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#skoaradio 11/07/2015 liner notes
Really feeling this week's mixtape you guys.
Can't stop. Won't stop. Can't stop working. But it's chill though, the atmosphere I've been launched into has me surrounded by people who are music junkies just like me! In fact, I found Michl courtesy of one of my dope new friends at the office I'm in right now. (Thanks dude!) Sprout and I also hit up Honne on Tuesday this week where we hung out in the dungeon of a basement at Mercury Lounge and chatted with with James and Andy before they got the entire place pregnant. It's good to be busy. Then we had Flagship at Rough Trade on Friday night. Those guys were super great too. Can't wait to interview them and officially usher them into the skoa fam. But yeah, there's a lot going on but the majority of it is awesome. I guess you could say I'm #stressedbutalsoblessed. I hope you enjoyed this week's show. I'd love to hear from you if I just introduced you to your new favorite song (I know I'm kind of obsessing over SOULS right now).
Until next week!
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- The 1975 - "Love Me"
- Last week we had an album name, this week we have a release date!! I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it will be dropping on February 26th!
- RAC feat. Penguin Prison - "Hollywood"
- On tour now with the homey Big Data (we'll be at the Warsaw show tomorrow come hang okay?)
- Speaking of their tour, they released an EP/single where they covered each others songs. It's super fun, you should go have a listen.
- Atlas Genius - "Stockholm"
- Inanimate Objects is out now.
- They've got a few more shows to close out the year.
- VOWWS - "Losing Myself In You"
- GO. BUY. THEIR. ALBUM. OKAY. IT'S. SO. AMAZING.
- They also have limited edition shirts on sale rn that are DOPE.
- Big Data (feat. Kimbra) - "The Glow"
- On tour with RAC!
- Like I said, you should peep their lil cute tour EP/single thing.
- Oh yeah! Here's those Big Data glasses I was talking about.
- Art Brut - "Bad Weekend"
- Singer Eddie Argos is selling a limited run of paintings this week only! If you want to get me something for Christmas this would be the thing to get. Or you could get one for yourself.
- Played this song because I forgot that NME is free now. That's so crazy to me.
- HEALTH - "STONEFIST"
- Get on that DEATH MAGIC fam it is so good.
- SOULS - "I Wait For You"
- There is so much digging to be done on this dude. Apparently he doesn't know who is singing on his own track? That's nutty.
- Holy wow this song though, right!?
- Electric Mantis - "the one"
- You can haz this track for $FREE.99 (you're welcome)
- Kate Boy - "Midnight Sun"
- Omg One is out NOW and it is GORGEOUS!
- You should come out next week and see them with us! They're also playing a handful of dates in the US if you're not in NY.
- Professor Green (feat. Lily Allen) - "Just Be Good To Green"
- So I can't *legally* watch the full documentary that aired on BBC3, but here are some clips from it. Fire up your UK proxy servers US fam!
- Oh and dude just released an autobiography whaaatt!?
- Nodaway - "Hairspray"
- You should grab 500 Days of Whatever (or whatever)
- Synkro - "Changes"
- Got this bad boy on limited edition white vinyl, but you can have it as a digital download (unless you go to Rough Trade, I saw some there last night!).
- Michl - "Kill Our Way To Heaven"
- Oh look another mysterious producer. I'm keeping my eye on this dude.
- You can haz this for $FREE.99 too. :)
- Lucius - "Hey Doreen"
- Still trying to understand this #goodgrief series they've started tweeting. idk
- Mayer Hawthorne - "Where Does This Door Go"
- OMG MSG MAYER I'M SO PROUD OF YOU DUDE! He's. Opening. For. Hall. And. Oates. WHAT!
- Calvin Harris feat. Disciples - "How Deep Is Your Love"
- Have you heard Disciples new EP yet? It's quite nice.
- Bummed I didn't see them during BEMF. I really need a clone.
- Hot Chip - "Started Right"
- Just announced dates in Australia in the new year! Still touring like crazy.
- Jamie Woon - "Skin"
- Seriously this new record is so damn good. Do you have it yet?
- HONNE - "Love The Jobs You Hate"
- How'd you like that interview guys? They were so nice!
- You should grab their new EP! It's fantastic!
- Battle Tapes - "Valkyrie"
- Polygon drops in 2 weeks! (11/20). It's amazing. I can't wait for you all to hear it too!
- Galantis - "Peanut Butter Jelly"
- Flagship "I Want You"
- Saw these guys last night! So good!
- Grab their latest EP Faded okay?
