Music for the Weekend

Great track shown to my by Trevor last night, the song and video are amazing! Check it out
Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches


New song by Kromestar filthy drum'n'bass. Super heavy and super relaxed.
In 2 Minds - Kromestar


Easily the best remix of an F+TM song I've heard to date. Please Enjoy.
Cosmic Love - Florence + The Machine (Seven Lions Remix)


And finally introducing DJ DG to the family. Up'n'coming spinner from UMass. Hopefully gonna be doing some shows in Boston this summer I'll keep you posted. Check out his SOUNDCLOUD and FACEBOOK here is a new mix he posted the other day.

April Mix


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MONSTER POST

I can't even tell you how huge this post is about to be. Here we go!

Seen that new Internet Explorer commercial? Well the song from it is incredible.

Alex Clare - Too Close


I don't even know what is happening in this song but it sounds good. Really good, well maybe, it might be an acquired taste, but I really like it and maybe it'll grow on you

KOAN Sound - Meanwhile, In The Future


Skrillex dropped some new heat the other day with 12th Planet and Kill The Noise

!2th Planet, Kill The Noise, Skrillex - Burst ft GMCFOSHO


Finally a Swedish House Mafia song that I like!

Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound


And finally the song that is taking over the nation, and I'm not ashamed to admit it, I really like this song. Like a lot. Both the original and this remix. so both are below:

Carly Rae Jespen - Call Me Maybe


Carly Rae Jespen - Call Me Maybe (Dj Reidiculous remix)


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Robberversiary

This song needs to be made famous, probably the best thing that has ever happened to rap. NOT


I don't understand how rappers / produces / the general public can allow music like this to even be available for our listening pleasure. There is a reason why The Game said:
"Tie lil B to a full tank of propane, boom, swag, now watch him cook, and just stand there and look"


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Somebody I Used To Know

Song is on point, Somebody I Used To Know - KDrew remix, easily the best remix of this song I've heard. I was shown this by a very unlikely source but I guess even the people who don't listen to electronic music can be swayed to the dark side with a little help from their friend molly. Enjoy and Download!



btw, I'm 100% going to ultra next year. Just saying

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OWSLA Free Treats Vol. II

OWSLA, Skrillex's record label, just dropped a compilation of free songs featuring technicians like Kill The Noise, KOAN sound, The Juggernaut, Porter Robinson, as well as a new remix of RUffneck (Full Flex) by Skrilly. So download it.

DOWNLOAD them all!

gotta do it individually sorry.

In case you ever wondered why Skrillex's label is called OWSLA, OWSLA is in fact the name of the society in Watership Down, a book containing a lot of social commentary and social thoughts, but it's a society run by rabbits. One of the best books I've ever read.

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Hello Forever / The Pro Letarians

The Pro Letarians dropped their new album, awesome. Great mixtape, pretty much everything I was hoping for!

DOWNLOAD

Here is a little interview with Jupiter Jim about the new album:

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I was wondering how you feel about the album as a whole?

---It's ridiculous. really outdid ourselves as far as taking it to the next level from the pregame. its a harder more serious sound that i think is gonna take a lot of people by surprise and hopefully turn a lot of heads. album as a whole is definitely top three mixtapes of 2012 in my books hands down.

I saw you referred to as a younger hungrier Kanye? Thoughts on that?

---I'm honored I still think Kanye is one of the hungriest artist ever and I definitely draw a lot of inspiration from him but I am hungry and thirsty and it's a hell of a compliment to be compared to my favorite rapper but I do want to become my own artist you now? like I want to say Jupiter Jim is a beast not that one kid that sounds like Kanye is a beast but thats got nothin to do with Kanye just everything to do with me.

Im glad you said that. I figured it was true, but im sure that soon you'll be placed as your own

---Yea fingers crossed, but I think it will be hard to find real hip hop lovers that wont think this mixtape is dope JO kills the production and I do a fairly good job matching the quality with verses.

ha humble, got another question, favorite verse or song to look out for?

---Um "forever" has sickest verses and "all figured out" has my favorite hook

Got a line for us?

---You listen and tell me which one you think it is and I'll tell you if thats the one I was thinkin of!

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Challenge accepted, this mixtape is really good though, you people need to download it, linked above.

ALSO THANKS A BUNCH TO THE PRO LETARIANS FOR THEIR SHOUT OUTS ON TWITTER :

"the text file didn't do it justice but before we drop the tape we need to thank our first ever supporter @HANDClothing"

"@HANDClothing he posted the first ever blog about us, and he's been a major part in helping us get where we are today."

"@HANDClothing and he runs a dope clothing company out of MA that everyone should follow before downloading our mixtape."

"@HANDClothing thanks again, Chief."

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My Thoughts: Nike / Michael Jordan

So, like the previous, I have been listening to a lot of Macklemore and I came across his newest track "Wings," and as a result Ive been thinking (Oh no!) so here are my thoughts. This may turn into a rant, so you have been forewarned!

Wings - Macklemore


I used to rock the Air Jordans, don't get me wrong, I used to say "Mom, look at me, I'm so much faster in my new shoes!" But now as I've grown up I have obviously realized things about this world. One thing I realized but never really made any connection with it was how Nike gets all their shoes made across seas in sweatshops and places where people have nothing and receive nothing while we drop 100+ "for a pair of shoes I would never hoop in." The connection I never made until recently was the amount of kids that get murdered for their kicks. A quote from Jordan on the subject:

"I thought I'd be helping out others and everything would be positive. I thought people would try to emulate the good things I do, they'd try to achieve, to be better. Nothing bad. I never thought because of my endorsement of a shoe, or any product, that people would harm each other. Everyone likes to be admired, but when it comes to kids actually killing each other then you have to re-evaluate things."

The issue is that this isn't new. Kids have been getting murdered since before I was born. And this is a fairly old quote, it's from an issue of Sports Illustrated released in 1990. And my problem with all this is Jordan was the type of guy that was owned by no one. He did his thing, changed the game and became one of the most respected athletes of all time. According to Forbes, Jordan Brand bring in around $1 Billion for Nike, of which Michael Jordan receives around $80 millin in endorsements. Like he said, its nice to be admired but when people are killing each other one needs to re-evaluate.

May 1989 Michael Thomas strangled for his Jordans.
April 1989 Johnny Bates shot for his Jordans.
April 2005 Steve Terrett was shot for his Jordans.
December 2011 Matthew David was shot but was lucky enough to survive with his life.



Michael Jordan do you really want this to be your legacy?

I'm sure it's not directly your fault, but it's all part of a system you don't need to invest in. You receive thousands of dollars a day from endorsement deals but is that really worth the killings? Kids are going to be murdered everyday for what they are wearing and what they are saying and this would happen without the kicks. But is a written contract really worth the killings? I guess that's for you to decide.

"Look at me, look at me, I’m a cool kid
I’m an individual, yea, but I’m part of a movement
My movement told me be a consumer and I consumed it
They told me to just do it, I listened to what that swoosh said" - Macklemore

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