Video: Memory Banks - Lazy Habits feat. Baby Sol

Lazy Habits are an eight piece hip-hop collective who have already been getting a bit of love from the likes of 6music and 1extra. And based on the video for 'Memory Banks' it is a justifiable reaction. Featuring sultry guest vocals from Baby Sol, their first single is a lovely low-down piece of summer soul that deserves to make it onto your barbecue playlist this year.

The single is already out as a digital download and it will be followed up by an album towards the end of the summer.

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Video: Who's Next - Curry & Coco

You liked Devo and the Human League, right? Good. You thought Shy Child were better when they sounded broken and that Datarock's sappy second album lacked the punch of their first? Us too. In which case check out Curry & Coco because they are pretty sick.

Originally from Lille, France, Curry & Coco have been busy in London working on an album with producer David Costen (Bat For Lashes, Chew Lips, Everything Everything). Entitled We Are Beauty it will be out "later this year" but rather than getting bogged down in that BlackPlastic suggests you bask in the sunshine brilliance of 'Who's Next' and Curry & Coco's forthcoming EP Sex Is Fashion.

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Video: Drunk Girls - LCD Soundsystem

It's not that we are biased, it's just that LCD Soundsystem are still more exciting than everybody else. Check out the video Spike Jonze has made for new single 'Drunk Girls' as it's probably Jonze's best in years:

Very punk. Love it.

Forthcoming album This Is Happening is out on 17 May, the This Is Happening EP featuring 'Drunk Girls' is out now, both are on EMI.

Stay tuned - we will have a full review of the album on BlackPlastic soon.  The album can also be streamed in full over at the LCD Soundsystem website.

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Video: I Said - Full Crate & Mar

BlackPlastic doesn't know much about this video apart from its awesome-ness.  It's a soul joint that is a bit reminiscent of some of Common's material from the Like Water For Chocolate era only a bit more melancholic. The video itself is pretty special so stick with it - it starts off very understated but as the song progresses it really starts to reflect the sounds - we won't say any more than that because it would spoil it.

The song is taken from the Conversations With Her EP, which is out now on Melting Pot Music, and the video is directed by Eric3000 & Marque.

Video: I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Mayer Hawthorne

Created to commemorate the end of Mayer Hawthorne's two-month tour, which finishes on Thursday in San Francisco, Hawthorne is releasing this rather sublime cover of Tony Bennet's 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco' in collaboration with SF based Huf and designer Freegums.

If you haven't checked out Hawthorne yet then BlackPlastic suggests you do - this cover strikes a beautiful balance between his usual refined soul sound and a more subdued, lounge style that reminds us of Richard Hawley.

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