January 2012
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Free Download | We Invented Paris, Snakadaktal &...
We Invented Paris is a European artist collective of musicians and friends who constantly re-arrange their subte indie-pop songs with ever-changing instrumentation. We’re currently giving away a free download of the live indietronic version of ‘Iceberg’.
Download ‘Iceberg’ (Live Indietronic Version) by We Invented Paris
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Snakadaktal are a band with...
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Peek | Oddfuture Pop-Up in Syd
To all our Sydney followers, Odd Future will be hosting a pop-up store in town from tomorrow till the 28th. Head down and say hi to the guys.
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Watch | Active Child 'Hanging On' Official Video
Check out the new official video for Active Child’s angelic single, ‘Hanging On’.
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On a side note to our friends in the southern hemisphere, he’s touring through Feb with St Jeromes Laneway Festival, be sure to see him.
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Watch | Loyal Divide Vision Vision
Amazing live action clip for Vision Vision by Chicago based Psych / Electronic outfit Loyal Divide … stay tuned for a special feature on these guys later this week…
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Watch | One Minute With Mux
Spend 1 minute with Mux (aka Brian Lindgren) and learn a little about the musician behind the music.
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Featured Artist | ††† (Crosses)
Interview
With Shaun Lopez of Crosses
Crosses, a witch-house collaboration featuring Chino Moreno (Deftones), Shaun Lopez (Far) and Chuck Doom are back with a new EP due for relase later this month. We had a chat with Shaun Lopez to discuss the follow up to last years critically acclaimed debut.
How did the partnership with Chino come about?
I’ve known Chino for a long time, fifteen …...
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New Music | Lower Dens
Lower Dens have a new single out - Add ‘Brains’ to your playlist.
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Free Download | King Charles, Dynasty Electric &...
We currently have 3 exclusive free downloads sitting on our charts. Check them out below.
The first is from an artist to watch in 2012 - King Charles. His music paints wild pictures of revolution and romance with the energy of a true British pop star and the lyrical ingenuity of a classic poet.
Download Ivory Road by King Charles
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The next is from Dyanasty Electric - an...
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New Music | Bantum, Caged Animals & B.east
Bantum is a DJ/Producer hailing from Dublin, Ireland whose sound has many labelling as slamming electro fun. Since teaming up with vocalists Margie Lewis and Owensie on his latest EP Lay Lay, he has opened up another layer of musical styling and shows us why he deserves attention. Check out his latest remix and the feature track from Lay Lay below.
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Download | Cat Power's New Track For A Good Cause
We just donated to the Festival of Children Foundation & Ali Forney Center for Cat Power’s new track ‘King Rides By’ - visit http://catpowermusic.com/ to do the same.
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The video above features boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and was shot by Giovanni Ribisi.
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New | Instant Playlists
Have you tried our INSTANT PLAYLISTS yet? Spotify friends have been enjoying the feature for the last month and now you can too! Simply type in the name of any artist you love and we’ll bring back a playlist full of related music for you to listen through. Easy.
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Watch | Shut up & Play The Hits Trailer
LCD Soundsystem are one of the greatest bands ever to perform on stage. This documentary not only highlights their final and most ambitious concert to date, but also forms an intimate portait around frontman James Murphy and his days leading up to it. Wow.
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New Music | The Shins
So great to hear The Shins are making music again. Take a listen to their new single ‘Simple Song’.
December 2011
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New Music | 'Echoes Of Silence'
The Weeknd’s third and most anticipated mixtape, ‘Echoes Of Silence’ just dropped. Grab it for free via the-weeknd.com and put it on repeat this holiday season.
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New Music | Joseph Stallion, Oliver Tank & Junk...
We’ve been scouring the internet for some new music and a couple of names have been coming up everywhere we turn. Joseph Stallion, Oliver Tank and Junk Culture - heard of them? Neither had we until 30 minutes ago…
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After doing some digging, all we could find on Joseph Stallion was their Facebook page, but after hearing their new EP, ‘White Lodge’, we can say its...
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Best Tracks of 2011
We’ve put together our year end round-up of the top 99 tracks from 2011. Unlike other year end lists, ours is based on which tracks have featured most prominently across our emerging chart for the last 12 months. Jump on 2011.wearehunted.com to start listening through the year that was.
