Don't sleep on this one folks. Give a listen to the track above — the lead single from Christopher Paul Stelling's second album False Cities — and I seriously doubt you'd be ready for sleeping, anyway. The second album from Brooklyn-based troubadour comes just over a year after his impressive debut Songs of Praise and Scorn . Stelling's latest effort once again finds the protagonist of his songs dancing the line between intensely determined (see "Brick x Brick" ; "Every Last Extremist" [...]
Actor-turned-rhymesayer Rick "Realm Reality" Gonzalez bring listeners his latest street release, the In Grind We Trust street album. The project features 14 original jams from the underground up-and-comer, signed to Prodigy's Infamous Records and Sony RED. Included on the tracklist are reader-approved singles "Can't F**k With Me" and "I Just Want to Be There." Joining Realm Reality on the guest tip throughout In Grind We Trust are Ag Da Coroner, CP, Blu, Boogz Boogetz, Fred the Godson, Joell Ortiz, The Kid Daytona, Prodigy, Roc Marciano and Termanology. Production comes courtesy of AlistFame, Brall Beats, Breakworks, Dan Freeman, [...]
Dallas' own Preteen Zenith and the Yours Truly crew piled into a cramped, steamy Triplex one ridiculously hot afternoon last summer here in Dallas, TX, just one day prior to the band's first-ever show, at the inaugural GvsB Fest . As you can see, it got kind of trippy in there. " Relief " is on Preteen Zenith's debut LP, which is out now. You can listen to the whole thing here , and check Tim Delaughter's letter for YT here .
The Mean Season is an indie folk/rock trio from Washington D.C. in the USA. CP, GiGi, and Mathias are set to release their eponymous EP today - 24th April 2012. The Mean Season Unlike the band name would suggest, The Mean Season actually deliver a sound which is more akin to that of late spring evenings. The material is highly reflective and somewhat melancholic, whilst simultan eously warming. Gently rolling guitar and drums provide a layer of soft grass on which the vocal emerges as though flowers [...]
In the NME last week, Pete Doherty made some large claims about the night that Mark Blanco died . It was a bit odd that the paper didn't attempt to push him a bit - particularly, on the idea that the Met Police has a video which shows Blanco falling to his death which clears him. It was even more surprising that, having gifted a large chunk of space for Pete to put his case, the NME didn't bother to contact either the Met or the Blanco family to put a counterpoint. You know, [...]
FRENCH ELECTROSWING MARVELS CARAVAN PALACE MAKE A TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM “PANIC” KICK OFF EUROPEAN SUMMER TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: DJANGO REINHARDT, LIONEL HAMPTON & DAFT PUNK The French Gypsy Phenomenon is back at it again! Perfecting their trademark “Electroswing”, Caravan Palace returns with their sophomore album “Panic”. The perfect blend of Jazz, Swing and Electropop, alive throughout the album, is guaranteed to keep you on your feet with its bouncy, vivacious tunes. Released on March 5th, “Panic”—the follow-up to their self-titled debut album which [...]
Christopher Paul Stelling’s Songs of Praise and Scorn is a gem of guitar-driven folk storytelling with a vinyl up for grabs too!
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This week has been pretty epic for me in terms of parties and events here in NYC. Two nights ago I ended up at 31 denim’s SoHo store - at 15 Mercer - for what, I believe, was their opening, or launch event. I got a text from the friend who invited me to: “meet there”, so I had no idea what it was about until we arrived, other than it being a party. As soon as we turned the corner onto Mercer from Grand, we could see a flock of people in front of the place, and immediately assumed [...]
This week has been pretty epic for me in terms of parties and events here in NYC. Two nights ago I ended up at 31 denim’s SoHo store - at 15 Mercer - for what, I believe, was their opening, or launch event. I got a text from the friend who invited me to: “meet there”, so I had no idea what it was about until we arrived, other than it being a party. As soon as we turned the corner onto Mercer from Grand, we could see a flock of people in front of the place, and immediately assumed [...]
Love is defined differently by others. My idea of love is in a different language than yours... Loving someone literally means loving them in the various and sometimes endless ways they expect to be loved. That in itself requires a detailed understanding of the individual on hand. It means that you have to decipher how that person likes to be loved amongst a long list of other things that must be decoded, otherwise, they won’t be able to appreciate the way you love anyhow. Love is a different language, unique to everyone. How could the world communicate if [...]
It came a little late in the process, but the Crown Prosecution Service have dropped a case against two men accused of running a film 'piracy' website in Bristol . The Telegraph says: The Crown Prosecution Service told Bristol Crown Court today it would not proceed with the trial following legal advice that the alleged copyright infringements were a civil rather than a criminal matter, a spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset Police said. Not guilty verdicts were recorded. It appears the CPS had not really bothered to do much research into the case, relying instead on [...]
Ed Note: I told y’all 2011 was going to be a big year for P&B. It’s my pleasure to present the new writer on our team, a blogger who until recently wrote under a different name and who had a heavy following on the blogosphere, a dude who knows southern rap like I know chicken and orange soda, my main man Juelz Wannes. SLOW MOTION SOUNDZ! Block Beattaz are the [...]
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