Torpedo Torpedo - From Russia with love (video) Références musicales : Franz Ferdinand, Gang of four, Elastica, Hot hot heat Torpedo - Accelerate (mp3) I'm in a rush. Do not have much time. Let's just give you a hint then: Torpedo has a new website . And there is the song Accelerate - that they released December 2009 - for free download with it. Now, it is also in [...]

I'ma be honest with you. As much as I've seen and respected Nipsey Hussle's come-up over the past year, I personally can't say I've found myself enthralled enough to rehash a single song from the South Central MC's catalogue. For no real reason, either. Then, I heard "Talk About Me" and realized I miiight out be a tad out of line. Flat out, this Whoo-Kid -hosted heat rock is about as hot as a loose muffler scrapping down the streets of Slauson in July, with one-time [...]

In the past, the music of Horse Feathers—the vehicle for Justin Ringle's absolutely beautiful folk songs—has often been associated with the winter. That's not to say that Ringle's tunes are cold, but on the band's last album, 2008's House With No Home , he wrote songs about loneliness and isolation that just screamed (OK, whispered) for a snowy morning and a cup of tea. But on Horse Feathers' new record, it's a different season that gets some love. Due out on April 20 (insert 4/20 joke here) via Kill Rock Stars, Thistled Spring is supposedly a [...]
Crash! The Heat Festival Pre-Party! Friday, February 12th 2010 @ Sevilla Nightclub Riverside ! The premier annual U.C.R. nightclub party returns for it's third consecutive capacity crowd fueled night! Party at the Inland Empire's premier nightclub destination coupled with it's #1 rated weekly promotion "Mansion." Every year Crash The Pre-Party features the hottest talent in the industry alongside your favorite University party rockers and Heat Fest DJs. Join the over two-thousand students that have had an unforgettable experience at Crash! Featuring: Live Performance by: [...]
So, getting an ad in the Super Bowl is like that one episode of 30 Rock when Tracy just buys all the ad space and then is unsure how to fill it? Because here's an ad of Diddy talking up Miami (though Will Smith did it better *) and his new Bad Boy victims Dirty Money. There are literally too many laffs to count here, but my favorite is when he mentions celebrities and then he shows Wilmer Valderrama. I mean, that guy wasn't even a star when he actually was a star. I'm pretty sure most [...]
As a producer Butch Walker has been responsible for guiding some of the best works from artists as diverse as Pete Yorn, Pink, Weezer, and Hot Hot Heat. Now he's back with his own seventh studio album of country-influenced rock, I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart (out digitally Feb 9th, physically Feb 23). More than anything Walker knows how to create a hook. Songs like "Trash Day", "

Cliquez sur l'image pour ouvrir la playlist avec Spotify Si vous n'avez pas encore Spotify, installez-le gratuitement et sans invitation, en cliquant ici . Avant toute chose, il ne s'agit pas de promouvoir d'une quelconque manière l'usage des drogues. C'est évident, mais il vaut mieux le rappeler. Sans raison médicale, l'usage de drogues est la chose la plus stupide que vous puissiez faire de votre temps et de votre corps, la majorité des chansons de cette playlist ont été écrites pour vous le rappeler. S'il y a deux [...]
Bassnectar - Live At Wrongbar, Toronto: www.myspace.com/bassnectar [...]

So I've been meaning to share this for a while, but being completely snowed in here in DC, now seems like the most appropriate time. Local legend Oddisee has been releasing a series of seasonally themed mixes, the latest of which is ODD WINTER . It's ultra chill and smooth, perfectly fitting for these winter days. So if you're snowed in as well (and even if you're not), heat up some hot chocolate, get the entire mix for free here and just press play. There will be no regrets. [...]
It's that time of year again, folks. Sweden's annual song contest begins tomorrow with the first eight entries. As usual, the official site is streaming minute long clips of each contender. And, as usual, I'm here to offer my thoughts, however misguided they may become once I've heard the full versions! ( Listen to clips here ) Ola Svensson - Unstoppable I love the piano line that runs throughout this. The song has the harder sound we were promised, especially in the chorus. It's not as strong as his best tracks (or his past entry), but [...]
It's Friday night. Whether or not you are the host of a party, en route to a social gathering, or made sure to pack a few extra bucks to load up the bar jukebox; you have a few songs in mind that are gonna be played. Everyone has their own fist pumping, head rocking, "make up your own dance moves" go-to tracks that you know everyone will dance to without shame. The following are a few songs that will make you dance your pants off, with or without liquid courage. Follow the jump for the full [...]

