Track of the Weekend #60: Tycho - “Awake”

Well, it’s been a crazy, crazy ride here at Whyd, and we are at another little milestone, the 60th Track of the Weekend. It’s as good a reason as any to pause, smile, and look back at the all of the great music that has been featured for the Tracks of the Weekend. There is a lot of it, so take your time and enjoy. 

This week it’s the instrumental sounds of Tycho's latest single “Awake,” with their guitar storytelling, smooth melodies, and perfect beat that just sounds like music you should be listening to no matter what you are doing: be it driving across the desert of Arizona at daybreak; sweeping spiderwebs out of your attic; or standing in awe at the magnitude of the Great Wall of China… Either way, this track could serve as the soundtrack to that moment. 

Special thanks to Monsieur Thomas Vimare for getting it on Whyd. Make sure you check out his new project “Museekly” which takes the coolest tracks from new music platforms (Whyd included) and sends it to your inbox every week. You can check it out here: http://www.museekly.com.

25th October 2013

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Track of the Weekend #59: Flume - “Intro” Feat. Stalley

It’s been a hip hop sort of month here on Whyd, with last week’s track of the weekend coming from the innovative and absurd Tyler The Creator. This week it’s "Intro" from Flume featuring Stalley.

A flume is, as we all know, a manmade chute for water, but the prominence of the Australian electronic project of the same name on the world stage has taken the focus away from physical irrigation to aural stimulation. “Intro” is the first track from the upcoming “Flume: Deluxe Edition” due out on November 8th. Let it flow over you while you have an excellent weekend. 

Special thanks to one of Whyd’s closest family members, Bertrand for claiming this week’s Track of the Weekend!

18th October 2013

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Track of the Weekend #58: Tyler The Creator - “Tamale”

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This week’s hottest track is something that spits fire directly into your face, and then cools it off with a saddening coda that leaves you feeling like the rapper abandoned you. That rapper is rising star Tyler the Creator, whose abrasive style has been creating fans around the world. That, of course, and the video, which is absurd, hilarious, and features some serious cat riding. Whatever you think of it “Tamale" will not be something that leaves your memory bank in the near future. Big congrats to Pierre Larmina for landing his first Track of the Weekend! 

11th October 2013

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Track of the Weekend #56: The Magician - “When The Night Is Over” CLAPTONE Remix

If you’re looking for a trip, check out the About Page for The Magician, a mysterious character that has been showing up in more and more places over the last few years. A remix here, a hype track there. Now, The Magician has abracadabra-ed his way to the title of Holder of Whyd Track of the Weekend with his brand new track “When The Night Is Over” remixed by CLAPTONE. 

As poppy as it is smooth, “When The Night Is Over” feels like a rabbit being released from a top hat: freeing, hoppy, and pleasantly furry. Thanks to the tag team of Tis and R∆D∆R! for getting it to the top spot this week.  

27th September 2013

Track of the Weekend #55: Darkside - “Paper Trails”

Be seduced by the unusually simple sounds of a new group that has been sitting comfortably atop the Whyd Hot Tracks this week. “Paper Trails" by Darkside (Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington) is captivatingly clear, gliding along to the beat that is sophisticated in its level of plucking complexity. Add in the throaty lust of lyrics that hover deeply above, and you have nothing short of an addictive track that feels like it should sound. Thanks to Milou for sharing it with us, Darkside's album “Psychic” is out next month. 

20th September 2013

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Track of the Weekend #54: Arcade Fire - “Reflektor”

Ladies and Gentlemen, #WhydWarOne is in full swing, and after a decisive battle last week that saw Whyd's Blond Music Ninja claim the top spot of Track of the Weekend, this week it’s the Very Tall Cookening Designer Julien Pelletier who advances his troops with the epic, monstrous, and full-on “Reflektor" the lead track from Canadian rock group Arcade Fire's upcoming album of the same name. 

Disquieting, alarming, yet hypnotic “Reflektor” has spend the week atop the Hot Tracks, melodically reminding us all that an orchestra can be packed into seven people. We are definitely looking forward to the new album due out later this year. 

