Here’s the video of Nneka performing her song “Heartbeat” on Letterman in case you missed it. Nneka is the Nigerian-German singer/songwriter who just recently released her newest album entitled Concrete Jungle. The album just came out on Feb 2nd so you aren’t really behind if you are just now hearing about her. She’s been around for a minute but this is her first US release. The song “Heartbeat” has so much soul and emotion put into it and the heartbeat rhythm just puts you into a little trance. I’ve also included another song from her album just to give you a little sample. Check out the video and the tracks below.

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Download: Nneka – Heartbeat

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Download: Nneka – Showin’ Love

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RJD2 is a busy man now that his latest album has officially been released. The album, The Colossus, was just released on the 19th so it was a great pleasure for us to be able to speak with him after such a major release even though we only had a chance to ask some rather softball type questions. Check out the interview below and definitely go buy his latest album, especially considering the fact that RJ is  in control of all aspects of his album release with his own label.

Here’s a track, from the new album, to ride on while you read the interview:

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RJD2 – Games You Can Win (Feat. Kenna)

EM: How many records do you have in your collection?

RJD2: Never counted, but probably in the range of 5000. Not a huge collection by any standards, really.

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This is your Daily 2% – Chilled and Ready to Serve. We will try to bring you one “chill” track every day. This is for when you get home and you are trying to unwind. You reach for that glass of wine or that unlit Black & Mild or maybe you reach for something more herbal. This track is for those times. We will try to bring you at least one a day. We are just your milkmen and I’m here to make a delivery. Chill…..

Today’s delivery is brought to you by a group called 10Ft Ganja Plant. That’s right folks that’s their actual name and you couldn’t think of a better name once you have listened to their stuff. They make a lot of great classic dub reggae that’s perfect for a sunny day (regardless of the temperature) to chill out to. These guys hail from New York and have always been quite a mystery to most folks because they are known for not naming their guest artists and just keeping low-key. They have released 4 albums to date and the the song i’m bringing to you today is from their Bass Chalice album and the track is called “Blood Money”. Everybody could use a little more reggae in their life so check out the track and relax….

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Download: 10 Ft. Ganja Plant – Blood Money

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I was recently introduced to a folk-rock band called The Headlocks and i’m so glad for this introduction because these guys make some really amazing music. I’m a huge fan of live/folk music and a lot of the songs made by these guys easily fits that description. These guys have a really amazing layered sound that is missing from a lot of new music nowadays. Many would classify The Headlocks as a “jam band” and you definitely get that vibe in a lot of their songs from their latest album because it just feels like these guys really enjoy jamming out together. They have amazing vocals that are backed with a great group of instrumentalists.

One of the best things about this band is they have such an eclectic choice of music that they play. In one song you may hear rock mixed with folk mixed with a little soul sprinkled with some blues and it all sounds great mixed together. The track that sticks out the most to me right now is “Amen to Good Charles” which is a great lively song that wont disappoint if you are in the right mindset and ready to enjoy some light-hearted music. The Headlocks just recently released their debut album entitled Cuckoo Bird and below are a few of the tracks that stood out to me the most. Check them out and check out the bands website and myspace for more.

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Download: The Headlocks – Made Of Fire

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Download: The Headlocks – Amen Good Charles

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There has been some buzz going around about The Flaming Lips making a cover for Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” album. I think it sounds like a pretty good idea…but it’s just hard for me to understand why they want to do an album pretty much no one on the planet could make better. They do a pretty good cover of “Eclipse” her at KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. They stopped by to talk a little about their recently released album, ‘Embryonic‘.

The band did reveal a few details about the cover album, but no release date. In the meantime, check out the video here! They start rocking on Eclipse towards the end, they play one of their tracks first. So, either listen or skip through.

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People have been waiting to hear more LCD Soundsystem for almost 3 years. Now, you get to. Their newest track “Bye, Bye, Bayou” is an 7 minute long epic that is a disco flavored remix/cover of Suicide member Alan Vega’s 1980 track. It has a definite sexy feel too, something that kind of reminds me of Brooklyn funk/psychadelic rock band Chk Chk Chk (!!!). I think this is pretty much what we should be hearing from the new album, which is allegedly supposed to come out in March 2010, but I think we all know how these things go. The vinyl for this track drops on November 12, so you DJ’s can go grip it and make some more disco infused crazy shit for us all to listen to. And hey, when you get done, Soundcloud those tracks to us. Maybe we’ll write you up too. I’m hyped on this track right now. I also found this recording of them live in Manchester, and its really good quality, so I’m posting it also.

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Download: LCD Soundsystem – Bye Bye Bayou

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LCD Soundsystem – Live In Manchester

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