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Watch | Arcade Fire's Interactive Music Video
Arcade Fire presents Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), an interactive video project that’s powered by your dance moves. Go to Sprawl2.com to see it in action. For those less inclined, we’ve posted the ‘traditional’ music vid above.
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Holiday Podcast from The Fader
We know a good cause when we see one - check out The Fader’s latest podcast and feel good when you download each track via their playlist on the MyMusicRX app. A % of every dollar spent there will benefit the Children’s Cancer Association this festive season. Happy Holidays!
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Featured Artist | Catcall
Interview
With Catherine Kelleher of Catcall
How is ‘The Warmest Place’ coming along?
It’s going really well, we’re at that point where we’re finishing up final production and mixes, working out which tracks are going to make the cut. We’re at the point where we’ll prepare another single to come out early 2012 then the album soon after.
What can people expect from the album?
A lot...
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Watch | The Roots Short Film
This appeared today - a 9 minute short film encapsulating the story behind The Roots latest album ‘Undun’. We’re loving the new direction the band is taking here, and hope to see/hear more of it. Take a look.
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Free Download | Heart Attack (CSS Remix)
Head to the remix chart on We Are Hunted and grab your FREE download of the brand new CSS remix of ‘Heart Attack’ by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour.
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New Album | Bear In Heaven
Having just announced their new album, ‘I Love You, It’s Cool’, will drop April 3 next year, Bear In Heaven have decided to stream it in its entirety from their homepage free!
There’s a catch…. they’ve slowed the entire thing down by 400,000% and are playing it through only once. Meant as a companion piece, we’d say there’s still a little over...
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Free Download | 'Survival Guide' by Sad Baby Wolf
Introducing Sad Baby Wolf - comprising former Shins’ Marty Crandall & Neal Langford. Take a listen to their new one ‘Survival Guide’ and download it free!!!
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New Music | 'Rylan' & 'I Need My Girl' by The...
In a performance on Toronto’s Q1 Live, The National debuted two new tracks - ‘Rylan’ and ‘I Need My Girl’. With no word on if or when these songs will see a studio release, all we can do is sit back and enjoy the show. Especially when that show contains a live cameo by Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver). Take a listen and check out the video link below.
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Why Does It Feel Important To Like Rap? (As A Jazz... →
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If you like jazz, you are connecting with a form of African-American-origin popular music; if you like hip-hop, you somehow are doing the same thing. (Especially if you accept Nicholas Payton’s term “Black American Music,” the idea behind so much Internet debate of late.) While it is possible to consider hip-hop and modern R&B to be a radical enough break as to constitute its...
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Free Download | 'Holiday' by Body Language
We’ve teamed up with Brooklyn based Body Language, so you can download their awesome new track ‘Holiday’ for FREE - grab it while you can!
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Watch | The Studio's Interview with Jonti
Australian/South African beatmaker Jonti talks about his move, being with Stones Throw and what he’s been up to recently… If you haven’t heard it yet, check out his debut ‘Twirligig’ available here.
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Listen to ‘Nagoya feat. Hodgy Beats’
iamdonald | Camp Gambino is now in session →
iamdonald:
www.campgambino.com
Camp Gambino is now in session. Click the site links to be a part of CAMP. (TIMES denote when tickets go ON SALE)
ON SALE NOW!
Dec 31 – South Lake Tahoe, CA – Lake Tahoe Community College – Snowglobe Music Festival
ON SALE DECEMBER 9th
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Listen | 'Raw Gore' by Mux Mool
Stereogum has just premiered a track from Mux Mool’s new album - ‘Planet High School’. We’d describe it as an intense, ballistic, mindgasm. Check out ’Raw Gore’ and add it to your playlist.
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Free Download | 'I Think I'm Fine' by Woe &...
Today’s featured artist are Gold Coast natives, Woe & Flutter. Download their latest lo-fi tune ‘I Think I’m Fine’.
Watch Shabazz Palaces Short Film
Directed by Khalil Joseph, watch Shabazz Palaces new short film for their album ‘Black Up’ - One of this years best and most unique LP’s.
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We Are Hunted & Spotify ... together at last
We’ve teamed up with Spotify to allow you to listen to the best new music, with the best digital music service on the net. Now you can browse and listen to our charts live and on demand via your Spotify account.
It’s being described as one of the best, most beautiful and intriguing of the bunch, see Wired, The Huffington Post and PC World for more.
