Words: Saam Das December is always characterised by the battle for Christmas #1, although the dominance of the Military Wives Choir put paid to any real interest in the 2011 "battle" against whatever the 'X-Factor' song was. It'd be nice to actually have a Christmas #1 that somewhow relates to Christmas at some point though. Anyway, here are the top ten singles of December 2011. Akira The Don ft Envy - [...]
You like The Wave? Those super-emotional hardcore bands coming out of the US? You'll love Envy then because they're all ripping Envy off. Factoid.
by BBG Envy's As Serenity Calls Your Name single art One of Japan's greatest exports, Envy , are doing something to give a little back to their homeland. Japan's legendary post-whatever powerhouse ENVY have recorded a brand new song specifically to benefit relief efforts for the devastating earthquake that struck Japan earlier this year. It will take years - likely decades even, - to rebuild the affected areas. This single will be available exclusively on iTunes so that we can [...]
Event-rap! The new Young Jeezy single unites two of the biggest rappers in Atlanta history, and it's also one of the first new verses we've heard from T.I. since his last prison release. It's a J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League-produced track with an absolutely ridiculous acronym in its title, and as you've probably already guessed, it's about haters. The tone of this song is a bit weird, swinging from Jeezy's overblown defiance to T.I. using the same I'm-sorry-everybody style he's been working the past few years. Still, it's fun to hear these two on a track together again. Listen below. Read [...]
If you're an Earmilk reader anywhere near Atlanta, we have a treat for you: A secret show! Do we have free tickets? No. Come out and support your favorite artists. I heard paying child support can be an expensive ticket - and even if they don't have kids yet, they'll need to save money. Thursday, September 29th, I'll be at The Basement in East Atlanta Village with AC Slater, Dell "O8O" Harris, Heroes X Villains, Clicks & Whistles, Jay Envy and Tyler Jacobi . Of course, I'll be there with Emily (our Earmilk intern), and [...]
We may have taken you " Behind the Booth " with DJ Chuckie, but we haven't quite made it into the studio with any of our favorite producers. MTV, however, was lucky enough to get invited into Wolfgang Gartner's new home studio in LA, and they've shared the goods with us all in a nice little video. The quick tour reveals that the electro-house maestro uses Ableton Live as his DAW of choice (that's digital audio workstation for the non-producers out there) as well as a sweet selection of new kit and old. We love getting sneak peeks behind the [...]
I could not be more psyched about this album. Like, for me to be any more excited to have it would be approaching the realm of physical impossibility. If you're not familiar with The Envy Corps I would suggest downloading every single one of their albums and EP's. They're very Radiohead-esque... which is more than [...]
This is Night People Records . They aren't just awesome, they are so eye-wateringly awesome I am tempted to give up on the label business altogether and take up knitting. I'm a pretty phlegmatic kind of a person most of the time, and there are very few labels who generate any kind of real envy in me, but these guys definitely manage it. Johnny from Fence and Stuart from Chemikal Underground are such lovely guys I could never be that nice if I took classes, never mind the respect I have [...]
The indie music legend has admitted he wishes he'd written The Cave...
Supersonic Festival (21st - 23rd October 2011) have announced that the awesome Envy and Barn Owl have been added to the line-up. Current line up: ALVA NOTO / a.P.A.t.T. /AGATHE MAX /ANTILLES /ASTRO /BARDO POND / BYETONE/ CIRCLE/ CLOAKS /CUT HANDS /ELECTRIC WIZARD / ETERNAL TAPESTRY/ FIRE!/ KOGUMAZA/ LUCKY DRAGONS/ MONARCH/ NATHAN BELL/ PART CHIMP/ PHARAOH OVERLORD/ PEKKO KAPPI/ SCORN/ SECRET CHIEFS / SILVER APPLES / SKULL DEFEKTS / SLABDRAGGER/ TEETH OF THE SEA / THE BERG SANS NIPPLE/ TONY CONRAD/ WHITE HILLS / WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM / ZOMBI / ZU93 [...]
the epic dissection of one of the all-time virals. with a random cameo from the white webster .
I have spent the day sat outside in central Coventry, aurally assaulted by one of the worst bands I have ever heard. Like all sane people, I don't like John Denver's Country Roads at the best of times, but to hear the damage wrought upon it today was to weep. Or to laugh. Seriously, this may have been the worst attempt at harmony I have ever heard. If 16 strangers playing in separate countries who can't even hear each other can keep in tune, then I don't see why these chancers couldn't. Unfortunately [...]
Vorig jaar bracht Chilly Gonzales de mixtape Pianist Envy uit. Hierop liet hij horen dat hij een exceptioneel goede pianist is en hij verwerkt hierin een aantal standaard hip-hopwerken. En dat doet hij niet zomaar, hij zet er zijn eigen pianospel onder. Bij opener Many Men van 50 Cent geeft het het nummer veel meer kracht, en het tweede nummer Dangerous is zelfs nog bijzonderder. Dangerous is een hiphopklassieker van Busta Rhymes uit 1997, van zijn tweede album When Disaster Strikes. Busta gebruikt de baslijn van Another One Bites The Dust van Queen en legt er [...]
Straight to the point with that post title, eh? Well see... as you may or may not know (but really you should know because this site is the only one you read every day all day ever, right?) , we've been in the raddest of cahoots with our buddies over at HP . We've been beasting out on the town and in the confines of our humble abode with the slick-as-all-get-out HP ENVY Beats Edition laptop. And the only way we know how to really say thank you [...]
Giveaway extended until April 9th! The good people over at HP are big music fans and are mighty proud of the sound quality on their new ENVY 14 Beats Edition laptops. So proud that they even sent us one to test run , and now they have given us another one to give away to a lucky reader. The Dr. Dre Beats-powered laptop is valued at $1,150. And here is how to enter: Continue reading: Win an HP ENVY 14 Beats Edition Subscribe to the PMABLAST, a [...]
Filed under: Exclusive , Awards , Q + A , Junos Blocks Recording Club Owen Pallett has been a part of some of the most interesting, complex and influential popular music this side of the millennium, and yet few Duran Duran fans will know that their favourite band's new album's grandeur was created by the Toronto-based ingénue. As an arranger, he's created sweeping string arrangements for Pet Shop Boys [...]
Words: Saam Das For the longest time, I've thought Akira The Don was a bit of a prat. I'm not really sure why. Although his promo photos, like the one above, are hardly enamouring. And he calls himself "The Don". Music-wise though, he has some impressive credits, such as producing two top forty singles for Lethal Bizzle and collaborating with Chilly Gonzales . He combines with Envy , the rising UK female MC, on this [...]
Not many 14 year olds gets told by Missy Elliott that they "will be big" but back in 2000 that happened for Amplify Dot or A Dot as you might know her. And now Missy's prediction seems to be happening for real. A Dot had one of the most memorable verses on the female takeover-remix of Tinchy Stryder's 'Game Over' with her " Errr, Vagina Monologues, Hyper, Just Got The Viper, Jog a long ..." and today after a numerous of push backs her solo debut single 'Born Ready' finally drops via Newbran Ent. and the follow up is already [...]
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