[Listen] Big Boi - "Higher Res" Feat. Jai Paul x Little Dragon

Let's be honest we're all pretty eager to fill our ears with Big Boi's new solo effort, Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors, and the huge amount of guest spots it has on it. Today we get to hear one that has mystery man Jai Paul and Little Dragon on it too. Titled "Higher Res" you can stream it below. Not fully sold on it in all honesty, maybe it's a grower...

You can check out the Kelly Rowland featuring "Mama Told Me" here and "In The A" which features T.I. and Ludacris here.

[Watch] Jay-Z's Barclays Center Documentary

Bored at work? Bored at home? Just bored in general? We'll forgive you as we're all feeling that mid-week slump so why not take 30 minutes and watch a little documentary about Jay-Z and the Barclays Center? It's a nice little snippet into his life and also shows footage from his 8 night residency at the Center. It also features that infamous trip on the Subway in which he has a rather entertaining conversation with a little old Lady called Ellen. She is oblivious to who he is until he adds the "Z" onto his name upon greeting him. 

[Listen] Skream - "Copy Cat" Feat. Kelis

It's weird, whenever I Think of Skream, I think of Benga and yesterday I posted a new Benga track and today in the inbox arrives a new Skream track... Ok it's not that weird really, they're both just busy, hard working guys but still it's always nice to have some new music from Oliver. He's offered up a track titled "Copy Cat" which features an appearance from Kelis and was actually premiered a few weeks ago on his and Benga's radio one show. Check it out below.

[Watch] Earl Sweatshirt - "Chum" (Official Video)

For his official video for "Chum", Earl Sweatshirt just floats around the city on a dark night telling the tail of his childhood and upbringing looking rather unmoved by the whole affair. The visual sits pretty well alongside the somber tone of the subject matter of his lyrics so check it out up above. 

In other news Earl has also offered up the title to his new album: Doris.

[Listen] Benga - "We're Coming Out"

Benga has had a solid few years and is surely likely to have it continue with the release of a solo effort next year titled Chapter II on the 25th of February. The man himself has said he'll offer up three tracks from the project by the new year and today we get our first taste of the new material in the shape of a track called "We're Coming Out". There's a visual for it up at the top or you can jut straight up stream it via his Soundcloud page below.

Look out for even more next year from Benga as we can expect a new Magnetic Man LP too.

[Watch] The Killers - "I Feel it in My Bones"

As much as some people hate this time of year and want to be all grinch-like about it, The Killers seem to be the polar opposite. They have gotten fully into the festive spirit and offered up a Christmas single titled "I Feel it in My Bones". Pull on your favourite bad knitted jumper, hit play and join them in the fun too. The track is released today and you can head over to iTunes to purchase a copy. (Via RS)

UPDATE: Moments after I posted this they went and posted the video! Check it out below.

[Listen] Alt-J - "Fitzpleasure" (Betatraxx Remix)

Alt-J's An Awesome Wave has received a boost since winning the Mercury Music Prize and in turn I've noticed the band's music being used a lot on British television and them being played a little more on the Radio. Good on 'em. Today we get to enjoy a remix of their track "Fitzpleasure" from Los Angeles-based producer Betatraxx who changes the song dramtically into a dance worthy club track. See for yourselves below.

Jump over here to get your copy of An Awesome Wave.

[News] Arcade Fire Debut New Material at Secret Show

Arcade Fire's album The Suburbs is over 2 years old now, and that means the band have been locked away working on some new material for quite some time. The ever reliable Arcade Fire Tube now points out that the Montreal group played a small secret show at Breakglass Studios over the weekend on Saturday night in their hometown. Exciting, right? They also used a different band name using the moniker Los Identiks and the new music was said to be "dance-y" and according to The Vine the tiny audience of about 100 people consisted of "friends, strangers, randoms". Now, the band were pretty strict with their filming policy, and no foortage actually hit the net so props to them and the crowd for staying true to that so for now all we can do is get excited. Check out a new track titled "Crucified Again" from New York in October.

We're expecting a new album from the band some time in 2013.