I’ve been jamming on this track a lot lately. It’s off of LCD Soundsystem’s upcoming album, This is Happening, dropping on May 17th. As always with LCD Soundsystem, this track is longer than the typical 3:30 pop song, but it rewards you for paying attention. I love how everything drops-in and sounds so full of sound at 3:10. Enjoy!

Download (via Mediafire): LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

It’s a new quarter at Portfolio Center and I’m teaching Entertainment Design again. This time around I decided that it would be interesting to start my class off with a small exercise in designing to music by assigning 2 songs to each student. This is exactly like designing for a CD single or an iTunes single. Students will do their research on their assigned artists and create something appropriate based on lyrics, mood, etc.

I gathered 14 tracks into a “mix” that I felt would set the quarter off on the right foot. They are all Spring-y, poppy songs that should be easy to create visuals for.

If anyone is interested in coming by my class (Tuesdays at 6pm) let me know and you’ll see how things turn out.

Download (via Mediafire): Entertainment Design Spring 2010 Mix

Tracklist:
01) The Pietasters - Ocean
02) Camera Obscura - Let’s Get Out of This Country
03) Photobooth - Death Cab for Cutie
04) R.E.M. - Flowers of Guatemala
05) Spoon - Anything You Want
06) Soko - I’ll Kill Her
07) Chester French - She Loves Everybody
08) Everclear - Heartspark Dollarsign
09) The Strokes - You Only Live Once
10) The Donnas - 40 Boys in 40 Nights
11) Regina Spektor - Summer in the City
12) Kate Nash - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
13) The Streets - Never Went to Church
14) Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Stranger Day sent me this leak off his new mixtape with DJ Benzi. The tape is called “Young, Dumb, & Dope” and the track is called “Sunrise Remix”. If you’re in the know, you’ll recognize a lot of the shout outs he mentions on the track. If you want to hear what this sounds like live, I suggest you come to the PROCESS 1st Anniversary event at Graveyard Tavern tomorrow night.

Download: Stranger Day - Sunrise Remix

U.S. Royalty has released this, downloadable EP as they make their way down the East Coast and across the South to Austin, TX’s South by Southwest Music Conference. If you’ve never heard of SXSW, you’ve been living under a rock. Wish these boys luck as they’re sure to melt faces at their SXSW showcase.

Download (via Mediafire): U.S. Royalty - SXSW 2010 EP

Photo by Ryan Purcell aka OhSnapKid.com

Our crew’s favorite Dubstep DJ, Mayhem, puts his unique twist on 8Ball & MJG’s track, Ten Toes Down. I love listening to his live sets, because he always finds a great way to incorporate some Dirty South flavor into them; as you can tell from this remix.

Download: 8Ball & MJG (feat. Lil Boosie) - Ten Toes Down (Mayhem Remix)

North Carolina’s, Stranger Day, brings us a new track in collaboration with Chicago’s British Knights. I’m a huge fan of this song and his new visual identity. Check out that Padre’s inspired SD! I’m looking forward to hearing more from this project (if there is anything else to hear). It’s always encouraging to see a friend put themselves out there in a major way.

Word on the street is that Stranger Day might be making an ATL appearance very soon…

Download: Stranger Day - Polar Bear Cold

Initially, this seems like an odd pairing of one band covering another. Upon further thought, it kind of makes sense as well. Both bands have similar roots in the dub-reggae world, but they differ drastically at their approach to making music. To me, this Vampire Weekend cover is a lot weaker sounding than the original by Rancid, but it has it’s own moments. Thoughts?

Shouts to the Esperanza crew for the heads-up.

Download: Vampire Weekend - Ruby Soho (Rancid Cover)

Rehab just released this exclusive remix via their twitter account. I changed the colorway of the single art I created a few weeks back for this track. Falcons throwback helmets anyone???

Download: Rehab - 1980 (Steaknife Remix)

We Are The Process present’s Cristo Disco’s new live mix. One of many takes to come. “One Track, No Touch ups, No computer Tricks, Some Down South Shit to ride to.”

