Big Box Arsenal & Culture Club stage will feature performances by: Spank Rock, Amanda Blank, Devlin & Darko, the legendary Afrika Bambaataa, The Cool Kids, Kidz in the Hall, Kid Sister,... Trash Menagerie is a music culture and lifestyle site dedicated to delivering its listeners and readers upfront music, news, and commentary from around the globe. Trash Menagerie digs deep to feature fresh content, and exclusives from both established and up and coming artists and labels, as well rare, retro classics, from music pioneers.

I think I am not only in saying that when I heard first heard Santogold mid-to-late 2007, I thought that she may have just been biting our dear M.I.A.'s style - cute, alt, likes neon, loves Brooklyn, working with Diplo and other famous M.I.A. producers, etc. I had come to find out that she has been writing and making music for some tome now with many MANY other acts, but I still couldn't shake that feeling of "hmmm, I think I have seen this before." All those fears and such laid to rest when pictures of the Santo [...]

they want more? well i'll give them more! i'd like to sincerely apologize for the extreme lack of posts yesterday - i've been insanely swamped with work and sick as a mofo at the same time... not the best combination. to make up for my absence, i thought i might post two more Santogold remixes i've been coming across all over the place on the interweb. the first is a killer remix of her hit 'L.E.S. Artistes' (XXXChange absolutely kills it!) whilst the second [...]

they want more? well i'll give them more! i'd like to sincerely apologize for the extreme lack of posts yesterday - i've been insanely swamped with work and sick as a mofo at the same time... not the best combination. to make up for my absence, i thought i might post two more Santogold remixes i've been coming across all over the place on the interweb. the first is a killer remix of her hit 'L.E.S. Artistes' (XXXChange absolutely kills it!) whilst the second [...]

Original Artwork, Joseph Arthur 2008 This past Friday night, we went to go see Joseph Arthur play a solo show at the best music venue in San Francisco, Great American Music Hall. When we showed up, I was surprised that it was a sit-down show, which I have never experienced at GAMH. The show was missing the sampler theatrics, which I've come to associate with Arthur, but it was far from a disappointment. He ran through such classics as Speed Of Light, Birthday Card, In The Sun, and a slowed down version of Honey [...]

Haldan and co. over at Palms Out Sounds (probably one of the very small handful of blogs I actually read on a regular basis) brings the noise back to Brooklyn this Thursday with some of the freshest local and international talent. This is the perfect jump off for what will shape up to be an insane weekend what with Modeselektor, Serge Santiago and Adam Kesher all coming into town. ESTAW & J-Cast - Break It Down Dutch producer ESTAW and New York's own [...]

Palms Out has arrived in Denmark. Sorry this post is late, but travels made it hard to stay on top of timing! Enjoy, and look forward to crazy new stuff coming to your ears very soon. Remix Sunday 96 Zipped Up [188mb zipfile] coming soon! Beastie Boys - " An Open Letter To NYC " (Chew Fu Refix) Lil' Jon - " Act a Fool " (The Six Million Dollar Kid's Contract a Fool Mix) Space Cowboy - " Running Away " (Kanji Kinetic Remix) Sean Paul [...]
Peep my 2 second cameo, Amanda on a toliet, lots of naked hos, simulated sex, and naeem and benny like you know. In case you missed it, peep My day as a vieo vixen for more on the sunny tuesday affternoon in north philly that created this masterpiece. amanda blank , Bangers and cash , Benny Blanco , Ho , loose , loose video , sarah , Sarah [...]

MP3: Amanda Blank - Get It Now Still full from all the tofurky this weekend, but I didn't want to leave you hanging. Dig on this Amanda Blank track ( thanks to Pingletracks for the mp3 ) while my belly gets empty enough to get back on track for the week. Fuck yeah!
IF YOU DONT CARE ABOUT MUSIC, ME, DJS, NYC, PARTIES, AGAIN OR ME...DON'T READ THIS. AND DON'T POST DUMB COMMENTS ABOUT WHY YOU HATE EVEYTHING I AM TALKING ABOUT. LEARN HOW TO USE THE INTERNET. YOU ONLY HAVE TO READ ABOUT STUFF YOU LIKE! After missing four buses or so Wednesday, Kelly dropped me off in North Philly for a 10:30pm bus to New York. I have at this point missed the Fader party, which was set to go until 10. I ride the glamorous Chinatown bus for two hours with four other people. I arrive in New [...]
The Spankrock show last night was craze. Santogold fucking killed it. Naeem rolled around with a bottle of Vodka. Amanda and him did that track "Loose" so good. Then it turned into some sort of indie hip hop Phish show. There were at least 30 people on stage just jumping around and yelling. They wouldnt let cameras in. So our interview didnt go down. Watch this instead. It is sort of long and you want them to speed it up but you will enjoy it. Anal is referenced more than once. Bangers & [...]

MP3: Fugazi - "Waiting Room" (Live) MP3: Amanda Blank - "DJ Play that Shit" MP3: The Walkmen - "Lemon Hill" MP3: The Fiery Furnaces - "Navy Nurse" MP3: Kid Sister Feat. Kanye West - "Pro Nails" MP3: Phantom Planet - "Big Brat"
Reigning Philly princess Amanda Blank drops her 'Get It Now' single featuring XXXchange of Spank Rock's 'Shake 'em Down'. They got dirty & clean versions, instrumental & a'capella for all you Ableton jockeys to remix until your mouse finger is sore or your mom needs to use the internet. MP3: Amanda Blank - Get It Now MP3: XXXchange - Shake 'Em Down Visit Amanda's myspace to stream more hot fire & [...]
I'm covering Sasquatch Festival for Pitchfork and both Aziz and M.I.A. will be there. Per Pfork's orders, I can't shoot her, Hold Steady, or Grizzly Bear due to the conflict of interest (I used to work for their publicity company) Anyway - I still want to snap a pic of her and Aziz because of this - it's so funny in the way that only indie music comedy can be. Nick [...]
So this is that band i was talking about the other day, Adrienne and i were fortunate enough to catch them over SXSW and were quite impressed. or was that just me? Check em out on myspace. Post War Years- this is what last FM had to say, there's no wiki or much info on their myspace. The Post War Years are an up and coming band from Royal Leamington Spa, who (according to their Myspace page) are Latin/Hard House/Jazz but they have an Alternative/Indie edge about [...]

It took me long enough to get into Spank Rock's album "Yoyoyoyoyo" after hearing so much about them on other music blogs but I've finally succumbed. Spank Rock make dirty hip hop party music with plenty of Miami Bass, 808s and bleeps and blips. It's the fast stuttering lyrical flow from MC Spank Rock that really stands out for me. At times, the lyrics are leaning towards the gangsta kind - on 'Coke & Wet' - the chorus is "Coke and wet, bitch/Guns, nigga, holla!" , other times the lyrics are rude and sex-obsessed but ultimately the [...]