In only a few short months the familiar sounds of Christmas music will trigger your Pavlovian urge to spend, spend, spend in hopes of attaining those perfect but elusive holiday moments. It may also trigger the annual series of self-evaluation and actualization questions (am I happy at clown college?), or just your deeply cynical resistance to the commercialization of all things Christmas. Either way, you'll need good music to get by. Last year Sufjan Stevens did us all a solid by releasing Songs For Christmas , a collection of original and classic singalong EPs he recorded [...]
Witness Norman Cook's newest creation, the BPA . He who made Christopher Walken waltz sans-gravity brings you David Byrne + Dizzee Rascal + 80s beach comedy mamba. And no one projects the tone of a carefree, lottery-minted, weekend at Benny Hill's scoundrel like the original DB, so you know when he says "Every day is fucking perfect" we're mixing serious business + leather. Even Dizzee's in the mood for shenanigans. Video is excellent. The BPA - Toe Jam (feat. David Byrne [...]
Seeing Radiohead for the first time was pretty dope, too bad it also included standing around/waiting in lines for hours and hours and hours to get on the ferry, get through security, go to the bathroom, get an ID check, buy a beer in the "alcohol quarantine section" (wtf??), buy food, etc. Enjoy pics, setlist, and classic hipster anon comment battles over at BV .
Two new seven-inch Double Daggers for you this month - Sophisticated Urban Living and Bored Meeting - the first hundred of which are pressed on colored vinyl and available via Terra Firma Limited, Toxic Pop Records or their Ottobar show next Thursday 8/14. A wiry bomb siren for sociopolitical independence the post-pop fallout era, "No Allies" finds Bruce, Nolen and Denny with their game locked tight. Suggested pairings: AOL's "Audiowhore" and your favorite artisanal cheeses. Double Dagger [...]
Probably the most annoying thing that can happen at a party is some shaggy alts give you the ol' "between-the-legs-wassup" as a distraction while they bogart your stash . Is there any way to avoid this? Ever notice how horses and butterflies look exactly alike? I mean look at that horse. Ever have a Unicorn Dream Attack ? They can be pretty intense, but you just have to ride it out. [...]
Is it off key or just too hip? Is it not enough, is it just too much? Does it get you moving or is it too confusing? Is it better than The Commish theme ? Spank Rock - Rick Rubin ( Leg-No Rmx)
Today Nebraskan gothcrunk punks The Faint bestow fasciinatiion upon the noncomformist whatevs masses, with which they may shuffle feet noncommittally, puff that ultra-light, and search for a meaningful alt existence. Yay for gloomy bangers. The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Does it Offend You, Yeah? Rmx) Buy it at blank.wav or iTunes, stream it here , get more deets at Filter , and don't sleep on them live. [...]
A guy steps on the bus in Naples smoking his cigarette. The driver tells him: "Hey!! No smoking allowed on the bus!!" The guy answers him back: "But I just had my coffee!!" Driver: "Ho!! I'm sorry...go ahead!" Start your morning off with a black/smoke, talk radio and lo-fi Italo-folkbeat. Vermillion Sands - Mary (demo)
Your mom. Have to admit I skipped this track on Chromeo's uberdope Fancy Footwork LP the first 35 times, but then laziness kicked in and "Momma's Boy" went to work. It's outstanding even on an album pretty much entirely devoted to the 80s American pop legacy (which Canadian Dave 1 tells us about here along with why Estelle Getty wasn't his fave GG). Chromeo - Momma's Boy [...]
You've spent $900 trillion dollars, you've "gotten me" 20,000 times, and now I'm begging you Converse, make it stop. Please. Thanks. P.S. who is Santogold?
Mark and Johanna from Wellington, New Zealand's Little Pictures sent us this pleasant digipop number about housing all of your homeys in the same flat. Listening to it on the bus may cause you to bob your head like a twit, and since showing emotion during mass transit is a sign of weakness, maybe you should also be carrying a weapon. In which case you'll look really scary, smiling and bobbing on the bus with a weapon. So maybe just play it back at the crib. embed src=" http://www.youtube.com/v/yulgR cwyM0w&hl=en&fs=1" [...]
