Welcome to the Spirit Vision Presents. This is a brand new series that will feature live performances in studio by an array of talented artists. We’ve teamed up with Ben Rosett and Ian Jennings of Spirit Vision Studios and the band Strawberry Girls to bring you some music we appreciate by musicians you may or may not have heard. We’ll […]
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SPIRIT VISION PRESENTS: Talmon Owens – “Woodcutter”
March 1st, 2013 
Dayton O'Connor 
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LYRIC VIDEO: Heart To Heart – “The Turn”
March 1st, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Purveyors of hardcore, melodic and otherwise, Heart to Heart may have put out their self-titled full length in October of last year, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still getting some traction out of it. Case in point: the band teamed up with Alternative Press Magazine for the debut of the lyric video for “The […]
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MIXTAPE: Gucci Mane & Young Scooter – ‘Free Bricks 2’
March 1st, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Gucci Mane is back, and he’s bringing the hard sound of the street with his cohort Young Scooter on Free Bricks 2. The two aren’t going it alone on this release. “Remix Rerock” features Brick Squad compatriot Waka Flocka Flame while “Pass Around” sees Wale getting straight ignorant with Mane and Scooter. The beats from […]
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WATCH: Tyler, The Creator’s Interview And Freestyle On Sway In The Morning
March 1st, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Say what you will about Tyler, The Creator, dude always brings the LOLs. The rapper recently appeared (with Odd Future members Taco and Jasper in tow) on Shade 45’s Sway In The Morning SiriusXM radio show to drop a few rhymes and to talk shop about his upcoming full length Wolf. All in all, it […]
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STREAM: Kid Cudi – “Immortal”
March 1st, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Kid Cudi is at it again. The rapper has been teasing a new song through his Twitter for the better part of the week and last night he made good on his word and dropped “Immortal”. A self-produced cut, “Immortal” comes off as a solid mesh of the appealing elements of early Cudi and some […]
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William Beckett Announces Debut LP, Signs To Equal Vision Records
February 28th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Today is a big day in William Beckett news. The front man for the now defunct punk-pop outfit The Academy Is… has been teasing a big announcement for the better part of the week… and here it is. Well, it’s less of an announcement and more of a collection of things. First and most importantly, […]
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Billie Joe Armstrong Talks Substance Abuse, Recovery In Rolling Stone Interview
February 28th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Green Day front man and songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong recently sat down with David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine to dish about his substance abuse and subsequent recovery. It’s a fairly incredible story, if only for the fact that there really wasn’t any public indications of Armstrong’s issues prior to his outburst at back in […]
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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Big K.R.I.T. Featuring Bun B – “Shine On”
February 28th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Reigning lord of southern hip-hop Big K.R.I.T. is back on his grind. The gifted emcee/producer announced his next mixtape King Remembered In Time back in January and today we have our first taste of the upcoming release with “Shine On”. Featuring a rather busy soul funk beat (produced by K.R.I.T. himself, natch) and a prototypically […]
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Scott Weiland Comments On His “Termination” From Stone Temple Pilots
February 28th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor DRAMA. We reported on the surprise statement that grunge act Stone Temple Pilots sent out to the press regarding front man Scott Weiland’s role in the band, or as of yesterday, a lack thereof. But it sounds like news of Weiland’s firing from STP was a surprise even to the singer himself. Shortly after word […]
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Actress Noomi Rapace States That The Script For ‘Prometheus’ Sequel Is In The Works
February 27th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor The Playlist got a doozy of a scoop while they were chatting with actress Noomi Rapace. During a press junket for her upcoming thriller Dead Man Down (due out March 8), IndieWire writer Ben Taylor turned the topic of conversation from Rapace’s definite upcoming project to more speculative fare. Specifically, the possibility of a sequel to Prometheus, […]
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MUSIC VIDEO: Killswitch Engage – “In Due Time”
February 27th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Everyone knows that under the flinty, brooding exterior of a metalhead lies a friendly, nougaty center. Case in point, the music video for “In Due Time”. The visuals for the new single from from rough-hewn brutes Killswitch Engage sees the band just being their beardy selves. Does that mean a lot of lavish shots of […]
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MUSIC VIDEO: Anberlin – “Unstable”
February 27th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Atmospheric rock outfit Anberlin have just put out a music video for their latest single “Unstable”. The closer to their 2012 album Vital (which you can check out here), the epic cut got a deservedly cinematic visual treatment. Taking place in a desert expanse, the clip is replete with surreal iconography and staggeringly grand visuals, […]
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