This is our weekly playlist, in which we compile the 25 grooviest SoundCloud tracks of the week into one sweet-ass playlist. Think of it as a going away present for the weekend.

Head In The Clouds, Vol. 16

First single “Wanna Party,” from Future Brown project by Fatima Al Qadiri, Asma Maroof & Daniel Pineda of Nguzunguzu and J-Cush of Lit City Trax. 

Featuring rising Chicago rapper/singer Tink, with additional production by MikeQ.

http://twitter.com/futurebrown

Future Brown

Wanna Party Ft. Tink

"Hold Tight" from the forthcoming LP "Mean Love," out this fall on DFA in North America, and City Slang everywhere else.



Hold Tight

From the LP: "Decimation Blues"

Available August 19, 2014 on Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Preorder it here.

Bought a Vanity Fair at the Value Village
Green tags half off, bought some old Nike shoes
Sean Penn he was smiling from the cover
The kind of smile that says there's nothing to lose just now

November, 1994.
My girl was ten
Someone might have been at war but I don't know

Rang up at seven dollars fifty for the day
A few months wear for an hours pay
Rain on the windshield shone like diamonds in the sun
May 28th, and the Blazers won in OT

And Carlisle agreed that the boys had played fair
Clean in the paint, that the calls had been square
Jason Kidd and Oden were the last ones there when the cameras had gone

Sometimes it's six to go down, three to wake up
But the days are short and the night ain't so bad
Out in the valley I can hear the last of the trains
As from the porch I hear her calling out my name from inside

Out for the West the pioneers they ran
Through Utah and the Thunder for the gold in the land
O Harvey Milk what a wonderful man
O Harvey Milk what a wonderful man

Preorder

Castanets, "Out For The West"

Cascine presents an EP by Essáy. Featuring remixes by The Field, Dominik Eulberg, and D/R/U/G/S. 

Purchase digitally (US): http://bit.ly/1l1IS3I
Purchase digitally (EU): http://bit.ly/1oNA3Az

Essáy on FB: on.fb.me/1l9fj0F
Cascine on FB: on.fb.me/1eR1MsE

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Essáy - Ocarina

Time Between is the first song to be released from the forthcoming Bear In Heaven record Time Is Over One Day Old.
Released on August 5th (4th in the UK) on Dead Oceans / Hometapes.

Pre-order the album at: http://bit.ly/BIHmerch

On tour (buy tickets at: http://bit.ly/BIHshows)
Mon. Aug. 4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade (record release show)
Wed. Aug. 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
Thu. Aug. 21 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Fri. Aug. 22 - Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Sat. Aug. 23 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle (Back Room)
Sun. Aug. 24 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Tue. Aug. 26 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
Wed. Aug. 27 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock)
Thu. Aug. 28 - Austin, TX @ The Parish
Tue. Sept. 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex
Wed. Sept. 3 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Fri. Sept. 5 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Sat. Sept. 6 - Spokane, WA @ Bartfest
Sun. Sept. 7 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Wed. Sept. 10 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
Thu. Sept. 11 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Fri. Sept. 12 - Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
Sat. Sept. 13 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Sun. Sept. 14 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
Tue. Sept. 16 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Wed. Sept. 17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thu. Oct. 2 - London, UK @ XOYO
Fri. Oct. 3 - Brussels, BE @ Beursschouwburg
Sat. Oct. 4 - Paris, FR @ Espace B
Sun. Oct. 5 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
Mon. Oct. 6 - Cologne, DE @ Club 672
Tue. Oct. 7 - Berlin, DE @ Berghain
Thu. Oct. 9 - Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar
Fri. Oct. 10 - Lund, SE @ Mejeriet
Sat. Oct. 11 - Stockholm, SE @ Kagelbanan
Sun. Oct. 12 - Goteborg, SE @ Pustervik
Mon. Oct. 13 - Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Tue. Oct. 14 - Bergen, NO @ Landmark
Thu. Oct. 16 - Aarhus, DK @ Atlas
Fri. Oct. 17 - Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus




BIH Merch

Bear In Heaven - Time Between

Pre-order from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/tpo-wh-itunes

Slumberland Records is pleased to announce the signing of London-based neo-psychedelic pop group The Proper Ornaments. Mining the rich territories of The Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys, their debut album proper "Wooden Head" features fourteen thrillingly taut and melodic pop songs with a deep, dark undercurrent. Comprised of Argentinian Max Claps and James Hoare (also of Veronica Falls) – who both sing and write the songs – and joined by Daniel Nellis (bass) and Robert Syme (drums), the band have already shared stages with the likes of Real Estate, Woods, Crystal Stilts, Toy and Metronomy.

Maximo Claps arrived in London in 2008 on a one-way ticket from Buenos Aires, aided by former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Oldham had produced a record by Claps' Argentinian band of the time but the group had fallen apart in a mess of drugs and acrimony and Claps' family were attempting to intervene by sending him to a mental hospital. The only option seemed to be to flee the country. As Claps recalls, "The day before flying to the UK I got run over by a car and had to escape hospital in order to make it so I arrived with bandages and my head all stitched up."

