BLARE Monthly Mix: October 2012
Halloween presents a time to get your freak on and while it may be all about tricking out your costume, we present you with a treat that’s full of new tunes. Similar to zombies, unicorns and nods to Ghostbusters, these 11 recordings are far from normal as they bleed a raw side to alternative (Wolf Alice, Pentimento), flail with a bit of open hip hop (Angel Haze, Kendrick Lamar) and up the dosage of punk (Ceremony, White Lung). So like any night... Read More
BLARE Monthly Mix: September 2012
As Mother Nature bites our ears like an ex with a Cosmo fetish, we bring you a 12-track zip full of new recordings from the past month that will help you ease into leather jackets and cut-off hand warmers. Coughed up by that thing called the internet, there’s beat-heavy/boombox-ready cuts (Wavves’ Sweet Valley, Death Grips), daring ethereal sentiments (How To Dress Well, Dominic Lord) and a heavy helping of alt punk with FIDLAR, The Dirty... Read More
BLARE Monthly Mix: May 2012
In the blazing wash of summer, we are proud to present our first ever BLARE MONTHLY MIX where we put together our own tape to bring a kitchen sink of music to infect your ears. We’re not kidding. El-P’s terrorizing underground rap jaunt slides into Azealia Banks’ bouncy steel drum ditty and out blooms Beat Connection’s tranquility, Doldrums’ hallucinogenic funk, White Arrows’ stripping lo-fi and Broken Water’s... Read More