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diSKOAver weekly: Week of June 24, 2020
Hello precious internet cuties! Hope y’all are staying safe. Here’s this week’s update. God there’s some cool shit in this one. I feel like I say that every week but this is also why I also laugh in people’s faces who are like, “Man remember when music was good? There's just nothing cool anymore.” If you hear anyone say that. You tell them to come find me. I’m happy to show them around.
DE’WAYNE - “National Anthem”
If you can’t feel the energy from this track in your veins the second the sounds hit your eardrums I’m not sure what to tell you.
binki - “Heybb!”
Everything binki has released so far is fucking great. My personal favorite is “Wiggle” but this one just fit the vibe I was going for this week.
TOKiMONSTA - “Get Me Some (feat. Drew Love & Dumbfounded)
My favorite cut from TOKiMONSTA’s latest, Oasis Nocturne. It’s just too hot for it’s own good.
Hermitude - “Let It Burn (World’s Gone Mad feat. Haiku Hands)”
Why yes the world has gone mad. (Mental note for me: spend more time with Pollyanarchy. You enjoyed that first spin)
The Knocks - “No Requests (The Knocks VIP Mix)”
I miss DJ booths and people with strong opinions about what the DJ should be playing 😞
TOBACCO - “Hungry Eyes”
We love a fun cover. Also there’s a pre-order for this on beige vinyl if that’s your kinda thing (for the record it’s def my kinda thing).
Blockhead - “The Music Scene”
You know when you fall in love with a song all over again? 10 years later this still hits.
Killer Bee - “Feel 4 U”
We love a local making moves. My brain wanders to far off places with this one. Just me?
Latir - “Wallflower”
Came in loving “Blue Roses”, fell for his new EP Until Forever. This one’s my favorite though.
Medasin - “Get By (feat. Cautious Clay)”
Part of my weekend homework is to spend more time with both Medasin and Cautious Clay. They always seem to be on my radar but somehow don’t make it into my ear holes enough.
OKENYO - “Buckle Up”
OKENYO, on the other hand. God I’ve been having so much fun getting to know her catalog. This one though. Gotta love, “by the way by the way by the way you’re cute as fuck”.
Brendan Maclean - “Easy Love”
All Aussies are perfect. The end. Also while checking in on what else Brendan had going on I noticed he got added to an official Spotify playlist called Search Engine Sex (but is clearly one of those algorithmic editorial playlists because it doesn’t come up for me🙄).
Slow Magic - “Home”
First taste from the upcoming album, it’s the end of the world but it’s ok. Just a little something to curl up with if you’re feeling a little down.
iZNiiK - “paradise”
You gotta check out the EP series from a few years ago that iZNiiK did. There’s some really cool stuff in those.
Berry Juice - “She Got The Moon (feat. Deidre)”
Forever a sucker for nu disco. Seems promising enough. Going to keep my eye on this one.
Sushi + Kash - “Shatter”
Feels kinda Daft Punk lite (and I mean this in the nicest way possible). Looks like dude is starting to really get his footing on his sound. We’ll see how this plays out.
Jarami - “Bahía”
Yes this is from 2018 but don’t worry they have new stuff too. PS guess who also did a track with Cautious Clay? This world gets smaller and smaller every fuckin day man.
Herzeloyde - “Disperse”
Herzeloyde is vibey af. You should check out his newest track too when you like this one.
Vandelux - “Live Forever”
From his Lost In Common EP. The build on this one eases you into the idea of immortality being possible so by the
Crowd Control - “My Special Girl (feat. Slug Father & Vantage)”
Happy house is my favorite house. You will enjoy Housy Love Songs Vol. 2, trust me.
Hervé - “Blow Your Mind”
Bless this man for keeping us dancing in quarantine. Oh how I love him so.
Mtbrd - “Damn Fine Coffee”
This cut from Damn Fine contains my advice to you if you’re choosing to continue to quarantine like me. It’s literally the only way I’ve been able to not lose my fucking mind.
Calica - “Bitch”
You have to check out her TikTok and see her remake loads of cool tracks. Fell for her when she covered BENEE’s “Supalonely”. Also how fun is it to sing, “Cause you’re a bitch and you know it”?
Body Language - “Let’s Try”
These Brooklyn babies are back from their break for some more retro dance vibes. Hope this means there’s more in the pipeline.
FVLCRVM - “Bad Blood”
Other half of this double A-side single officially drops on July 14th, but you can sneak over to Soundcloud and hear “Hate List” now if you want.
