Support Thailand Flood Relief tonight in New York City!

The new Hess Is More album, Creation Keeps The Devil Away, recently came out, and it’s very worth picking up. Grab it on itunes, or, if you’re feeling a little more fancy, you can pick it up as a stylish wearable playbutton music player over at playbutton.

Download the first single also entitled “Creation Keeps the Devil Away” for free, and stream the second single– “Burn”

Hess Is More – “Creation Keeps The Devil Away”

Hess Is More – “Burn”

CMJ has never really made sense to me. A bunch of bands, acts and DJs performing a week long festival in NYC. It is hardly the place to host a festival. Isn’t there always lots of acts all year around at very close venues? Where CMJ can succeed is by showcasing more than up and coming acts, but perhaps a new idea. Thus, BPM 2011 is born. This event is about show casing new and innovative minds that are pioneering a unique pulse, that is the backbone of genres already formed. The pride in this group is the fact that it is not definable, a product, or package. Enjoy some preview music below, and we hope to see you this Friday. Open bar by Asahi 9pm – 12am, gifts by Vitamin Water, and Popchips all night.

Follow @BPM2011nyc and peep the event page here. As well, RSVP at scottontherocksnyc@gmail.com.

ΩΩΩ – L E 1 F

ASAP Rocky – Purple Swag (Jim-E Stack Bootleg)

Cloudy – LOL Boys

Redbones – NIKKO

Bottom of the Sea – pıʞ ssǝɯ

White Hot Fantasy (DJ Sega remix) – TOP BILLIN

TIGGA CALORE – “Madonna Thunderhawk”

Monica – Doctor Jeep

I Wanna Fuck You! – Dj K Millz

DJ MANNY & J-CUSH ‘MAKE ME FEEL’ by LIT CITY

Snickers – Obey City

Rashida Jones by MΔRRI$

Glasser – Treasury of We (Tom Cruz’s Sunrise Edit)

Jesse Boykins III – B4 The Night is Thru (Knifeshow Remix)

DJ Tameil – S&M

Old Money – Dolla Van

Fat Tony – Good While it Lasted

The San Francisco based label, Frite Nite, has just released the 13th installment in their catalog, a compilation of tracks carefully selected and mixed by the Bay Area’s own Ana Sia.  Surreal Estate is a “collection of tribal-influenced space dance grooves, progressive footwork, modern electro funk, and UK-centric dubstep rhythms”, that transcend space and time as well as modern perceptions of the American bass scene.  The highly anticipated release is available in multiple formats including a 12″ sampler with digital download, or both mixed and unmixed versions on the Frite Nite website.  Not to mention it boasts appropriately Escher-esque cover art by Kilian Eng and productions from Distal, EPROM, Starkey, Cosmic Revenge, B. Bravo, Comma, Sepalcure, and label head Salva.  And if you happen to be in San Francisco on October 22nd don’t miss the release party at Mezzanine.  Check out the mix below.

Tonight NYC, Santos Party House and Ears To The Ground Present: Probably Dead. (Click for ticket info)

NIKKO has given us an exclusive he will be dropping tonight for the first time…
Schlachthofbronx – Chambacu (NIKKO Bootleg)

The supporting cast will be holding down for the always exciting DJ Sega…
Kanye West – Runaway (Dj Sega Philly Club Remix)

My boy Starkey and I run this label called Seclusiasis and we like to drop music that we think is fire. Pittsburgh’s Kastle (aka Palms Out own B. Rich) has been smashing it with his fresh take on bass music; taking elements of r&b, garage, dubstep and house to fuse his own unique style. Seclusiasis is proud to present Kastle’s highly anticipated debut EP, Time Traveler, which is sure to make you excited and sweaty when released on 12″ and digital. Check the Soundcloud streams below!

On Monday May 30th you can grab the heat from Juno Download exclusively, then June 6th it’ll be everywhere in vinyl shops and iTunes, Beatport, Boomkat, etc. Plus if you’re in the NY area, we are doing a Record Release Party at Public Assembly in Brooklyn on Wednesday June 8th featuring Kastle, myself and the legendary Todd Edwards!

Kastle – Time Traveler by Seclusiasis

Kastle – Bring Me Back by Seclusiasis

Now for the giveaway – we have a white label 12″ test pressing of the Time Traveler EP and we want to hook up a Palms Out reader with it! Here’s the trivia question: Kastle recently started a DJ mix series called “Coffee Shop At The End Of The Universe,” the first person to tell us what novel that title is a reference to, will win the 12″ and the 2nd and 3rd people to answer correctly will win a promo CD of the Time Traveler EP! Be quick and send your answers to infoATseclusiasis.com

This could be yours!

Friends of the family Jillionaire & Jubilee are throwing a daytime party this Saturday in Miami – featuring our own Carli (of Savage Skulls), French Fries, Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team, MayaVanya, and some special guests. Those of you in Miami this weekend should go! RSVP here.

Jillionaire did a mix to celebrate, and he included a couple of tunes I have coming out soon… check it out on letsmix

Palms Out is well represented at SXSW this year, particularly at this Friday, the 18th’s Party After the End of the World with Palms Out artists Dubbel Dutch, LOL Boys, & Samo Sound Boy playing alongside some other stellar & familiar names. This is the party to go to, RSVP here.