I wasn't sure how todays fingerbanger was going to come together. But from nothing comes something? Or it was always here. So here's what was always here. Anyone who knows anything knows that Sadat X has one of the best flows in hip hop. And it's no surprise that djnodj is always on the look out for anything his voice blesses, even in the 2010 where diggin' in the crates is sometimes more akin to diggin' a grave. So let me say that this song is a dumb hot piece of head nodding B-Boy inspired funk goodness... and [...]

Are you ready to rock? If you are then I have some shows for you! On Thursday, I am all about Those Darlins' at TTs. This band from Tennessee have a rock and twang attitude and are so entertaining live. Friday has the Brooklyns at the Cantab and The Acrobrats at O'Brien's. And if you need a little soul injection, don't forget the Red Rose Soul Club at the Rosebud and it's free! On Saturday there's a great lineup at Church with The Dirty Truckers, Muck & the Mires and Watts and at Great Scotts, there's Reverse and Sun Lee [...]

Painting by Aleksandra Rdest [ Non Standard Productions ] ( buy vinyl ) ( buy mp3s ) More and more, the recordings of Max Loderbauer and Tobias Freund's Non Standard Institute seem to parallel the ineffable and absorbing audio artifacts they namecheck from time to time - records like Cluster's Großes Wasser , Pharaoh Sanders' Thembi , or This Heat's This Heat . Like those records, their latest EP sounds as though conceived through exploratory tinker-now, edit-later [...]
A new year means a new batch of local music, and a new cycle of ups and outs, collaborations and exeunts, daring pairings and hot new heat. To celebrate what's on the way, we dedicated this week'... Continue reading "Ashley Monroe, Tyler Bryant, Daniel Pujol, Ya Za and More: 10 Artists to Watch in 2010 [This Week's Cover]" >

photo by Michael Ligon January's gone and my February concert schedule's looks busy but my March schedule looks even busier not even counting this year's Canadian Music Week . So while precious little of the actual CMW(or more accurately, Canadian Musicfest ) schedule has actually been announced yet, Toronto promoter has already announced his NeXT-at-CMW shows running March 11, 12, 13 at The Velvet Underground, The Silver Dollar and The Comfort Zone. Mr. Burke's never been shy about reminding us how he used to run his own mini-festival AGAINST CMW but has [...]

Here's a new podcast series from my boy DJ Cable ; his thoughts: " One of the things I'm doing for 2010 is monthly podcasts, in which I'll showcasing the very best in Hip Hop, Grime & Dubstep...They're made up of tunes that are not only doing it big in the clubs, but are also some of my personal favourites of the month in particular... So, to kick things off with January's Podcast (I know it's a couple of days late!), we have some new heat from the likes of Pete Rock, [...]

(photo: Daniel Boudist) In just a merry quarter of an hour in the queue, being smacked on the face with Australian flag paraphernalia, beer breath on the back of my neck and the distinct waft of other…organic substances, I'm given a true blue, cordial welcoming to the Sydney Big Day Out. Still yet to pinpoint what it is exactly that attracts so many to this annual festival of beer, bogans and breasts. If you are aching to read about the unskilled offspring of Keith Allen, Matt Bellamy's vibrato or any of the other [...]
"Open your heart, and your mind," Mia Doi Todd sings on her new single, and after hearing the song and watching this day-brightener of a video by esteemed director Michel Gondry, you can't help but comply. The song, among the material on the Los Angeles songstress' forthcoming ninth album, sprang from a demo version recorded with Money Mark — and the song was not completed when the video was shot. In a nifty bit of musical choreography, the final version was produced by Jon Brion to match the video. How [...]