Stuck In My Skull 525 -- "Day and Night (The Widdler's Dubstep Remix)" [Free Music Week!]

Free Music Week, Part 4 || Song: "Day and Night (The Widdler's Dubstep Remix)" || Original Artist: Kid Cudi || Remixing Artist: The Widdler || Download: http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/59213350/file.html ||

Comments: Hello and happy Monday! I'm not sure how long I'm going to keep going with Free Music Week, but I felt like three little entries just weren't enough. So without further ado, let's go for round four! I've had "Day and Night" stuck in my head on and off for a few days. Very dedicated readers and those of you lovely people that have been around from the beginning may remember waaaay back in Entry 6 when I first mentioned the song. As it happens, though, this is one of those funny instances of hearing the remix before the original. While I talked about the original back in Entry 6, it's high time I gave the remix I heard first its day in the sun. I heard The Widdler's Dubstep Remix first, and loved it. I think I found it on youtube originally, but I honestly don't remember. Regardless of source, the track is excellent. It's one of those remixes that takes an already excellent song and gently massages a new vibe out of it, inserting a bit here, changing a note there, and working its way into a lovely song that's clearly different while retaining all of the excellence that characterized the original track. Enjoy!

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Stuck In My Skull 524 -- Free Music Everywhere! [Free Music Week!]

Free Music Week, Part 3 || Song: "Ladies" || Artist: SKVTR || https://soundcloud.com/syzygyrecords/skvtr-ladies ||

Comments: Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! Today I'm pleased to bring you not one, not two, but FOUR free tracks! Granted, two of them are just me telling you to go look at This Beat Is Newtricious, because the one and only DJ Abso-Newt-ly has two amazing tracks with download links on his blog today. For my part, let's talk about the track "Ladies." As usual, I've never heard of this artist before, but they've done an excellent job of putting together a very instrumental chillstep track. It's calm, relaxing, and really puts a smile on my face. Clicking the download link will take you to their Facebook page, where you'll be able to download this and one other song for the free! To top it off, I wanted to let you lovely readers know about a this page: EDC2014LiveSets. Here you can grab (for free!) live sets from the EDC music festival by names such as Kaskade, Tiesto, and Seven Lions. That's all for today, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to end Free Music Week quite yet, so check back on Monday. Enjoy the weekend!

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Stuck In My Skull 523 -- "Pop It" [Free Music Week!]

Free Music Week, Part 2 || Song: "Pop It" || Artist: Anamanaguchi || https://soundcloud.com/anamanaguchi/wheelie ||

Comments: Good morning, everyone! Today I'm bringing you music from another band I've never heard of, but you might have. According to Wikipedia, ANAMANAGUCHI has been involved in the soundtrack for the video game version of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and have a track of theirs featured on the game Rock Band. I can see why -- this upbeat chiptune track is incredibly catchy, and I am already finding myself listening to it on repeat. Their website also has a mildly entertaining timewaster about the song. Check this track out, and enjoy! Check back tomorrow for more free music!

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Stuck In My Skull 522 -- "IPOS" [Free Music Week!]

Free Music Week, Part 1 || Song: "IPOS" || Artist: Inpetto || https://soundcloud.com/inpetto/ipos || Download Link: via Facebook ||


Comments: Good morning, everyone! You probably noticed an unexplained lack of posts last week. I apologize for that -- the entry that I had written to explain I'd be missing in action for a week didn't post, and so my little vacation went unexplained. To make up for it, I'm kicking off Stuck In My Skull's first ever Free Music Week! That's right, this week is going to be chock-full of amazing music that you don't have to pay for.
Once I realized that my last entry didn't post and decided to do Free Music Week, I headed to Soundcloud and started searching. For those of you who don't know, Soundcloud is an excellent place to find new music of any genre, from both famous and up-and-coming artists. For example, I clicked on Explore, selected 'Dance' as the genre I wanted to explore, and had my pick of nearly-infinite tracks. As of this morning, there's everything from an hour long set by R3HAB (a free download), an hour of Tiesto's Club Life podcast (also a free download), a stack of remixes by various artists, and eventually this gem. One of the things I've really come to appreciate about the Internet is how easy it is for new artists to spread their music, and this is no exception. Prior to writing this entry, I had never heard of Inpetto. According to their website, however, artists like Sander van Doorn, David Guetta, and Axwell have, and are fans. After hearing this song, I can see why.
I have no idea if "IPOS" is supposed to stand for anything, but it does make me stand up and applaud. This track is amazing. Soundcloud shows this as being labelled progressive house, but I am loving the very chill instrumentation and trance influences all over this track. Perhaps chill house would be a better label? Naming conventions aside, the instrumentation is masterful. This track is seven and a half minutes of awesome. The best part is, you can download this song for free by liking the artist on Facebook. Check this song out, and keep an eye on this blog all week for more free music!