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November 2011
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Free Download | 'We Were Children' by Tribes
Today’s featured artist are Tribes - no synths or programming here, just straight up rock & roll. Download ‘We Were Children’ right now at wearehunted.com
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First Listen | The Roots 'Undun'
Due out Dec. 6th, listen to it first via NPR.
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ON ROTATION | Comfort by Giraffage
Giraffage is Charlie Yin, a 21 year-old producing harmonic bedroom-pop out of SF. His latest ‘Comfort’ is one of our favorites this November. Take a listen to the entire album below, name your price over at his Bandcamp and enjoy.
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Featured Artist | Crystal Fighters
Interview
With Gilbert Vierich of Crystal Fighters
The inception of Crystal Fighters is quite a unique story, can you tell us more about that?
Sure. Well it all started with Laure, one of the original members of the band. She had just come back from the Basque country, where her grandfather had sadly passed away and she had become fascinated with some belongings that he’d left for her,...
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Bon Iver's Video Album
</p> <p>Watch <a href=”http://wearehunted.com/a/#/music/news/bon_iver” _mce_href=”http://wearehunted.com/a/#/music/news/bon_iver”>Bon Iver’s</a> acclaimed self-titled LP in video.</p>
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FEATURED ARTIST | PHANTOGRAM
INTERVIEW
With Sarah Barthel of Phantogram
Favourite show that you’ve played so far?
We just played a venue in Minneapolis called First Avenue last night and it’s the venue where Purple Rain was recorded … personally I think that’s top of my list at the moment.
Three emerging artists you’re listening to?
I just got this record from this band called Gem Club...
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Watch the first 10 minutes of Sigur Rós’ INNI
Sigur Rós‘ giant-sized concert film/live album INNI is out November 15th via XL Recordings. Right now, though, the group is offering up the film’s first 10 minutes for viewing on their Facebook page. Just click ”Like” in order to enjoy the cinematic adventure.
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PHOTOGRAPHER PRESSES CHARGES AGAINST ODD FUTURE
As previously reported, Odd Future’s Vyron Turner (aka Left Brain) was accused of attacking the photo pit during Odd Future’s set at the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans earlier this month, allegedly slapping photographer Amy Harris across the face and knocking her camera to the ground.
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Radiohead Auction Off 'Kid A' Guitar For Cancer
Radiohead are selling the guitar used to create the most important album of the new millennium, according to pretty much everyone. Kid A topped end-of-the-decade lists
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October 2011
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ON ROTATION | Live.Love.A$AP by A$AP Rocky
We’re loving A$AP Rocky’s new mixtape in the office right now. Take a listen to the tracks Bass, Trilla and Palace below, or dive right in and download it free here.
ASAP Rocky - Bass by beatsbaby
ASAP Rocky - Trilla (f. ASAP Twelvy & ASAP Nast) by The Up-Turn
ASAP Rocky - Palace by FBi Radio
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Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) Scores...
Beastie Boys’ Adam Horovitz, aka Ad-Rock, is dabbling in a growing pool of side hustles. Fresh off an appearance on the Bravo cooking competition show “Just Desserts”, XXL pointsto the news that he’s scored an Off-Broadway play.
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Flaming Lips 24-Hour Song
The Flaming Lips have taken wacky promotional items to a new level in the past few months. And now, just in time for Halloween, they’ve released an actual human skull. Containing a 24-hour song.
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ON ROTATION | Vacation by Big Scary
Big Scary are an emerging Aussie two-piece, whose debut album ‘Vacation’ has our ears pricked for more. Check them out in full, then buy their record. Easily one of the best this year.
Big Scary by bigscary
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ON ROTATION | Days by Real Estate
Real Estate have just dropped there second LP and it’s a superb follow up. To those familiar with the band, you’ll love how they’ve expanded on their instantly definable breezy guitar sound. Grab the album here, check out the tunes below and take a look at their ‘Take Away Show’ filmed in conjunction with La Blogothèque and the Pitchfork Music Fest Paris.
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September 2011
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ON ROTATION | The Year Of Hibernation by Youth...
Youth Lagoon is the moniker of 22 year-old Boise multi-instrumentalist Trevor Powers. Following on from his bedroom produced success, he recently released his first full-length - ‘The Year of Hibernation’ – Cannons, July and Montana (video) are some of the many standouts. Uniquely filled with feelings of longing, this album floods you with thoughts of nostalgia. Encapsulating all that you feel...