Blog: The Tape

Salva- Weeeird Science (Video)

Feb 21, 2011, 3:51pm The Tape
Salva - Weeeird Science (Dr. Plot's 'Space is the Place' Video Mix)
Crazy video courtesy of Salva, who enlisted Dr. Plot to chop up Sun Ra's "Space Is The Place." This one was premiered over at XLR8R.
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Pusha T Goes Solo! Essentially Clipse, Minus Malice Hanging In The Background

Feb 20, 2011, 11:00am The Tape
When Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy arrived in late 2010, Pusha T was a name that frequented the record almost as often as Mr. West's did. Many listeners of MBDTF were/are most likely unaware of who exactly Pusha T is, which is a shame but also completely understandable, since "Wamp Wamp (What It [...]
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Artist:Pusha T
Link Text:Pusha T- My God
File Name:My-God.mp3
Year:2011

Tyler, The Creator- Yonkers (Video)

Feb 14, 2011, 10:22pm The Tape
Tyler The Creator - Yonkers
Their Fallon performance later this week should be interesting. Either the FCC will shit themselves or Fallon will just kick them out before they hit the stage for wrecking the green room. This track is great, by the way. Tyler signed a one album deal with XL, and Goblin should be out by April.
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Young Black Preachers

Feb 10, 2011, 6:50pm The Tape
There aren't too many artists/bands who are currently fusing the experimental aspects of the beat scene with straightforward lyrical rap music. The difficulty seems to lie in the unpredictability of the beats that the more experimental beat scene dudes create, with rhythms that flip the beat too often to settle into any sort of groove. [...]
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Artist:YOUNG BLACK PREACHERS
Title:Especial
Link Text:Young Black Preachers- Especial
File Name:03-Especial.mp3
Artist:YOUNG BLACK PREACHERS
Title:Rock School
Link Text:Young Black Preachers- Rock School
File Name:09-Rock-School.mp3

The Glove Affair

Feb 9, 2011, 11:20pm The Tape
Every year at my high school (Oakwood School), we organize a fundraiser/dance called The Glover Affair, which attempts to spread awareness about the danger of HIV/AIDS, and ways of approaching sexual activity safely. Below, you can read an extremely informative letter that explains the purpose of the event in far greater detail than I could: [...]
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Skylar Grey Ruining EVERYTHING

Feb 5, 2011, 12:00pm The Tape
Lupe Fiasco's newest song, "Words I Never Said" poses an interesting dilemma. Lyrically, Lupe is clearly at the top of his game, rapping some of his best and most provocative lines to date. He's fired up and re-energized thanks to his fans that protested in front of the Atlantic Records offices and turned the once [...]
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Artist:Lupe Fiasco
Title:Words I Never Said (Feat. Skylar Grey)
Link Text:Lupe Fiasco- Words I Never Said (Feat. Skylar Grey)
File Name:Words-I-Never-Said-Feat.-Skyla r-Grey.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

Sidi & The Foxes

Feb 2, 2011, 10:00am The Tape
Sidi Touré's debut for Thrill Jockey is an expansive record, one that works itself from the inside out. Touré's guitar playing is masterful, the kind of stuff Dave Longstreth grew up on. With pieces of work such as Sahel Folk, I hate to listen to individual tracks. The record seems to make sense only as [...]
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Artist:Fleet Foxes
Title:Helplessness Blues
Link Text:Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues
File Name:06-Helplessness-Blues.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2011
Artist:Sidi Touré
Title:Bon koum
Link Text:Sidi Touré- Bon koum
File Name:01-Bon-koum.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2010

A Trip To The Soundclouds

Feb 1, 2011, 2:00pm The Tape
Just a few new tunes that I've been streaming on Soundcloud recently. First up we've got a new track from Cass McCombs, who released an absolutely gorgeous record in 2009. "You Saved My Life" is as haunting today as it was when I first heard it, and the record flows as effortlessly as it did [...]
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Delicate Steve- Butterfly (Video)

Feb 1, 2011, 10:00am The Tape
Our homie Delicate Steve's WONDERVISIONS is hitting stores tomorrow, and I couldn't be more excited for the guy. Today, NPR premiered the video for "Butterfly", one of my favorite songs of the past 5 or so years. It's wholly original, creative, embracing, everything I love about music. Check out the video below, and make sure [...]
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THIS WILL MELLOW YOU OUT

Jan 26, 2011, 12:00pm The Tape
On the latest Beans single, guest vocalist Tunde Adebimpe tries to settle the nerves of all the anxious TV On The Radio fans, whom are most likely awaiting any sort of news on the status of the band. The Anti-Pop Consortium member spits his now famous stream-of-consciousness flow over Adebimpe's equally famous layered harmonies and [...]
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Artist:Beans
Title:Mellow You Out (Feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
Link Text:Beans- Mellow You Out (Feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
File Name:08-Mellow-You-Out-Feat.-Tunde- Adebimpe.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Fake Male Voice
Title:OMG!!!FMV!!!
Link Text:Fake Male Voice- OMG!!!FMV!!!
File Name:02-OMGFMV.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:TV On The Radio
Title:Mr. Grieves
Link Text:TV On The Radio- Mr. Grieves
File Name:05-Mr.-Grieves.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2003

