Members of Deftones stream live DJ sets on Twitch

Several members of Deftones have been live-streaming DJ sets over on Twitch. I've yet to catch one live set, but it looks as though all the set lists are being added to the band's Spotify page a few days after the live steam.

Here are the sets, so far:

Frank: http://bit.ly/frvnksdjset (17.04.2020)

Sergio: http://bit.ly/sergiosdjset (21.04.2020)

Chino: hopefully we'll get a link soon

Dave Grohl shared "pandemic Playlist" with The Atlantic

Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters and Nirvana fame) compiled an eclectic 10 song play list to weather out the pandemic, which appeared over at The Atlantic.

Here's the the track listing:

1. The Cars - Let's go
2. Madness - Our House
3. Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad's waltz
4. LCD Soundsystem - Drunk girls
5. Alice Cooper - School's out
6. Art of Noise - Moments in love
7. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
8. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy
9. Patsy Cline - Crazy
10. The Beatles - Here comes the Sun

I created a Deezer playlist if you want to take a listen.

Bacon God's free hip hop mixtape

Tony Welter (Eustachian, Skull Vomit, Singaya) has collected more than an hour's worth of his hip hop influenced tunes, and mixed them together to create the Frozen Chains Mixtape. The mix has been released under a new persona Bacon God, and is available as a free download in either mp3 or wav format. 

Drumcell - Go to Sleep V2.0

Blank Code have released Drumcell's Go to Sleep V.2 mixtape as a free download. If you like techno, you should like Drumcell.

I've been listening to this mix (as well as part one) on repeat pretty much since I downloaded it two days ago.

If you missed the first mixtape, Go to Sleep V.1, you can download it over at Drumcell's Soundcloud page. I think I prefer V.1 more, but that's probably because I've had more time to listen, and appreciate all the sounds sampled.

I really need to get hold of a copy of Drumcell's début album Sleep Complex.

Gary Clark Jr - Blak and Blu: The mixtape

It's been some time since I've posted anything music related, but here's a music post with an awesome Gary Clark Jr mixtape. Clark won the award for 'Best Traditional R&B Performance' at this year's Grammy Awards, and was also nominated for 'Best Rock Song.' Clark's music ranges from soulful R&B, to all out rock, and he puts on one hell of a performance. I was fortunate enough to see him perform live last year in Portugal, and it was one of the best shows I've seen.

This compilation, mixed by D-Nice, showcases Clark's repertoire of bluesy, R&B tracks. Some have been slightly reworked to add even more soul to them, and some have additional contributions by the likes of Big KRIT, Talib Kweli, Balil, and Alice Smith.

If you're already a fan of Gary Clark Jr, like R&B, or simply like good music, I really suggest heading over to Dat Piff to download the Blak and Blu: The mixtape for yourself.

Catch the Throne: Game of Thrones inspired mixtape

To promote the next season of Game of Thrones, HBO will be releasing a rap and reggae infused mixtape on Friday. Titled Catch the Throne, the mixtape will be available as a free download streaming over here. Tracks are said to be inspired by the characters and story lines from the first three seasons of the show, ans will feature samples of the series epic theme tune.

Here's a list of the artists confirmed to be contributing their talents to the project:

Wale, Big Boi, Bodega Bamz, Magazeen, Daddy Yankee, Kilo Kish, Dominik Omega, Common, Snow Tha Product, and Dee Goodz. 

While I haven't even heard of a majority of these artists, I'm sure the mixtape will be an interesting listen once it's been released.

-- Updated 10 March 2014 --

Turns out Catch the Throne wont be a available as a free download from Soundcloud, until 11 March.

25 minutes of new music from Hello Beautiful

Local electronic act Hello Beautiful (Matthieu Auriacombe) has released a 25 minute long mixtape of new material. For now Mix Tape 01 is not available as a download, but comments on Facebook and Soundcloud suggest that it will be in the next couple of days. Mix Tape 01 can be downloaded using the link in the widget below.

-- Updated 12 December 2014 --