And here's the headlines I rushed through that you can read more about (and you should so you're smarter than everyone else):
- Adele's 'Hello' is the first song ever to sell a million downloads in a week
- Facebook adds song clips from Spotify and Apple Music to your News Feed
As always, feel free to snag the Spotify playlist below so you can listen to the sweet jams I picked out for you on the go!
[Watch] Smiler - "Top Of The World (feat. Professor Green & Tawiah)" (Official Video)
Following up his highly praised All I Know mixtape, south London rapper Smiler released his single, "Top Of The World", which you can check out the video that dropped on Wednesday above. The single features rapper Professor Green and soul/R&B singer Tawiah and is slated for an August 20th courtesy of Warner Brothers Records. Admittedly, I don't know a lot of his material, but for this particular song I can't help but be impressed with his lyrical flow and how catchy the hook in the chorus is.
You can head over to his Facebook and in exchange for a like pick up his mixtape. There is also information about pre-ordering "Top Of The World" before it drops on August 20th.
[Watch] Professor Green - "Never Be A Right Time" (Video)
From his latest album, At Your Inconvenience, we have the video for "Never Be A Right Time" from Professor Green for your viewing pleasure his morning. It sees Pro Green going through he turmoil of deciding when to break up with his girlfriend. The highs and lows that come with a relationship are portrayed in the video and is a nice accompaniment to the track.
From his latest album, At Your Inconvenience, we have the video for "Never Be A Right Time" from Professor Green for your viewing pleasure his morning. It sees Pro Green going through he turmoil of deciding when to break up with his girlfriend. The highs and lows that come with a relationship are portrayed in the video and is a nice accompaniment to the track.
April
Mon 23rd Glasgow, O2 Academy 0844 499 9990
Tues 24th Leicester, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
Weds 25th Plymouth, Pavilions 0845 146 1460
Fri 27th Leeds, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
Sat 28th Blackpool, Empress Ballroom 0844 811 0051
Sun 29th Wolverhampton, Civic Hall 0870 320 7000
Mon 30th Southend, Cliff Pavilion 01702 351 135
May
Weds 2nd Reading, Rivermead 0118 960 6060
Thurs 3rd Cardiff, Uni Great Hall 0292 048 8020
Sat 5th London, O2 Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000
[Watch] Professor Green - "Astronaut" (Live Session)
Professor Green has this week released his new album At Your Inconvenience much to many fans delight. With the album release comes the promo and up at the top you can peep Pro Green having a chat with The Guardian about his album track "Astronaut" along with a performance accompanied by a full band. It's pretty darn good. Liking Pro's new stuff quite a bit. It seems like a bit of a step up from the last album.
[Listen] Professor Green - "Nightmares" Feat. Kobe & Royce Da 5'9" (Prod By DJ Khalil)
Wow this is a surprise. One of SKoA's favorite UK emcees, Professor Green hooks up with one of the best currently doing in hip hop Royce Da 5'9" along with Kobe Honeycutt on the hook for the DJ Khalil produced cut "Nightmares" off Green's upcoming LP At Your Inconvenience. This track is one of the most standout tracks on Pro Green's album, not only for the features but also for being the only US hip hop influenced track on the album. The track almost has that Bad Meets Evil vibe with Pro Green playing the part of Eminem with his dark wordplay accompaning Khalil's evil beat. Check out the track below.
Green's At Your Inconvenience drops next week in the UK on Halloween (Oct. 31st). Bump this for all the little ghouls in your neighborhood.
[Watch] Professor Green - "Read All About It" Feat. Emeli Sandé Live on Jools Holland
It was little over a month ago that we saw Emeli Sandé make her debut on Later... with Jools Holland but today we get to see her again except she's helping out Professor Green with his recent track, "Read All About It". Check out the performance from the pair at the top and look out for more later in the week when the full show is broadcast in the UK.
[Watch] Professor Green - "Read All About It" Feat. Emeli Sande
Professor Green has let loose another brand new track from his upcoming album At Your Inconvenience. Mista Jam on Radio One gave it the exclusive debut treatment last night and Pro Green was nice enough to upload it just in case you missed the Radio show. This single which features Emeli Sande and is set to be released on Sunday 23rd October and is the first single from Pro Green's sophomore album At Your Inconvenience which is out October 31st.
We've previously got to hear the albums title track, so go check that out if you like this track.
[Watch] Professor Green - "At Your Inconvenience" (Video)
Mid July gave us a new track from Professor Green which was titled "At Your Inconvenience" which was taken from his upcoming album of the same name. Today Pro Green offers up the eye candy for the track on his Youtube page. t shows a lighter side to him and also at one point he's in a tux, I didn't think I'd ever see Professor Green in one of those. Enjoy the visuals at the top and look out for his new album At Your Inconvenience which is set to drop in October.