Casse Les Frontieres, Fou Les Tetes En L'Air I had every intention of posting some new material today from an up and comer in the house scene when I was messaged by net pal Marble/Institubes DJ and producer Jean Nipon . He made a random Facebook post about wanting an early recording from Paul Johnson called ' The Other Side of Me and Mores' from 1996.' and how much he wanted a copy. It just so happened that I was able to track it down for him and it [...]
Lady Gaga has yet to announce dates for 2012-2013's Born This Way Ball tour, but the "Marry The Night" singer gave fans a sneak peek of the tour's new stage via Twitter on Monday night (Feb 6). The black and white sketch features a medieval castle with crosses as accents and a central area enclosed in runway that will hold some audience members. Called the "Monster's Pit," the general admission zone will be for die-hard Little Monsters who "waited all night" and "dressed to 'Ball'," Gaga tweeted . [...]
Dieselboy does NOT disappoint. Great mix of Drum & Bass, dubstep and other forms of future bass music. Stream below, download via Facebook . Tracklist: Dieselboy - Wake The Dead // PLANET HUMAN Phace + Misanthrop - Energie // NEOSIGNAL Phace + Misanthrop - What's Wrong // NEOSIGNAL Hamilton - Brainstorm // RAM Curfew - Vandal // BAD TASTE Enei - Obsession Feat DRS // CRITICAL [CLIP] Nosia + Phace - Program // VISION Noisia + Upbeats - Blindfold // NON VOGUE Prolix - Who [...]
Hey, so I'm Evan , and since this is a new thing, let me take a minute to explain what this column is and why it exists. When I was 13, skinny and gangly, inexplicably wearing enormous Space Ghost (really, Brak) T-shirts, my mom worked at the Huntington, West Virginia Borders. At some point, she bought a Ramones compilation with her employee discount, and in short order, it was added to my listening rotation. A lot of people have those sudden epiphanies where something changes the way they think and feel about music. For me, one of [...]
Fourteen years after playing tug-o-war over a shared guy on "The Boy Is Mine" , a major R&B event at the time that resulted in a thirteen-week-long Number One Pop smash and Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group Grammy score, the now-thirty-something divas Monica and Brandy leave the cattiness behind to lean on each other over new boyfriend woes (though, thankfully, with different dudes this time) on new duet "It All Belongs To Me". Equally fed up over partners who just aren't satisfying their relationship needs ("Loving you is hard/ [...]
We are very proud to announce our very first tour presented with Archery Club for house/disco connoisseur Perseus' "Disco never dies, but the crowd pleasing nu-disco sound of the past three years has officially been silenced as 20112s balls dropped." Leon Oziel has always had a great eye for talent. During his days as a reviewer for Discodust, he helped spotlight the likes of Ellie Goulding, Disclosure and some duo called umm, errrr... Azari & III! So it comes as no surprise that three years on [...]
It's been a long, cold winter. Although really, it hasn't been a long, cold winter. Maybe it's because it's been about two months since I've been to a show. Welcome to winter in Boston. It felt good to shake off the cob webs and head out to PA's lounge to see the much-heralded up-and-comers Adam Arcuragi and the Lupine Chorale Society last Friday night. It felt so good that I didn't even question why they were playing PA's Lounge. [...]
In an act of consolidation that has been many years overdue, I'll now be doing all of my primary blogging through my tumblr account, which as of now has just been renamed Pretty Goes with Pretty —so bookmark the new url and/or update your RSS feeds if you still read blogs that way. I've had an affinity for this site for a long time, always aspiring to be more prolific here, less prolific elsewhere, etc. But the truth is that it's quite difficult to stay prolific on one site and be on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook—all of [...]
Tom Amegadzie aka The 8th Era is a Columbia graduate and East Village resident who is infatuated with a very "nichey" and abstract genre of electro. He draws influence from artists like Surkin, Para One, Bart B More, Brodinski, Keith & Supabeatz, Noob, and TAI. These are not household names, but rather producers who have refined their craft and garnered a loyal and musically intelligent fan base. The influences from the aforementioned artists shines in his first official EP, Vanguard / Canon Ball. Diligently working on these two tracks for the past 2 months, Tom has done something [...]
