mixtape maestro (2.0)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 08:12 PM PDT

Because no music blog post centered on a new act can be written without there being some kind of “They sound like…” reference, let’s just get it out the way now: Listening to “Where The Kids Are”, the new single from sibling duo Blondfire (brother/ sister Bruce & Erica Driscoll), some of the names that will likely float around your head will be MGMT, Foster The People, Robyn and/ or The Cardigans. Watching the facepaint-fancying video found below, you might also assume they hang with Ke$ha.

That part of this piece now done, “Kids” is also quite the indie-flavored sonic treat, the sharp crispness of those drums matched with the mammoth guitar interjections and strange little whistle-synth chirps mustering up a widescreen epic feel that sounds like heaven through headphones.

Toss in the tiny, ethereal coos of Erica demanding all to not lose sight of their youthfulness in the middle of all the anthemic noize for a nice little soft/ loud juxtaposition, and it becomes very difficult not seeing this tune (and the band) blowing up something major in the coming months.

Single drops digitally November 1st.

WHERE THE KIDS ARE by Blondfire

Wale “Slight Work” featuring Big Sean/ “White Linen (Coolin’)” featuring Ne-Yo

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 09:27 AM PDT

Want to prove that signing to a label powered mostly by coke-rap machismo hasn’t completely put a crimp on your non-gangsta, alt-leaning sensibilities, and be able to produce a street/ club banger that both caters to your left-field mindset and proves to your new backing that being added the odd-man out on their roster was commercially worthwhile?

Simple, hook up with someone like Diplo for an instantly stand-out beat that quirkily snaps, crackles and pops like the best ’90′s Busta Rhymes cuts and/ or ’00′s-era Missy Elliott jams and fill it with enough lyrical punchlines to keep heads satisfied.

Which is precisely what Wale has done on “Slight Work”, an unmistakable highlight from sophomore effort Ambition in which he and featured guest Big Sean basically have a ball atop a minimalist playground of a beat made up of nothing but sirens, sampled-voice “Work it”‘s and other Looney Tunes sound effects, littering the animated frame with one-liners galore (“A million home sellers couldn’t find a realer state”; “Bitch you ain’t a boss ’til you cut a fuckin’ paycheck/ Only thing between me and your bitch is a latex”).

Wale – “Slight Work” feat. Big Sean (Prod. by Diplo) by RalphFolarin

Meanwhile, obvious future single “White Linen (Coolin’)” satisfies the requisite that all MMG albums come equipped with a lushed-out R&B number in which rappers get their rocks off playing out the rap star fantasy of being big ballin’ bad chick-magnets.

Here, as the ever-suave Ne-Yo boasts of being a “large” and “in charge” “boss” with nary a blemish found in his finely-pressed croon, and the backing track lays a drum machine-splattered seduction swirl reminiscent of the finest in ’80′s soul, Wale spends his days “tryna find life’s meaning up in this Patron” all the while banging any dime he comes across in the hopes that one of them ends up being “a keeper”.

“White Linen (Coolin’)”:
Download audio file (Wale-White-Linen-Coolin-feat.-Ne-Yo.mp3)

Ambition drops November 1st. Pre-order here or here

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