Timbre Tantrum

This is a note to inform visitors, that we at TimbreTantrum.com are currently on hiatus while we prepare our newest online and interactive home of original content for all things independent music.  We appreciate your viewership through our first year of existence, and we look forward to bringing you a more distinctive point of view in our next reincarnation.

If you’d like to stay up-to-date with Timbre Tantrum through our transition, use the links on the right side of the homepage to follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

We can’t wait to share with you our Timbre Tantrum 2.0!

Sincerely,

-Timbre Tantrum Staff

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She’s baaaaaack!  Santigold has been keepin’ it pretty low-pro since the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album.  But she’s back, with a vengeance!  Jay-Z’s new lifestyle website, Life + Times just debuted the raucous, synth-based track, “Go,” featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O.  Santi also sat down with Life + Times to decode the meaning of the song, describe her collaboration with Karen O, and explain her concept of the new American Dream.

Stream Santigold’s new track, “Go,” over at Life + Times, now; plus read the Life + Times interview with Santigold, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry →

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It’s that time of year again; when music devotees make their yearly pilgrimage into the desert to worship the aural gods.  And this year’s trek out to The Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival in Indio, California has all the makings to become one of the year’s biggest and most raucous three-day music weekends.

This year, the sold-out crowd will be treated to full lineups on six separate stages, which is bound to leave most music lovers with several tough choices to make.  Check out the newly released set times for the full festival, plus utilize Coachella’s own, Coachooser application, which helps you plan your festival itinerary.

Plus, for those of you not heading out to the desert this year, starting Friday, you can stream the exclusive live webcast from the festival on Coachella’s Official YouTube Channel.

Check out the time-lapse video directed by Sam O’Hare, below, to get a sneak peek into the day in the life of Coachella.

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Baltimore-based beat-banger and M.I.A-collaborator Blaqstarr dropped his newest party-startin’ project today.  Blaqstarr: The Mixtape is a 25-track roller coaster ride featuring M.I.A, Diplo, Mos Def, Rye Rye, Talib Kweli, Steve Aoki, Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek, Flosstradamus and more.

Blaqstarr: The Mixtape is available today as a FREE download (with email address), plus check out the full track list, below.

Blaqstarr: The Mixtape Track List

01 Block Rockin Beats
02 Handstand
03 Never Hesitant [ft. M.I.A.]
04 Get Off [ft. Diplo]
05 Tween Me and You [ft. Nadastrom]
06 Hold On
07 Take Me High
08 War of Roses [ft. Talib Kweli]
09 You Know I’m No Good
10 Rain Came Into My House
11 Viktim of Society
12 Set It Off Remix
13 Coming Home
14 Tote It 2
15 Big Bills [ft. Flosstradamus and Caroline Polachek]
16 Shower Freestyle
17 Kandle Light and Roses [ft. Shanell]
18 Control Freak [ft. Steve Aoki]
19 Xtraordinary
20 Suck on My Kiss
21 Meet Me Half Way
22 Teardrop Shorty
23 Lullaby
24 Kiss Me on My Lips [ft. Mos Def]
25 Get Up [ft. Rye Rye]

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Summer comes early this year with the release of new music from beach and boardwalk daydreamers, The Drums.  The band’s newest single “The New World” stays true to The Drums’ signature bright and sunny surf hooks, but this time around there’s a good cause behind their jukebox melodies of surf and sun.  All proceeds from the track will benefit the victims of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, plus fans in Japan can download the song for free.

Get a preview of “The New World,” below, plus, be sure to download the track (and help benefit Japan’s disaster relief) when it releases next week.

The Drums’ new single “The New World” releases April 18^th from Downtown Records.

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