13th September 2013

Track of the Weekend #53: Macklemore ft. Ed Sheeran - “Same Love” (De Hofnar Bootleg)

Whyd's Blonde Music Ninja is back sneaking through an open window in the dark night and slipping the smooth sounds of Macklemore’s track “Same Love" sung by Ed Sheeran and bootlegged by De Hofnar into our ears. “Same Love” is the fourth single off of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s album “The Heist,” and the second time that one of the tracks holds the honor of the Track of the Weekend. 

It’s calming, soothing sounds, incredibly positive message, and contagious melody have kept this track elevated atop the Hot Tracks all week. It’s the BMN’s first salvo in #WhydWarOne. We will have to wait and see how the community responds. 

6th September 2013

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Track of the Weekend #52: In The Valley Below - “Peaches”

It’s strange how music works sometimes. When we were looking up bands to check out at the Rock en Seine Festival last weekend here in Paris, we came across a group called In The Valley Below, a girl/guy duo from L.A. Having never heard of them before, we did a quick Whyd search and found their single “Peaches," added a few months before by Evergig Community Manager and good friend FP. Tony re-added it before going to the show, the track had a lot of untapped potential.  

It was an excellent performance, complete with unusual instruments (the girl was using chains as a sort of percussion) and a creeping vibe that builds into powerful choruses. It was definitely the type of group that you see turning into a cultural force. 

When we checked the Hot Tracks on Monday, “Peaches” was already #2, and since Tuesday, it has held the top spot with no sign of letting go. Have a great weekend listening to this jam! 

30th August 2013

Track of the Weeknd #51: “Royals”

We’ve been doing the Track of the Weekend for a long time now, having racked up an impressive 50 previous selections that lit up Whyd and rested atop the hot tracks. Yet there is one artist that has been ridiculously popular on Whyd that has never held that honor, and it is in a way ironic, since that artist is called The Weeknd

It is even more ironic since The Weeknd broke onto the world stage in 2011 after uploading some tracks to YouTube and disseminating mixtapes online: the exact type of thing that Whyd was designed to help with, taking new talent to new areas of the world. Well, now one of the tracks of The Weeknd is a Whyd Track of the Weekend.

Royals" is a multipart harmony sung by a mesmerizing female voice that trashes the expectations set by songs of wealth and dreams of Cadillacs and tigers on gold chains by stating "We don’t care, we aren’t caught up in your love affair…we crave a different kind of buzz." And it was our very own designer Loïck that hooked it up for Whyd. Thanks dude! 

23rd August 2013

Track of the Weekend #50: Mumford & Sons - “Hopeless Wanderer”

Wow! Can you believe it? No really! Can you believe it? We’ve been doing this for almost a year and a half and we’re only at 50 tracks of the weekend! I didn’t realize that we missed so many weeks… This is literally the only thing that I have to do…

Ah well, nothing can diminish the importance of this milestone. The Track of the Weekend has been a career-making stepping stone for artists in their rise to fame. Who could forget when “Thrift Shop" was the Track of the Weekend when the video only have 5,000 views? Or the legendary single of French post rock group Man Is Not A Bird? What about Get Lucky? Face it, no one would’ve heard it if it hadn’t been for Whyd.

Yes, the Whyd community really are the tastemakers of tomorrow. We look forward to another 50 Tracks of the Weekend — no matter how many weeks it takes — and we celebrate our 50th with an excellent track and hilarious video thanks to Green Room Session. No one is a stranger to Mumford & Sons, easily the world’s most popular group to feature a banjo, whose southern style and liberal syllable use is immediately recognizable. “Hopeless Wanderer" could be anyone of us, but instead it’s the comedy quad-fecta of Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms, and Will Forte taking the roll of the Mumford family. Over-the-top? Of course, but that’s why it’s so fun.

So unclip your suspenders, ruffle your beard, raise a metal beer mug: here’s to the future! 

9th August 2013

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