One of my favorite Danish bands (and bands, period) – Giana Factory – are coming out with their first full album, Save The Youth, this Fall. To get people ready, they are embarking on a US tour which starts this Saturday, March 12th – with a showcase at Glasslands with London group, Still Corners – presented by FADER & Popgun. If you can’t make it to that one, they are also playing the 13th at Littlefield for a SXSW send off party, the 14th at Scandinavia House, and the 15th at Mercury Lounge with Whomadewho. Don’t miss these girls, their live set is dreamy. For those of you in Austin SXSW, they are also doing a string of shows there next weekend. So don’t miss em!

In preparation for the release of their album this fall, the band will be releasing a series of 7″s featuring one song from the album, and a remake by former tour mates like Glasvegas, Whomadewho, Autolux, and now first up: dark electronica king, Trentemøller. I’m happy to be able to share the remake with you now. For those of you itching for a taste of Giana Factory’s new material, head over to http://gianafactory.dk/blog – and sign up for their newsletter. In return, they’ll send you a download of the lead single from the album – the eternally catchy “Rainbow Girl”.

Giana Factory – “Dirty Snow” (Trentemøller Remake)

NYC dates—
12.03 – New York / Glasslands Gallery / w. Still Corners
13.03 – New York / Littlefield / SxSW Send Off Party / 2.45 pm
14.03 – New York / Scandinavian House / w. FM Belfast
15.03 – New York / Mercury Lounge / w. WhoMadeWho / 10 pm
SXSW—
16.03 – Austin, TX / Cherrywood Coffeehouse / Indie Radio Rocks The World / 9 pm
17.03 – Austin, TX / WeAre78704.com / TBA
17.03 – Austin, TX / Threadsgill’s / Roky Ice Cream Social / 3.30 pm
18.03 – Austin, TX / Habana Bar / Official showcase / 12 am
18.03 – Austin, TX / 219 West / Dart Music International House / 2 pm

Our good friends in Copenhagen based collective, ArtRebels – put on the most wonderful event every Summer- Trailerpark Festival. Most readers of this site will be familiar. I’ve DJed 3 out of the 4 years they’ve held it, and the experience is unparalleled. The festival is completely community driven, without much help from corporate sponsors. Anyone who has a chance to attend this Summer would be a fool not to. Documentary filmmaker Simon Weythe filmed many of the performances last year, and did profiles on some of the people who make Trailerpark possible. The result is a lovely six part documentary series, which I was more than happy to provide subtitles for. Each week, a new episode will premiere on the new-and-revitalized ArtRebels blog.

Catch the the first two episodes here, and follow the next ones at ArtRebels

Stagga’s been pumping out OG dubstep for awhile now, and he’s got the testosterone-fueled death wobble sound on lock. However, it wasn’t until I encountered tracks like Rub On Ya Bass Binz and Face Gets Splat that peripheral interest became pure, unadulterated love. This new collab with Joe Blow and Skamma is a propa chune, bruv. It’s nice and minimal, but with a jerky, off-time quality to the rhythm that makes the producer’s moniker all the more appropriate.

If you happen to be in London on the 26th, you can see the trio live at Corsica Studios with a bunch of other awesome names in bassline, grime, dubstep and bashment. See you there.

Our very own Samo Sound Boy is spreadin’ some of that tropical bass swag as he tours the east coast in support of his upcoming release on Trouble & Bass; Heavy Bass Champions of the World Vol. XIII, due out this Tuesday January 25th.  The tour kicked off  in Philadelphia at Fluid Nightclub, and continued with a great show at Club Infinity in NYC. With shows in Charlotte, Hartford, Montreal, and Baltimore. Don’t miss out on what is sure to be some of the most forward thinking DJ sets you’ll hear this year.

Check out the full list of remaining tour dates below

January 24 – No Rule at Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD

January 26 – Le Bang at Dharma Lounge, Charlotte, NC

January 27 – Trouble & Bass DC at U Street Music Hall, Washington DC

January 29 – Arch St. Tavern, Hartford, CT

Brooklyn’s own Lee Fields and the Expressions are performing at Bowery Ballroom this Friday, January 7th. It will be a memorable one, so don’t miss out. If you can’t make the show, be sure to check out two members from the Expressions performing on Saturday Night Live the following day with the Black Keys.

Tickets available here

The nice people at Malibu Rum have released a fun new app for the iPhone which features exclusive music from Palms Out favorites like Savage Skulls, our very own Carli, Mastiksoul, Douster, Major Lazer, Style of Eye, and Johan Hugo– among others. The Malibu Music Mixer lets you mix the music in sync only using the iPhone- includes EQs & FX, and perhaps the coolest feature: a sample bank full of classic dancehall and rave samples. Earlier this year, Malibu helped us throw a party at Pachita in midtown for CMJ with much of our extended family-our friend Tim Erem made a little video for it, featuring new music from Ladybox & Dubbel Dutch. Check it out, and grab the Malibu Music Mixer app for $free here: