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What else was it gonna be? Check out today's hot track, "Step" by Vampire Weekend.
http://www.masalic.com/2013/03/18/wasabi-todays-hot-track-step-by-vampire-weekend/

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Step” by Vampire Weekend | Masalic Keying in on hip-hop slang and name-checking “Mechanicsburg, Anchorage and Dar Es Salaam,” Vampire Weekend’s “Step” (part of a double A-side comeback single that also features the chaotically fun “Diane Young”) features more of Ezra Koenig’s brilliant, evocative and reference-heavy lyrics. He’s one…

AlunaGeorge does a song from The Junglebook. Gotta love it.

AlunaGeorge - I Wanna Be Like You (Jungle Book Cover @ Maida Vale) AlunaGeorge (alunageorge) on Twitter https://twitter.com/alunageorge detailsofmylife.net (DetailMyLife) on Twitter https://twitter.com/DetailMyLife

New Earl Sweatshirt, "Whoa." It's pretty sick.

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “WHOA” by Earl Sweatshirt | Masalic Where to start with the new track from Earl? There’s Tyler the Creator’s opening assurance that just because Earl “got all personal” on last year’s excellent “Chum” doesn’t mean that he’s abandoned the reckless, f**k-all tracks that got Odd Future noticed in the first place. There’s the subtly bizar...

A gentrification jam from Fat Tony, with Kool A.D. and Despot. "Stop asking where Brooklyn at/You could have just looked at a map."

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Hood Party” by Fat Tony | Masalic Courtesy of Fat Tony, a rapper who stole his name from one of my all-time favorite Simpsons characters, we get to listen to 2013′s finest gentrification song to-date. “Hood Party” has a rumbling bass from Tom Cruz and snappy one-liners aplenty, thanks to assists from Das Racist’s Kool A.D. and the r...

An old track from Hookworms performed live. Daaang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmqYZ9DcSA4

Hookworms, Teen Dreams; Wharf Chambers, Leeds; 2012 Hookworms performing Teen Dreams at Wharf Chambers, Leeds. Sound by Archie, editing by Eoin Shea http://hookworms.bandcamp.com/ http://www.wharfchambers.org ...

Probably the best record of the year so far, Pearl Mystic by Hookworms is our release of the week. Listen to it and read about it.
http://www.masalic.com/2013/03/08/cayenne-release-of-the-week-pearl-mystic-by-hookworms/

http://www.masalic.com/2013/03/08/cayenne-release-of-the-week-pearl-mystic-by-hookworms/

Riva Starr is a British guy who makes house music that reminds me of The Specials. This, of course, makes him notable.

http://www.masalic.com/2013/03/07/wasabi-todays-hot-track-absence-by-riva-starr/

When was the last time you head the words "new Glass Candy?"

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “The Possessed” by Glass Candy | Masalic At some point in the hopefully near future, we’ll be treated to the second installment of After Dark, the brilliant 2007 compilation from Italians Do It Better. While you’re waiting around for that glorious day, feast your ears on this new Glass Candy track, which will appear on After Dark 2. The Po...

Azealia Banks covers The Strokes' "Barely Legal." It sounds futuristic.
http://www.masalic.com/2013/03/04/wasabi-todays-hot-track-barely-legal-the-strokes-cover-by-azealia-banks/

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Barely Legal (The Strokes Cover)” by Azealia Banks | Masalic Azealia Banks first entered the internet’s collective consciousness as a filthy mouthed, Mickey Mouse-repping wunderkind on 2011′s “212.” Since then, she’s released a well-received EP, headlined a particularly expensive NYC New Year’s Eve Show, clumsily tried her hand at redefining a homosexual slur...

HINT: KEVIN PARKER (OF TAME IMPALA) WAS INVOLVED.

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Crystallized” by Melody’s Echo Chamber | Masalic I adore Kevin Parker. The Tame Impala frontman can layer fuzzed-out, repetitive, squelchy guitar riffs over each other like nobody’s business, and he’s got a knack for melodic, effects-laden solos that are the perfect cherry on top for many of Lonerism’s psychedelic field trips. Parker’s influence i...

AlunaGeorge is pretty dope...