La Femme - “Mycose”
I always say there’s a song for everything and in the case of La Femme’s “Mycose” this is a track about….a yeast infection. Took me too long to put this all together. I need to stop blowing off Duolingo if I’m gonna keep falling in love with French artists.
Tim Ayre - “Laxx”
This lil Sydney sweetie tho. Everything of his I’ve put on is just so dreamy. 😍
daste. - “Telephone (What’s Your Name?)”
From their latest EP Same As it Ever Was. Whole EP is so damn SMOOOOOOVE. You will like.
Geowulf - “Lonely”
A cut from last year’s LP My Resignation. I don’t know about you, but quarantine has made me really examine and reprioritize all of my relationships. Here for it.
The Districts - “Cheap Regrets”
I need to play You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere more often. This is by far my favorite off the record.
Deeper - “This Heat”
From their latest, Auto-Pain, that dropped in March. I love that all my brain can think to say about them is they sound very Alphaville/Union Pool. Ugh I miss shows so fuckin much. 😑
Oxymorrons - “Justice”
Did you know: all the proceeds from this track are being donated to community non-profits and projects. Yep! That means all your future obsessive streaming on this one will be for a good cause! Feels good, huh? This is the band’s first drop on 333 Wreckords Crew.
#skoaradio 08/22/2015
Really feeling this weeks show, you guys.
Things have been a whirlwind at SKOA HQ so show notes have been a little neglected the past couple of weeks. DON'T WORRY I plan on backdating some posts so y'all have the hookup though! Super excited about the new jams from Peaches, CHVRCHES, and Jacuzzi Boys from this week's show so feel free to drop me a line to let me know what you thought of those!
Until next week, fam!
<3
- Tanlines - "All Of Me"
- Kate Boy - "Midnight Sun"
- Like I said, the video is so Fischerspooner-ific. Can't get enough!
- Playing some scattered shows across Europe, other than that not much else to see here.
- Tobacco - "Mexican Icecream"
- Happy Diving - "So Bunted"
- There's a limited pressing of this single, so if you're feeling this track you best get on this ASAP!
- Ladyhawke - "Blue Eyes"
- Nodaway - "Hairspray"
- The video for this song is hilarious (but also makes you want to make out)
- If you're in Nashville these Belmont boys are playing in the Belmont Battle of the Bands next week alongside COIN and some other great Belmont alumni.
- CHVRCHES - "Leave A Trace"
- New album Every Open Eye drops September 25th! You can pre-order it here.
- Earlier this week the band unveiled the video for "Leave A Trace"
- ARRWS (feat. Fem Fel) - "The Dark"
- From his upcoming EP Motionless For Hours.
- Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi (feat. Norah Jones) - "Seasons Trees"
- Danger Mouse is starting his own label called 30th Century Records and Autolux is his first singing! ISN'T THAT EXCITING!?
- Barbarossa - "Imager"
- Playing a couple of shows in September across the pond. Get on that ASAP UK fam!
- Rainer - "Skin"
- In addition to this song being played on Catfish last week here in the US on MTV, the band just released their debut album on clear vinyl! Get your hands on it before I do!
- The Chainsmokers - "Let You Go (A-Trak remix)"
- On tour now in the US. Go get your dance on!
- Big Black Delta - "It's OK"
- There's still time to pledge your life and hard earned money away. If you need convincing that BBD is worth the money always and forever we have not one but two interviews with him.
- Junior Senior - "We R The Handclaps"
- Mayer Hawthorne - "Handy Man"
- If you want to own this track you have to buy it via hammer shaped USB over at Mayer Hawthorne's site. Yep.
- Mackintosh Braun - "Could It Be"
- Man Without Country - "Romanek"
- The video for this song is trippy and I can't get enough of it.
- Ryan from MWC recently unveiled a new side project called Secular Ghost. You can check out his first track on Soundcloud.
- Hot Chip - "White Wine and Fried Chicken"
- Teen Daze - "Let's Groove"
- Walking Shapes - "Feel Good"
- Heading out on tour with Albert Hammond Jr. soon.
- Peaches (feat. Kim Gordon) - "Close Up"
- Rub is out September 28th!
- Hitting the road in October (like one should with a new album).
- Have you seen the video for this yet? You must!
- Dillon Francis - "Bruk Bruk (I Need Yo Lovin')"
- This Mixtape Is Fire is out now!
