The show for game music and hip hop is back! I've got a ton of hot new tracks from 8-Bit Jazz Heroes, Dual Core, James Landino, 2 Mello, ANTWON, SublimeCloud, Tudd, Emrls, Stettes, and Blipperactive.
Press Start with the 8-bit Jazz Heroes
I had the chance to catch these folks performing at MAGWest last year, and have been looking forward to this album for a minute. Glad to finally share this smooth collection of classic game sounds. Fans of Nintendo soundtracks better listen up. Super Mario and Legend of Zelda get some special attention, along with a tribute to Metroid along with the original Tetris.
Kirby, F-Zero, NyteXing, Doc Isaac, Marquice Turner
I've got hip hop in the form of Side Missions 2 from NyteXing, and Doc Isaac with his album Attract Mode. Also got some stellar compilation efforts out of Pixel Mixers with Kirby - The Green (Greens) Album and Boost Power!. Also got some laid back beats by Marquice Turner.
Black Panther, Annihilation reviews, Smash Bros Switch talk
Frank talks about Black Panther, Anthony talks about Annihilation and the upcoming Super Smash Bros for Nintendo Switch. and other things.
Viking Guitar Live keeps the world metal with Warpath
I've seen half of this band perform at multiple times, in multiple places. One day I will see the full band in one place at one time though. Got to have life goals. VGL really runs the gauntlet here with seven tracks from seven different series. None of them Gauntlet though. We do got some Mega Man X2, Ninja Gaiden 2, The 7th Saga, aaand Zelda, Secret of Mana and Ghosts 'n' Goblins. One series being an anime and not a game, though I think there was a Trigun game once.
Street Fighter II, DIVE: Starpath, Meteo Xavier, Linnani Vaanija, Shael Riley
It's an eclectic week with the varied sounds of Linnani Vaanija album SNACK. Atmospheric themes from the DIVE: Starpath soundtrack by Nick Borrego. Street Fighter inspired EDM by DJ SUPER SONIC. Soul searching nerd hip hop rock by Schaffer the Darklord, along with Shael Riley and the Double Ice Backfire on their collab album Hold Person. Then it's the chill study music of Meteo Xavier on his hour long relaxing original music playlist.