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Attracting Flies” by AlunaGeorge | Masalic AlunaGeorge is the title given to the collaborations between vocalist Aluna Francis and George Reid. These precocious Brits first gained internet attention with “Your Drums, Your Love” and “White Noise,” a track released with electronic duo Disclosure. Now they give us “Attracting Flies,” and its a…

Man Man at The Haunt tonight. TMBG and KEN Mode later this week. Get yr tix.

[Spice Rack: Weekly Event Previews] Week of 2/25/13 | Masalic Philadelphia’s Man Man create soundtracks to your grittiest, most bizarre nightmares. They bring their boozy, s**t-kicking, Tom Waits-channeling live show to The Haunt tonight. BE THERE.

New AlunaGeorge. Awesome stuff.

Attracting Flies Attracting Flies | March 10th | Remixes forthcoming from Baauer (https://soundcloud.com/baauer), S-Type (https://soundcloud.com/s-type) + more. ...

http://www.masalic.com/2013/02/25/wasabi-todays-hot-track-son-of-an-american-by-the-so-so-glos/

The So So Glos - "Son of an American" VHS home videos filmed by our parents Recent footage by Matthew Greeley TV performance courtesy of The Chris Gethard Show Edited by Jeremiah Shuff Additional...

Some awesome white boy dance moves in this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0pS0N_Vy4A

Dutch Uncles - Flexxin Artist: Dutch Uncles Song: Flexxin Label: Memphis Industries Directed by Gavin Wood From the album Out of Touch in the Wild Order from http://itunes.com/dutc...

Nick Cave is a straight up boss. Listen to "We No Who U R."

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “We No Who U R” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Masalic Nick Cave has the kind of knotty, manly voice that lends whatever he sings a great sense of gravity. The lyrics on recent single “We No Who U R” have a trudging, almost hymnal repetition: “The tree don’t care what the little bird sings / We go down with the dew in the morning light.” It sounds like…

Also necessary to talk about: NEW JT VID.

Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (Official) ft. JAY Z Preorder on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/JT2020i?IQid=stv Preorder at Target: http://smarturl.it/JT2020t?IQid=stv Preorder from JustinTimberlake.com: http://sm...

Sultry house music for Valentine's Day. Get wigglin'.
http://www.masalic.com/2013/02/14/wasabi-todays-hot-track-open-jeff-samuel-faded-mix-by-rhye/

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Open (Jeff Samuel Faded Mix)” by Rhye | Masalic Okay, can I be frank with ya’ll? Before I started writing about a track every day, I would have sworn my music-listening proclivities were toward guitar pop, noisy punk music and luxury hip-hop. Now I’m realizing that lithe, agile-sounding house with handclaps and cloud-like keyboards are totally my...

Purity Ring covers Soulja Boy. It's pretty schweet.

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Grammy (Soulja Boy Cover)” by Purity Ring | Masalic Purity Ring struck indie-buzz gold with last year’s Shrines, an occasionally bleak and dreamy electronica record that took cues from producers like Timbaland and Clams Casino. Here, they show that they weren’t just paying lip service to hip-hop’s esteemed knob-twisters with a cover of Soulja Boy’s “...

!!!, a band that is impossible to search on Google, get your pants-parts jiggling with new single "Slyd."

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Slyd” by !!! | Masalic In a world that is post-LCD Soundsystem, there are few established acts from which we can expect to glean some genuine dance-punk jollies. Once you start looking outside of DFA Records (home to The Rapture, Holy Ghost!, S**t Robot and a slew of other bands with great names), that list dwindles even…

J's T and Z are touring together?

Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z Planning Tour Wonder if Kanye's jealous

New Youth Lagoon track is siiiiiiiick.

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Mute” by Youth Lagoon | Masalic Sounding like a cuddlier version of Bradford Cox, Youth Lagoon’s Trevor Powers teases his upcoming sophomore record with “Mute,” a lengthy single whose chirping keyboards and psychedelic swirls cushion one hell of a pop melody. As the track careens off the rails into a hypnotic, buzzing sonic orgy,…

We have an epic concert week coming up: CCC and Dan Smalls bringing in Jeff Mangum to the State, Big Gigantic at Water Street and Passion Pit playing at The Armory with Matt & Kim. Going to any of these?

[Spice Rack: Weekly Event Previews] Week of 2/11/13 | Masalic Jeff Mangum is something of an indie rock Yeti. The songwriter behind Neutral Milk Hotel’s classic love-letter to Anne Frank, 1998′s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, hasn’t released a new record since and has only played a handful of shows in the new millenium. Thanks to a collaboration between the Co...

