Neon Indian's PAL198X synth-fomercial

Neon Indian - Step Into the World With Your PAL198X from Neon Indian on Vimeo.

Lemonade, "The Place Where You Belong"

The Place Where You Belong by LemonadeMusic

Fantastic cover of one of my favorite 80's jams, Shai's "The Place Where You Belong" via Lemonad's Tumblr page. On the Panther Sounds label.

Sims x Lazerbeak - Wildlife freEP

Meenafresh's Saturday Session mixed by B-Rock

Meenafresh's Saturday Sessions Mixed By DJ B Rock Volume 1 by KevinNottingham

Here's a new mixtape series I'm excited to be proud of for the Kevin Nottingham blog.

Tracklist

ASAP Rocky – Peso

Rittz – Fulla Shit (feat. Yelawolf & Big K.R.I.T.) (Prod. by DJ Burn One)
PRGz – Trap Like Mine
Homeboy Sandman – Table Cloth (Feat. Fresh Daily)
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf – Apple Juice Break
Apathy – Check To Check prod Evidence
Dj Jazzy Jeff & Ayah – Notorious Remix feat. Freeway,Tona,Dosage
J Dilla – Crushin’ [Instrumental]
Confidence – Things Done Changed (Confidence Remix)
MED – This Is Your Life feat. MED & Blu, Produced by Exile
Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew
Jaylib – The Red
Elzhi – Halftime (Prod Will Sessions)
Black Milk – Play The Keys [instrumental]
Random Axe – Monster Babies
Skyzoo – Atypical
GZA – Shadow Boxing
Apathy – Stop What Ya Doin’ f. Celph Titled
The Audible Doctor – Soldier Pt. 2
Gangstarr – Mass Appeal
Headnodic – Surgeon General (feat. People Under The Stairs)
C-Rayz Walz – Blvck Gifted (Produced By Marley Marl)
CunninLynguists – Streets (instrumental)
Jazz Spastiks & Junclassic – Bust Ya Melon
Ultimate Breaks & Beats – It’s A New Day
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar
Nas – Nasty
Prof – The Season

DMC Online Finals - DJ Ritchie Ruftone

Rustie - Glass Swords opening track teaser

Rustie - All Nite (taken from Glass Swords) by Rustie

Florence + the Machine, "What the Water Game Me"

Indie darlings turned mass sensation provide us with a new track from their forthcoming sophomore effort and some visual teasers.

Oddisee, "The Blooming"

Off of Odd Seasons, available now.

The Weeknd - Thursday

The Weeknd Thursday by the weeknd thursday

Gittit

J Dilla - Last Donut of the Night Contest Winner

Peanut Butter Wolf: THANKS TO EVERYONE who entered. I watched every entry, wrote notes and put them in categories. I got input from the Stones Throw staff, artists on the label, friends and basically anyone I knew who had an opinion. Almost 2000 words of notes and countless hours of watching later and we have our winners.

I expected around 50 people to enter and ended up with 156. The original goal was to be able to find 15 “winners” to put on the Stones Throw youtube page (which I did), yet I ended up with 50 I felt were at least worth mentioning. Well, more than 50, but you gotta draw the line somewhere.

The top 5 were the hardest to put in order. I would’ve been happy with any combination of those ones, so my personal apologies to #2, #3, #4, and #5 for not winning first place. I hope to do a video in the future with each of you and others from the contest as well. (I’ve already approached a few of you).

Overall, lots of Doom, Dilla and Lord Quas in the contest. I think we could’ve made the contest strictly Donuts and the entries would’ve been just as cool.

Some guys got pretty intense with full cast and crew and others took found footage and did a great job on their own with editing. A lot of the songs like Lightworks, Fancy Clown, Strange Ways, Safety Dance, and Time (Donut Of The Heart) were chosen by multiple entries. And nobody made a Charizma video. L Glad a few of you made a Koushik video though. He’s still one of my fav Stones Throw artists.

Cast: Juha Ilmari Laine, Markku Laitinen, Rami Rusinen, Petra Lumioksa / Director of Photography: Jeremias Nieminen / Camera Operator: Antti Savolainen / Camera Asst: Sofia Palillo / Sound Engineer: Tuomas Vauhkonen / Sound Recording: Ilkka Kunttu / Gaffer: Jeremias Nieminen / Best Boy: Tuomas Peltonen / Runner: Petra Lumioksa / Catering: Petra Lumioksa. J Dilla's "Last Donut of the Night" is taken from the album Donuts (2006)

Prof - King Gampo

Available today from Prof's bandcamp. #BUCKABUCKA

Franz Diego, "Waggin on the Scene"

Southside's [Minneapolis] own, Franz Diego just dropped a new BANGER bringing the WAG state of mind to the forefront. For the DJ's pleasure he wrapped it up in a bow with a clean version, instrumental, acapella and some choice drops for your SP-6. I raise my can of 4Loko...

GITTIT

*don't miss one of the hottest monthly parties in Minneapolis, TURNT UP!, this Friday. Hosted by Franz himself and featuring DJ's Gabe Garcia, Noam the Drummer and Willie Shu.

Evidence, "Same Folks feat. Fashawn"

From Evidence's upcoming Rhymesayers debut.

ASAP Rocky, "Peso"

These visuals bringing it back to the early-90's NY hip-hop stylee.

Outkast, "Elevators (Kasper Remix)"

Elevators by Outkast (Kasper Remix) [Free Download] by Kasper (Drum and Bass)

Fellow Tommie, DJ and all-around good guy, Kasper remixed one of my favorite Outkast songs with some ill atmospheric pianos and smooth bass. Peep more of his stuff on soundcloud.

Outkast, "Elevators (Kasper Remix)"

Coffee Mix

Coffee Mix by DJ B-Rock

I had some time this morning to put together some good vibes from stuff I've been on lately. Enjoy!

Mayer Hawthorne, "A Long Time"

A Long Time - Mayer Hawthorne from MayerHawthorne on Vimeo.

DMC Online Round 11 Winning Routine: ImageFromTheWood

There's been many quality submissions for the online DMC championship, but I particularly appreciated the beat juggling and clever use of the Pioneer 909's built-in effects.

Mike Mictlan, "Cogs + Flywheels"

I guess Mike's been sitting on this track for a little bit, but it's new to us. He's definitely the best emcee doing it in Minneapolis right now. Plus, he's amazing live. You can catch him Friday, August 26th at the Triple Rock.