R&B’s biggest promise, Odd Future vocalist Frank Ocean sits comfortably on top of the loop for a second week with ‘Swim Good’, the third track in our charts from his presentation mixtape ‘Nostalgia U.L.T.R.A’ . With his profile now boosted by writing one of the songs for Beyoncé’s fourth album; Oceans official recording debut, to be released in the autumn, is shaping up as one of the most anticipated records of the year.
Hip-hop has been the flavour of the last weeks with recent entries by legendary rapper Nas, boasting a welcome return to form; newcomer Cyhi Da Prince and the Can sampling new track by Spank Rock climbing fast towards the top. Björk ’s first taster from her new project ‘Biophilia’ didn’t fail to impress and makes the highest entry of the week followed by new songs by Wilco; Radiohead and Brian Eno, among many others.
Read on to check this week’s loop.
| 1-FRANK OCEAN Swim Good (Self Released) Download "Nostalgia ULTRA" Mixtape |
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| 2-STAY JAY FEAT. TIFFANY Shashee Wowo (Remix) (Unda One Entertainment) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrtR88izSo8 | 3-ACTIVE CHILD FEAT. HOW TRO DRESS WELL Playing House (Vagrant) |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IAiwebub1Q | 4-THE-DREAM Body Work/Fuck My Brains Out (Def Jam) |
 | 5-BON IVER Holocene (Jagjaguwar) Stream Whole Album |
| 6-ICEAGE Broken Bone (Tambourhinoceros) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzORRh6lzg4 | 7-BEIRUT East Harlem (Pompeii) |
| 8-TODD TERJE Snooze 4 Love (Running Back) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB3rWgWeiOs | 9-NAS Nasty (Self-Released) |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExMb6S2P7rM | 10-AUTRE NE VEUT Sweetheart (Hippos In Tanks) |
| 11-FUCKED UP A Little Death (Matador) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzd--8F066Y | 12-FORD & LOPATIN Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me) (Software) Download |
| 13-INC. Swear (3 EP) (4AD) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNtNjZebh_w | 14-SPANK ROCK Energy Download |
| 15-LAUREL HALO Aquifer (Hour Logic EP) (Hippos In Tanks) |
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| 16-WHITE DENIM Street Joy (Downtown) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgeOOLOdsmo | 17-BEYONCE FEAT. ANDRE 3000 Party (Columbia) |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZHs-9uCWlw | 18-I BREAK HORSES Hearts (Bella Union) |
| 19-NIKI & THE DOVE The Fox (Sub Pop) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be82LN1MGBk | 20-JOHN MAUS Head For The Country (Ribbon Records/Upset The Rhythm) (NEW) |
| 21-SBTRKT Pharaohs (Young Turks) (NEW) |
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| 22-THE WEEKND The Birds Pt. 1 (Self-Release) (NEW) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGPxh-3jurQ | 23-SUN AIRWAYS Wild Palms (Dead Oceans) |
| 24-METRONOMY The Bay (Because) (NEW) |
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| 25-THE RAPTURE How Deep Is Your Love? (DFA) (NEW) |
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| 26-ARAAB MUSIC Streetz Tonight (Duke) (NEW) |
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| 27-DJ QUIK & SUGA FREE Nobody (Mad Science) (NEW) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlerH6Tobug | 28-THUNDERCAT Daylight (Brainfeed) (NEW) |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITL_65GzchY | 29-CURREN$Y This Is The Life (Warner Bros) (NEW) |
| 30-ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER My Mistakes (Merge) (NEW) |
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| 31-SERENADES Birds (Lissvik Remix) (Rough Trade) (NEW) Listen To The Remix |
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| 32-FORSTER THE PEOPLE Pumped Up Kicks (Sony) (NEW) |
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| http://vimeo.com/11117759 | 33-WU LYF Heavy Pop (L Y F) (NEW) |
| 34-HOW TO DRESS WELL Us In The Sense Of Forever (Adult Swim Series) (NEW) |
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| 35-WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND Les Enfants Du Paradis (Virgin Babylon) (NEW) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0klEBy8xyY | 36-BIG SEAN So Much More (G.O.O.D/Def Jam) (NEW) |
| 37-DIRTY BEACHES Speedway King (Zoo Music) (NEW) |
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| 38-TV ON THE RADIO You (Interscope) (NEW) |
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| 39-TINARIWEN FEAT. TV ON THE RADIO Tenere Taqqim Tossan (Anti) (NEW) |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDkNXF07SDU | 40-YATCH Utopia (DFA) (NEW) |
An extended selection of our current favourite tracks can be heard @ our hype machine page.