Download: Cristo Disco - Money Cristo Live Mix

Here’s a new track from Big Boi’s latest LP, Sir Lucious Leftfoot, which is supposedly coming out soon. This track brings back the all-too-familiar pace that sets him apart from the rest. Instant classic! Gotta love the East Point shout out at the end!

Thanks to Dax from SnortThis.com for keeping us in the loop!

Download: Big Boi - Shine Blockas ft. Gucci Mane

Our homie from Charlotte, A Huf, recently released this mixtape to the web. It’s great fodder for Monday morning creativity, so check it out!

Download (via Mediafire): A Huf - The Morning After

Chris from Life After Midnight asked me to submit a Monday Morning Playlist for this week. It’s pretty cool to read through some of the past MMP’s and see what industry bros are listening to. He also conducted an interview with me that will be published on Wednesday. Check it all out here.

Yesterday, I was asked to freak a type treatment for Levi Maestro’s new mixtape (mixed by DJ Sourmilk) featuring songs from his Maestro Knows web series that has gotten hugely popular over the past months.

I decided to go with one of my favorite “display/headline” fonts, Trade Gothic Bold No. 20 Condensed, that I’ve been rockin’ since my design school days. Also, I’m hyped to finally throw down on one of Zach Wolfe’s shots. He’s been holding it down for ATL for years!

Download (via Sendspace): Maestro Knows & DJ Sourmilk Present… Season One Mixtape

NYC’s Da Hardy Boyz are visiting Atlanta this Friday thanks to Chris Black aka Done to Death Projects. They’ll be at Standard 1841 for an after work Keg Party followed by a night of mayhem at El Bar.

We have their single, Hardy Time, streaming on the audio player of our redesigned PROCESS site. Click on Summer Jams.

Download their Turntable Lab Mixtape (via zshare): Da Hardy Boyz Mixtape

A few months ago, Charlotte-based MC, Stranger Day, remixed a track by Atlanta’s Cristo Disco for his Gold Metal Mixtape release with Streetlocal. This past weekend, Stranger Day filmed the music video for the track Cristo Disco Ball in Charlotte and brought Cristo Disco up to the pool party-themed video.

Download: Stranger Day - Cristo Disco Ball

Check out Cristo’s production photos and comments from his day in Charlotte after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

If you haven’t heard of the Willie Isz, you will come this summer. Goodie Mob frontman and Dungeon Family member, Khujo Goodie, has joined forces with Jneiro Jarel to orchestrate their first album, “Georgiavania”. From what I’ve heard so far, the sound is reminiscent of classic goodie mob crunk with a futuristic hip-hop twist that Jneiro Jarel brings to the table. Can’t wait to hear the rest of the album that is due to release in June on Lex Records.

Download: Willie Isz - The Grussle

This is the first taste we get from Mikkey’s The Last Shall Be First EP (produced by Mr. Money Machine aka Don Cannon) and it’s a certified banger! Very appropriate for Memorial Day. It’ll be on heavy rotation in the Treehouse all summer long.

Download: Mikkey Halsted - Hello

Hollyweerd teams up with Grip Plyaz on a new track that reference’s life in Atlanta. This seems to be a winning formula for Grip, as we recently heard him crush the track on DJ Smile’s Atlanta Bitch.

Download: Hollyweerd feat. Grip Plyaz - She’s So ATL

Mums FP’s manager just sent this track over. Apparently it was recorded in 2007, but will finally be released with a mixtape titled, Mr. 4th Quarter, on May 15th. If the rest of the tape has a groove like this track, then we’re in business!

Download: Mums FP - Cool Like

This remix is very straightforward and that’s why I love it. DJ Slink takes a classic AC/DC track and peppers in just enough Three6Mafia to make the track interesting. I heard one of the resident DJs at El Bar play this a couple weeks back, but I can’t remember who it was. Regardless, I’m looking forward to hearing it again at loud-as-hell volume. Perhaps someone will play it for me tonight, if I can make it back to the A in time to see Rob Wonder and Cristo Disco for their Cinco de Mayo party.

Download: AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long (DJ Slink Mix)