Crystal Ghost

His new tune, which will be released on a new EP via Stereocure immanently, is a gem. He fuses African funk with New Wave, Pop and vintage Electronic sounds like it's nothing. The result is warm, disembodied retro chillwave disco. I wish I had this while the weather was still warm. 

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Tony Castles

And now for something different. Got that infectious pop anthem quality of early Dr. Dog records but with a just a dash more sky-high post-millenial rhythm and blues.

Lower Entrance "Mass Production EP"

Really digging this. Starts mellow, picks up in the middle, all futuristic with respect for the past. 

Check out the whole ep. 

Ski Beatz

Not a household name, except among hip hop heads, Ski Beatz did a bunch of production for Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt. Yeah, it's like that. He's been busy lately. This project, Endless Summer, with Tabi Bonney is slick, and there's an EP with Camp Lo he just did. I'm really feeling the opening tune, "On Jupiter." 

Jesse Futerman preview

The Jesse Futerman has a new EP, titled Fuse the Witches, coming soon. Don't sleep on it. His last EP was a killer. Groovy instrumentals in the vein of Shadow, et al. Here's a preview of his upcoming project. 

Go back and check out his Super Basement EP too. 

Video: Yeasayer "I Remember"

In honor of Valentine's day, Yeasayer sent out an email with a new video and some remixes. It's better than flowers, and on par with chocolates (except it won't go straight to your hips). Just kidding. It will go straight to your hips. A bizarre homage to cleaning a motorcycle, which is not a euphemism for masturbation, ensues...

 

Swing by their website to download a three track EP with the album version of "I Remember" and two remixes. 

Pink Kodiak

Former Savannahian-turned-Iowan, one-man-band Pink Kodiak is hard at work on a new project, further exploring the uncharted territory of Death Pop, the style that probably best sums up much of his catalog. The new EP, One Man Wolfpack, is in production now, and he sent over a new song called "A Narrow Escape from Drowning" that you should definitely check out.
 
 

New Flying Lotus EP

Futuristic beat maestro Flying Lotus leaked a track off his upcoming 7-track EP today.
"Camera Day"
   Flying Lotus - Camera Day (taken from Pattern+Grid World) by Warp Records
The new album is called Pattern+Grid World, and it hits the streets on Sept. 21. He's touring North America too, so if you live in a major metropolitan area, take notice.

The Niceguys

If you like Tanya Morgan, you'll definitely be feeling this; not because they sound similar, but because they work toward the same standard of quality and use a lot of classic hip hop elements, like the R&B singer intro (see: "Daytona 500"), for example - or rapping using real words strung together in sentences.

When I first saw their name, I worried that it would be riding the Cool Kids' jock, but these guys come correct with their own thing. They're from Houston, but one of the MCs hails from Queens. The end result of the aforementioned geographical diversity is a style that melds Houston's unique branch of Southern style with some classic NYC sensibilities. Check out the cut "Not At All".

If you dig, go download their new EP called The Green Room for free here.

Alex B "You and I Both Know"

It's been a busy week, but this is just what I was looking for to take the edge off and prepare for what should be a pretty interesting weekend.

Dare Dukes, Little Tybee and Book of Colors are playing at the Co-Lab tonight, followed by Sunglasses "farewell Savannah" performance at Hang Fire later. They are about to head to Maryland to record an LP and then tour.

[By the way, can I mention that I hope those fellas from Sunglasses return to Savannah as heroes rather than settling down in another city, it kills me to watch all of our great talents sapped by the attraction of larger markets like NYC, ATL, LA, ATX.]

What I started out to mention was that this track Alex B track "You and I Both Know" is the bees-goshdarn-knees and you should check it out if you're into jacked up soul finely chopped with a dash of glitch and some serious space funk.

Visit his website for more info.

Oh yeah, the other reason this weekend will be awesome - the debut of the Savannah Record Club's Vinyl Appreciation over at  Indigo Arts on Sunday at 5pm. Come by and check it out. Lost gems and forgotten prodigies.

Also, in a side note to the aforementioned Dare Dukes, you should check out the new project featuring the Blackstock Collective (Dare's band) bass player Charles, it's called Brandywine. Live band doing laidback hip hop instrumentals. Grab a copy of their new EP from their blog. Good stuff.

They will be making an appearance at the Savannah Urban Arts Festival - the full line up of which is probably being released in the next couple of days, and which I will be sure to post, because it will be really awesome. Drop by the website for some of the stuff already listed, including a couple artists and the week's lineup.