Lemon Jelly: Nice Weather For Ducks

From Savages live at Ministry of Sound to Jaytram's remix of Quitapenas' Más Tropical, our look at music this week

A rainy week in New York reminded us of the classic Lemon Jelly tune “Nice Weather For Ducks,” a song nominated for a BRIT award off the duo’s 2002 album Lost Horizons. Before the twosome called it quits in 2008, Fred Deakin and his successful London-based design studio Airside (which also disbanded last year) created this trippy animated video for the quirky track, which sees …

Savages Live at Ministry of Sound

From Savages live at Ministry of Sound to Jaytram's remix of Quitapenas' Más Tropical, our look at music this week

The Creators Project took a cue from Boiler Room with a live stream of Savages performing at London’s Ministry of Sound on Thursday, which saw the English post-punk band perform an hour of songs from their new album Silence Yourself, out now on Matador Records. The all-girl group has received much acclaim since forming in late 2011, and their superbly dark and dramatic sound will …

Quitapenas: Más Tropical (Jaytram of Sinkane Remix)

From Savages live at Ministry of Sound to Jaytram's remix of Quitapenas' Más Tropical, our look at music this week

A nine-piece band from southern California, Quitapenas “hopes to take away worries” with their funky Afro-Latin sound. Their recently-released, home-recorded album Más Tropical Vol 1 boasts some serious samba vibes that definitely encourage cutting loose on the dance floor, and with a little help from Jason Trammell—also known as Jaytram, the drummer from DFA group Sinkane—their single “Más Tropical” leaps into the land of constant …