OVO fux wit Nicole Ariana
In case you missed it (#ICYMI), here are some pretty great recently released tracks from local musicians and bands for your listening pleasure on this goddamn beautiful day. Have a listen! ♥
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Loveland - "Aloe Hotel"
Soft funk Halifax five-piece
Loveland is killing the love-making music.
Robert Loveless is a soul-singer incarnate. This one is for the lovers. I mean, it's not called Loveland for no reason. Hot sexy slow jams, amazing musicianship. You're gonna need the aloe, baby: this song burns.
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Nap Eyes - "Mixer"
Ah yes, my well-tooted horn: Halifax "indie rockers"
Nap Eyes released a new track from upcoming album,
Thought Rock Fish Scale (
You've Changed/Paradise of Bachelors). I learned this song just by going to all of
Nigel Chapman's shows but it's recorded wonderfully;
Seamus Dalton's drums are accentuated in a way that's sometimes lost live. This is balance.
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Ritchcraft - "Memories" (feat. Gwyneth Christoffel)
Halifax producer
James Ritchie dropped "Memories" featuring singer
Gwenyth Christoffel earlier this month. It's got a very current vibe that still invokes classic throwbacks like
Portishead and
Super Nintendo. "Memories" makes me feel like a neon jellyfish.
Ritchcraft also remixed the
Little Dicky, Fetty Wap, Rich Homie Quan banger "
Save Dat Money."
Yeaaah baby *Fetty Wap voice* Looks like we have a hot new producer in the mix.
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Nicole Ariana - "I'm Yours"
Earlier this year, Halifax's
Nicole Ariana started collabos with
OVO Sound's
Eric Dingus in Austin, Texas, via
Dream Sequence Records. A few weeks ago, she released the Dingus-produced track, "I'm Yours." It's super-sensual with some hard pounding in the middle. I don't know why all these tracks are making me horny. Almost the weekend. Anyway, our homegirl is killing it. I mean,
you know who runs OVO, right? Ariana's tracks have always been impressive, emotive and hypnotizing, but knock knock, who's there, next-level. Dingus also put out a
Halloween Mix on OVO Sound Radio and included Ariana on it (hit up 14:01). Really big tings.
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