The most powerful hour is one where you drink a shot of beer every minute for 60 minutes. Pop rock musician Ali Spagnola has perfected the power hour with 60 one-minute party songs for you and your friends to dance and drink to. Go thank her for saving the world from boring sobriety. After a long trademark battle over the phrase “Power Hour”, Ali came out as victor proclaiming that you can’t have trademark rights [...]

Your Monday just got a whole lot better. The wait is finally over! Likely the most anticipated album of 2013, Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories has leaked! Pre-order Random Access Memories here. Listen via the Grooveshark embed below and if it goes down, try the iTunes official stream. Album Stream: Daft Punk – “Random Access Memories” Click here for iTunes official stream Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” Tracklist: 01. Give Life Back to Music 02. The [...]

Has any of your YouTube videos had their audio disabled due to an illegal song? Your video may turn into a silent film if you use copyrighted music owned by a record label. This doesn’t mean you have to add your own amateur instrumentals though. Here’s a few ways to find legal YouTube music for your videos. Creative Commons If “All Rights Reserved is the devil, Creative Commons is the angel. The relatively new online [...]

San Francisco rapper A-1 has been on our radar for a few years now, ever since he destroyed classic kid TV jingles like All That, Family Matters, and Doug in 2010′s “After School Special”. A-1 hasn’t let up since, but he’s remained under the radar… until now, hopefully. A-1 picks his beats extremely well, rapping over production from XXYYXX and Flosstradamus in his last mixtape The Thurl Tape, which you can download for free here. [...]

5/7/13 UPDATE at the bottom. 6/19/12: There’s been a lot of ‘Illuminati in the music industry’ chat recently around the paranoid internet. Some Jesus Christ-fearing man was on WorldStarHipHop accusing ASAP Rocky of melting the minds of the youth with his devil worshiping. VIDEO: Is ASAP Rocky An Illuminati Puppet? I don’t really buy that argument, or what you’re selling me. ASAP Rocky responded on Twitter to the Luciferianism with the poignant: “Man these Ppl [...]

Every month, Too Good For Radio searches high and low for the best free electronic, hip hop, indie rock, and mashup songs. Download the two 50 track files and support these talented artists when they come to your town. Tell us your favorite songs from April 2013 and if you think you can do better, send us your music! Download the FREE TOO GOOD FOR RADIO IPHONE APP to hear these great songs and other [...]

Jonthan Bates of Mellowdrone brings us Big Black Delta. A complete body of work found weaving between space rock, electronica, synth pop, and dream pop. It sounds like tomorrow, but reminds me of the retro 80s pop with the implementation of the synthesizer. With such a variance in sound, the production is amazing. He uses a high quality of voice manipulation to create another level of sound over electo-pop beats, which reads as typical, but when [...]

I’ve written enough praise for RAC to fill a book. Portland producer RAC aka André Allen Anjos can do no wrong, and the hits continue with this new, free download remix of Phoenix standout “Trying to Be Cool”. This is the third awesome song RAC created this week! Listen to them all below and follow RAC’s prolific Soundcloud if you haven’t already. Download: Phoenix – “Trying To Be Cool” (RAC Remix) YACHT – “Second Summer” [...]

It is not by chance that you have visited a website called Too Good for Radio. I applaud your excitement for discovering something new and independent. Recently I stumbled across a powerful pop tune that takes us back to the 90s dance club scene. “Silent Morning” by Parralox and Ryan Adames is the perfect groove to kick start your summer. The high energy euro track is the perfect combination of vintage electronic rhythms and pop [...]

The Great Gatsby soundtrack hits stores May 7th, three days before the Baz Luhrmann adaptation is released. Jay Z is the film’s executive producer and soundtrack producer. The album cover is even similar to Watch the Throne’s cover. Here’s the soundtrack’s good news: The xx, Florence and the Machine, Jack White, Emeli Sande, Lana Del Rey, Sia, Nero, Andre 3000. Here’s the bad news: will.i.am and Fergie. The good definitely outweighs the bad. Stream: The [...]

