The best music on the web this week.
Róisín Murphy - Momma’s Place
The Wicklow-born diva returns with a great pop-house number which serves as a forewarning to her new baby daughter that mama was a bad girl first and knows all the tricks in the book.
The Knife’s opera opus
A stunning 11-minute song which appears on the Swedish electro duo’s forthcoming opera side project album Tomorrow, In A Year. ‘Colouring the Pigeon’ was easily the most popular song in the music blogosphere last week.
Colouring of Pigeons by The Knife
Reflection Eternal mixtape
Talib Kweli (who plays Tripod on 30th of January) takes a break from his sporadically good solo career to re-unite with producer Hi-Tek under the Reflection Eternal banner once again this year. The RE:Union mixtape which features guests spots from Jay Electronica and Mos Def is a taster of what’s to come.
Download mixtape
Jay Electronica – Exhibit C
Speaking of the New Orleans rapper and father of Erykah Badu’s child, he has also produced one of the best rap songs in eons in the form of Exhibit C showcasing a soulful sample, bumping bass all while divulging his own backstory. An instant classic.
Listen at the Hype Machine
Band of Blogs
Fri, Jan 15, 2010