The Chuckness

Here are the official visuals for XV’s “Awesome”, which can be found off of his latest mixtape, Zero Heroes. A little South Park concept to this one — be on the lookout for his debut studio album The Kid With The Green Backpack, due out in early 2012. Tweet

Swedish music dominates the world. Here are the official visuals for The Sound of Arrows’ first single off of their recently released album Voyage. I’m a little creeped out by the shirtless bed scenes, but the song is too good — I’ll have to accept it. I picked up Voyage on Tuesday, and it’s filled with perfectly crafted electro-pop jams like the one above. I advise you do the same, and nab the album on iTunes. Tweet

This is the second track I’ve heard off of The Roots’ upcoming album Undun, which is shaping up to be something special. It’s tough for The Roots to further enhance their reputation in the hip-hop world, but “Make My” has done just that. With a perfectly crafted beat, and a feature from Big K.R.I.T., their new single pushes boundaries in the genre. Here we have another cut off the album, which is due out December 6th. “Tip The Scale” tells the story of a young man with a ton of potential, who takes a left turn and ends up a … Continue reading →

Mumford & Sons are coming off one of the more impressive debut albums in recent memory with Sigh No More. The other day they swung by 104.5FM in Philly, and performed a brand new cut titled “Ghosts That We Knew”. Lead singer Marcus Mumford has one of the more captivating voices in today’s music world, and you need to look no further than right here for confirmation. Look out for a new album from the folk-rockers sometime next year. Shoutout to Bri for the find. Tweet

Oh boy. No release date on this guy yet, but you might as well prepare for all productivity to go out the window. [via Complex] Tweet

Uh, yeah… so there’s this. Whoader. Boi. Tweet

We all know Avicii’s “Levels” has been the biggest electronic track of 2011, I don’t really think that’s up for grabs. If it is, please place your competition in the comments section. Then re-watch the footage from his shows around the world, listen to the crowd belt out the song, and rethink your efforts. What’s crazy is the fact that the jam hasn’t even been officially released yet. Within the next couple of days, it’s being rolled out on iTunes across the world — for the amateurs that somehow were able to dodge it this summer. I’m not sure how … Continue reading →

Annnnd these dudes are goons. The official visuals for “And We Danced” prove to the world that Macklemore is a legend in the making, and he’s beyond comfortable with it. For those of you that are used to him rapping about serious issues a la “Otherside”, this will be a nice change of pace. Tweet

Weird. Here are the creepy, Halloween-inspired visuals for “Bonfire”, Gambino’s single off of his upcoming debut album. Camp drops November 15th. Tweet

The official visuals for Common’s current, ELO-sampling single “Blue Sky”. Keep your eyes open for his next album titled The Dreamer, The Believer – due out on Nov. 22nd. Tweet