stream: Smith Westerns – 3am Spiritual

May 20, 2013 No comments yet

Who doesn’t like a good honest uplifting rock track? The Chi-City garage/lo-fi group Smith Westerns give us a second taste of their forthcoming new LP, Soft Will, out June 25th. I’m excited to have new whirring guitars and keys to get me through my lazy summer nights. 3am Spiritual continues with the same signature vibe also found [...]

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mp3: Otik – Sticks & Tones

May 20, 2013 No comments yet

Wake up wavvvy friends. Welcome to another MJF Monday morning mp3. Yeah, I just made that a thing. This time we got English producer Otik giving you a smooth haze for your ears to get lost in. He’s just 20 years young, and has been dishing out awesome sample-based electronic dub tracks for a couple [...]

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video: Juicy J – Boss Nigga

May 19, 2013 No comments yet

Juicy J produced this track with some help from Crazy Mike.  Not to be confused with the similarly titled 1970s film starting Fred Wiliamson. This track stays trippy, mane, and you too can stay trippy, mane, when Juicy’s new album, entitled, Stay Trippy, comes out July 2nd on Taylor Gang Records. Reportedly the album will feature The [...]

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mp3: Alf Alpha – Light Arrow

May 15, 2013 No comments yet

Yo, all of my favorite producers have been making these uplifting jams, gettin’ errbody all excited for summer.  The dude Alf Alpha‘s #pizzawave beats have been rockin my ears since that legendary Sahara Tent opening set of Coachella 2011. This new one, Light Arrow, seems to be the first glimpse at an upcoming 2013 project from from the [...]

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mp3: Airhead – Milkola Bottle

May 15, 2013 No comments yet

Airhead, who is the childhood friend and guitarist of James Blake’s incredible live sets, is preparing for his solo debut LP. About a month ago we heard the first new track, the gorgeous, classical guitar driven Autumn. Airhead continues to breakdown his genre, playing with whirring synths, turning vocal samples into entirely new instruments and continuing [...]

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mp3: Ryan Hemsworth – Perfectly

May 14, 2013 1 comment

The Remix Ryan Gosling brings some new new to your new music tuesday. I think Ice Cube must have called the Coors Light train to the Northeast, because I’m freezing, but this song should warm your music soul or whatever. It really is more summery sounding than his usual haze of distortion and bass, the glockenspiel probably [...]

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Late Night Snack: Andrea – Cruising EP

May 12, 2013 No comments yet

French producer Andrea just dropped his new EP Cruising on Moose Records.  Andrea brings uplifting ambient electro production and spacey bass heavy LFOs accompanied by both pop r&b and hip-hop vocals. His range of production styles is quite impressive, especially for a three track EP.  You can stream and download the EP for free, or toss [...]

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mp3: Thelonious Martin – Sleep Pattern

May 12, 2013 No comments yet

Listen up insomniacs. Beatmaster Thelonious Martin stayed up through the night to bring you a hazy instrumental akin to what you might hear on those awesome  adult swim bumps.  If you’re thirsty for more, make sure to grab Martin’s excellent 2013 beat tape From Me to You, available at a name your price basis. Thelonious Martin [...]

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