- Don't forget he's heading out on tour in support of Zedd on his upcoming True Colors Tour so be sure to grab tickets while you can for that.
- Don Diablo - "On My Mind (Radio Edit)"
- Still time to vote for Don Diablo on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs!
- Dude is never not playing shows.
- Speaking of never not playing shows, you can see what life on the road is like in the video for "On My Mind"
- Oh yeah read my interview with him because he is a wonderful human being.
- Röyksopp - "Save Me"
- Superwalkers - "Judge Me"
- This interview with Superwalkers details my newfound fascination with them.
- Son Little - "Lay Down"
- His self-titled debut drops on October 16th! PRE-ORDER IT NOW AND SUPPORT MY AARON OKAY?
- On tour now. A few dates with Lord Huron (NICE) here and there. Go see him live and try to not get weak in the knees! I DARE YOU!
- The Kickdrums - "Breathe Again"
- Breathe Again is out courtesy of Fitts' own label!
- Jacuzzi Boys - "Sun"
- Check out the trippy video for this song.
- Grab "Sun" for $FREE.99 on Soundcloud!
- Happy Damage EP drops on September 18th!
[SKOA Presents] Beats For Daze #2 (All Hallows Edition)
Once again back is the incredible, your neighborhood friendly Rocko Rock with a brand new installment of Beats For Daze. For those unfamiliar with the series, BFD is monthly playlist compiled based around producers (the unsung heroes of hip hop) who create some of my favorite head nodding tracks of the past and current along with some unreleased goodies as well, all rolled up into one nice hour plus mixture for your ear drums' enjoyment. I know that sounds like I just tried to pitch a TV show or product, sorry. Those that missed out on our first installment of the series (which hit 10,000 plays in month on 8tracks!) should check it out here.
Being October, we felt necessary to dedicate this month's mixture to the upcoming holiday, Halloween. That's right, this month we got 31 tracks of goodness all inspired from the most spooky fun day of the year. Don't worry the always obvious choice, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" will not make an appearance on the mixtape although I'm a bit sad I didn't just add Vincent Price's epic laugh. But I did find some nice a nice Halloween vinyl in my record crate to atmosphere of the total mix. It's a bit cheesy but whatever. Among these tracks we got some classics from Danger Mouse when he was known Pelican City, Dan The Automator when he just went by Automator, Portishead, Massive Attack, The Herbaliser and more. With the inclusion of some newer tunes from The Gaslamp Killer, Thavius Beck as well as others and one of my favorite creepy DJ Shadow jams "Give Me Back The Nights", a track so evil I had to take a picture of myself listening to it, which you view below. So set a spell for awhile and check out the full mix in the player above.
And if you are still reading this, I like to say thank you for taking the time and listening to our Beats For Daze playlist, it really means a lot to myself and SKoA. We're working on something super special for the next month as well as some more awesome things for the following months. So make sure you check out other mixtapes and if you are on 8Tracks.com follow us and spread the good music around. Have an awesome Halloween!
<3 Rocko loves you.
[Listen] The Black Keys - "I Got Mine" (Tobacco Remix)
A few years ago when I started writing for SKOA one of the first artists Rocko introduced me to was Tobacco and I've had a small love affair with anything of his since. So today I was delighted to see Stereogum post up a remix he's done of another love, The Black Keys. Tobacco takes Dan and Patrick's Attack & Release song "I Got Mine" and gives it some of his signature sound and I gotta say, it works so damn well. It was originally mixed back in '08 but was never released however I'm glad it's seen the light of day in this form and not "Super Gum". Throbbing goodness from start to finish so hit out below.
[Watch] Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Windshield Smasher" (Video)
Happy New Music Tuesday everyone! And what better way to start off the day than getting weird with Black Moth Super Rainbow and their new video for the track "Windshield Smasher" from their upcoming album Cobra Juicy. Peep the video above, directed by Bo Mirosseni, which features a lost couple that take a wrong turn down an alley full of Orange masked goons. Sound bleek right? But then the story gets...lets just say interesting. Cobra Juicy is set to drop on October 9th and you can still preorder the album (as well as score yourself an orange mask as well as other awesome packages) on the group's Kickstarter for the new album here.