Here is an extra reason to tune in to the upcoming Grammys - Chis Brown who has been nominated for three Grammys, will be hitting the stage. It has been three years now since the R'n'B crooner has been more or less banned by the organization - in 2009 Brown made headlines when he brutally [...] Chis Brown To Perform At 2012 Grammys is a post from: RnB Music Blog
As part of their well-discussed annual bit, MTV has brought to light their 25 nominees for the top 10 hottest MCs of 2011. Take a look and see who you think is missing, as the mega-network's most definitely putting an emphasis on the flashy mainstream and not giving much love to the rapid risers of 2010's freshman class (MGK, Kendrick, Mac Miller, KRIT, etc)...fair 'nuff. MTV will reveal their 10-6 spots the week of the 13th, with the final five being broken down on MTV2, Sunday the 19th. 2 [...]
Some of you might wander why a John B tune is listed under local flava when he's actually from the UK. The reason is because of his collaborator in this tune NSG. This is not the first time that this MC/producer NSG who is Indonesian featured in this blog. Previously we mentioned him in his collaboration with Indonesian female hip-hop mc Yacko in her track Brrapp! and also his online collaboration video that went viral on youtube. Now that we got that out of the way, Light Speed is the tittle [...]
MTV has revealed a shortlist of 25 for the 2011 "Hottest MC's" list. The list may surprise you!!! No J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Tech N9ne, MGK or Big K.R.I.T. Interesting! Check out who MTV thought were the 25 hottest MC's of 2011 after the jump. MTV's Hottest MC's Of 2011 2 Chainz 50 Cent Big Sean Common Drake Eminem Fabolous French Montana Jadakiss JAY-Z Jim Jones Kanye West Lil Wayne [...]
With all the high-profile punk reunions of the past few months and years combined with the band's relative obscurity, it would be easy for most to overlook the reunion of Chicago's own August Premier . And that, my friends, would be a bad thing. I'm not really sure of the whole story about the reunion, but August Premier is back and the band has a new record called Happy Miserable due out March 27th on Pacific Ridge Records . More on that in a few... Back in their heyday, August Premier put out an [...]
I didn't watch the Super Bowl yesterday mainly because I saw the same matchup four years ago and didn't want to relive that day again. Except, when it boils down to it, I basically did. It was like a case of Deja Vu. There I was in the same grocery store buying that same wagon full of Dr. Pepper and month supply of tortilla chips. Fast forward a few hours and I was standing in front of the same oven monkeying around with pizza and kale chips. At game time I sat down in front of the same television and [...]
If everything seems better when it's free, then the same can certainly be said for music. Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano are giving away their re-fixxx of Swedish House Mafia's new hit, " Antidote ." The dutch duo's version chops up the vocals and inserts a steady rhythm of drums, while still preserving the original's beat and awesomeness. SJRM's fresh take on the popular — not to mention oft-played — track is definitely worth a listen. For those of us who love the original but have already begun to tire of it, this may be just the antidote [...]
Rhode Island's AraabMuzik, aka Abraham Orellana, likes to think of himself as some sort of sage. Continuing the instructive theme of 20102s collaboration with J. Armz, How to Be an MC , is this year's Instrumental University. In case anyone forgets exactly who is schooling them, Orellana generously drops his signature "You are now listening to AraabMuzik..." Sensuous as that voice is, it comes across as obnoxiously territorial sometimes, especially with all the screams. Admittedly, inflated egos in the hip hop world are as ubiquitous as sampling, and AraabMuzik is a talented enough producer to boast a bit. Instrumental University [...]
Yes, I am once again in the process of moving and heading back over to the Missouri side. That's why there has been such a lack of activity on here lately and I apologize. I don't currently have Internet access but will in a couple more days (I'm writing this from my phone actually). Anyway, the address on the right side of the page will be changing, however anyone who has sent items for review to the current address have no need to worry as I'll still be able to recieve them for the time being. [...]
A huge, sweaty thank you to all of those who came down on Friday. The photos are finally up for your viewing pleasure/displeasure (you know who you are gurners). You can check them out in all their messy glory over on our Facebook page. A post about next months shindig will be up in the next few days.
If you weren't one of the 152 million people watching the Super Bowl this weekend past, then you might have missed M.I.A. flipping her audience off during her appearance in the halftime show, as part of Madonna's song "Give Me All Your Luvin'." While such an action might seem almost natural for a liberating, almost nonchalant artist like M.I.A, she may well pay the consequence - literally. If the FCC chooses to come down on the NFL for her hand action, it'll be M.I.A who will bear the brunt of the cost due to a contractual agreement she [...]
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