DJ Shadow, “Scale It Back (feat. Little Dragon)” (2011) find it on The Less You Know, The Better Remember back in the 90s when the ubiquitous guest vocalist was Michael Stipe? Then, around 1999, Stipe passed on his mantle to Thom Yorke, who seems to have passed it on to Little Dragon. Seriously, this band [...]

Little Dragon, “Stå Upp” (2011) Fine Tune Friday almost didn’t make it to the presses this week due to an ongoing ski vacation that’s taking up the time of the FTF authors. But a little après-ski down time, we can bring you this little gem from Swedes Little Dragon, no stranger to Fine Tune Friday. [...]

Gorillaz, “To Binge” (2010)find it on Plastic Beach I’m going to eat my words re: Gorillaz, but I’ll just have a half order, please. When I first heard the new Gorillaz album, it was on shuffle, and just about every song made me reach for the ol’ iPod, thinking what the fuck is this shit?! [...]

Dear Doctors: please excuse Fine Tune Friday from school/work/jury duty yesterday, as he was riding a train. He realizes that he has made a mockery of his name by being published on Saturday, and is very sorry. Little Dragon, “Blinking Pigs“ (2009)find it on Machine Dreams It’s common knowledge among my friends that our friend [...]