi) - 13 Chambers (mixtape)

Wugazi, Doomtree's Wu-Tang vs. Fugazi mashup jump 13 Chambers.

Wu-Tang vs. Fugazi -"Sleep Rules Everything Around"-mp3

Shabazz Palaces -"Recollections of the Wraith (Daytrotter session)"-mp3

Shabazz Palaces celebrating his celebral contender and mindfuck Black Up. Black Up takes the former Digable Planets braintrust Butterfly right into the current landscape, his own. Image by Leif Podhajsky . via GVB

Shabazz Palaces -"Recollections of the Wraith (Daytrotter session)"-mp3

Toro Y Moi -"Saturday Love"-mp3

From the soft electro departement Toro Y Moi, fresh off his new record Underneath the Pine, followed quickly with the Freaking Out ep, out Sept.13th. Shout out Earmilk.

Toro Y Moi -"Saturday Love"-mp3

Black Milk & Jack White -"Brian" & "Royal Mega"-mp3

Detroit's Jack White and Black Milk (Random Axe) recorded a few tracks for a new 7inch with White on guitar on the A-side "Brain" and drums on the B-side "Royal Mega". Cheers to We All Want Someone.

Black Milk & Jack White -"Brian"-mp3
Black Milk & Jack White -"Royal Mega"-mp3

Wu-Tang ft. Raekwon & RZA -"Start The Show" -mp3

Wu-Tang's Raekwon & RZA with the opening track from upcoming Wu-Tang compilation Legendary Lessons, out July 26th.

Wu-Tang ft. Raekwon & RZA -"Start The Show"-mp3

Anika -"No One's There"-video

Anika self-titled 2010 debut, Anika, produced by Geoff Barrow of Portishead. Out now on Stones Throw Records.

The Tribe & Big Cats ft. Mally - "We Gone"- mp3/video

Minneapolis The Tribe & Big Cats with a cool conceptual video for "We Gone", off the trio's debut Forward Thinkers, Movers, Shakers. The clip was directed by Isaac Gale and David Jensen

The Tribe & Big Cats ft. Mally & Claire Taubenhaus -"We Gone"-mp3

Doom/Starks (MF Doom & Ghostface) - "Victory Laps (Madvillainz Remix)" -mp3

Ghostface Killah + MF Doom


Doom x Akomplice Mystery Box hidden treasure the Madvillainz remix to MF Doom and Ghostface Killah jump "Victory Lap". Available on super-limited collectible red cassette & 12inch via Nature Sounds Aug. 30th. Shout out 2db

Doom/Starks (MF Doom & Ghostface) -"Victory Laps (Madvillainz Remix)"-mp3
Ghostface Killah -"Black Diamonds"-mp3

The Strokes -"Taken For A Fool"-video

NYC's formerly beloved Strokes manage to make a video for "Taken For A Fool" off Angels.

Pusha T ft. Tyler The Creator -"Trouble On My Mind"-mp3

G.O.O.D. Music artist, Clipse member Pusha T hooks up with Tyler The Creator. Pusha T’s, Fear Of God Part 2: Let Us Pray, dropping August 23rd. via RedBull

Pusha T ft. Tyler The Creator -"Trouble On My Mind"-mp3

DJ Shadow ft. Afrikan Boy -"I'm Excited"-mp3

The man who made the epic Introducing... DJ Shadow, finally returns with "I'm Excited" featuring M.I.A. homie Afrikan Boy. "I'm Excited" debuted on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1, it's a rather spastic first jump from such an influential artist. The full length The Less You Know The Better, out Sept. 5th on Verve Records.

DJ Shadow
First Ave
July 17th

DJ Shadow ft. Afrika Boy -"I'm Excited"-mp3

Handsome Furs - "What About Us" -video

Wolf Parade's offshoot Handsome Furs shot a video for the sexy "What About Us" off their new jump Sound Kapital, out now on Subpop.

