Slow Sundays: Excursion to the Version Special

Missy Elliott's KCON debut, Wild Ones' sporty music video and more in our look at the songs we tweeted this week

London Fields Radio recently held a special edition of Slow Sundays, the micro-station’s “weekly foray into the slower side of house,” by tapping local music savants Michael Morley, Nic Tasker, Lix and the Working Late Tonight DJs to play two hours of extended edits, strange covers, bootlegs, dubs and reworks at Dalston’s Shacklewell Arms pub. Called “Excursion to the Version,” the spicy mix features rare …

Wild Ones: It’s Real

Missy Elliott's KCON debut, Wild Ones' sporty music video and more in our look at the songs we tweeted this week

Portland is known for many things: Rain, coffee, craft beer, flannels and indie music. But like much of the entire Northwest, it is not known for sports. With this in mind, videographer—and sole craftsman behind leather camera-strap brand Great State Strap Co—Gary Tyler McLeod directed the video for “It’s Real” by Portland-based band Wild Ones. In what may well be an emotional exposé on watching …

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Missy Elliott's KCON debut, Wild Ones' sporty music video and more in our look at the songs we tweeted this week

Missy Elliott + G-Dragon: Niliria There’s more to Seoul than “Gangnam Style.” While Justin Timberlake pleased Brooklyn at the VMAs, his Korean counterpart G-Dragon (who rose to fame through his pop band Big Bang and whose solo career has been equally influential) was rapping a duet with Missy Elliott at LA’s annual KPOP convention. While we were happily stunned to see Elliott—who’s kept a pretty …