A few weeks later Max walked into the vintage clothes shop where James Hoare sat behind the counter reading a book on The Velvet Underground, and attempted to cause a diversion while his kleptomaniac girlfriend stole a pair of boots. “She didn't steal them in the end,” says Max. “They weren't her size”. However, the shop assistant and the would-be accomplice bonded over a mutual love of the Velvets, Love, Felt and West Coast pop and began writing together, taking their name from a song by the pioneering soft psych band The Free Design. In 2010 they released their first single, "Recalling", following it up with a five-song EP for London label No Pain in Pop. In 2013 Lo Recordings released all their output to date on a collection titled "Waiting for the Summer", followed by the single “First Step Out” in February 2014.

Their new album was recorded at a studio in Hackney, as well as at home in their old flat in Whitechapel on a broken 8-track reel-to-reel bought off eBay from an angry guy who threatened to shoot them and chop off their balls when they attempted to return it - a terrifying experience for a pair of skinny indie boys. Taking inspiration from Berlin-era Lou Reed, Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Darklands”, The Television Personalities and West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, the songs are breezy and easy on the ear, with sublime harmonies and chiming Byrdsian guitar, but with a darker twist and a pervasive air of melancholy. Stand-out tracks include the beautiful but sad “Summer’s Gone” (about mental illness), “Magazine” (an upbeat number written from the perspective of a bullet in the barrel of a gun) and “You’ll See” (about how when you die you’ll see everyone you know, all there lined up in a row).

With "Wooden Head", The Proper Ornaments prove that it is still possible to create an album of pure pop perfection. Max's girlfriend may not have stolen the boots, but The Proper Ornaments are about to steal your heart.

“The joint project of James and Max, through romantic drama that borders on that of The Libertines. And when you hear The Proper Ornaments you’ll see why it’s all worth it. It’s like they’re meant for each other, like Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts” - Loud & Quiet

The Proper Ornaments - Magazine

Tied to a Star

Every Morning

J Mascis - Every Morning

From Luluc's forthcoming full-length Sub Pop debut, 'Passerby', out July 15

Pre-order 'Passerby'
https://megamart.subpop.com/releases/luluc/passerby
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/passerby/id859666524
http://www.amazon.com/Passerby-Luluc/dp/B00JX4PCNO

Luluc online:
https://www.subpop.com/artists/luluc
https://twitter.com/Luluc_Music
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Luluc/59991830035

Sub Pop Online:
subpop.com
www.megamart.subpop.com/
twitter.com/subpop
facebook.com/subpoprecords
Follow Sub Pop on SoundCloud @subpop


Passerby

Small Window

Luluc - Small Window

Fishing debut record 'Shy Glow' is out June 6 (Australia) and June 23 everywhere else.

Recoup

Our Free Music Monday for today comes from producer-come-songwriter Tieks. Mark Tieku, aka Tieks was responsible for co-writing tracks with Florence & The Machine and Duke Dumont, as well as remixing Rudimental’s ‘Powerless’. His debut solo project was released via AMP resident Monki’s ‘Zoo Music’ label and he's kindly given us this exclusive track to give away and we love it...

https://www.facebook.com/tieksmusic
https://twitter.com/tieksmusic
https://soundcloud.com/tieks


FMM: TIEKS - The Number

Cold

Ab-Soul - Hunnid Stax feat. ScHoolboy Q
Prod. by Kenny Beats
• MixedByAli

'THESEDAYS...' Drops June 24th!

http://twitter.com/abdashsoul
http://facebook.com/absoulmusic

Ab-Soul - Hunnid Stax feat. ScHoolboy Q

Gonna Dream 2nite.

Oasis EP coming July 2014


photo by scott kaplan
scottkaplanphoto.com

Jody - Tired (Prod. The-Drum)

available as part of Lo Motion Singles Vol.1
lomotion.bandcamp.com

cover by mega max



Ando - J Walk

11 All Our Lives (Produced By A$AP P On The Boards) by Soft Lighting

With his first release as @orlandovolcano, the RBMA graduate formerly known as Orquesta dives even deeper into exploring pensive but light-hearted electronic soundscapes. His upcoming <i>Nice to Meet You</i> EP features 6 tracks that gleam and crackle, weaving in traces of ambient with more forceful productions.

Premiering here today, we have the first taste of Orlando's new work, a collaboration with guitarist Brendan William Jenkinson. "Lost Chances" immediately charms with its delicate rhythm and mystical synth progression. The track's solo-heavy second part further adds to the enchantment, creating a sense of serene levitation.
 
Download the full <i>Nice to Meet You</i> EP for free on Orlando's Soundcloud starting June 16th.

http://orlandovolcano.com
https://soundcloud.com/orlandovolcano
https://twitter.com/orlandovolcano
http://instagram.com/orlandovolcano
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Orlando Volcano - Lost Chances (feat. Brendan William Jenkinson)

CMJ Music Marathon, now celebrating our 35th anniversary, is one of the world’s most important platforms for the discovery of new music. Throughout one vital week every October, CMJ features live performances in New York City's storied venues as well as exclusive parties and cutting edge conference events.