After hearing that all 300+ 2K8 Olympic events will be scored by Jamie Hewlett, then condensed into a 30-minute mashup with 80s British cartoons and Damon Albarn compositions*. Kicking that off is this animated promotional sequence based on the classical Chinese folk tale "Journey to the West" (also known as "Monkey"). I think this is a great way to get young alts really razzed about the XXIX Olympiad, especially some of the more extreme sports like badminton and table tennis that, technically, you could just drink a bunch of AMP and start [...]
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but with this new Pineapple Express soundtrack being released next week, I think they really come into their own, commercially and artistically. The title track has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the song a big boost. Plus Huey makes several direct references to the chron. What if I told you we were giving away 3 copies of the Pineapple Express soundtrack, and each will include a high-gloss PE poster with which to wrap [...]
Barring a few cops/lightning bolts, you can chalk up another successful four-day Bmore banger for the Wham City crew. Key: JP, Abouretum, Ear Pwr, Andy Abelow, freaks, Future Islands, Ninjasonik, freaks, Dan Deacon, Trey Told 'Em, Teengirl Fantasy, tiger. [...]
Just a break from our post-Whartscape froth to let you know Netherfriends , a damn fine Chi-town psychedelic singalong troupe, will be touring n' blogging their way through Bmore this Thursday at Metro Gallery with Rifle Recoil and bonus friends. They're also crashing in your basement, hope that's OK. Let's walk through your decision process for attending. Is this show on a weekend night? No. A Thursday at least? Yes. OK. Do I know them? No. [...]
Kevin Nottingham's This is Hip Hop has a running series called "Who Flipped It Better?" that we're hijacking to get your thoughts on an epic flow battle - Rza vs. Nas vs. Mos Def. The original: Message From A Black Man Composed by Barrett Strong-Norman Whitfield Performed by The Temptations Souled On Music says "The Temptations released the track in 1969 on their Puzzle People LP. Although [...]
Yesterday Girl Talk's Greg Gillis told us about his action plan for bringing some cold, hard, legal justice to the punks posting unauthorized Girl Talk mashup videos on YouTube and other sites. He's understandably concerned that this "illegal art" is a blatant violation of his copyrighted work and has a well-shaven legal team ready to go Lars on their asses. Well played, Greg. We fully support you on this one and believe the case should help define copyright laws, fair use and creative commons in [...]
So when Girl Talk fans who downloaded Feed the Animals for free make unauthorized mashup videos of Girl Talk mashups, what happens? Is that like when Diet Sundrop tried to sue Sundrop for taste infringement? Girl Talk - Don't Stop (Mashing) Is Trey Told 'Em team playing on Sunday supposed to be a hip hop version of Garfield minus Garfield , where Girl Talk = Garfield? Because that just sounds like a ripoff [...]
"So long afternoons I sit in my easy canvas chair facing Void Hozomeen, the silence hushes in my little shack, my stove is still, my dishes glitter, my firewood lies piled and snaky in the corner, my canned goods wait to be opened, my old cracked shoes weep, my pans lean, my dish rags hang, the wind wallows and belts at the window and there's nothing for me to do but wait - and breathe - wait, breathe, eat, sleep, cool, wash, pace, watch." Jack Kerouac's Desolation Angels , 1956 [...]
Decades from now when alt scientists study 2K8 as the year of the birth of blog house and examine millions of crappy homemade remix relics, you'll be t.hankful for having actually seen a real DJ. Fred Falke is at the Talking Head tonight for FREE w/ Treasure Gingers and Franki Chan; all you have to do is tell corporate you're coming. Gonna let his sample catalogue ride on out and speak for itself, but I can also tell you from catching him in NYC this weekend everything is legit. That [...]
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