When you combine 5 Italians, 2 Brazilians, and a handful of Americans and Canadians at an Italian bar, and add in Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”; you get one hell of a dancing-filled night. The irony that Thicke is an American who also holds a Canadian citizenship is the icing on the cake (he’s also the son of TV personality, Alan Thicke). “Blurred Lines” is wonderful ear-candy. With a catchy, bumping beat, it’s easy to lose yourself in the music and miss Thicke’s stellar vocals and playful lyricism. Already climbing the charts, you’ll surely be hearing a lot of Thicke’s gem as you work on blurring lines and vision. “Blurred Lines” is the first single off Thicke’s album with the same name, and has created loads of hype for what will be his 6th record. Check out my new favorite banger below, then set it on repeat and get the party started.

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Hailing from New York, the male-female duo of MS MR is led by vocalist Lizzy Plapinger and Producer Max Hershenow. Releasing their debut album, ‘Secondhand Rapture’ a week ago on May 14th, the band hoped to follow the success of their highly reviewed debut EP ‘CandyBar Creep Show,’ and they succeeded. With a sound that’s broodingly rhythmical, Hershenow sets the tone with thunderous rumbles beneath the elegantly Florence-Welsh-esque voice of Lizzy. The song’s hook ‘Welcome to the inner workings of my mind,’ is offered with some hostility, yet sounds as if it is crippled by hopelessness. PRM favorites CHVRCHES recently released a highly acclaimed remix of the song, transforming the previously melancholy tune into something indescribably different yet equally as palpably emotional. Give them both a listen below.

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When in Rome it’s a bit necessary to try out some Italiano tunes; luckily, I have friends to sort out the best from the rest. What initially grabbed my attention because of Wes Anderson (I thought he’d moved on to singing), ironically ended up as an masterfully produced product of the Italian nation. I Cani, an electronic creation of Nicholas Roman Countess which roughly translates to “Dogs”. How could you not like a band with such a name? Countess apparently shares my admiration for director extraordinaire, Wes Anderson, and shoots his music video in a similar style, exploring the tribulations of Wes Anderson’s disease (aka WA syndrome). The music isn’t quite as quirky and ironic as Anderson’s films, but carries on the catchy, upbeat flavor that draws me in to all of Wes’s movies. Clearly, the only cure for WA syndrome is more films, or the excellent music of I Cani. Check it out below and see if you catch I Cani’s disease.

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I was in New York City visiting my girlfriend and I stumbled upon a Rolling Stone magazine that was completely focused on Bob Dylan. The magazine included many interviews with Dylan spanning from the 60′s all the way to 2012. It also included a countdown of his 100 best songs as well as numerous quotes and pictures. Now, I had been a Dylan fan before reading the magazine. But the magazine really peaked my interest. Since reading the magazine I have watched numerous Dylan documentaries and listened to the album Highway 61 Revisited about 20 times. This album came out in 1965 and still rings as one of Dylan’s best. Of coures the most famous song on the album is “Like a Rolling Stone”, but the song that really captured my imagination and interest is “Ballad of a Thin Man.” The lyrics of the song are a mix between a roller coaster, circus, and freak show left open for individual interpretation. There are only two chord progressions in the song, the verse/chorus and the bridge. It sounds boring, a song with only two parts, but after hearing them you’ll want to listen to them over and over again. My interest in Dylan couldn’t have come at a sweeter time as I will be seeing him in concert in late July, and of course writing a review about that. If your interested in Dylan or want to be interested in Dylan stay tuned to the site as I am sure I will be doing many blogs on him and those he influences this summer. It will be a summer of Dylan.  But first have a listen to a live version of “Ballad of a Thin Man.” The sound quality is rough, but it just makes it all the more vintage Dylan.

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Roger Molls the ‘beatMaker’ made an instant classic with this one. Relatively unknown, releasing most of his music on bandcamp, Roger Molls has been quietly producing some of the most interesting music out there, and its only a matter of time before we see him team up with a big name to produce some hits. He’s been on his grind, releasing marathon albums each of the past year, with his skill noticeably improving with each tape. His latest, Metamorphosis of Muses, featured the track Acetate which is sure to be his first semi-mainstream hit. With a beautiful soulfully sultry sample provided by Clem Powels and a workable verse spit by John Maclane this song has all the pre-requisites for a perfect chillin’ song. Check out the song and be prepared to be wowed, and don’t sleep on Roger Molls’s stuff in the future.

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Chance the Rapper’s second mixtape, Acid Rap, dropped on April 30th is sure to be a Chicago classic along with likes of Kanye’ College Dropout, and as thematically relevant as Kendrick’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. The connections to Kendrick were destined, but it makes sense since the two tackle many of the same themes. However, it would be impossible to mistake one for the other. Chance tackles the same deep struggles growing up in the South Side of Chicago as Kendrick did about Compton, yet this album feels invariably different. Where Kendrick is a confident bard telling his tales to the world, Chance is a kid struggling to truly understand and cope with it all. Understandable since he is barely out of his teens, and this youthful point of view allows Chance to truly capture the feeling of summer in this tape. Chance acknowledges the bad, but never fails to be optimistic in his raps, encapsulating the idea of a Chicago summer, which brings higher murder and violence rates, but also is a time for enjoying life itself. The most impressive part of this mixtape is how Chance never stops challenging himself. Over the course of thirteen amazing tracks Chance lays down some of the dirtiest lines and illest flows I’ve heard in years, and never takes a track off. He took on three of the young rap game’s most skillful MCs in Childish Gambino, Ab-Soul, and Action Bronson, and bested their features in each track. There isn’t a track on here where Chance phones it in, spitting euphoric lyricism over drug induced production on each track. After having listened to this tape 100 times I’d say that they are all my favorite songs and to listen to all of them but a few favorites have emerged which I’ll tease you with. Make sure you check out ‘Smoke Again ft. Ab-Soul’ which features a silky smooth flow and my favorite line on the album ‘Lean all on the square, that’s a fuckin Rhombus!’ As well as his song featuring Childish Gambino ‘Favorite Song,’ which is one of the lighter and fun tracks on the album and is sure to be a car-ride-to-the-beach staple for me all summer. Give them a listen below and don’t sleep on the rap game’s next star, Chance the Rapper.

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