Pharrell's protege Buddy put out his latest single off of "Idle Time" earlier today that was recently premiered while at SXSW. Pharrell's production, the feature from Kendrick, and the vocals from Buddy make this a solid track. Hopefully the three can do more projects in the near future; either way check out the latest "Staircases" from Buddy below... Buddy - Staircases feat. Kendrick Lamar
If you're asking yourself who's Buddy then you must've missed Pharrell's introduction last fall of him signing the 18 year old from Compton. I must say, for someone that young, "Staircases" sounds pretty mature. This is off of Buddy's debut mixtape Idle Time . Production by Pharrell. "The way he thinks, and his ability to articulate that is just—I hadn't seen anything like it," Skateboard P said. "I was like, man, this guy, he is I Am Other. He's not some ordinary child. He's a kid [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the October 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Form (mp3) by Hooray for Earth Four Fires (mp3) by ADULT THEMES [d/l Four Fires / Young Bodies 7" @ adultthemes.bandcamp.com ] Blackout Sex (mp3) by Night Manager [d/l /////// [...]
Fergus & Geronimo, Seapony & Idle Times at the Jewelbox Theatre, Seattle | 4 March 2011 I wasn't expecting much from Fergus and Geronimo last night at the Jewelbox Theatre after being underwhelmed when I saw them a year ago at SXSW , but as luck would have it I was anything but underwhelmed. The tiny Jewelbox is one of my favorite places to see a show in the city. It's been around since the 19202s. It is an [...]
We have a 5-pack of 73s to give away from the good folks at HoZac Records . If you want 'em leave a comment below. We will pick a random winner in a couple weeks and proclaim the winner of this mini HoZac hookup (Continental US only, sorry rest of the world). Listen and win (maybe). First up is "a pop-guided wrecking ball," No Plans b/w Ice Age 7″ by Heavy Times Streamable: No Plans [...]
Idle Times S/T Hozac Records Even a cursory listen to Idle Times' self-titled release for Hozac Records reveals a band who would absolutely slay a small club audience. Imagine how those skronky guitars which slit and slice their way through early psychedelic rock, garage rock, and pop would sound on a proper sound system. That room would shake! Unfortunately, the thin, tinny mix, while consistent with the grittiness inherent in many of Hozac's recent releases, a quality, by the way, which makes many of those releases great, isn't always an asset [...]
Brian Standeford has eked out a reputation with his first two singles on Woodsist and HoZac, the latter acting as a part of their inaugural Hookup Klub series; though we still know him around here as one of the first singles ever to get the RSTB review treatment when he was in a short-lived band called Tall Birds. Still kicking out a potent mixture of jangle and fuzz, Idle Times' debut LP (also on HoZac) boils with squalling fizz careening underneath pop snagged hooks that recall Guided by Voices and Chavez among other 90's contemporaries with a penchant for weaving [...]
Idle Times' "Do You Hear Those Bells," is primitive psych rock in the vein of San Francisco's Sic Alps with a kick - Shredding. Who knew all that dodgy gear could produce something so sweet? Yet, there it is, waiting for you there at the one-minute mark, and again at the second, a wonderful blast of guitar squalor rattling those old amps. In another band's hands, it could have sounded self-serving, or over the top. Not here, however. Here it shoulders its way between that jangle-pop chorus and those dark, riveting verses, making its noisy self very much necessary. [...]
Super fuzzy Seattle rockers Idle Times will release their self-titled LP on October 26th via the HoZac label. You should be very excited about this. Listen. Downloadable: I Don't Believe It (mp3) Hopefully, Idle Times will head east to NYC and play a show or three in the not too distant future. Idle Times is on Myspace Idle Times is on elbo.ws Idle Times is on Hype Machine Idle Times is on HoZac [...]
Super fuzzy Seattle rockers Idle Times will release their self-titled LP on October 26th via the HoZac label. You should be very excited about this. Listen. Downloadable: I Don't Believe It (mp3) Hopefully, Idle Times will head east to NYC and play a show or three in the not too distant future. Idle Times is on Myspace Idle Times is on elbo.ws Idle Times is on Hype Machine Idle Times is on HoZac [...]
