This is the second indie rock mixtape the Metermaids have dropped this year, following the DJ Rob Swift mixed “HELLO.” “BILLY MITCHELL PRESENTS: SLEIGH BELLS” is a compilation of Metermaids remixes of indie rock group Sleigh Bells tracks. Click below to download the Metermaids’ “BILLY MITCHELL PRESENTS: SLEIGH BELLS” for FREE:

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“HELLO” is a brand new mixtape by NYC hip-hop group the Metermaids. Mixed by DJ Rob Swift, “HELLO” is a bunch of remixes of popular indie rock songs of 2009, including tracks by Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, The White Stripes and more. If you want to sample some of the tracks before downloading, check out Yellow Tape and Girls and Music. Click below to download the Metermaids’ “HELLO”:

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This is the second leak from the Metermaids’ upcoming mixtape “HELLO,” which is hosted and mixed by DJ Rob Swift. The mixtape is being released at the end of this month in preparation for the duo’s new collaboration with producer 9th Wonder “Rooftop Shake.” Yellow Tape is a remix of indie rock band Grizzly Bear’s Two Weeks. If you like this, check out the mixtape’s first leak Girls and Music. Click below to listen to the Metermaids’ Yellow Tape:

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It’s always nice to hear new music from the Metermaids. The NYC duo is preparing the release of their new album with 9th Wonder, “Rooftop Shake,” but apparently still managed to put together a brand new mixtape titled “HELLO” in the meantime. Girls and Music is the first leak from “HELLO,” and is a remake of “My Girls” by Animal Collective. “HELLO,” which is hosted and mixed by DJ Rob Swift, drops June 22nd. Click below to listen to the Metermaids’ Girls and Music:

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This is a video for former HHL quotable of the week Matchbooks – my favorite track from the Metermaids FREE EP “Smash Smash Bang.” If you like this, check out the duo’s video for Blackout Baby.

This is a brand new video from the Metermaids – one of my favorite local underground hip-hop groups. Blackout Baby is a track from the duo’s spectacular EP “Smash Smash Bang” – which you can and should download for FREE here. If you like this, check out another dope track from the EP – former HHL quotable of the week Matchbooks.

“Smash Smash Bang” is a brand new five-track EP by the Metermaids, one of my favorite local underground hip-hop groups. They dropped the album a couple weeks ago, during which we featured Matchbooks as HHL track of the week. Now, though their affiliation with Strange Famous Records, the Metermaids are now offering a FREE download of their new album. Click below to download the Metermaids’ “Smash Smash Bang” for FREE:

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My homie was complaining the other day about how people on the subway are so detached. They just read their newspapers or listen to their iPods and avoid everyone else. Nobody talks anymore, and he thinks it’s a symbol of what’s wrong with New York.

The Metermaids’ new song Matchbooks made me think of that this morning as I was (ironically) listening to my iPod on the train, and the first verse states,  ”I rode the train like a ghost in the graveyard.” After that, I listened to this song like 10 times in a row. Matchbooks is a track by one of my favorite local hip-hop groups the Metermaids, from their new album “Smash Smash Bang.” Click below to listen:

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[Verse 1 - Swell]
This morning’s cigarette tasted like last night/
And last night like the one before/
I made my bed in the morning when I woke up/
I picked my clothes up off the floor/
I rode the train like a ghost in the graveyard/
I walk the streets like a criminal’s son/
I pulled my hat real low/
I had apologies for everyone/
I wished I could make the city silent/
I wish that all I could hear was my breath/
I would lay myself down on the sidewalk/
Let the city whisper secrets as I slept/
I called my sister up long distance/
To see if she remembered me now that she’s grown/
Her laugh sounded just like our mother’s/
And I wished that I was going home/

[Chorus]
It’s gonna get so much better/
Everybody’s gonna get their turn/
Count the matches that’s left in the matchbook/
One of these is gonna burn/
It’s gonna get so much better/
Everybody’s gonna get their turn/
Count the matches that’s left in the matchbook/
One of these is gonna burn/

[Verse 2 - Sentence]
Living like the first day of summer/
The stars are getting restless hiding out of sight/
I’ve never seen a bus or a train in the daytime/
But this one’s gonna get me home tonight/
Everybody’s leaned back with their eyes closed/
My fingernails dirty like I dug out of a prison/
And I try not to think about what everything could mean/
‘Cause I’ve never been much for symbolism/
But I’ve seen this street too many times now/
And the trees all nod like they agree/
I leave the door open on my way in the apartment/
Like somehow that’s enough to make me free/
And the last thoughts I have are the pretty ones/
The last split second I’m awake/
And I’ve never been afraid and the dark don’t scare me/
‘Cause some things you can never take away/

[Chorus]
It’s gonna get so much better/
Everybody’s gonna get their turn/
Count the matches that’s left in the matchbook/
One of these is gonna burn/
It’s gonna get so much better/
Everybody’s gonna get their turn/
Count the matches that’s left in the matchbook/
One of these is gonna burn/

Brand new video from NYC hip-hop group the Metermaids, who’s album “Nightlife” was one of my favorites of 2008. If you like this, peep their video for Feel Alive, and check out former HHL track of the week Come Home. The group is currently offering Turn The Lights Out for free download here.

Brand new video for Feel Alive, a track from the Metermaids dope album “NightLife.” This video is being released in conjunction with the group’s new Live EP, which you can download for FREE here.