Album Showcase: Antada...what?

Watch the Duck - Antadaephobia

Atlanta group Watch the Duck has created a genre of their own, and I guarantee you it sounds like absolutely nothing you’ve ever heard before. Founding fathers of the “trapstep” movement, WTD has experimentally discovered a concept of blending the bluesy, distorted, vintage sound of vocals from a Sure 55, with the basslines and beat breaks of old lounge music, all topped with the synthetic moogs and electric toothbrush sounds of dubstep. I personally hate dubstep, but I found the dubstep components of each track to be miraculously tolerable, in fact I think that they complimented each composition quite well. If you were to put the Black Keys’ “Brothers”, B.B. King’s “Completely Well”, and Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters” in a blender, you would have Watch the Duck. Of course, I could rattle off metaphors all day, but the only way to understand what I’m talking about is to simply press play for yourself.

Poppin' Off

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4/20 Show Recap: An Interview with D. Elles

D.Elles and Delano Taylor - Flowers 4 Zoe

D.Elles is an Austin native and a rising star in the ATX hip-hop community. From his beginnings under the name “Elles Infanit”, he has quickly captured the attention of other local artists in the span of just a few years. His sophomore project, “Flowers for Zoe” was inspired when Elles was told he was going to be a father. In light of the Lenny Kravitz song, “Flowers for Zoe” is birthed from the hopes for his child. Many of the songs subliminally suggest that Elles is deliberating his success as a future parent, growing up as an outcast himself. He speaks on the importance of clutching on to his individuality in spite of what the world perceives as popular, speaking on himself as “somewhere between Common and Straight Outta Compton”. Delano Taylor provides a symphony of production for all types of tracks: grungy garage band drum kits, old and soulful R&B samples, and even 8-bit tones for electronic sounding beats. Elles evokes a grungy, washiness himself; using distortion on his vocals for every track and giving his sound that “tape” feel. Notable features include Austin’s own PC and Alesia Lani.

DOWNLOAD: http://mrelles.bandcamp.com/album/flowers4zoe

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Album Showcase: Her Favourite ANTHM

ANTHM - Handful of Dust EP

 ANTHM hails from New York, and from the jump has been co-signed by the underground veteran, Blu. “Handful of Dust” is entirely produced by Blu, under the name “GodleeBarnes”, and could be described as the story of a young black man confronted with the never-ending task of maintaining resistance against conforming to the vices and temptations meant to keep him down. He speaks freely on his faith, and the fact that amidst the sin and plots that societal mechanisms employ to stop him from progressing, he strives off of his strong Christian upbringing. Using a 2-tone vocal technique for his verses, he mirrors the popular, catchy hooks of Kendrick Lamar while preaching on empowering his people. Blu’s work, as always, is jazzy, light, and crispy.

Low Class

DOWNLOAD: http://callmeanthm.bandcamp.com/

Follow ANTHM on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoCosign