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Nash Mariah — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:13:54 +0000

More relevance than ever before.

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The Black Keys | “Fever”.

Nash Mariah — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:29:05 +0000

The Black Keys are back with their first single in two and a half years. “Fever” does the job of giving us one of the most modern sounding songs we’ve ever from them, while still retaining the same qualities that made “Lonely Boy” a hit for El Camino. I’m just happy we’re getting a new album from them so soon, and after this I think you might be too.

Frank Ocean + The Clash + Diplo | “Hero”.

Nash Mariah — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:50:45 +0000

Frank Ocean joined forces with Diplo as well as The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon as part of Converse’s “Three Artists One Song” series. “Hero” was one of five tracks the trio recorded at Damon Albarn’s London studio during a four-day tear and is something extremely laidback and undeniably cool. Listen to the song and check out some BTS footage below.

This isn’t the first time Converse has done one of these collabs with tracks like “DoYaThing” by Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and James Murphy and “Warrior” by Mark Foster, Kimbra and DJ A-Trak, being released before. You can hear them both below.

BANKS | “Brain” Video.

Nash Mariah — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:25:27 +0000

A few months ago, BANKS released her collaboration with one of my favourite producers in the game right now – Shlohmo. The song that resulted was just as dark and moving as you would expect from these two, and the video released this week is a visual to match. In the video, BANKS writhes and does her signature hand-twisting (couldn’t think of a better description), while singing topless (sort of) and being her usual powerful self. Watch it below.

Bonus: Check out Shlohmo’s recent collab with Jeremih.

Dum Dum Girls | “Are You Here” (Short Film by Bret Easton Ellis).

Nash Mariah — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:11:47 +0000

For their new video, Dum Dum Girls enlisted the help from the critically acclaimed American Psycho author, Bret Easton Ellis. The last time we saw his work mingling in the realm of music videos was in Kanye West’s Yeezus album trailer which featured Kardashian affiliates, Scott Disick and Jonathan Cheban. “Are You Here” takes a more introspective approach to murder and shows the lead singer, Dee Dee, battling with her dangerous alter ego. Watch it below.

Iggy Azalea + Charli XCX | “Fancy” Video.

Nash Mariah — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:37:24 +0000

Last month, a dream which I never even thought to dream because it was too much for my brain to truly comprehend, came true. Yes, I’m referring to Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX featuring on the same song together. And to worsen my hysteria, they also announced that their single would come with its very own video, which both artists have been pretty incredible at producing on their own. The final nail in my proverbial coffin of overwhelming emotions was that the video (which at this point didn’t need anything more than Iggy and Charli simply standing next to each other) would be a total recreation of everyone’s favourite movie ever – Clueless. Not only did they do the 90s classic justice, but they kinda made me wish this had been the original all along. I’ll be watching this on repeat until further notice. Good night.

Bonus: Check out some BTS footage from the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBNd6iTL6l4

Coldplay | “Midnight” Video + “Magic”.

Nash Mariah — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 08:34:18 +0000

Last week, Coldplay announced their return with the first video and single from their upcoming sixth studio album, Ghost Stories. Mixing Imogen Heap with Bon Iver, they’re unexpectedly experimental and have reinvented themselves to such an extent that they are barely recognisable, but it feels like just the right overhaul the long-running group needed and comes at the perfect time for their career. It doesn’t stop there, because they’ve surprised us again with another track from the album, and although it’s far closer to what you would expect from them, it still feels quite refreshing.

The Acid | “Basic Instinct” Video.

Nash Mariah — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:26:58 +0000

It’s been a while since I wrote about a new video, but every so often one comes along that makes me drop whatever I’m doing. The Acid’s new video does just that. I’m a sucker for slow motion so this is basically porn for me, and will be for you too, if you share my appreciation for it. The Acid unites Brighton based Adam Freeland, Californian artist Steve Nalepa and Australian producer Ry X who, when asked about the inspiration for the amazing video, had to say “I have always felt very connected to aesthetics in line with music—they are part of each other and the whole. When we came up with the idea for the video, we brought WIFE into the fold before all else.”

THE ACID [BASIC INSTINCT] official video from Dugan O’Neal on Vimeo.

M83 | “I Need You”.

Nash Mariah — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:25:08 +0000

In case you didn’t know (and I didn’t), Divergent is the latest book to film adaption that hopes to follow in the same footsteps as Twilight and The Hunger Games. In typical book-to-movie-adaption-style it also comes equipped with a star-studded original soundtrack, which features pairings like Kendrick Lamar with Tame Impala, and A$AP Rocky with Gesaffelstein. The first song from the soundtrack was released today and is performed by M83, who’ve really knocked it out the park. This was made for the big screen and is probably going to get you tearing up during whatever scene they decide to use it in. Hear it below.

RAC + Alex Ebert | “Tear You Down”.

Nash Mariah — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:02:52 +0000

RAC is gearing up to release his debut album and two weeks ago he unveiled “Repeating Motion” from Part 2 as a free download on his website, and today fans get a listen from Part 1. “Tear You Down” features vocals from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ frontman Alex Ebert, who recently won the Best Original Score Golden Globe for his work on J.C. Chandor’s “All is Lost,” the one-man film starring Robert Redford. This is probably one of the happiest songs I’ve heard in a while, which comes as no surprise if the guy who gave the world “Home” was involved in it. Hear it below.

Bonus: Listen to RAC’s new remix of Grizfolk’s “The Struggle”.