Archive for April, 2012

Dirty Projectors Shoot Again With ‘Gun Has No Trigger’

Posted by Roberto in POP CULTURE & NEWS, POP CULTURE & NEWS on April 26, 2012

The return of Brooklyn art-rock combo Dirty Projectors with the first taste from the follow-up to Rober Award nominated album ‘Bitte Orca’ tops the loop this week.

Beach House; band of the moment Alabama Shakes and Killer Mike’s collaboration with El-P are some of the highest entries, whereas Unicorn Kid; Major Lazer and Laurel Halo provide the best freebies.

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Jai Paul ‘Jasmine’ Is Our New #1

Posted by Roberto in IN THE LOOP on April 19, 2012

London songwriter Jai Paul builds on the promise shown on his first single with the fantastic follow-up that is ‘Jasmine’; our favourite song last week.

New tracks from the latest albums by Kindness ; Death Grips and Spiritualized; the surprising returns of Neneh Cherry and Patti Smith and a free downloads by PS I Love you enter our chart.

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Django Django Rise Like A Comet In Our Loop

Posted by Roberto in POP CULTURE & NEWS, POP CULTURE & NEWS on April 12, 2012

British band Django Django topped our loop this week with ‘Hail Bop’, our favourite track in their excellent self-titled album, one of the most accomplished debuts of the year so far.

Brand new offerings by Jai Paul ; Dirty Projectors and Liars are this edition’s strongest entries; whereas classic electronic act DNTEL provides the only noteworthy free download of the past seven days.

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The Men Unleash Their Inner Animal

Posted by Roberto in POP CULTURE & NEWS, POP CULTURE & NEWS on April 4, 2012

The Men finally get to top our loop with ‘Animal’, another standout track from their excellent second album ‘Open Your Heart’.

Top collaborations between Killer Mike & Scar ; Azealia Banks & Diplo or Amadeu & Mariam with TVOTR’s Tunde & Kyp are among this edition’s highest entries. In the freebie department: Action Bronson and the whole of the new Chilean pop firmament as featured in the Joven Y Alocada soundtrack.

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