Treasure Island music festival returns to its home between San Francisco and Oakland for the final time this weekend. Next year, the Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment event will move to an as-of-yet undisclosed location. This year, the festival actually moved across the island and will face the East Bay. If you’ve already got […]
The Bay Area’s Treasure Island festival returns for its tenth anniversary this fall, on October 15-16. Today the Treasure Island 2016 Lineup arrived. Ice Cube, Sigur Ros, James Blake, Neon Indian, Young Thug, Wild Nothing, Mura Masa, Kelela and Sylvan Esso are amongst the performers. Local acts Kamaiyah, Day Wave, Deafheaven and Tycho will also be […]
Wait, people were doing other things besides watching The Life of Pablo stream? Apparently so. As we all close the Tidal streaming windows, James Blake dropped a new track on BBC1. “Modern Soul” is a characteristically beautiful James Blake song. The patient, glowing song builds into beauty over five and a half minutes and makes you wonder how […]
By: Zak Nelson FaltyDL and James Blake played Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on April 24th. The Sold-out show was opened with a FaltyDL hyper-ambient DJ set followed by a catalogue expansive James Blake set that payed particular focus on songs from Blake’s most recent release, Overgrown. Videos for FaltyDL’s “She Sleeps” ft Ed Mcfarlane and the […]
While dub-step made it’s rise to international attention a few years back, English electronic musician James Blake crafted an intricate, nuanced alternative. If you’re looking to become more familiar with James’ material, check out “Wilhelm Scream” (below), “Curbside” and “Case of You“. James Blake announced he will return with a new album titled Overgrown out April 8 […]