Check out our first Masalic Mix from DJ Vaibs.

[Wild Thyme: Masalic Weekend Mix] DJ Vaibs | Masalic Welcome to Wild Thyme, where we feature Cornell and local DJ talent by offering up an original mix for download. This week, we introduce DJ Vaibs. Vaibs is Vaibhav Gupta, an AEM major who splits time between Singapore, Bangladesh and, of course, his laptop. His mix is a torrid affair, with house and...

We talk about the new MBV album. It is pretty awesome.

[Cayenne: Release of the Week] m b v by My Bloody Valentine | Masalic Last Saturday, it finally happened: after twenty-two years of waiting, shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine finally released m b v, a followup to 1991′s Loveless. For the uninitiated, Loveless is a landmark album that transformed how people approached guitar music. It was a triumph of texture over m...

Check out some throwback-sounding house music from Oakland's Glenn Jackson.

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “You Too” by Glenn Jackson | Masalic House music is so titled because it can, conceivably, be made in your house. The first ever house record, “On and On” by Chicago’s Jesse Saunders, dictates the rules: repetitive 808 beats, slinky synths and handclaps. Oakland’s Glenn Jackson, pictured above at the mercy of a handful of old synthesiz...

To continue our Australian kick, here's a new track from Pond, a band Gina describes as "Animal Collective's punk-loving drug dealer."
http://www.masalic.com/2013/02/06/wasabi-todays-hot-track-giant-tortoise-by-pond/

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Giant Tortoise” by Pond | Masalic Overachievers beware, this band will make you feel about as prolific as My Bloody Valentine. Pond, the Australian band with an ever-changing lineup, have released four LPs in four years, including last year’s acclaimed Beards, Wives, Denim. That’s not to mention the fact that two of its members are…

Velouria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHhox4_SeHQ

Pixies - Velouria From 1990, one of my favourite videos. So simple but you can't stop watching it.

Australia quartet Dick Diver's "Water Damage" is our track of the day.

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Water Damage” by Dick Diver | Masalic Here’s a charming track that makes it a lot easier to take a band with a name like Dick Diver seriously. The second single off the Melbourne-based quartet’s upcoming LP Calendar Days, “Water Damage” is simultaneously sunny and hopeless, pairing jangly guitar with cutting, resigned lyrics like “all t...

Some Gospel-tinged rock from Primal Scream.

Primal Scream - Movin' On Up Primal Scream - Movin' On Up MV

Masalic previews some cool events coming up this week: Black Francis (of The Pixies), AER and WHY? Anybody checking any of these out?
http://www.masalic.com/2013/02/04/spice-rack-weekly-event-previews-week-of-2413/

[Spice Rack: Weekly Event Previews] Week of 2/4/13 | Masalic These w**d smoking bros return to Ithaca to peddle their easy-going, reggae/hip-hop hybrid. Songs like the Sublime-esque “Floats My Boat” and the lackadaisical upstroke of “Feel I Bring” provide a much-needed reprieve from the snow and seasonal affective disorder that accompanies an Ithaca winter. O...

This:

Factory Floor - "Fall Back" (Official Music Video) SUBSCRIBE to Pitchfork.tv: http://bit.ly/MgXoZp MORE Music Videos: http://bit.ly/J27abt Factory Floor offer up a prismatic, pastel-toned video for their new ...

Wavves "Demons to Lean On" is our track of the day. Check that s**t out.

[Wasabi: Today's Hot Track] “Demons to Lean On” by Wavves | Masalic Nathan Williams may have started his career obscured by noise to the point of absurdity, but on Wavves’ 2010 record King of the Beach he started to show a penchant for bratty, Green Day-influenced pop-punk. “Demons to Lean On,” the lead cut from upcoming fourth album Afraid of Heights, brings some m...

Relive the Beyonce Super Bowl performance, which was super badass.

Beyonce Super Bowl Performance 2013 Halftime Show Super Bowl XLVII HQ Beyonce Half Time Show Performance 2013 - Super Bowl XVLII - (HD) Beyonce Half Time Show Super Bowl 2013 Performance HD Beyonce Super Bowl 2013 Performance H...

Start your morning with the C86-influenced stylings of Fear of Men.

Fear of Men - Mosaic Directed by Williams & Tardo & Fear of Men. A 4eyes.tv Production.