[Listen] Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Windshield Smasher"
Finally after 2 long years we now have a set release date for Black Moth Super Rainbow's forthcoming LP Cobra Juicy. The album is set for release October 9th via the group own label, Rad Cult and to celebrate the announcement, Tobacco and crew have let loose the first single from the new album titled "Windshield Smasher". The song definitely sounds more like a Tobacco solo track due to it's dark soundscape than a BMSR song, but Tobaxx did announce that the new album would sound different from previous BMSR releases and more like a "demon skater".
Check out the new track below and then head over to the band's Kickstarter to pre-order the new LP. You can also read about the band's Kickstarter here. Enjoy creatures.
[News] Black Moth Super Rainbow Announce Kickstarter For New LP, 'Cobra Juicy'
I feel I done my buddy Tom Fec aka BMSR frontman TOBACCO wrong by announcing this news a bit late, but better now than never right? Anyways, Fec and the rest of Black Moth Super Rainbow have been hard at work for the past 2 years or so, working on the follow up to 2009's Eating Us. BMSR originally announced the follow up album Psychic Love Damage later changed to Love Damage last year but the album was later scrapped and the group went back to the drawing board.
Fast forward to present day, after over 2 years in the making, and one do-over, we have a new Black Moth Super Rainbow album titled Cobra Juicy which is set to be released this fall. TOBACCO explains that the concept of the new record is pretty different from the previous BMSR releases stating "the ideas are a little more demon-skater" and promises "that's a good thing." Cobra Juicy is set to be released through the band's own label Rad Cult with the first single "Windshield Smasher" set to release next month.
I feel I done my buddy Tom Fec aka BMSR frontman TOBACCO wrong by announcing this news a bit late, but better now than never right? Anyways, Fec and the rest of Black Moth Super Rainbow have been hard at work for the past 2 years or so, working on the follow up to 2009's Eating Us. BMSR originally announced the follow up album Psychic Love Damage later changed to Love Damage last year but the album was later scrapped and the group went back to the drawing board.
Fast forward to present day, after over 2 years in the making, and one do-over, we have a new Black Moth Super Rainbow album titled Cobra Juicy which is set to be released this fall. TOBACCO explains that the concept of the new record is pretty different from the previous BMSR releases stating "the ideas are a little more demon-skater" and promises "that's a good thing." Cobra Juicy is set to be released through the band's own label Rad Cult with the first single "Windshield Smasher" set to release next month.
The new LP is also available to pre-order via Kickstarter and includes lots of awesome packages such as the album in actual mask form. Say what!? Thats right a latex rictus modeled after the crazy citrus on the coverart (done by Dan Park) above with the music stored on a USB tooth jammed into the grinning maw. Fucking awesome. And if you are massively balling and got some cash to burn (throw me some cash first off) and then drop $10,000 and TOBACCO WILL THROW YOU YOUR OWN ROLLER DISCO PARTY AND DJ. Just remember to invite the SKoA crew.
And just announced, if you pledge $8 or above, BMSR will be throwing in a download EP of the scrapped album Psychic Love Damage (which from the tracks I heard is incredibly dope). But thats not all, the scrapped EP will also be released on Vinyl for an extra 15 bucks unless you already dropped $125 on the kickstarter, which you will get the vinyl included with your order. But enough talk from me about this awesome package of holy fucking goddliness, how about we let Eric Wareheim of Tim & Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!? get you super hyped for this? Check the video below and make sure you keep up with all the updates on the Kickstarter here.
If that doesn't get you fuckin excited enough, TOBACCO has let loose a free download of one of the tracks from the Psychic Love Damage EP titled "The Wettest Day." Grab the track below as well as checking out a stream for the previous tune "Spraypaint" below, which is set to appear on Juicy Cobra. Fuck that was a lot to type, but trust me anything Black Moth Super Rainbow is well worth it. Honest.
[Listen] Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Spraypaint" x "Like A Sundae" (Preview)
Tom Fec aka Tobacco has been busy of late since previously scrapping the last BMSR album in progress Psychic Love Damage. But aside from working on new solo material and a collaboration called Demon Queen with Zackey Force Funk, he's also preparing the long awaited new Black Moth Super Rainbow LP, the band's first since 2009's Eating Us. Tobaxx has been previewing songs from the scrapped and upcoming album at various shows, Soundcloud and even on Turntable.fm but now we get our first official taste with 2 new tracks "Spraypaint" and "Like A Sundae" hopefully appearing on the new LP coming soon.
Take a listen to "Spraypaint" at BMSR's Soundcloud page and check out the preview of "Like A Sundae" below.