Coldplay‘s fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto (pronounced my-lo zy-letoe), will be released in the U.S. on October 25th. Produced by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson, with enoxification and additional composition by Brian Eno, Mylo Xyloto follows 2008′s Viva La Vida, which charted at No. 1 in 36 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
Mylo Xyloto will be released in digital, CD and vinyl formats. The 180-gram vinyl edition will include a 12″ x 36″ poster. A special limited edition Pop-Up Album version will also be available, which will include a 12″ x 12″ hardback book containing graffiti pop-up art designed by David A. Carter, vinyl, CD and exclusive content including photographs, excerpts from the studio diary and the band’s personal notebooks. Half of the CDs will be packaged with the full color artwork as the cover while the other 50% will have the CD booklet flipped, showing the silver initials “M X” via a die-cut sheet placed over the color image.
“Paradise,” the follow-up to Coldplay’s current single, “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall,” will be released as a commercial single on September 12th.
As we patiently await the arrival of one of the most anticipated albums not in just Hip Hop but music as a whole from two of the strongest forces to ever step into a recording booth, we share with you this behind the scenes footage as Jay-Z and Kanye West both prepare and work on Watch The Throne in Sydney, Australia. The documentary features appearances from Kanye West, Beyonce and Russell Crowe.
Saxophonist and producer Dean Fraser has assembled an all-star cast of contemporary singers and musicians to pay homage to the icon, Gregory Issacs. This week there will be a special live set dedicated to Isaacs at Reggae Sumfest 2011 (the most popular reggae festival held annually in Jamaica). The show will feature live cover performances by legendary and new artists as they celebrate Isaacs’ life and music. Continue reading “‘We Remember Gregory Isaacs’ Tribute Album; Stream Now” »
In case you weren’t the die-hard attendees that got to hangout and attend this year’s Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, you missed out on some quality performances by Q-Tip and Friends, which turned out to be guest performances by Busta Rhymes and Kanye West. Here’s some footage of the surprise set by Kanye that had concert goers going in a social media frenzy by sharing the news with friends.
It’s quite impossible for you to be born in the 80′s and not be a fan of A Tribe Called Quest. As pioneers to the Hip Hop genre, still a force in the industry today and a favorite on many list, it comes as no surprise that DJ’s are putting out tribute mixtapes with the recent release of Michael Rappaport’s documentary on the group and Q-Tip taking the stage this past weekend at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival with several friends and guest performances by Busta Rhymes and Kanye West. Mick Boogie put together this mix of rare songs, demos, limited-edition remixes, and collaborations you may have missed over the years.
Cali rap pioneer Murs recently spent a few weeks on the East Coast recording with Ski Beatz, the producer behind legendary tracks for Jay-Z, Mos Def, Curren$y, Jay Electronica and many more. He’s now back on the West Coast, without his trademark dreadlocks, but with a new album: Love & Rockets, Volume 1: The Transformation, set to drop this fall on Dame Dash’s DD172/BLUROC labels in conjunction with a sixty-day tour alongside Tabi Bonney, McKenzie Eddy, Sean O Connell and Dash. In this video clip, Murs walks into Frank’s Chop Shop in NYC and emerges a few pounds lighter.
Summertime is here once again and Mick Boogie and Jazzy Jeff have teamed up once more to bring you a selection of feel good tunes. The first volume from last summer has been downloaded and streamed over 500K times and this new one promises to reach even more people! Laid-back, beach-friendly, top-down, barbeque-rific music from De La Soul, Stevie Wonder, The Fresh Prince (of course!), The Turtles, Slum Village, The Pharcyde, Q-Tip, Slick Rick, The Isley Brothers and more.
This past February at SoundPure Studios in Durham, NC, The Foreign Exchange gave a private acoustic show for 40 randomly-selected friends and supporters. The evening, captured on both audio and video, is the basis of their latest release, “Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange.”
Serving as a companion piece to their latest release “Authenticity” and as a glimpse into their live show, “Dear Friends” is a double-disc CD/DVD digipak that features the full acoustic concert performed by the band’s current touring lineup of Zo!, Sy Smith, and singer/songwriter Jeanne Jolly. In addition to the live concert recordings, the release also features two new studio tracks; “Steal Away” featuring Jeanne Jolly and “All The Kisses” featuring Amber & Paris Strother of rising indie soul trio KING. “Dear Friends” drops 6/28 on +FE Musicand will be available on iTunes as a specially-priced video bundle.
CyHi The Prynce releases his sequel “Royal Flush” mixtape for the fans. Featuring all new music with guest spots from Yelawolf, Pusha-T, Big Sean with production from Kanye West, No I.D., Shawty Redd, and J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, among others.
Mick Boogie releases a mix from his set that he recently performed at the Tokyo Big Beach Festival. 45 mins of good tunes to make your life a tad bit more bearable. Track-listing after the jump.
