[Download] El-P, Killer Mike, Despot, and Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire - 'Into The Wild Tour' Mixtape

El-P, Despot, Killer Mike, and Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire will begin their Into The Wild Tour tomorrow night, and to celebrate they've released a free mixtape for fans to download. The mixtape, created with the help of Trackstar the DJ, consists of songs from each of their respective discographies, including El-P's "Tougher, Colder, Killer" and Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire's "Huzzah." Head here to download the Into The Wild Tour mixtape for free, and after the jump you can take a look at the tracklisting for the mixtape along with the collective's tour dates.

Into The Wild Mixtape Track list:

1. Trackstar the DJ/Maurice Sendak - Intro
2. El-P/Killer Mike/Despot – Tougher Colder Killer
3. Mr. Muthaf*ckin eXquire – Huzzah
4. Killer Mike/El-P – Butane
5. El-P – Drones Over BKLYN
6. Killer Mike – Ghetto Gospel
7. El-P – Stay Down
8. Killer Mike – Untitled
9. Despot – Get Rich or Try Dying
10. Mr. Muthaf*ckin eXquire – Aggin Laer
11. El-P/Mr. Muthaf*ckin eXquire/Danny Brown – Oh Hail No
12. Killer Mike – JoJo’s Chillin
13. El-P – Works Every Time
14. Killer Mike – Go
15. Despot – Look Alive
16. El-P – The Full Retard
17. Killer Mike/T.I./Bun B/Trouble – Big Beast

Into The Wild Tour dates:

• 6/19 Atlanta GA Masquerade
• 6/20 New Orleans LA House of Blues
• 6/21 Dallas TX Granada
• 6/22 Houston TX Warehouse Live
• 6/23 Austin TX Mohawk
• 6/25 Phoenix AZ Crescent
• 6/26 San Diego CA Casbah
• 6/28 Los Angeles CA Echoplex
• 6/29 San Francisco CA Regency
• 6/30 Portland OR Hawthorne
• 7/1 Seattle WA Neumo’s
• 7/2 Vancouver BC Fortune
• 7/5 Minneapolis MN Fineline
• 7/6 Chicago IL Bottom Lounge
• 7/7 Cleveland OH Grog Shop
• 7/8 Ann Arbor MI Blind Pig
• 7/9 Toronto ON Hoxton*#
• 7/11 Boston MA Paradise
• 7/12 Providence RI The Met
• 7/14 Philadelphia PA Trocadero*
• 7/15 Washington DC Rock and Roll Hotel

*No eXquire
#No Killer Mike

[Download] Charli XCX's 'Heartbreaks And Earthquakes' Mixtape

On the same day that she's released her You're The One EP, Charli XCX has unveiled a companion release of sorts in the form of a continuous 21-minute mixtape titled Heartbreaks And Earthquakes. The mixtape is a collection of Charli XCX's own tracks and remixes, as well as her adding vocals on top of songs by artists such as Drake and Blood Orange. As well, their are a few remixes of Charli XCX songs from other musicians, including a remix of her lead single "You're The One" by Odd Future duo The Internet and featuring verses from Odd Future member Mike G. Stream the entire mixtape below, and head over to Charli XCX's official website to download it for free.

[News] Azealia Banks 'FANTASTIC' Mixtape Set to Drop on July 4th

Azealia Banks is looking to dominate the second half of 2012 with the release of her 1991 EP (out May 29th) and her debut full-length (due out in September), as well as a brand new mixtape titled FANTASTIC. Banks has announced on Twitter that the mixtape, which features the track "JUMANJI," will be released on July 4th, so expect her raucous beats to soundtrack your celebration of Independence Day.

Azealia Banks is also set to hit the road this summer, starting on June 3rd for Hot 97's Summer Jam in New Jersey. Check out her full tour itinerary after the jump.

Azealia Banks 2012 Tour Dates:

06-03 East Rutherford, NJ - Summer Jam at Metlife Stadium
06-22 Madrid, Spain - Matadero Madrid
07-29 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass
08-18 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic 2012
08-19 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic 2012
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-28 Mallorca, Spain - Mallorca Rocks
08-29 Ibiza, Portugal - Ibiza Rocks
09-08 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival
09-28 Manchester, England - Manchester Club Academy
09-29 Glasgow, Scotland - O2 ABC Glasgow
10-01 Newcastle, England - O2 Academy Newcastle 
10-02 Liverpool England - O2 Academy Liverpool 
10-03 Leeds, England - Leeds Metropolitan University
10-05 Birmingham, England - Birmingham HMV Library
10-06 Oxford, England - O2 Academy Oxford 
10-07 Norwich, England - O2 Academy Norwich 
10-09 Cambridge, England - Cambridge Junction
10-10 Brighton, England - Brighton Concorde 2
10-12 London, England - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

[Download] brandUn DeShay - 'Your Favorite Mixtape 2'

brandUn DeShay has just let loose his follow up to 2009's Your Favourite Mixtape with part 2. The tape sees DeShay laying down his rhymes over beats from the likes of MF Doom, Pharrell and A$AP, this is your weekend listening right here. So, hit download over here to grab the 10 track offering, sit back and enjoy the lazy Saturday.

[Download] TV Girl - 'The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle' Mixtape

San Diego indie pop duo TV Girl have been making a name for themselves over the last year or so with their vintage, '50s-inspired sound, and today they've released a brand new, fifteen-track mixtape for free on Das Racist member Himanshu Suri's Greedhead label. The mixtape, titled The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle, is well worth the free download, hell, it's worth a lot more than that. Nonetheless, you can download it here, and below stream the track "Misery" from the free release (via Stereogum).

