Respect the cojones on Nuuro, a high school kid from Venezuela who makes a couple decent laptop beats in his room and then throws on the track suit for some street shots. Can't say we'd be any different.
"Edison Melodies" flips a peaceful Jose Gonzalez jaunt into Four Tet-style blip hop, with, actually, pleasing results. Nice work son.
Nuuro - Edison Melodies
Jose Gonzalez - Remain
and were going to post riveting notes from his performance at the Music Hall of Williamsburg(?) this weekend, and then found this cut from La Blogotheque which is much, much cooler:
Fingerless gloves, sleeveless shirt, spiked hair/collar, gunplay, explosions and casual photography, ladies it's Don Johnson and he's lookin for a heartbeat. In what is the unquestioned all-time leading crossover musical debut from a former Miami Vice star (narrowly topping 1985's Living the Book of My Life by Philip Michael Thomas, which actually ages pretty well), DJ drops sultry heat in this masterfully-produced time capsule of 80s Hollywood hubris. We could offer literally thousands of words of satirical play-by-play commentary, but instead invite you to host your own mystery science theatre.
Don Johnson - Heartbeat
It's probably not a stretch to think that The Knife were driven by an urge to create after seeing this video in a VH1 "Worst Of" countdown. And who can resist a clever compilation of similarly-titled songs from an eclectic range of artists? Not us, that's for sure.
The Knife - Heartbeats
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats (The Knife cover)
Scala & Kalacny Brothers - Heartbeats (The Knife cover)
Annie - My Heartbeat
