[Listen] Lemaitre - "Splitting Colors," "Time To Realize" & "Keep Close"

Leading up to the May 25th release of their brand new EP Relativity 2, Oslo electropop duo Lemaitre began building up the hype by dropping a new track every couple of days or so. Last week, they let loose both "Time To Realize" and "Keep Close," and yesterday they delivered once again with the stream of "Splitting Colors." Each song they create is a funk-infused electronic gem, with catchy beats and fantastic production delivering an always excellent sound. The Relativity 2 EP is a great example of why this duo deserves some attention.

Below, you can stream "Splitting Colors," "Time To Realize" and "Keep Close," which along with "Steady State" and "Appreciate" (Uppermost Remix) comprise the Relativity 2 EP. You can grab the EP now on iTunes.

[Listen] Teen Daze - 'All Of Us, Together' (Full Album Stream)

On June 5th, SKoA favorite and fellow Vancouver native Teen Daze will be releasing his debut LP All Of Us, Together, and this week on The Hype Machine the album will be available to stream in full. The album is the culmination of the styles and techniques that the solo musician has been perfecting over the past four years, and the result is definitely worth listening to. As well, if you'd like to learn more about Teen Daze, check out part one and two of my interview with him last month.

[Watch] Pusha T - "Exodus 23:1" (Official Video)

Forget the weak ass beef between Pusha T and Lil Wayne and just enjoy the official video for the G.O.O.D. Music track "Exodus 23:1" up at the top of the page. It's a pretty dark video featuring a lot of drug use and its effects on the people using. 

[Listen] John Fruscinate - "Glowe", New Solo LP Dropping This Fall

A few weeks back we got the surprise announcement of former Red Hot Chili Pepper's guitarist John Frusciante gearing up to release a new EP this July titled, Letur-Lefr. Now we get our first taste of the upcoming EP with the new track "Glowe", as well as more information on the EP and AN EVEN BIGGER ANNOUNCEMENT! According to the JF official website, the upcoming EP will feature 5 new songs written and produced by Frusciante himself and "features a few friends on vocals" (PLEASE BE RZA). Letur-Lefr is set to be released in Japan on July 4th and will be released to the rest of the world on July 16th and 17th. You can preorder the album here and receive an immediate download of the new song "Glowe" which you can listen to as well as check out the album's tracklisting after the jump.

Letur-Lefr Tracklisting:

1. In Your Eyes
2. 909 Day
3. Glowe
4. FM
5. In My Light

However, that is not all that we receiving from Mr. Frusciante this year... According to our friends at Invisible-Movement.net and on the JF official website, John has announced his upcoming 11th Solo LP titled PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone to drop this September. 

The tracks on Letur-Lefr are from 2010 and PBX was made in 2011. Letur is a compilation, a selected portion of music I made that year while PBX was conceived as an album, the songs having been recorded in succession. The records are very different from each other, so prior to the release of the LP, I will make available a free download of a song called Walls and Doors. This song pointed the way towards PBX, but was recorded 7 months earlier. I always took it for granted that Walls and Doors would be part of the record, but as it turned out the record was better off without it.

As you can tell i'm pretty fucking amped for these upcoming releases! PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone will be released in Japan on September 12th, in North America on September 25th and in the rest of the world on September 24th and will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette and in 32 bit, FLAC and MP3 digital formats. Make sure you pick them both up when they release.

[Listen] Mondo Generator - "The Last Train" Feat. Josh Homme x John Garcia

I must say that I did not see this coming following the whole Kyuss Lives! debacle but hey, we're definitely not going to complain. Our buddies over at Antiquiet point towards a new track from Nick Oliveri's band Mondo Generator and it features not only Kyuss singer John Garcia but Josh Homme too. I know, how awesome is that! AQ also point to an interview with Let There Be Talk on The Laugh Factory in which Nick talks about how him and Josh have smoothed everything over now. 

The track features on Mondo's new album Hell Comes To Your Heart which is out now.

[Listen] Curren$y - "Jet Life" Feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Wiz Khalifa

Yesterday we got to enjoy Big K.R.I.T.'s new album Live From the Underground, and today we get even more from him along with Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa. A track from Spitta's upcoming The Stoned Immaculate project. See what you make of the triple threat track titled "Jet Life" below.

[Listen] The Hives - 'Lex Hives' (Full Album Stream)

We got to enjoy The Hives make their return to the late night circuit on Kimmel last month and now the wait is over for the follow up to the 2007 album, The Black and White Album. The Guardian are streaming the new album Lex Hives in full and courtesy of them you can give it a stream below. 

The album officially drops next week on the 4th of June.

[Listen] Japandroids - 'Celebration Rock' (Full Album Stream)

The Canadian duo Japandroids are set to release their sophomore LP Celebration Rock next week and it's a bloody great album. Fist pumping garage rock to shake your tail feather to. The good people at NPR First Listen have the album streaming in full so what are you waiting for? Go shake your tail feathers already!

Celebration Rock is set to drop on the 5th of June via Polyvinyl.