We're gonna pass right by Chuckie and his Fidget House bollocks and go with... The Radio Dept. Who they are: A band of Swedes. Now, usually I find the whole "obscure our faces in the promo shot" thing to be kinda douche-y and played out... but as you will soon see, these guys get a pass because it turns out they're not douche-y, just kinda ugly... What they sound like: Every now and [...]
I'm running a contest on the Facebook page right now where if you can guess this post is going to be about Raphael Saadiq, you win some shit. Of course, if you're reading this, it's too late to enter. But hey, if you'd already "liked" the page, you might be a winner right now! I'm mixing time frames like a Terminator aren't I? I've confused even myself. Anyhoo... Only one act to skip today, the extremely odd rapper known as Lil B a.k.a. the Based God, [...]
Hey all, Blog-achella is about to go all Lightning Round on your ass. Strap in... We start with EE , an extremely perplexing music/performance/art WTF on the level that only Asian people can truly reach. Seriously, WTF? Next, Brazilian remix outfit/DJs The Twelves , whom you should know by now as the perpetrators of one of the best jams of last year . So rather than me doing another post about some dudes I know next to nothing about, just go get their "Twelfth Hour" mixtape right now [...]
I should probably be working on Blog-achella... I know, I know... but this happened, so deal with it... Shibuya Station by Tonegent on Mixcloud Enjoy...
Ok, so I'm gonna try and stop listening to the new Ghostpoet record long enough to knock out a post. That record is all up in my shit right now, lemme tells ya. Peep a sample at the Facebook page and join up while you're there. Just for shits and giggles, ya dig... Skipping past Andy C although he is a really top-notch Drum & Bass DJ. But dude hasn't put a record of his own shit out since the mid-90s, so no post for him! Go check [...]
Starting out Saturday is DJ Alf Alpha who seems like he does some decent if not-exactly-groundbreaking Downtempo stuff. Call it "meh"... Then comes another DJ, BBC Radio 1's Mary Anne Hobbs who is really quite stellar and will probably drop some of the sickest Dubstep ya ever heard. Go listen to her show for sure. But since she doesn't actually make tunes, there's nothing to post... And both Trampled By Turtles and The Felice Brothers are both Country acts of different stripes, and [...]
Oh shit, Sunday post! SUNDAY POST! We'll start with Caifanes , who are apparently a Rock En Espanol band that is reuniting after 15 years away... which I'm sure is a big deal for someone... The Chemical Brothers are, of course, awesome and amazing and easily the best act playing on all of Friday. It's no contest. But I just did a rather epic post on them not long ago. Go read that one... And as always, Fuck Interpol . [...]
This post has a pretty good chance of getting zapped by the major label man, but here goes nothin'... Crystal Castles is a shitty band, but a great old-school video game . You can actually go play it at that link. Boom Winning! Go ahead, I'll wait for you... ... ... How fun was that, eh? It was probably a hell of a lot more fun than sitting through Brandon Flowers ' set. It's too bad, though. I [...]
Today we're only going skip House DJ Erick Morillo although I think he's pretty good. But Blog-achella, she's a cruel mistress. I have no idea what that's supposed to mean. But hey, here's something interesting... Magnetic Man Who they are: A dubstep supergroup of sorts, featuring Messrs. Skream , Benga and Artwork . Gotta admit I've never heard of the Artwork dude, though. So it's kind of like the [...]
I've actually got a long list of skippies today, some of which are good bands, but I gotta pick up the pace, so here we go... Imagine, if you will, that The Stone Roses were boring instead of awesome, and you'd have Tame Impala . I know they got a lot of love from KCRW but I blame The Ghost of Nic Harcourt's Shitty Musical Taste for that... Next we have Ozomatli , whom I'd certainly recommend although they're not what they used to be. Hate me for sayin' it, [...]