By now you have heard Daft Punk’s incredibly fun new single “Get Lucky” (and maybe the Michael Jackson version). But have you heard the not-as-fun but still incredible cover by London trio Daughter? Singer Elena Tosca will give you chills with this stirring rendition of “Get Lucky”. This was recorded live & exclusively for Huw Stephens on the BBC Radio One Live Lounge last Saturday. Dammit do I love covers that are so different than [...]

Adult Swim is flat out awesome at releasing new music. Their hit streak will continue on May 6th, as they release a FREE garage-rock collection of new hits called “Garage Swim”. The compilation will feature Jeff the Brotherhood, King Tuff, and Atlanta’s Black Lips. The 14 years active Black Lips are back with “Cruising”, which has been leaked by fellow Atlanta stalwarts Williams Street Records. Indulge and rock out to this fast-paced, lo-fi treat. Black [...]

Last night, Porter Robinson headlined a performance at Matador Music Festival in Santa Barbara, California. The electronic set was cut short by 35 minutes due to someone calling in a noise complaint.. on a music festival.. well before midnight. Here’s how it went down: the cops cut me 35 minutes short and shut down this show halfway through language. really sorry to everyone to paid to see this show. — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) April 28, [...]

French newcomer Stwo (pronounced Stee – you) is certainly a name to get familiar with. The 20 year old producer presents an impressive chillwave collection on his 2 month old Soundcloud page. Your ears will be elated to discover Stwo’s rightfully placed R&B samples and loops that gently ride his atmospheric beats. Classic and modern R&B samples have become a major trend this year in electronic music and Stwo certainly standouts amongst his musical peers. [...]

If you don’t know about Tim & Trey, pay attention. Tim O’Dell and Trey Johnson are a mashup duo who have been on a tear lately, with some awesome creations pitting hip hop vocals against electronic and indie beats. Childish Gambino vs Flux Pavilion, G-Eazy vs Adventure Club, Eminem/50 Cent vs Wild Belle, and that’s just some of what they accomplished this month. Too Good For Radio and Tim & Trey have teamed up to [...]

23 year old house producer Alex Syse aka Basic Physics aka BPM squared aka Electro Genie aka I’m making stuff up now, just dropped a whale of a remix. Scottish singer Emeli Sande’s “Next to Me” gets the big room treatment by Basic Physics, who provides some beastly drops and turns. This is Friday night music given to you a day early; enjoy, grab the download, and show your support. If you like what you [...]

Phoenix‘s anticipated new album “Bankrupt” was released this week to much fanfare. Buy it here and now, and stream the album below. Album Stream: Phoenix – “Bankrupt!” Phoenix has had some of their friends remix their latest single “Entertainment”, like Blood Orange and Dinosaur Jr. Now Dirty Projectors try their hand, and when I say hand, I mean hand claps, which are applied liberally in their “Entertainment” remix. Two of my favorite bands here, doesn’t [...]

Listening to Animal Collective is typically similar to experiencing a roller-coaster, being a wild ride. Gang Gang Dance’s Brian DeGraw remixes “MONKEY RICHES”, and brings us on a joy ride through the jungle. It never gets crazy, but there are a lot of unfamiliar sounds that sound fitting with one another. The remix is something new from the upcoming remix EP, MONKEY BEEN TO BURN TOWN, dated to release May 28th. Animal Collective remixes go [...]

To quote Portlandia, “Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore are divorced, and you’re just the orphans left behind.” That sentence can resonate with every Sonic Youth fan whose belief in true love was shattered when news of the iconic couple’s divorce surfaced. After 27 years of marriage, they had succumbed to the stereotypical deterioration of an American marriage. Up was down, black was white and nothing made sense any more. Finally, someone has gotten down to [...]

Let’s do one – more – batch of full sets before we bid farewell to Coachella for another year. Enjoy full live sets and the set lists of Wu Tang Clan, Hardwell, Knife Party, and Modest Mouse. All shows expect the Hardwell show has been ripped from the Coachella YouTube live stream. The Hardwell set was recorded from the crowd. This is normally a bad thing, but unless you have epilepsy, it is an awesome [...]