Oldies

Jan 26, 2011, 2:10am The Tape
I've been digging around recently, and I found some real nuggets of joy from the golden days. We spawn of the 902s know The Four Tops for their Johnny Rocket's jam "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honeybunch)," but "Baby I Need Your Loving" goes down a lot smoother. You can hear where Mayer Hawthorne [...]
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Artist:Jackie Wilson
Title:(Your love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Link Text:Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
File Name:18-Your-love-Keeps-Lifting-Me- Higher-and-Higher.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:The Four Tops
Title:Baby I Need Your Loving
Link Text:The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving
File Name:01-Baby-I-Need-Your-Loving.mp3
Bitrate:231 kbps
Year:1967

Time Won't Tell

Jan 22, 2011, 9:37pm The Tape
Nocando continues his series of rapping over already existing songs, this time tackling El-P's "Time Won't Tell." This is one of my favorite Nocando tracks to date, who's been releasing fantastic music at an insane rate for about a year now. He's finally starting to get the recognition he deserves, recently being featured on Hip [...]
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Artist:El-P
Link Text:Nocando- Time Wont Tell (El-P)
File Name:Time-Wont-Tell-featuring-Nocan do.mp3

Louder (Blast Your Radio Theme)

Jan 21, 2011, 8:13pm The Tape
Madlib's Medicine Show series was one of the best/most consistent highlights of 2010, but his 11th release, Low Budget High Fi Music, was just released - and may be the best record of the collection. The latest LP is 28 tracks long (42 if you ordered the now sold out vinyl release), and contains music [...]
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Artist:Jaylib
Title:Louder (Blast Your Radio Theme)
Link Text:Jaylib- Louder (Blast Your Radio Theme)
File Name:Louder-Blast-Your-Radio-Theme. mp3
Bitrate:151 kbps
Year:2011
Artist:Oh No
Title:Sound Off feat. Termanology & Ea$y Money
Link Text:Oh No- Sound Off (Feat. Termanology  Ea$y Money)
File Name:Sound-Off-feat.-Termanology-Ea y-Money.mp3
Bitrate:263 kbps
Year:2011
Artist:Supreme Team (Madlib & Karriem Riggins)
Title:Interview #4080
Link Text:Supreme Team (Madlib  Karriem Riggins)- Interview #4080
File Name:15-Interview-4080.mp3
Year:2011

Indie Stardom + Hype + Michael Cera = More Hype

Jan 15, 2011, 11:00am The Tape
Cue the hysteria! A little while ago, it was announced that members of Islands, Modest Mouse, and Man Man joined forces to create an indie "supergroup", which is becoming an increasingly popular trend (Middle Brother, Physical Forms). As if getting three of the coolest indie rock bands together wasn't enough, they also enlisted Michael Cera [...]
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Artist:Mister Heavenly
Title:Mister Heavenly
Link Text:Mister Heavenly- Mister Heavenly
File Name:Mister-Heavenly.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Mister Heavenly
Title:Pineapple Girl
Link Text:Mister Heavenly- Pineapple Girl
File Name:Pineapple-Girl.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps

Akron/Family & Vonnegut, Kurt

Jan 14, 2011, 7:07pm The Tape
Any time a death occurs in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, a simple solution always follows: "So it goes." More of a coping mechanism than anything else, this phrase served as a protest against the cruelties of war. A "war death" wasn't a normal death, war deaths were expected. It sort of just happened. Vonnegut could distance [...]
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Artist:Akron/Family
Title:So It Goes
Link Text:Akron/Family- So It Goes
File Name:04-So-It-Goes.mp3
Year:2011

Favorites of 2010: Guest Edition (Sleep Good)

Jan 13, 2011, 10:00am The Tape
I think this is our last guest list, thanks to all the homies that participated. Rounding things out is Will Patterson, who works with Sunset when not recording his own project under the Sleep Good alias. 1. Austin Leonard Jones- Superstitions 2. Beach House- Teen Dream 3. Candy Claws- Hidden Lands 4. Emeralds- Does it [...]
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Pregnant

Jan 10, 2011, 11:00am The Tape
Pregnant's Regional Music emerged in 2010, flying under my radar until very recently. I first discovered the Sacramento-based solo project when I checked out a fantastic video that Terroreyes.tv filmed of Pregnant and his perfect brand of glitchy, experimental folk music. Like every other dude making folk music, Daniel Trudeau decided to escape reality and [...]
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Destroyer- Kaputt (Video)

Jan 7, 2011, 12:00pm The Tape
Coming to LA March 22nd. Destroyer- Chinatown
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RiFF RAFF – ELECTRiC SHARK

Jan 6, 2011, 11:00am The Tape
MTV RiFF RAFF - ELECTRiC SHARK ( MUSiC ViDEO )
A reality-star/MC known as RiFF RAFF has been releasing youtube videos for a fat minute. The former From G's to Gents contestant's recent short clip for "ELECTRiC SHARK" sees him giving a nod to MGMT, while generally upping his production values. The video only shows him spitting one verse, and rarely rhymes but still has [...]
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Open Season

Jan 5, 2011, 8:04pm The Tape
High Highs hail from New York and make the kind of percussive pop music that made The Morning Benders such a popular band in 2010. "Open Season" is our first taste of the duo, releasing an MP3 with an accompanying video not so long ago. Nowadays we see bands release two full EPs on Bandcamp [...]
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