The Oedipus Project
Devonté Hynes is one of those rare talents who composes, writes, sings, produces and plays a variety of instruments.
This Englishman has written songs for artists from Florence and the Machine to The Chemical Brothers.
He records under the name Blood Orange.
“Chamakay“ can be found on his latest album Cupid Deluxe.
“Chamakay”
Bonnaroo, the four day music and arts festival, begins today in Manchester, Tennessee.
This is the tenth year and the lineup is stellar.
In celebration of Bonnaroo, RCRDLBL has released from their archives a free download of 24 bands performing this year including Arcade Fire, Florence and the Machine, Sleigh Bells, Best Coast, Iron & Wine, and the Black Angels among others.
Featured here is Twin Shadow, the nom de plume of George Lewis, Jr., who developed his chops in Boston before reinventing himself in Brooklyn.
“I Can’t Wait” is from his debut album Forget.
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“Dog Days are Over” is the next single from Florence + the Machine. Their debut album Lungs, released last summer, grew in popularity over the year, reaching #1 on the British UK charts in January of 2010.
Led by London born Florence Welsh and backed by various musicians known as the Machine, Lungs won the British Album of the Year at the 2010 BRIT awards. Here are two versions of “Dog Days are Over”. The first from the album followed by the Breakage remix.
“Dog Days are Over”
“Dog Days are Over (Breakage Remix)”
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