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Stuck In My Skull 521 -- "City 2 City"

Song: "City 2 City" || Artist: Zomboy feat. Belle Humble || http://youtu.be/-hT34C5WrlE ||

Comments: Hello and happy Friday, everyone! Today I've got an interesting song from English dubstep producer Zomboy. It's a pretty good song, and I've really been enjoying the interplay of the vocals and the instrumentation. The vocals here are provided by Belle Humble, a name that may ring a bell with long-time readers. Way back in Entry 390, Ms. Humble came up in the context of her vocals on another dubstep song I'm fond of by another English dubstep producer -- Flux Pavilion's remix of "Cracks" by Freestylers. (I just found out that apparently the link posted back in Entry 390 has broken since I wrote the entry; I'll fix that after this post goes up.) Unlike her both the original and the remix of "Cracks," Ms. Humble is applying her excellent talent to a more vocally-focused and much faster track in "City 2 City." It's an excellent song, and I'm definitely going to be looking for more songs from Zomboy, and keeping my ears open for anything else with this vocalist. Enjoy!

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Stuck In My Skull 520 -- "Car Radio"

Song: "Car Radio" || Artist: Twenty One Pilots || http://youtu.be/92XVwY54h5k ||

Comments: Good morning or afternoon, everyone! Today's song is an interesting little number I heard on the radio for the first time yesterday. Created by a Columbus, Ohio-based duo, this song is really hard to apply any sort of labels to -- just look at the labels of this post! Its opening consists of some light instrumentation paired with some really excellent rap. It picks up some additional instrumentation, bridges into a section that reminds me faintly of old Linkin Park, then outtros with opening verses repeated and leaves me really, really intrigued. This duo sounds like nothing else I've heard but liberally blends elements that I love, and leaves me wondering why I haven't heard of them sooner. I looked them up on Wikipedia, and the article about them is informative in the literal sense but doesn't give me much of a feel for who the band really is. They're signed to the Fueled By Ramen record label, so that's probably a mark in their favor. Other artists signed to Fueled By Ramen include Cobra Starship, Fun., Gym Class Heroes, Panic! at the Disco, Paramore, and Travie McCoy, all of whom I like. For that reason, I generally give anything that gets released by an artist I haven't heard of signed to Fueled By Ramen a listen on principle. For what it's worth, I don't generally do that -- I generally don't care a whit about record labels and use them mostly to label and pidgeonhole an artist into a category without having to look them up, but there are a few labels I really enjoy (Ultra, Nuclear Blast, the UKF 'label') and a few more that I actually really respect (Monstercat and some artist-made labels like Deadmau5's Mau5trap, Tiesto's Black Hole and Magik Muzik, etc). Getting back on topic, I've really enjoyed the lyrics so far. I haven't had a chance to sit down and really think about the lyrics yet, but at first glance they strike me as being pretty deep. All in all, I'm pretty happy to have stumbled onto Twenty One Pilots. Give this song a listen and let me know what you think in the comments or on our Facebook page!

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Stuck In My Skull 519 -- "Live for the Night"

Song: "Live for the Night" || Covering Artist: Cole Rolland || Original Artist: Krewella || http://youtu.be/0er1l4PfMdo ||

Comments: Good morning everyone! Today's entry is a pretty intense metal cover of Krewella's track "Live for the Night." I originally heard about this artist with Newt sent me a link to him, and I don't honestly remember if he linked me to this song or the cover of "Alive" that he's also done. Either way, they're both excellent, and props to Newt for letting me know. According to his youtube channel, this 20 year old Canadian prodigy is self-taught, which is impressive. One of the things I've really enjoyed about the explosive growth of youtube over the last several years is the proliferation of really good music talent, and this is an excellent case in point. Check it out!

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Stuck In My Skull 518 -- "Glory and Gore"

Song: "Glory and Gore" || Artist: Lorde || http://youtu.be/vEHHh8IBhpY ||

Comments: Hello everyone and happy Friday! Today's song is one of the lesser-known songs off Lorde's album Pure Heroine. Unlike "Royals," "Team," and (to a lesser degree) "Tennis Court", "Glory and Gore" was released as a single several months later and thus has been robbed of radio play. I think this is truly a shame, because this song is amazing. To be honest, I think the entire album is amazing, but this song (along with "Tennis Court") tends to get stuck in my head fairly often. It's an excellent synthpop track that clocks in around 72 BPM, so dancing to this is basically out of the question. And that's fine, really -- not every track needs be a dance number. The Wikipedia article on the song goes so far as to call out 'chillwave' influences, which I think is going a little too far. This one is nothing but social commentary and satire, and it does a brilliant ob o making a point. Seriously, give this song a listen if you haven't already, I think you'll enjoy it.

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No Entry Today!

Hi everyone,
Unfortunately I don't have an entry for you today -- there's been a bit of a family emergency unfolding. Instead, I'd like to draw your attention once again to This Beat Is Newtricious, which is kicking off Chill Week! Go and have a listen, it's sure to be awesome. We'll be back with you as normal on Wednesday. Enjoy!

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