[Download] Kool A.D.'s '51' Mixtape

Following up his early 2012 mixtape The Palm Wine Drinkard, Das Racist member Kool A.D. has dropped a brand new, free-to-download mixtape titled 51. Paying homage to his Bay Area roots, Kool A.D. offers up a very California-esque delivery with the help of San Francisco rappers Main Attrakionz, the Coup's Boots Riley, and numerous other California producers and rappers. The mixtape is available to stream and download for free at Mishka's Bandcamp.

[Download] The KickDrums Drop 'Follow The Leaders' Mixtape, Feat. A$AP Rocky, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Freddie Gibbs & More

The big homies Fitts and Tilla of the infamous KickDrums have released their long awaited mixtape, Follow The Leaders today. The mixtape features new songs from the duo following up last years release of Meet Your Ghost and collaborations with some of the blogospheres most buzzworthy artists such as A$AP Rocky, Machine Gun Kelly, Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, Casey Veggies, Alan Wilkis, Lana Del Rey, Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs and more. Peep out the A$AP Rocky x Lana Del Rey x KickDrums collaboration "Ridin'" that we've been bumping for the past month or so since getting an early preview of full mixtape below minus the A$AP Rocky x Lana Del Rey collab which was pulled as A$AP wanted it for his LP and and head over to Live Mixtapes to download the full release. Kickdrummmmmmmmmmmms Uh!

01. The KickDrums - Thieves In The Choir (Feat. Casey Veggies) 
02. The KickDrums - Want My Blood (Feat. DZ Deathrays & Rockie Fresh) 
03. The KickDrums - Ridin' (Feat. Lana Del Rey & A$AP Rocky) 
04. The KickDrums - My Life (Feat. Machine Gun Kelly) 
05. The KickDrums - Naked 
06. The KickDrums - The Way It Goes (Feat. Big Pooh) (Co-Prod. By Anna Yvette) 
07. The KickDrums - The Last Goodbye (Feat. YP) 
08. The KickDrums - Lights (Feat. Rebecca Jordan) 
09. The KickDrums - Traces 
10. The KickDrums - Death Wish (Feat. Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire & Maluca) 
11. The KickDrums - Safer Than Heaven 
12. The KickDrums - Whatever You'd Like (Feat. Gilbert Forte) (Co-Prod. By Sk8beatz) 
13. The KickDrums - Come Come (Feat. Hot As Sun & Freddie Gibbs) 
14. The KickDrums - Come And Go (Alan Wilkis & The KickDrums) 

[News] The Morning Benders Change Name to POP ETC

In rather unfortunate news, The Morning Benders have recently taken to Twitter and Facebook to announce that “this will be the last post/tweet from The Morning Benders.” The news, while at first seemingly implying the demise of the band, was met with more welcome news. The band will not be breaking up, but instead changing their name to POP ETC.

On their former official website, band member Chris Chu explained that, "[w]hen we started this band in 2005 we had no expectations. From an early age I had a deep love for music and its power to bring people together, but the truth is, in 2005 I had just finished writing my first songs and all I wanted to do was start a band as soon as possible. That same year I had moved to Berkeley to attend college, and of the first 5 people I met, 1 of them happened to be a drummer, and 1 happened to be a guitarist. It was kismet; we started a band. It wasn't long before we got offered our first show on Lower Sproul (Berkeley's school quad). Now all we needed was a band name. We came up with two options: "The Beatles 2" and "The Morning Benders." We went with The Morning Benders."

He goes further to say: "Fast forward to 2010, many a dive bar, school quad, house party, county fair, pizza parlor later. We had just released Big Echo, and for the first time we were preparing for a world tour. We had toured a fair amount leading up to Big Echo, but never overseas, so when it came time to tour the UK and Europe we were quite excited. The touring went well, and we had an amazing time, but also something happened that we hadn't anticipated. As soon as we had landed in London people started asking us about our band name. "What does 'Bender' mean to you?" people would ask. "Are you seriously called 'The Morning Benders' ?" was a common question. For those of you reading from America, you may still be confused. Well, it turns out that the word 'bender' in the UK and many parts of Europe is a slang term for 'homosexual.' We were told our band name was the equivalent of 'The Morning Fags' in America. We had been called The Morning Benders for 5 years, and we were just finding this out now? It was shocking. And quite sad, to say the least. We had spent those years touring night and day, championing our name everywhere we could, only to find out that the name had an alternate meaning- one that made us look hateful, or at best, ignorant."

"At the time we didn't really have many options; we had already booked several tours as The Morning Benders and had just released our new album. We couldn't very well change the name right then and there. We had unwittingly gotten ourselves into a problem with no immediate solution, it was extremely disappointing. But that's all said and done. Now it's 2012. We are at the tail end of making our third album, and we have been given the opportunity to change our band name. We've decided to seize that opportunity, and here's why--

1. We simply cannot go on using a name that is demeaning to the gay community. The reason we are making music is to reach and unite as many different kinds of people as possible, and the idea that our name may be hateful towards anyone makes us sick.
2. In the UK and many parts of Europe the name has simply become too distracting. The MUSIC has always been our number one focus, and we want to present that to people in as pure a way as possible."

In commemoration of their new band name POP ETC, they've released a mixtape featuring 11 songs that can be streamed below via Soundcloud or downloaded for free at their new website.