One week shy of Bilal's newest studio album, A Love Surreal, the veteran soul enigma premiered the entire LP on NPR as part of their "First Listen" series. Still eclectic, still soulful, A Love Surreal evokes the soul-tethered funk early Bilal fans will be familiar with -- his voice pinning each melody to the ground with that tenored sense of reckless abandon. It's the kind of funky soul that is as explorative as it is intelligent, border crossing between jazzy basslines and effervescent synthpop. "Winning Hard"...
Noms has been featured here on EARMILK quite a few times. He's a funky/future music producing panda born of the internet. Who can't love a bamboo eating, sexy song making panda... right? Well, for this holiday of passionate pioneers, he has scheduled an EP to help you cozy down and possibly share a magical moment with your special boo (Valentine's Day should never be over). The single is called "Connection" and the name speaks for itself. It's a down to business, seductive piece made to get you linked up for the...
Five tracks into Iamsu!'s work on Soundcloud and I've found no points of contention with the young artist. Each one has me continually impressed with his even, almost athletic flow. And the surprisingly strong level of production on his mixtapes has me wondering if I've been underestimating...
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It's a little bit trap, a great deal warped and an all around woozy dream for your senses. San Francisco based producer Giraffage dropped his newest mixtape, Needs parsing nostalgic cuts from Cathy Dennis, Ready for the World and other great love ballads into a nine track rhythm safari. Here...
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This morning Toro Y Moi stepped into the studios of KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic show for a live set and interview with host Jason Bentley. The return is a 40 minute, true to life performance of his latest release, Anything in Return which had us over the moon with its warm, loose-knit...
Moments after Take Care secured Best Rap Album at this year's Grammy Awards, October's Very Own released video treatment for "Started From The Bottom", the newest single off his upcoming album Nothing Was The Same. With a newly inked deal between OVO and Warner Bros., Drake is positioning...
Perhaps the only thing more important than wild Friday night plans is the playlist we listen to while we're getting ready to go out. Whether you take half an hour or three hours to pamper and primp, having the right vanity mirror jams will help shake the work week off. Perhaps London's Erol...
The hype surrounding Oakland's exciting bossa nova pop outfit, Trail and Ways is strangely underwhelming. It's sizeable in that their HypeM following is massive -- at times seeing them eek out The Shins and Grizzly Bears -- yet they're still very much a local Bay Area band you can see live for...
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![Noms - Connection EP [EARMILK Exclusive]](/thumbs/post/485x231/girl-bed6.png)
![Drake - Started From The Bottom [Video]](/thumbs/post/320x152/drake5.png)
![Trails and Ways Live At Cafe Du Nord [Recap]](/thumbs/post/320x152/trails-and-ways1.png)