Handsome Furs
Triple Rock
July 27th

Consequence ft. Kid Cudi -"Own My Own (Prod. by Kanye West)"-mp3

Former G.O.O.D. Music artist and Q-Tip's cousin strikes Consequence out solo with a few Kanye West productions in the chamber. via NR

Consequence ft. Kid Cudi -"Own My Own (Prod. by Kanye West)"-mp3

Little Dragon - "Ritual Union (Tensnake Remix)"-mp3

Gothenburg's finest led by Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano Little Dragon return with the second track from forthcoming Ritual Union ep with some remixes of "Ritual Union". The Germany's Tensnake's remix is a very cool upgrade on album version. Ritual Union longplayer drops late July. via Et Musique Pour Tous

Little Dragon -"Ritual Union (Tensnake Remix)"-mp3

Raekwon ft. Nas -"Rich & Black"-video

Wu-Tang's Reakwon links with Nas while in Oslo, Norway. Off Raekwon's Wu Tang vs. Shaolin, out now.

Nas -"Nasty"-mp3

RZA ft. Kool G. Rap -"Operator"-mp3

RZA enlist his Jewish homie Kosher Dillz alongside street general Kool G. Rap. via 2db.

RZA ft. Kool G. Rap -"Operator"-mp3

Elite Gymnastics -"Omamori"-mp3

Minneapolis enters chillwave with Elite Gymnastics. Elite Gymnastics made some noise last summer on Pithfork with "Is This on Me?". "Omamori" is from Ruin 1. Both Ruin 1 and Ruin 2, available as free download. via GVB

Elite Gymnastics -Omamori"-mp3

Greg Grease -"Got 'Till it's Gone" -video

Greg Grease who just delivered Sound Verite's favorite hip-hop record from Minnesota with his debut mixtape the fantastic The Giving Tree. The J Dilla inspired instrumental "Got Tll It's Gone" features vocalist Alicia Steele, directed by Greg Grease.

Greg Grease -"Leave It Or Love It (prod. Mike Frey)"-mp3

Kurt Vile -Baby Arms"-video

Philly's indie strummer extraordinaire Kurt Vile, currently on tour with Thurston Moore.

Thurston Moore
Kurt Vile
Varsity Theater
July 18th

Pink Mink -"Black Door"-mp3

Minneapolis breakout throwback punk of Pink Mink has arrived with it's highly anticipated debut 2011. The former members of Ouiji Radio and Selby Tigers make like rrriot grrl super-group Wild Flag (Sleather-Kiney/Helium) and revive classic modern punk. Star Tribune has a feature Ahoy! Pink Mink disc finally docks today and City Pages named them a band to watch Pink Mink will be hosting release party events including a free-instore at Electric Fetus.

July 5th -Electric Fetus in-store
July 8th -Sunset Cocktail Cruise w Birthday Party & DJ Dave Campbell

Pink Mink -"Black Door"-mp3

Lykke Li -"Sadness Is A Blessing (Live On The Moon)"-video

Lykke Li perfoms "Sadness Is A Blessing (Live On The Moon)" off her critically praised Wounded Rhymes.

Common ft. Nas -"Ghetto Dreams" -mp3

The Chicago vet Common snatches Queensbridge legend Nas Escobar for "Ghetto Dreams" off Common's fall release The Dreamer, The Believer slated for November. Both produced by NO I.D., shout out 2db

Common ft. Nas -"Ghetto Dreams"-mp3
Common -"Summer Madness"-mp3

The Weeknd -"Rolling Stone"-video

Toronto's new trailblazers The Weeknd gets another "unofficial" visual for new acoustic jump. "Rolling Stone" directed by Yves Francois Wilson & Fabio Pires Wilson of Wilsonreps .

The Weeknd -"Rolling Stone"-mp3

Radiohead -"Little By Little (Caribou RMX) & Lotus Flower (Jacques Greene RMX) -mp3

Radiohead loves 12inchs, more coming, very soon.

dead prez -"Dead Man’s Shoes"-mp3

Hip-hop's revolutionaries -dead prez contribute a new track "Dead Man’s Shoes", over Stephen and Damien Marley's "Jah Army Riddim". via 2db

dead prez -"Dead Man’s Shoes (Jah Army Riddim)"-mp3

James Blake -"Order"-mp3

U.K. wonderboy James Blake releases new material with "Order" b/w "Pan". The instrumental "Order" brings things back to the three ep's Blake released in 2010. via Earmilk

James Blake -"Order"-mp3