Major Lazer tracks are usually such intricate, densely layered affairs that the remixes don’t do the originals much justice—it’s like taking a jigsaw puzzle apart and expecting to […]
MUSIC: Major Lazer feat Pharrell – Aerosol Can
Pharrell takes a break from rocking Canadian Mountie caps and making a boatload of money as a soul singer to get back to one of his other passions, […]
LIVE: Governor’s Ball 2012, Randall’s Island
Baaallin.’ And by that I mean a press area stocked with water bottles all day, free wi-fi, folding tables decorated with paper collage table covers and ironic press paraphenelia like an old […]
NEW MUSIC: Switch feat. Andrea Martin – I Still Love You, Revisiting the soulful house standard
Switch ft Andrea Martin – I Still Love You by DUBSIDED “I Still Love You” could very easily be the best song in the world that few mainstream […]
TELEVISION: Adult Swim’s Upfronts, NYC
Photo courtesy Adult Swim/Turner If you’re of college age like I am, you have to remember the premere of Adult Swim. Back in the day, Ted Turner’s extension […]
SINGLE REVIEW: Beyonce – Girls (Who Run The World)
Beyonce – Girls (Who Run The World) [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Beyonce-Girls_Who_Run_The_World.mp3|titles=Beyonce-Girls_Who_Run_The_World] I remember sitting back at Washington DC’s Liv Nightclub one night, observing the crowd, and getting my drink on from […]
MIXTAPE: Major Lazer x La Roux – Lazerproof
Download: Major Lazer x La Roux – Lazerproof First off, big up to my homie Nacey and Matthew Hemerlein, whose Bulletproof remix not only was selcted by the […]
New Music: Lazers, Signals and M.I.A
Major Lazer feat. Busy Signal and M.I.A– Sound of Siren [Audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/major-lazer-sound-of-siren.mp3] Another M.I.A blog post? You’re either rolling your eyes by now or just got excited to hear […]
Writer BEST OF 2009 – Kaiser
We’re bringing back our Writer and Reader Top 5ives for the of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader and writer each day […]
Mixtape: Jovi Rockwell – Psycho Therapy
Download: Jovi Rockwell – Psycho Therapy Jovi Rockwell – Keep It Real (produced by Diplo) [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/10-Keep-It-Real.mp3] I’m loving this mixtape by Jamaican artist Jovi Rockwell, who most of […]