John Wilkes Booth Records doesn't even have a proper website, but they've managed to get interviewed by the Examiner on how a small label works. The interview presents a nice, short portrait of ho... Continue reading "On Running A Small Label" >
The Latino 1/4 of the Slaughter was watching dust bunnies blow through the studio and decided to John Wilkes the booth for us real quick. I don't expect many of you to download this, seeing as it's not even two minutes long, but if you don't at least listen to Mr. Ortiz pummel this beat for 50 bars, your rap pass will be provoked. After all, he did it for us . Download - Joell Ortiz - "50 For The People"
LEGOs Fuck LEGOs. They're overrated. Kids would be better suited playing with buckets of real liquid cement and mortar than these multicolored rectangular monstrosities. First off, LEGOs were outdated from the moment they were conceived. They're stiff, boring, and wholly uninspiring. You can only do so much with rectangles. And by so much we mean so little. And by so little we mean nothing, because rectangles suck. Solid geometry is so passé. Second, they're totally shallow and commercialized. Toy building materials of whatever variety should [...]
LEGOs LEGOs are the most overrated type of children's building blocks ever. When I have kids, I would sooner have them playing with buckets of real liquid cement and mortar than allow them to use these multicolored rectangular monstrosities. (Can you tell I'm biased yet?) First off, LEGOs were outdated from the moment they were conceived. They're stiff, boring, and wholly uninspiring. You can only do so much with rectangles. And by so much I mean so little. And by so little I mean nothing, because rectangles suck. [...]
Astronautalis is an expectation-challenging force in the world of rap music. Last year, his album Pomegranate blew listener's minds with an intense and eclectic concoction of savage beats, sentimental melodies, and unique brand of lyrical storytelling that merges historical fiction and hip hop. Certainly not something you hear on an average day. Since the album's release, Astronautalis has been a busy man; embarking on his first European Tour, becoming an Internet mini-sensation with his side project, Boyfriends Inc. [...]
It seems that I've had very little to say during my month-long break, but plenty of time in which to say it. Now I'm suffering from a case of the opposite. Work has been a bit all-consuming lately, to say the least. I've barely had the time to notice where I am, though I think I'm here, wherever that may be. This tour started in Halifax, which is an odd spot to be in any way you look at it. [...]
As promised, JP writes in with a review of the Ray LaMontagne show: Ray LaMontagne played to a sold-out crowd at the historic Palace Theatre in Greensburg this past Friday. As for the venue, picture Ford's Theatre without John Wilkes Booth. The acoustics were great, the lighting did the trick, and they sold beer out of coolers in the lobby, which was a nice touch. We were pleasantly surprised by the opening act, The Low Anthem. Each member of this trio played no less than three different instruments, and it was the first time in [...]
As promised, JP writes in with a review of the Ray LaMontagne show: Ray LaMontagne played to a sold-out crowd at the historic Palace Theatre in Greensburg this past Friday. As for the venue, picture Ford's Theatre without John Wilkes Booth. The acoustics were great, the lighting did the trick, and they sold beer out of coolers in the lobby, which was a nice touch. We were pleasantly surprised by the opening act, The Low Anthem. Each member of this trio played no less than three different instruments, and it was the first time in [...]
Pure fuzzed out, punked up, adrenaline fueled, high octane rock and roll. That's what John Wilkes Booth pumps out with as much ease as Old Faithful pumping out the steam. The boys are fond of calling their particular brand of scuz sweltering rock, "dirt rock," but we just call it fucking great, balls-out rock and roll. Naturally, when we heard that Kerry, the main madman behind the dirt rockers was going to be in town, we immediately cleared off the piles of CD's covering our red leather couch and asked [...]
Welcome back, waveriders , to another installment of one of my favorite columns, The D.I.Y. Ethic Lives on . Perhaps it's because I get up at 4 am every morning myself, to try and cram a few extra hours into my day as I put the finishing touches on my first novel, that I have such a deep respect and reverence for the D.I.Y. musician. The passion with which they follow their muse, their unbeaten desire to create music, even when the odds of the world are stacked against them, the sacrifice of everything (including bathing [...]
Flicking through a stack of old 12" singles the other day I stumbled across a record I'd almost forgotten about in the fifteen years or so since I'd last played it: Mind by early-nineties Workington (it's in Cumbria, geography fans) indie combo Sugarblast. It may have singularly failed to trouble the chart scorers, but I'd go as far as to say that this is something of a lost classic. If you liked the UK independent scene of about 1992, I think you're really going to enjoy this. It was also as a [...]
Curtis Eller, Wirewalkers and Assassins (American Circus Records, 2008) MP3 : "John Wilkes Booth" Curtis Eller could be Sufjan Stevens' crazy older brother. Both Eller and Stevens are banjo-wielding, history-obsessive troubadours born in Michigan, but whereas Sufjan's style is more sedate and gentle-the blue-eyed angel of Indie music-Eller is a little wilder looking, a more unpredictable performer, and isn't afraid to get in yer face with his American tales of long-dead presidents, robber barons, and of [...]
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Animal Collective has recently released a trippy new video for the track 'In The Flowers' from album Merriweather Post Pavilion. The vid is [...]More about Animal Collective
I don’t know about you guys but I’m still a huge fan of the classic remix. Taking a mainstream pop tune and transforming it into [...]More about Beyonce
I blogged about The xx in March of this year and blasphemously let the 4 piece slip off my radar. Catching up with them now, they are the [...]More about The xx
So I really did not feel like re-downloading the mixtape and then re-upping it and having to deal with all that hassle. The No Ceilings [...]More about Lil' Wayne
You know. DJ tags on this unfinished joint and no real information on where the song came from, but I got Gaga & Beyonce, then Rihanna, why [...]More about Kanye West
You look at me it's like you hit me with lightning [CONTRACT/EXPAND] Sweet as hell you might close your eyes and possibly [...]More about Passion Pit
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