Why?

Label: Anticon
Genre: Hip Hop, Pop

Sanddollars [MP3, 3.6MB, 160kbps]
Ladyfingerz [MP3, 3.0MB, 128kbps]
Darla [MP3, 2.9MB, 128kbps]
Early Whitney [MP3, 3.7MB, 128kbps]
hahaha / you'll know where your plane is [MP3, 2.6MB, 128kbps]

Why? hits full stride on their new Sanddollars EP. More straight-forward, sing-along melodies and hooky choruses replace the usual meandering, stumble-along style. Consider Why? the hip-hop generation's answer to They Might Be Giants. And it couldn't have happened a moment too soon...

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13 & God

Label: Anticon
Genre: Electronic, Pop

Men of Station [MP3, 4.4MB, 160kbps]

Remember the old Reese's commercials? A woman holding an open jar of peanut butter turns the corner and runs into a man with a chocolate bar. "You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!" Tragedy is avoided when the two taste their happy accident. 13 & God is just as happy an accident. Formed when German glitch-popsters, The Notwist, and No. Cal.'s avant hip-hop duo, Themselves, were stranded while touring Canada. With time to kill and a penchant for collaborating, well, they made beautiful music together. On this track The Notwist flavor is dominant, but I expect Doseone (Themselves) a bit more on the mic for the album. "Two great tastes that (surprisingly) go great together."

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Dosh

Label: Anticon
Genre: Beats, Experimental

Naoise [MP3, 3.2MB, 128kbps]
You Can't Make Me Cry [MP3, 4.5MB, 128kbps]
Steve the Cat [MP3, 4.9MB, 128kbps]

This kid that lives seven houses down from me has this dope, super clean Cadillac. One sticker graces its rear window, dead center: Anticon. My neighborhood certainly isn't a hotbed of fellow fine music admirerers (it's more prone to Amway-esque consultants), so this discovery was a pleasant surprise. I'll let him listen to my advance of Pure Trash if he lets me take my lady out in that ride of his.

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Odd Nosdam

Label: Anticon
Genre: Beats

Untitled Three feat. Jessica Bailiff [MP3, 5.1MB, 160kbps]
American Bonus Pt. 8 [MP3, 3.8MB, 192kbps]
Track 12 [MP3, 2.0MB, 128kbps]
EP Tape Collage [MP3, 0.9MB, 128kbps]

Proof positive of Odd's ability to walk the line between goofball humor and necksnapping beats.

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www.anticon.com/oddnosdam.html

Themselves

Label: Anticon
Genre: Experimental, Hip Hop

Good People Check (Hrvatski Remix) [MP3, 8.08MB, 224kbps]

A sampling of favorites from 2003. Confounding both the laptop and backpack sets with artful ease, not to mention a wickedly haunting groove.

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www.anticon.com/themselves.html