Today is cold & shitty in L.A. city... see what I did there, rappers? Call me, I'll hook you up with some mad rhymes... what's that? Stick to blogging? Probably a good idea. Next up... DJ A-Trak is a darn near legendary battle DJ who's found himself a niche as Kanye West's guy. Not bad. He's also part of Duck Sauce with Armand Van Helden... I recently blogged about them in the post so nice it got DMCA'd twice . So I'm gonna recommend him but save [...]
Moving along at a snail's pace, we are... Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is one of the dudes with the big hair from that band with the dudes with big hair. Never liked 'em much although Mrs. Tonegent thinks they're hot. But then she thinks I'm hot, too, which really puts her taste into question... Now the namesake singer of Marina & The Diamonds is someone I would say is hot. But that's about where the praise ends, because the retro '80s sound ain't doin' it for me [...]
You know, I've been doing the Blog-achella for a few years now... and I can't remember ever finding so many bands I'd never heard of that I've dug so soon into it. Does this mean that this year's undercard is simply better than ever or that I'm simply more out of touch with cool music than ever? Discuss... Monarchy Who they are: A mysterious duo, allegedly originally from Australia, but it's more fun to say "FROM PARTS UNKOWN!" MUAH! [...]
Hey, back again! Now, I could spend quite a bit of time ranting about the Grammys, I suppose... but honestly, what's the point? I can't stand Arcade Fire the same amount I can't stand the people they were up against, so I got nothing on that one. Love Esperanza Spalding but she's hardly new, so even though they got that right, they still kinda fucked it up. Really, the only thing that raised my ire was Cee-Lo's "Fuck You", the most genius Pop tune of the entire year (and if you disagree with that, I will [...]
Look! I made it back! Twice the posts of last week! Slow down, Mr. Prolific! Anyhoo, we'll start the day with a few acts, none of which are awful but none of which excite me. We have a word around here for that, and that word is "meh"... First are L.A. rap crew OFWGKTA , which stands for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, which is pretty fucking stupid. That's probably why most people just call 'em Odd Future. The problem I have with them, besides the name, [...]
... although I wouldn't blame you if you thought I had. Wow, I sucked at this last week. One measly post? What am I, a DMV employee? Pick it up, Tone! Especially since this undercard ain't really giving us a whole lot of chaff lately. But here's some now... Skrillex is a Fidget House dude, so whatever... plus he's very stupid looking, which only serves to fuel my scorn, so double whatever! And The Aquabats are a prototypical Orange County Rock band (kinda punky, [...]
Oh... busy, busy me. But I'm finally back. Saw none other than Ozzy Osbourne in concert Tuesday night. Since me & Ozzy go back , I enjoyed it thoroughly. But I gotta say... the crowd... it was like a trailer park threw up on a biker convention. Damn... Hey, guess what kind of music 12th Planet makes. If you guessed "Dubstep", you just won a year's supply of Rice-A-Roni, The San Francisco Treat. But it's not great Dubstep, so I'll pass on by. After [...]
Hot Mix Action! Here's one I did for NYE but never actually got to play out. Long story. Disco classics, re-edits & versions plus some bonus '80s moustache love. It's too long to put on a CD, which is pretty gay, and the mixing is a bit dodgy in spots... but I did this in one take, so deal with it. Besides, it's guaranteed to make your pants wanna dance. Disco love. Let's get high and make plans to start a business... [...]
Look, I'm not the one who made these bottom two lines of Friday into Dubstep-chella, okay? So just shut up and deal with it. Besides, the only other acts to come up so far are this mangy lot... The Rural Alberta Advantage are about as bad as the name would indicate. Just super "meh" Indie Rock bollocks. But they are really from Canada... how on the nose! If they were playing at a Tuesday night free showcase, I'd go play pool or something during their set... ... [...]
It's a beard... it's a plane... it's a muthafuckin' badass beatboxer... it's... Beardyman Who he is: He goes by Darren, I believe. Lovely chap... but don't you think he should be required to have a beard at all times? Calling yourself Beardyman and walking around sans beard? The fuck's up with that? What he sounds like: Jamie Lidell's live looping x Rahzel's beat boxing x a half-decent stand up comedian to [...]
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