Don't go googling 'Some Linxxxx' thinking it's some obscure band jumping on the trend of using multiple x's in their name. I just have some songs for everyone to check out - my day-to-day listening music that is new (and not so new). If you like the artist - go check 'em out, if not let the internet be your oyster, and go on a hunt yourself. See this as some music to put on while you have a few casual drinks before the pre drink - or some fodder for good conversation. Posted beside the link will [...]
I'm sure there will come a day when we are all scrounging around for some semblance of a new good song to listen to and coming up dry. Well , that day ain't here yet. Once again the mp32s are piling up in my head, so here's another Pop Overload to clear it out. Like the ones before, the Pop Overload is about both quantity and quality...and the bonanza continues... Don't have to call it a comeback, but Brideshead are. Germany's Brideshead [...]
With so many possible choices and so many possible directions crammed into four minutes, "Hey Little Girl," by Idle Times could be just about anything. Some listeners may hear the screech and squalor percolating in the background, a noise which sounds as if it is coming out of a blown amp plugged into a dodgy socket, and make a connection to the early '90s art-rock of Sonic Youth. Some may latch onto the monotone guitar lead and want to make a connection to the Velvets. Some may hear the simple vocal melody and be reminded of [...]
Ty Segall & Idle Times at the Comet Tavern, Seattle | 28 June 2010 Prior to Melted I was on the fence about Ty Segall . After seeing him at the Sunset Tavern a few years back opening for Thee Oh Sees and Intelligence, I was kind of amazed how he played guitar, drums and sang all at once, but I thought the songwriting on his first two albums was monochromatic and sonically they seemed a little flat. It [...]
In case you were wondering, summer has yet to arrive in the Pacific Northwest. It's nearing the end of June and we're just now starting to shed our thick blankets of clouds and precipitation. So enough with the weather update, let's move onto the music update. This weekend is has a lot of music packed into it. The rock and roll marathon is Saturday and there's a band every mile . I don't know too many indie rockers who run marathons (not enough irony in it), but even if you're not a runner you can get up [...]
Jay Retard, Thee Oh Sees and Idle Times at the Crocodile, Seattle | 15 June 2009 As I was waiting for Jay Retard last night, I kept looking up towards to the ceiling expecting to have to dodge giant gobs of spit and phloem that I imagined must be stretching from down like stalactites after Thee Oh Sees saliva heavy set. Lead Oh See, John Dryer excreted more liquid from his mouth during their short 30 minute set than I thought was humanly [...]
This is a banner week for great all-ages shows where you can get up close. Noah and the Whale was Tuesday, Saturday has Dan Deacon or the Lost Episode, Friday has Crystal Stilts or the Lonely Forest CD Release Show, and today, Wednesday, has the Cold War Kids. For UW student-run station Rainydawg Radio's 6th Birthday happening this Friday at the HUB, they've assembled a bill that's builds on the headliner Crystal Stilts ' winning ways by roping in the similarly fuzz focused Wavves , along with local bands Idle Times and [...]
The University of Washington's campus radio station Rainy Dawg Radio is celebrating its sixth birthday with a night of pop-infused underground noise. On Friday April 24th at 7pm Crystal Stilts, Wavves, and Idle Times will play a one-night-only show in the North Husky Den located in the HUB on the University of Washington Campus. Crystal Stilts [...]
Blank Dogs, Naked on the Vague, Love Tan, Idle Times at the Funhouse, Seattle | 2 April 2009 This was easily the most packed I've ever seen the Funhouse. I arrived around 10 o'clock for the last part of Idle Times opening set and there was already a crowd around the stage. The combination of two really good Seattle bands as openers and highly prolific and getting better with each release Blank Dogs from Brooklyn as headliners was a pretty good reason to be at the Funhouse on Thursday night. I saw [...]
Photo from c00lmarie's flickr April is the month of showers, but it looks more like a month of downpours in terms of great gigs coming up this month. Don't believe me? Have a look over there on the right. I think the one that put it over the edge for me was the University of Washington's internet radio station Rainy Dawg announcing today that they'll be hosting New York's Crystal Stilts , San Diego's Wavves and Seattle's [...]
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