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A couple weeks back I hit the Kids These Days rehearsal studio in the west loop with some friends from Life+Times. The session was great, as the energetic prodigious band decoded their Traphouse Rock single "Who Do U-Luv" for Jay-Z's Life+Times website. The site also covered Chance The Rapper as of late, helping showcase Chicago's most talented new artists to an international audience. Shot by the Scheme Engine team.
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The good homies at Life+Times recently took their widely popular Decoded Series to Chicago to interview Chance The Rapper. Speaking on the truths of the Chicago Hip-Hop scene, while decoding his featured verse on "Living in Vain" by Lorine Chia. http://youtu.be/jMegvXwGDxI
Après le plébiscite de leur premier EP, The Decoders remettent le couvert en proposant une réinterprétation latin-dub parfaite du classique jazz " Strange Fruit " . Cerise sur le gâteau c'est Raul Midón qui assure la guitare-voix. Derrière The Decoders se cachent Itai Shapira, Todd Simon & Adam Berg, ces trois là sont connus comme le loup blanc dans les cercles musicaux de L.A., alternant les arrangements pour Mayer Hawthorne , The Lions, TV and The Radio ou encore Quantic , ils sont à l'origine d'un premier projet [...]
After the audio and video of A$AP Rocky's "Long Live A$AP" dropped, Life+Times sat down with Pretty Flacko himself to break down the track on their latest installment of Decoded. Rocky talks New Orleans influences, growing up in Harlem, and making himself immortal. Be sure to cop the album Long Live A$AP when it drops on January 15th
To celebrate their first print edition Decoder Magazine is offering a mixtape for free download. Here's an excerpt from an upcoming piece on concerning the mixtape, along with some words of introduction by Decoder's own Dwight Pavlovic. We suggest giving this piece a read while the mix downloads: "A related phenomenon has been the quick and quiet rise of mixtapes as promotional tools for record labels and various other new media companies that can appropriate the format, quiet because the proliferation is visibly staggering but the venues that might normally [...]
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RR This weekend, Anne Litt played a cover that totally captured my attention. It was LA band The Decoders taking on the classic track “ Walk on By ”, with vocals by Noelle Scaggs, from Ftiz and the Tantrums . The song is already amazing, but their dub-reggae spin is seriously irresistible. People have been emailing me trying to track it down and here it is, available for download ! [...]
L.A.'s The Decoders do an excellent lovers' rock send-up of the Bacharach/David classic. Fitz and the Tantrums' Noelle Scaggs styles Burt's great melody sweetly, preserving the smooth saccharine coo of Dionne Warwick's original vocal tone while adding her own full-bodied muscle to it. The Decoders - Walk On By (Feat. Noelle Scaggs) The Decoders ( Facebook ) Rating 8.3
Dom Kennedy shares some insight into the complex lyrical schemes of his single "My Type Of Party" with Jay-Z's Life + Times . How many bitches were in the lobby, again? Yellow Album out now. Video: Dom Kennedy's Decoded Interview With Life+Times |
It's perhaps the most exciting time of the week - the Weekly Download . Get your fingers dirty with the tracks below - so dirty you'll feel like taking a shower after you're done here. We won't beat around the bush, our weekly download this time around is another mixed bag from the lo-fi beach grooves of Koko Beware to the high quality output of The Young Evils . We won't dwell on how fantastic Zulu Winter are, particularly with their new track below "Bitter Moon", because we [...]
Ireland's newest arts and culture magazine De\Code is now available to read in digital format via Issuu. The magazine is helmed by Steven O' Rourke and State contributor James Hendicott, the mag will delve into music, theatre, culture, politics, travel and literature. The first issue is out now digitally and includes features on Dublin's hip-hop underground, alternative venue spaces, North Korea, Last Days Of 1984 and a critique of criticism. A print version is available for free from next month. Open publication - Free [...]
The first issue of De\Code , for which I am Arts Editor, was launched online this morning. Named after one of Stuart Hall's most famous essays, De\Code is Ireland's newest arts and culture magazine, and features what we, the De\Code team, think is interesting in the spheres of music, theatre, art, cinema, photography, literature, craft and travel, as well as many other aspects of urban culture. The first issue features Hip-hop battles, use [...]
Al término del año anterior recibimos la noticia de la desaparición de Get Off The Coast y la aparición simultánea de Decoder . Desde hace unas semanas hemos podido observar la plataforma virtual de la mencionada publicación integrada por Liz y Dwight Pavlovic , Jheri Evans , Audrey Melton y Brian Cox, quienes, con interminable sed de ambición cultural, una cantidad impresionante de ideas, toneladas de creatividad y arduas horas de trabajo, inician un proyecto honesto, colectivo, generalizado, único y bien intencionado, [...]
Al término del año anterior recibimos la noticia de la desaparición de Get Off The Coast y la aparición simultánea de Decoder . Desde hace unas semanas hemos podido observar la plataforma virtual de la mencionada publicación integrada por Liz y Dwight Pavlovic , Jheri Evans , Audrey Melton y Brian Cox, quienes, con interminable sed de ambición cultural, una cantidad impresionante de ideas, toneladas de creatividad y arduas horas de trabajo, inician un proyecto honesto, colectivo, generalizado, único y bien intencionado, [...]
Novembre 2011, le métablog Altered Zone provoque sa fin. Janvier 2012, le passionnant Get Off the Coast s'éclipse lui aussi de la constellation bloggeuse. L’Armageddon est proche, Megaupload se fait littéralement squeezer de la galaxie quand Filesonic & co emboîtent le pas. On ne s'en rendait peut-être pas compte, mais on vivait une chouette époque, faite de découvertes quotidiennes et d'accès illimités à des contenus aussi riches que variés. Assertion que relèveront peut-être certains mais que, pour le moment, il parait bien futile d'asséner. Car si les projets passent, les personnes demeurent et leurs motivations conjuguées [...]
It's that time again. Back in effect to kick-off your February correct, Antifreeze & co bring an hour-long mix of brand new beats to bang your system. Antifreeze celebrates it's second year by including three, count 'em, three world premieres. Spread the word (seriously, share good music) and don't forget to post your requests and give the show a birthday shout on Facebook . Let them know you care. Give them Antifreeze. Shout to Sianet . - The Staff [...]
Unknown Pleasures , sûrement un des albums de new-wave les plus édité et ré-édité, et surtout le symbole de toute une génération early 802s. Premier album studio du groupe de Ian Curtis faisant suite à leur EP An Ideal For Living , Unknown Pleasures est enregistré en avril 79 dans les studios Strawberry à Stockport dans la banlieue de Manchester avec les premières économies du groupe. L'album est tout simplement un incontournable de la musique new-wave et post-punk, de part sa composition des morceaux et du charismatique [...]
Had to bounce for a few (due to unforeseen medical issues), but Antifreeze is back keeping things heated in 2012 with an amazing show and even more…an announcement: Antifreeze will now also be broadcast weekly on fellow Mpls-based sianetradio.com . Indeed. 9pm Central each Thurs., you can check the latest episode on sianetradio.com. We’re pleased to announce this and hope it brings fresh ears and then some to the good folks at Sianet Radio (and Antifreeze of course!). This could also [...]
On Oct. 10th, the competition was announced. Numerous entries and less than 2 months later, the EP is announced. Brett of COA and ourselves would like to thank all of the artists who participated, all of the music lovers for listening and of course, our competition host, SoundCloud . Without further adieu, we're very pleased to announce that the following artist's mixes will appear on the official Codes of Ashes-Era Origin Decoded remix EP (listed here in alphabetical order): [...]
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