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Oh, also, this one was really fun to write. Read me break down Kanye West's clique, in order from most f**kwitable to le...
10/09/2012

Oh, also, this one was really fun to write. Read me break down Kanye West's clique, in order from most f**kwitable to least f**kwitable.

In honor of the recent release of Cruel Summer‘s tracklist, I’ve decided to do things a little different. On his excellent new single, the Louis Vuitton Don repeats “ain’t nobody f**kin’ with my clique” roughly 2,193 times, and that got me thinking.

OK, time to try to use this more. We've got two incredible Jessie Ware remixes to dig into today.
10/09/2012

OK, time to try to use this more. We've got two incredible Jessie Ware remixes to dig into today.

For a bunch of art/indie rockers, provincial Brits Wild Beasts have crafted some damn good remixes down the years. However, I’d hesitate to call their take on Jessie Ware’s blazing new single just a remix. The group intertwines their signature dramatique vocals with Ware’s sultry original to create ...

The new Grizzly Bear song is like good. Really, really good.
08/03/2012

The new Grizzly Bear song is like good. Really, really good.

Admittedly, it’s a little strange to hear Grizzly Bear do something this straightforward, but damned if it isn’t lovely. They’ve always had the ability to write incredible pop songs (“Two Weeks” springs to mind), but they’ve generally refused to play nice, opting for a more experimental, ramshackle ...

Some really, really good stuff in the last day or two. New singles from Animal Collective, the dude who sang Birthday S*...
08/01/2012

Some really, really good stuff in the last day or two. New singles from Animal Collective, the dude who sang Birthday S*x (for real), and a new EP from the masterful Sean Blackthorn. Come check it out!

British singer Natasha Khan is always good for a stunning first single. “Daniel,” the lead single form her 2009 Mercury Prize-nominated LP Two Suns, is probably one of the best 100 pure pop songs I’ve ever heard, and while “Laura” lacks much of its energy, it lacks none of its soul, songwriting prow...

This is so so so good it makes me wanna slap Mike Dooley.
07/27/2012

This is so so so good it makes me wanna slap Mike Dooley.

This is the second best love song of 2012. Ironically, it deals with the exact same feelings as the year’s best love song, Frank Ocean’s “Bad Religion.” “Run My Heart” is also about unrequited love, but it examines it from a completely different perspective. Where Ocean opines that he “could never m...

Find out what made Molly Ringwald realize that she had accomplished something meaningful with her life.
07/20/2012

Find out what made Molly Ringwald realize that she had accomplished something meaningful with her life.

“Just found out that my name is synonymous with “ecstasy” in hip-hop circles. Proof to my parents that I’ve accomplished something in my life.” –

The XX is back, and it's just as XX-y as ever.
07/18/2012

The XX is back, and it's just as XX-y as ever.

Finally, the wait is over. I recently wrote about my hopes/thoughts/expectations for the South Londoners ultra-anticipated sophomore LP, and if you missed it, I’m really fu***ng excited about it. Yesterday, we got our first real taste of Coexist, in the form of this characteristically vulnerable, cr...

Today on TP, we've got a song so good that you'd have to be kind of a dick not to like it.
07/16/2012

Today on TP, we've got a song so good that you'd have to be kind of a dick not to like it.

If there was only one word I could use to describe Swedish vocalist Victoria Bergsman’s music, it would be alive. Since she burst on the scene with her first band the Concretes, she always looked destined for greatness, and her subsequent project, Taken By Trees, has confirmed her early promise. On ...

Step in side the weird, wonderful, wonky world of Kendrick Lamar on his new single.
07/14/2012

Step in side the weird, wonderful, wonky world of Kendrick Lamar on his new single.

I must admit that I can’t tell exactly what drank LA-based MC Kendrick Lamar is talking about dranking here. At first I thought he was talking about alcohol, but I’ve drank a fair bit in my life, and no booze has ever made a disembodied voice talk to me. I tried lean one time in college, but that di...

If you haven't heard this yet, stop what you're doing and hear it now. Fu***ng perfect.
07/11/2012

If you haven't heard this yet, stop what you're doing and hear it now. Fu***ng perfect.

The reason why Frank Ocean’s decision to open up about his sexuality is so important lives right there in the first line of that iconic Tumblr post. “Whoever you are, wherever you are…I’m starting to think that we’re a lot alike.” That’s what this is all about, and that’s what I hope the primary (po...

Woah. July is off to an amazing start. We got a new EP from the homie Sean Blackthorn. It's just incredible.
07/03/2012

Woah. July is off to an amazing start. We got a new EP from the homie Sean Blackthorn. It's just incredible.

The second half of 2012 got off to a gorgeous start, thanks to a new EP from TP-favorite and Toronto-native Sean Blackthorn. Oft-compared with the new breed of indie R&B (hate that term), the talented troubadour’s newest work feels alive in a way that very few tracks do nowadays. He’s always favored...

The sun is out and TP has something for ya: a new mixtape. Enjoy and do summery things while listening to it.
06/26/2012

The sun is out and TP has something for ya: a new mixtape. Enjoy and do summery things while listening to it.

Tracklist:side a: the-dream:fancy cassie:king of hearts(richard x rmx) mario:let me love you(lapalux rmx) disclosure:boiling jessie ware:running(disclosure rmx) purity ring:obedear gang colours:fancy restaurant giselle:silk(cosmic kids rmx)

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