Platinum producer and rising rapper Russell W. Howard fires out tracks with unmatched grit and determination. His links up with Nipsey Hussle for his new single, “Welcome to the Lovely Life,” showcasing a life of class and glamour.  Hosted by DJ Ill Will, his mixtape, Beautiful Distraction, is packed with features including Jadakiss, Jon Connor, and more…set to release in February.

Having already produced for hip hop legends like Jay-Z, DMX, and Paul Wall, Russ represents a rare breed of artists and is now ready to shake up the rap game.

Check out the teaser video to Russell W’s upcoming mixtape, Beautiful Distraction. (more…)

Tags: Beautiful Distraction, DJ Ill Will, Nipsey Hussle, producer/rapper, Russel W, Russel W. Howard, upcoming mixtape

Andrew Lim or, Aylen has been featured on the site multiple times, and every time, he has done nothing but kill his tracks. This kid can remix anything and everything, and they all flat out bang. Aylen will have a huge 2012 due to his funky electro style and his awesome ability to remix huge tracks no matter what genre they are in.

The first track, Aylen’s remix of Afrojack and Shermanology‘s “Can’t Stop Me” is straight fire. Where Afrojack inserts Dirty Dutch madness, Aylen switches that for flat out funky electro. Give this a listen and a DOWNLOAD and enjoy the hell out of it, cause it’s a party starter.

Afrojack & Shermanology – Can’t Stop Me (Aylen Remix)

The next track is Aylen’s take on a brand new Rusko track. And instead of change it’s style completely, he ventures into the Moombah category and succeeds above and beyond. This is a great track from Aylen, I picture this being played in the middle of a set in an effort to switch up styles a little bit, cause as we all know Moombah will get the people goin. Give this a listen and download, and turn it up.

Rusko – Somebody To Love (Aylen Remix)

Tags: Afrojack, Aylen, electro, moombah, Rusko, shermanology

Recently we had the opportunity to interview BenniB about his latest music video, “Uncharted” and what the future holds for the up-and-coming Seattle artist.

Listen and download “Uncharted”.

Click more to read our Q&A interview with BenniB and learn about vision of “Uncharted” from the director. Plus watch the official music video to “Uncharted.” (more…)

Tags: BenniB, Jon Holman, Q&A interview

Three new Miike Snow songs released in the last month, including a remix to my favorite of them all, “Devil’s Work“. The first song “Black Tin Box” has a spacey kind of sound that is good to chill to. “Paddling Out” is more upbeat and has great production as it seems like a good upbeat hipster lounge song. Lastly Alex Metric did a remix of “Devil’s Work”, one of my favorite recent Miike Snow tracks.

Stream all three new tracks below!

Miike Snow – “Black Tin Box”

Listen to “Paddling Out” and “Devil’s Work” (Alex Metric Remix) below. (more…)

Tags: Alex Metric, Miike Snow

My homie DOSVEC hit me with this insane mashup and he even made a sick video for it. Watch the video above, and Download the track Below!

Click To Download: DOSVEC – Win Gold Dust

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Jordan Atkins-Loria, also known by his stage name Lucky Date, is a Chicago based Producer/DJ who is making some serious waves in the EDM industry. Originally hailing from California, Lucky Date has a great vibe emanating from his tracks. His style feels like a crossover between Porter Robinson and Skrillex with some sick electro synths and melodies thrown in. That is the best I can do to describe this awesome producer, his style is very unique and that’s a good thing.

Lucky Date is currently preparing to kick off the X-Tour with the likes of Excision and Liquid Stranger, two heavy hitters in the EDM world. He has done official remixes for The Crystal Castles, Greenskeepers, Richard Vission, Trash Yourself, Alex Kidd USA, Vhs or Beta, Lazy Rich, Frederik Olufsen, Zedd, and many others. He also works as a synth engineer providing the sounds behind some of the worlds biggest names including David Guetta. It’s time to get on board with Lucky Date cause his stock is rising at an exponential rate.

Here’s three of his biggest tracks; you can like Lucky Date on Facebook here.

Lucky Date – Ho’s & Disco’s (Space Laces Remix)

Lucky Date & Midnight Conspiracy – Veyron (Night Version)

BARE and Datsik – King Kong (Lucky Date Remix) Preview

Tags: BARE, Chicago, Datsik, Lucky Date, Midnight Conspiracy, producer/dj, Space Laces

Here’s an unusual but entertaining quality remix from Futurecop! and Ham$tar*. It’s not the most catchy but I’m loving all the instrumentals he throws on this Taylor Swift track. I don’t really like Taylor Swift‘s music but I like her “Love Story” song a bit more because of this interesting remix. Stream and download below.

Previous: Angel & Airwaves - The Adventure (Futurecop! Remix)

Tags: Futurecop!, Ham$tar*, Taylor Swift

Brand new hip-hop track from Black Cobain and Ethan Jaymes. I love the horns and kickdrum beats produced by Falside in “Same Difference”, the rapping from Cobain and Jaymes are on-point and superb. Overall a quality hip-hop song I think gets some play on these artists respective local radio stations.

DOWNLOAD “Same Difference”

Previous: Ethan Jaymes – Breakfast in Rhode Island (exclusive mixtape)

Tags: black cobain, Ethan Jaymes, Falside

Flashlights returns and better than ever! This time they release their newest single “Fireworks” off their upcoming EP So Close To Midnight which is due to release this Spring. This alternative/dance oriented sound is vintage and is exactly what the music industry needs. I look forward to what is next from the upcoming EP. Enjoy!

Download: Flashlights – “Fireworks”

Tags: Fireworks, Flashlights, So Close To Midnight EP

Last Friday, I saw PK rock out at The Mint in West Los Angeles. The Mint is an intimate bar/nightclub and with around 75 people at the show, so this picture wasn’t taken from the show I attended.

PK didn’t disappoint and was probably one of my favorite indie rock acts I have seen live! I highly recommend catching them in concert if they are in your area as they make upbeat indie rock, jamming out with three guitarists and a lead singer with unique vocals to take them to the top.

PK is probably a song placement away from becoming a mainstream hit, I enjoyed just about every song they did live and hope recommend you listen to all their music and support like/follow them on facebook and twitter. Here’s my favorite song which they ended the night with, “London”, which we featured on our 1st edition of Best You Never Heard back in September 2010!

I hate leaving you with only one song from the band, so here’s their latest song, “Not In Love”, a cover of the original from Crystal Castles/Robert Smith.

Previous: PK - “Seawolves” x “Berelain”

Tags: cover, indie rock, Los Angeles, PK, The Mint