San Francisco’s Independent played host to touring British acts Mount Kimbie and Holy Other this Tuesday. London’s Mount Kimbie (Dominic Maker and Kai Campos) is touring behind their recently released Cold Spring Fault Less Youth album. While the album faired well with critics, it seemed under appreciated, possibly in part due to the attention vacuums of Random Access Memories and Yeezus it emerged between. […]
Chilean-American producer Nicolas Jaar & his partner Dave Harrington form Daftside together. They’ve released a complete remix of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories album. They’ve tagged on another Memories to the album title. Stream the whole new version of the thirteen song album below
New York City’s Porcelain Raft has announced a follow-up album to Strange Weekend. Permanent Signal will drop August 20 via Secretly Canadian. Track list is below. Additionally, Mauro Remiddi shared the album’s first single, “Think of the Ocean”, as well as an accompanying video. Permanent Signal | Tracklisting 01. Think Of The Ocean 02. Cluster 03. Minor Pleasure 04. Open […]
Our latest Sound Excited podcasts features Ben Carson, singer & guitarist of Seattle’s Hot Bodies in Motion. Hot Bodies have offered up dance filled, soul groove, catchy tracks since their inception in 2010. Ben shares thoughts on the Seattle soul scene, getting audiences to dance, the priorities of Hot Bodies in Motion and more. You […]
Portland’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra took a stab at Otis Reading’s classic “(Sittin on) The Dock of the Bay” for BBC6 Music. The end result is a solid, faithful cover that still shines on the finer qualities of UMO. Though I’ve got to say Otis’ whistle solo is better. Hope you enjoy and it gets stuck […]