The New Hotness YouTube playlist is looking pretty damn good these days...
1. Indian Agent - "Life Keeps On Spinning" 2017 These people amaze me (Silver Jackson, OCnotes, + Zak Dylan Wass). I don't write sentences as grand as the following so I'll let Jonathan Zwickel of City Arts Magazine etc. speak about the album...
It's a dreamy, wavy montage of broken, downtempo beats, Galanin's relaxed, distorted vocals, hypnotizing guitar and ambient electronics, ghostly in its sound and urgent in its themes. (told you it was good)
2. Princess Nokia - "Bart Simpson + Green Line" 2017 Princess Nokia is no stranger to The New Hotness; she puts out so much high quality material that it is hard to take your eyes off her.
3. Stop Biting Beatmakers Vol. 2 SEATTLE MUSIC The Stop Biting crew has done more for me than they could ever know and I love them all. Standing at LoFi nodding my head to their music will always be one of my happy places. These days Stop Biting is the last Tuesday of every month, you should definitely go.
They released this documentary with Volume 1 back in 2012...
4. Kari Faux feat. Jerry Paper - "Gotta Know" 2017 Kari Faux had me hooked with "Fantasy" off her 2016 album Lost En Los Angeles. I posted "Fantasy" on Ten Artsy Weirdos You Should Know back in December 2016 alongside 9 other artists who just happen to be women; look at it, the list rules. I have yet to listen to her latest album, Primary, but it is patiently waiting for me to stop listening to Rapsody, Wiki, and Princess Nokia.
5. Mahalia - "Sober" 2017 This went directly to currently overplaying status in my world; still not sick of it. The version she did for A COLORS SHOW is flame emoji too. Mahalia is now officially on my radar with this track I found via YouTube algorithms.
6. The Flavr Blue - "Fetti + Spaghetti" 2017 SEATTLE MUSIC The Flavr Blue's perspective on life and commendable grind has helped them to far surpass being labeled Seattle artists even though they happen to be Seattle peeps. This song premiered on Complex today with a some back story on the visuals and the announcement of their upcoming album, Blue Dream, due out October 27.
7. Sudan Archives - "Water" 2017 STONES THROW Did you know Sudan Archives traveled to Ghana to teach children music production? Me neither, til I read this... #superheroshit
8. 316 (Oneohtrix Point Never + Ishmael Butler) - "The Rapture" 2017 We actually do live on the same planet as these people, they've just transcended to another plane unreachable to those who have yet to visualize their maximum creative potential. Adult Swim has been killing it with their single collection; even if some of them have gone missing.
9. RVN - "GREYNEON" 2017 SEATTLE MUSIC Thanks for being 100% you RVN (formerly Raven Matthews), the universe needs your weirdness. One of Seattle's most interesting people has just released a new album and it's just as unique as we knew it could be. Keep it up RVN!
10. Billy Blaze - "Here + There" 2016 SEATTLE MUSIC I can't believe I missed this when it came out; this is the Rainwater Conglomerate jam I love the most on their EP I posted on The New Hotness Vol. 9. Here's hoping we get to see more visuals from this crew; I'd love to see them pull together a full album and launch it with gusto via social media... here's hoping.
11. The Mouse Outfit feat. IAMDDB + Fox - "I Wonder" 2017 UK HIP HOP I love pairing "local" artists from all over the world together; in theory, it will help them to link up so they can do shows together and share a planet-wide fanbase. Lofty goals can be exhausting and I'll never know for sure if I finished said bridge but I'll have a great time building it. Pretty sure this crew has yet to tour the US but I'd prefer to see them overseas anyway.
In case you were wondering, this is what's going on with The Mouse Outfit...
12. Lizzo - "Truth Hurts" 2017 I can't say enough good things about this woman and all that she represents. Lizzo is a hero amongst humans and has inspired more people to love themselves than most; I love her.
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