Thursday 12 December 2013

HTRK - Give It Up


Nice chilled atmosphere.

Anna Calvi - Dummy (Mixtape Dec 2013)



Apart from a few slip ups, like Vampire Weekend, all in all a nice selection.
Calvi's new album "One Breath" is out now on Domino Records
1. Connan Mockasin - Faking Jazz Together
2. The McIntosh County Shouters - Lay Down Body
3. Grace Jones - Walking in the Rain
4. György Ligeti - Lux Aertna
5. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Kalimankou Denkou
6. Serge Gainsbourg - Melody
7. Sylver Tongue - Sugar Coat
8. Angel Olsen - The Waiting
9. Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey
10. Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver (Main Title)
11. Steve Reich - Different Trains - America Before the War
12. Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Prelude to Act I)

Wednesday 18 September 2013

Thursday 12 September 2013

B.I.G - Juicy



Yeah, this album is dedicated to all the teachers that told me 
I'd never amount to nothin', to all the people that lived above the 
buildings that I was hustlin' in front of that called the police on 
me when I was just tryin' to make some money to feed my daughters, 
and all the peoples in the struggle, you know what I'm sayin'?

Sunday 8 September 2013

Machinedrum - Gunshotta

Taken from the Machinedrum single 'Gunshotta Ave. EP' released October 14 2013 on Ninja Tune.

Tuesday 27 August 2013

Darkside - First 11 minuites of new album



Lookin' forward to this.

Download of first 11 minutes available here.

The National - Graceless



Video of Graceless just released, directed by Sophia Peer.

From the new album Trouble Will Find Me, out now.

Monday 19 August 2013

Ka - The Night's Gambit



Ka just has a great flow. This is taken from his new album, The Night's Gambit. Check it out.

Prince - Breakfast Can Wait


New slice of funk from the purple one. Featuring Dave Chappelle on the cover, this may be a good indicator that Prince has his sense of humour back.

Saturday 10 August 2013

Boards of Canada - Reach For The Dead


New Boards of Canada LP out now.

'Tomorrow's Harvest' 
Monday 10th June 2013 (Tuesday 11th in N. America)

Saturday 6 July 2013

Moby - A Case For Shame

Fuck Buttons - The Red Wing


UK Tour in September

Third album 'Slow Focus' out now.

Slava - Girl Like Me


The video definitely makes an impression that will colour your memory of this track.

Ellery James Roberts - Kerou's Lament

Feds Watching - 2 Chainz ft. Pharrell Williams



Gonna quote Jayson Greene's review on this one : To hear Pharrell tell it, he and 2 Chainz banged out "Feds Watching" in a few delirious hours while still sporting their post-Grammys tuxedos. In that interview, he paints a hilariously evocative picture of 2 Chainz busily tapping out his verses on a phone while the beat plays, glancing up occasionally only to holler an ad-lib. This is the 2 Chainz approach, epitomized: He works hard, fast, and sloppy. He does not sweat precision. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take, and a 2 Chainz verse is like a Nate Robinson/J.R. Smith one-on-one game.
On "Feds Watching", 2 Chainz says things like "I'm known to kick it like the captain of the soccer team" and "Money on the rise, like I'm counting on an elevator," continuing his reign as the worst writer to morph into an amazing rapper in five years. Pharrell pairs the squinty-bright synthesizers he loves with hard, menacing drums. It's gaudy, emphatic, elbows-out, and indelibly catchy: It's 2 Chainz in beat form.

Saturday 1 June 2013

Used to Love Her - Guns and Roses



Possibly their best gig ever. Back in the early days at CBGBs in New York. Check out the whole thing some time.

College and Electric Youth - A Real Hero



In keeping with the Drive related theme. A live version of A Real Hero. 

Saturday 25 May 2013

Chromatics - Cherry


Another track from After Dark II.

Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter



A rather more upbeat vibe for Glass Candy, and another video from Alberto Rossini. New compilation from Italians Do It Better, After Dark 2 out imminently with this as the first track.

Doin' It Right - Daft Punk feat. Panda Bear Cover



Kind of ridiculous, but maybe that gives it it's charm.

Sunday 28 April 2013

Miles - Status Narcissism


Miles' new album, Faint Hearted is out now on Modern Love. Buy it at Boomkat.

Nicolas Jaar's Boiler Room Set




Nicolas Jaar has been a regular feature on Stripped-Bear since the start. Check this amazing 46 min boiler room set in NYC from last month.

The video has no sound, but the audio can be streamed simultaneously from the link above.

Friday 26 April 2013

House of the Rising Sun - The White Buffalo


Americanized.

Geordie Animals - House of the rising son


Obviously PH (pre Hendrix) Chas.

Geordie Night - Pet Shop Boys - Its a Sin


Classic song about my old school.

The Police - So Wonly


Hey. He may have lost his geordie accent here, and so called cod-reggae may not be the coolest thing. but if I was an ex school teacher from Newcastle having this much fun, then.. you know what? f u? Pop music was better. Three old dudes, some cheap sunglasses and some bleach make for a good time down saath in London town.

Geordie Tribute - Money for Nothing - Dire Straits & Sting


Here's the start of a few tributes to some geordie lads and lasses who made it, unlike me.. and the rest of us.. These guys didn't care about cool. they just wanted to play their music, and maybe sell some records.. Obviously these were the first hipsters, WAY before it was cool.

Wednesday 10 April 2013

Laurent Garnier - Ninja Tine Radio Mix

   Laurent Garnier mixes an impeccable tour through his soundtrack collection. From Herbie Hancock to Moricone via Carpenter, Vincent Gallo and Bernard Herrman. Awesome.

Milk Music - Cruising With God

Cruise Your Illusion out April 2nd via Fat Possum Records.

Gobby - Fader Mix

Sunday 7 April 2013

Sunday 24 March 2013

Saturday 16 March 2013

Cream - Sitting on top of the world


Recorded live 10-10-67 Detroit, MI. Unfortunately not professionally. This was Cream at their peak.

Monday 4 February 2013

Jimi Hendrix - Somewhere



From new Jimi Hendrix album 'People, Hell & Angels' available now to pre-order. 
Out March 2013.

Atoms For Peace - Judge Jury and Executioner


AMOK IS OUT 25th OF FEB, PRE-ORDER HERE

JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER FROM AMOK WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 12" VINYL FROM 11TH OF MARCH. THE FLIPSIDE IS A TUNE CALLED S.A.D. PRE-ORDERHERE