Big K.R.I.T. - "86"

Today, Big K.R.I.T. celebrated his birthday by giving us this new track "86." Enjoy and wish the man a happy birthday!

In related news, come October K.R.I.T. will be embarking upon his "Kritically Acclaimed" tour - find dates for that here.

Alphabets Heaven - "Birthday"

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I think I just had a bit of brain melt listening to this track from Alphabets Heaven.

A large part of this odd sensation that I am experiencing is due to the visuals, this is very much an audio/visual experience make no mistake. The track itself is subdued and feels fairly minimalist. But once the beat gets going it still has a warm feeling to it, striking a delicate balance.

The video is something completely entrancing and is very much a fevered version of a child's cartoon. Characters shift and transform sometimes in monsters, sometimes into animals, it's very translucent and ends with a birthday celebration featuring dancing teeth... I don't really think I can add to that.

Venetian Snares- Affectionate

Believe it or not, last week was Aaron Funk's birthday! Happy belated, Aaron. If you didn't know, Mr. Funk has spent years as the creative mind behind one of electronic music's most challenging projects, Venetian Snares. To celebrate coming into the world, Venetian Snared dropped a new EP on Bandcamp. Stream it above, or grab it digitally for five bones here.

Jesu- "Birthday"

Stream: Jesu- Birthday Justin K. Broadrick's Jesu is gearing up for another album. May 10th will see the release of Ascension, which features the track "Birthday." The guitar chords here are as rough as ever, and get a nice backup from some sparkling synths, too. Justin's voice comes of pretty robotic as well.

This LP will see Broadrick going back to what I assume his fans like seeing him do most: Pump out drone-y, uplifting doom jams that rumble the hi-fi.

Unfortunately, the 49-minute track and album Infinity didn't get a very warm reception when it dropped in '09. But that's what I appreciate about Justin's work. He's always going in the direction he wishes to. After all, Opiate Sun dropped that same year, and I enjoyed that EP a lot.