NYC Year End Poll – Hip Hop Submission Results: Hot Sugar at #1

For anyone who wishes they could enjoy Neon Indian but is maybe looking for something that’s a bit more … I don’t know… lo-fi and crazy, then Hot Sugar’s ‘Muscle Milk EP’ is probably up your alley. A blend of all manner of exotic candies and fruits tossed together into an awesome hodgepodge mix of an instrumental album, listening to this record might very well awaken parts of your aural palette you didn’t know you had. Songs like ‘Charlotte Corday and ‘Hanna D’ make Dan Deacon and The Flaming Lips look like they’re not having enough fun with their music. With so many sounds condensed to a groove-bouncing mush, you’ll probably be bored to death once your headphones come off. – Mike Levine