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Nicolas Jaar – Essential Mix
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: DJ Mix
May 19, 2012Download Nicolas Jaar’s eclectic, 2-hour long BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (featuring: Jay-Z, Jonny Greenwood, Aphex Twin, Feist, NSYNC, The Field and many, many more)
M83 @ The Sound Academy 05.06.2012 [show review]
Genre: Alternative, Synth Pop & Indie Dance
Category: Concert Footage, Show Review
May 9, 2012My recollection of M83‘s sold-out performance at the Sound Academy this past Sunday is somewhat of a hazy blur, thanks in part to a wisdom teeth operation I underwent the [...]
Download Major Lazer’s brand new single – “Get Free”
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Audio
Apr 16, 2012featuring the lovely Amber Coffman on vocals
Drake working with Jamie xx extensively on third studio album
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop
Category: News
Mar 29, 2012Drake is in London right now, and took some time yesterday to speak with Kiss FM. In the chat he revealed some interesting insights about what he’s working on right [...]
Live streaming on SalaciousSound: The Roots & more perform for in-person and internet audience [SXSW2012]
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop
Mar 15, 2012This coming Saturday, March 17th from 12-6pm SalaciousSound will be taking part in a live-streaming webcasted showcase at SXSW 2012. The event, presented by MOG and Inspired by Intel, will [...]
Show preview: MOG at the Mohawk featuring The Roots [SXSW2012]
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop
Mar 14, 2012The opportunities at SXSW 2012 are plentiful – so many such that you just can’t take it all in. So it’s with care and excitement that I’ve chosen to check [...]
Why do you fail to recognize beauty?
Genre: Alternative
Category: Music Commentary
Feb 20, 2012A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Watch YACHT’s latest [music video]
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Music Videos
Feb 17, 2012It’s been my experience that everything YACHT puts out is something like a universe unto its own. So like ‘See Mystery Lights’, Shangri-LA, their latest work is visual, audible, and [...]
Bonnaroo headliners and first round line-up announced
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: News
Feb 14, 2012The 2012 Bonnaroo festival, taking place June 7-10 2012 in Manchester, Tennessee will feature the following lineup as announced at this time:
Watch OK Go play over 1000 instruments in their new music video
Genre: Alternative
Category: Music Videos
Feb 6, 2012To execute this monumental and frankly insane video, OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. It took 4 months of preparation and [...]
Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” remixed by Mr. Charlton
Genre: Alternative, Deep House, House, Tech House
Category: Audio
Feb 1, 2012Yesterday, Mr. Charlton released this remix for Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” on his Soundcloud His rendition brings the emotion of the original onto the dancefloor. Check it out [...]
James Blake – A Case of You [Music Video]
Genre: Alternative
Category: Audio
Dec 20, 2011I’m staying with my mummy for Christmas and despite the fact that she crept up behind me and said “I LOVE THIS SONG” while I was watching this video, shot [...]
Glitch Mob Remixes White Stripes
Genre: Alternative, Electro House
Dec 17, 2011The Glitch Mob, the massive Electro House and Dubstep group, remixes the The White Stripes’ classic “Seven Nation Army”. Done for the new G.I. Joe Movie “Retaliation” trailer, they [...]
Grammy Predictions: The Year of Skrillex
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: Concert Footage, Features, News, Show Preview
Dec 16, 2011Some people watch the Grammys to see who’s receiving one of the most prestigious recognitions of musical talent, some for Lady Gaga’s outfit, but this year I’ll be watching to [...]
Subversive Azealia Banks House Rap
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop, House
Category: Audio, Music Videos
Dec 13, 2011Originally from Harlem, NY, this very talented (and classically trained) performer, Azealia Banks, has made it big in the UK. Her single “212″ has earned more than 1 million hits [...]
Mickey Moonlight and the Time Axis Manipulation Corporation – Review
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Album Review, Audio, Music Commentary
Dec 13, 2011Mickey Moonlight is one of today’s most eccentric Electro producers. The British Ed Banger constituent has released two EPs to date, and likes to describe his music as ‘Science Fiction [...]
Re:mix Lab Update – Kickoff and RE:Generation ft Skrillex, DJ Premier, Erykah Badu, Crystal Method
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: Music Commentary, Re:mix Lab, Show Review
Dec 9, 2011So Re:mix Lab is half over, and I am half dead from the series of open-bar x no-cover parties that have been running this week down at 401 S. Main [...]
Re:mix Lab Los Angeles December 6-11
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: News, Re:mix Lab, Show Preview
Dec 6, 2011At the time of publication, your faithful Salacious Sound editor in chief is on a jet plane running up in the sky so deep it be cryin’. I’m on my [...]
Low Tide for Chill Wave?
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Music Commentary, Show Review
Nov 28, 2011Sorry about making you spit your vodka-redbull all over your macbook, but Salacious (an electronic music blog) is totally about to write about Neon Indian (an alleged rock band). Bizarre, [...]
Theophilus London in Chicago November 19
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop
Category: Music Videos, Re:mix Lab, Show Preview
Nov 10, 2011After releasing his debut full-length album earlier this year on Warner Brothers to critical acclaim, Brooklyn-dwelling Theophilus London has spent the balance of his year performing to sell-out crowds preceding [...]
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