Look Hear volume 72 - new, free and good

January is off to a traditionally slow start, but the xx news is always good news. Here’s a demo of a song that they made while working on their new album:


The lady Grimes is releasing her new LP on 4AD, and celebrating with a new track:


Air has been scoring movies again, and the French duo is penning an entire album based on their work on the film Le Voyage Dans La Lune. Here’s a few snippets from that:


We have it on good authority that Robert Glasper’s forthcoming Black Radio LP is going to be one of the best jazz releases of 2012. Here’s a cut off the album featuring the group King:


Now for some new music: the Flatbush Zombies crew straight outta Brooklyn, NYC (Flatbush):


This chap called Willis Earl Beal has a new LP out via XL soon. Kind of a outsider Cody Chestnutt vibe:


Here’s a compilation put together by Dirty Beaches for his label Bathetic. You can download all of these tracks too:


The-Dream is constantly making new music. This one’s called ‘ROC’:


Thom Yorke is at it too:




And of course, Diplo is grinding on as always. Here’s a megamix made in celebration of the free Express Yourself EP:
DIPLO express yourself EP sampler by diplo