Roman Ruins - Mighty Love

Roman Ruins is a project from Oakland’s Graham Hil, occasional drummer for bands like Beach House and Papercuts. After a few small releases in recent years, Gold Robot Records will be putting out his fantastic debut LP called Homebuilding on February 28th. For the past month, I’ve been secretly enjoying this record and now I’m really excited to premiere the opening song “Mighty Love.” This track sets the tone for a very smooth-flowing album - so smooth in fact, that the vinyl is pressed into two continuous sides with no breaks between the tracks. Definitely keep an eye out for this one.

heRobust - Facebook Lift

Atlanta beat genius heRobust is releasing a free double album called Late Night / Morning After out on SATURATE February 1st. There will also be a 7” featuring one track from each album coming soon. It’s been a while since he dropped his debut Albumin, but since then he’s been steadily posting slick remixes on his Soundcloud (definitely worth checking out!). Click here to grab a download of this new track “Facebook Lift” and another called “Crystalinstrumental.”

THE-DRUM - Run You

Chicago beat-maker duo THE-DRUM dropped a new banger in my inbox over the weekend, which I’ve had on repeat. “Run You” is off a split Bandcamp release with fellow Chi-towners Sich Mang. Make sure to peep the rest of the songs whenever you can pull yourself away from this one.

Birkwin Jersey - Orinoco

My pals at Absent Fever are releasing a new seven-track EP from UK producer Birkwin Jersey in early 2012. Old Hands is a fresh batch of delicately constructed choppy, sedated beats, moving forward from where we left off on the brilliant debut Time Doesn’t Exist, Clocks Do. Check out the standout track “Orinoco” off the digital EP dropping on January 13th.