News

Stream the New Shams 12" for 100% Silk

Admittedly, Shams has only appeared on XLR8R once before, when we announced his inaugural 12" for SoCal dance-music outpost 100% Silk, and that was hardly two weeks ago. But something about the smoothed-out, disco-touched house sounds put forth on the NY producer's upcoming record managed to catch our attention, so we jumped at the chance to premiere the full stream of his Piano Cloud EP before it's released next week. Read more »

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05/16/2013

Fuck Buttons Readies Third LP, Announces Summer Tour

Though its constituents have been busy with their separate projects since the release of 2009's excellent, XLR8R Pick'd Tarot Sport, Fuck Buttons itself has remained practically dormant, releasing little more than a single track during the four-year span. That's all about to change, however, as Benjamin John Power and Andrew Hung have stealthily reconvened to announce the impending release of their third full-length album. Read more »

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05/16/2013

Grown Folk Announces North American Tour

Rising Montreal duo Grown Folk have announced it will embark on an early summer West Coast tour beginning the end of May and continuing throughout most of June. Read more »

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05/16/2013

Download a New Track from DVA

Prolific UK DJ/producer DVA has offered a free download of a new VIP mix for "Walk it Out," a tune which appeared in its original form on the man's Fly Juice LP for Hyperdub last year. Read more »

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05/16/2013

Hear a New Track from Mount Kimbie's Upcoming LP

Mount Kimbie's sophomore LP, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, is a little less than two weeks away from seeing a release via Warp, and to help build the anticipation, the pair has shared a stream of King Krule-featuring album cut "You Took Your Time." Read more »

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05/15/2013

Video: Nick Hook & Vin Sol & Matrixxman "I Can Feel It"

Vin Sol, Matrixxman, and XLR8R's own resident advice columnist Nick Hook have hooked up a video for the title track off their recent I Can Feel It EP for Barcelona's Classicworks label. Read more »

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05/15/2013

Watch Todd Edwards' RBMA Lecture

While we wait for the second NYC session of Red Bull Music Academy to kick off this coming Sunday, RMBA has shared its recent lecture with New Jersey-garage elder statesman Todd Edwards. Read more »

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05/15/2013