Best New Tracks-Mykki Blanco "The Initiation"

What do you call a gay black man from North Carolina posing as a female MC from New York? Mykki Blanco, of course. And what do you call the quasi title-track of Blanco's forthcoming mixtape, Betty Rub

Best New Tracks: Jon Hopkins "Open Eye Signal"

We usually don't feature the type of ambient electronica that London-based producer Jon Hopkins effortlessly churns out, but when we heard "Open Eye Signal," we knew we'd have to make an exception. "O

New Artist Find: Bloodgroup

I can’t tell you exactly why this feels right at 3:23 AM, but our new artist find, Bloodgroup have curiously intrigued me as I work into the wee hours of the morning. I’m really not e

New Artist Find: Shy Girls

The dream of PBR&B is alive in Portland, all thanks to Dan Vidmar, a Pennsylvania expatriate, who took a loft apartment in the city's inner east side industrial district, in 2009. By day, Vidmar h

Guns 'n' Roses "Jungle" Live at The Ritz, 1988!

Todays best songs ever post features a very special video.  Back in the late 1980s, MTV (when MTV was 'zactly that, music television!) aired this gnar' series, titled “Live at the Ritz.&rdq

Best Alternative Pop (10 Favs) Week 21

The Billboard Music Awards happened this weekend and surprisingly, the show wasn’t all crap. An (un)lucky fan got a face full of Miguel’s crotch and Prince kept the bitches in check with h

The Trials and Tribulations of BitCandy Radio

Behold! The sixth version of BitCandy Internet Radio is finally here, and I dare say it's awesome.  Check it out here!  http://www.bitcandy.com/freeonlineradio  Grab a coffee and let me

Kelly Durette & BitCandy Limited Pieces

A long, long time ago, like three weeks ago, we reached out to our Michelangelos in search of some sick-tastic art for our BitCandy merchandise store. Shortly after, we struck upon a genius idea, muah