Sunday Morning Coming Down – Jai Paul
Something gorgeous from XL Recordings’ Jai Paul for a sunny Sunday.
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Weekend Music – Quakers
Quakers are a 35-person hip hop collective – spearheaded by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow (under the name Fuzzface), 7-Stu-7 (ever seen Exit Through the Gift Shop?) and Katalyst. Beyond these 3 talents laying down the beats, the group features an impressive...
Morning Music Notes – Pirates vs Hackers!
The Pirate Bay vs. Annonymous: Ultimate internet showdown! The Pirate Bay officially condemned Annonymous’ attack of the Virgin Media site, an act of protest by Annonymous as The Pirate Bay was taken down by Virgin’s ISP service in the UK....
Sunday Morning Coming Down… Yuck – Chew
That’s not an expression. That’s a band. Yuck is a London-based band (ex. Cajun Dance Party), and have been critical darlings for about a year now… and they seem to keep getting better. We certainly didn’t discover them here, but...
Concert Review: Lee Fields and the Expressions @ Ritual Nightclub in Ottawa, Canada
Now THESE are musicians… A packed house on Friday, May 4 to see funk legend Lee Fields and his band The Expressions; no dissapointments for anyone on this night – as a sweaty Ritual Nightclub thumped out wall-to-wall soul from...
Weekend Music: Beastie Boys Edition
The passing of The Beastie Boys’ MCA means many things to many people. The Beastie Boys are a deep group: a punk band that helped break hip hop; a party band that fought for freedom in Tibet; a soulful group...
MCA 1964-2012 (plus Twitter Reactions)
Legendary rap band, and recent inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Beastie Boys have lost one of their members – Adam Yauch aka MCA has died at the age of 47 (via Rolling Stone). This is...
Sunday Morning Coming Down with Hannah Cohen
Hannah Cohen is a true renaissance woman. She is an accomplished model, photographer, and now – singer/songwriter. Originally from San Francisco, Hannah apparently comes from a family of renaissance men and women… including poets, authors, musicians and broadcasters (no bloggers?!). Not much...
Weekend Music – Justin Martin
San Francisco’s Justin Martin straddles a few genres of dance music with this track – and that’s exactly why it’s awesome. Soft, dreamy synths, big club build-ups, and a giant fat wobble bassline. It’s got everything! This one must be...
Sunday Morning Coming Down with Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine is a favourite band among the PHM team. But, they are not the typical type of band we post on Sunday Morning. We found this one going through a big stack of old CD singles. RATM...
Weekend Music – Porter Robinson
Something new from North Carolina. This is Porter Robinson – an immensely talented 19 year old producer from Chapel Hill NC (according to Wikipedia) who has already toured with the likes of Tiesto, and is getting his tracks posted to...
Sunday Morning Coming Down with Lee Fields
Please note that this is NEW MUSIC. This song – I still got it – is from Lee Fields’ new album: Faihtful Man. Lee Fields has somehow been making music and touring since the 1960’s – seemingly in obscurity (apologies...
Weekend Music – Who is Galantis?
Admittedly – we don’t know anything about Galantis. The track TANK is on an EP from RobotBerget records, which is a side project of Miike Snow’s Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg. The label seemingly includes Galantis, Swedish ravers Style of...
Sunday Morning Coming Down: Alt-j does this: ∆ (and also does other things)
∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆ Alt-j is an awesome UK-based band with an awesome video for their equally awesome song Breeze Blocks. ∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆
Weekend Music – Shonky and Dan Ghenacia
Hope it’s a sunny Good Friday wherever you are. This one is perfect for a sunny start to your weekend – from 2 guys from France – Shonky and Dan Ghenacia. This has a classic French house feel – pulsing...
