William DeVaughn is quite possibly the coolest cat to remind us to be thankful for what we've got-way better than hearing mom chastise us for being a spoiled brat who refuses to eat meatloaf for dinner. Lo and behold, a suspect dinner was the least of it. There really are starving kids in Africa, and right here at home too (wherever home may be). And while we should be grateful for all we have, the best thing to do is spread the wealth-even if it's not financial. If you're looking to give back during the holidays, [...]
Actor, host, comedian Mike Epps is a busy man. In between his time staring in movies like Next Friday and The Hangover , Mike recorded a Showtime comedy special called Under Rated & Never Faded . The DVD of the special just hit stores. The Syndicate online creative team put together this widget where you can preview clips from the DVD...including the awesome animated short "Your Fuckin' Outta Here Man". In addition to the share features and clips, the widget also incorporated the tweets from Mike's Twitter . Also another [...]
tUnE-YaRds @ Bowery Ballroom last night ( more by Dominick Mastrangelo ) Cave In today in NYC * Rakim @ BB King's * Ray Davies @ Town Hall * The Dig, Locksley @Mercury Lounge * Reigning Sound, A-Bones @ Maxwell's * Crystal Fighters @ Santos Party House * Bob Dylan, Dion @ United Palace Theatre [...]
Recommended Show: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 SLEIGH BELLS @ LE POISSON ROUGE 158 Bleecker Street Manhattan, NY 10012 $8, 11:30PM Sleigh Bells are one of those bands that people have been buzzing about every since CMJ . A boy, a girl, a guitar, and an iPod: check them out tonight at Le Poisson Rouge before they get huge. Other shows going on tonight at listed after the jump. Reigning Sound @ Maxwell's Slighty Stoopid @ Terminal 5 Pretty Lights @ The Fillmore Times New Viking @ Union Pool Sleigh Bells @ [...]
Rachel Ratner has connections. . She's an on air DJ for KEXP as well as educational outreach coordinator for the station. She is also (and more importantly) the bassist for Partman Parthorse and possibly the only same person in that band, as well as one half of Seattle's "Butts" - cheeky eh? In what little spare time that leaves, Rachel somehow decided to explore some of her musical connections and inevitably the binds that tie our Seattle music community together. To do this she created a cartographic study of Seattle's musical incest. [...]
Its Remembrance Day in Canada, Veteran's Day in the US. Having lived in both countries, Canadians take Remembrance Day very, very seriously, much more so than in the US. Perhaps it is because Canada doesn't have a formal Memorial Day like the US does. November 11 is recognized internationally as Armistice Day commemorating the formal end of World War I in 1918. Most people in Canada don bright red poppies on their left jacket lapel, above the heart. Many will read the poem In Flanders Fields [...]
The latest Warmer Climes mixtapes: David Kyhlberg ( The Morning Paper / Sail A Whale ) , Leonard Kaage ( Leonard Kaage and The Kin ) and Maja Milner ( Makthaverskan ) .
voilà la toute nouvelle tape de DJ Seep. c'est dense et ça danse. tracklist : DJ Seep - "Back to Skool" intro... JJ - Ecstasy / Gemmy - Supligen Various Production - Bside Glasser - Apply (Lemonade rmx) Bird Peterson - Right Em Off (Vex One rmx) Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phase One rmx) Paul White - Grimy Light Nosaj Thing - Coat of Arms Doris Norton - Caution Radiation the Qemists ft. Wiley - Dem Na Like Me (KIng Cannibal rmx) w/ Clark - Future Daniel Dark Party - Status (vs. Todd Terry) Machine [...]
Download "Mountain" MP3 from 'Get Reasonable' Golden Shoulders is a collective of talented musicians from Nevada City, California, lead by songwriter Adam Kline . Formed in 2001, the group operates with a constantly rotating lineup with the contributors varying from performance to performance, song to song. On the band's recent full length called 'Get Reasonable' , the music embraces the crescendoing pop opuses of the 70's, toes tapping and heads bobbing by the end of [...]
Often, we hear that siblings of famous musicians are trying to launch careers on the back of their more talented kin. But parents? That's a little more rare... and perhaps kind of pathetic, too. Especially if the parents in question happens to be Amy Winehouse 's dad, Mitch . You may remember our hero from such comments as, in response to questions about how his daughter was doing after her recent breast augmentation surgery, "Fantastic, fantastic. Her boobs are great as well." So he's a pretty classy guy already. Now, 58-year-old cabbie Mitch Winehouse [...]
[Birthday cheers go out to Cedric Bixler-Zavala today as we take a look at a busy midweek show lineup ...] The album-as-concert concept gets realized at two L.A. venues tonight — the Pixies start a three-night run at the Palladium with their 20-year-old masterwork "Doolittle" on the menu (L.A. duo No Age opens), and Frank Black talks about the reunion here . And Devo does a second night at the Fonda Theatre, this one to perform its 1980 album "Freedom of Choice." ... [...]
Scotland are coming thick and fast now with Hip Hop releases and if you want to keep more up to date than I can possibly keep you then I'd totally recommend that you get over to the Scotland Stand-Up blog. Madhat McGore , is as his name might suggest, one of Scotland's gullier rappers - a product of his enviroment maybe - Scotland's not all Lochs, castles and glens you know. Tracks like 'Young Man (Mad Mind)' and 'Nothin's Ever What You Expect' may sound a bit gloomy and depressing, and to some extent [...]
[ Vizual Records ] ( buy mp3s ) There is a long tradition in aesthetics presupposing that art should aspire to resemble nature. Art's artifice, all the craft and design, should disappear from view, leaving behind only a surface on which elements seem to move with natural necessity. The enjoyment of art stems in part from experiencing something that seems almost like nature, while all along still knowing somehow that it's artificial, shaped by the hands of man. The chance of enjoying the four tracks offered up by Joshua Iz for his [...]
mp3: Blak Roc: "Stay Off The F**kin' Flowers" featuring Raekwon mp3: Blak Roc: "Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)" featuring Mos Def and Jim Jones You probably heard about this ridiculous collab project: The Black Keys and Damon Dash in the studio with 11, that's right, ELEVEN different hip-hop artists (legends). You can find the whole list here , or if you're not in a hurry you can watch a teaser below, with the Mos Def/Jim Jones song accompanying some pretty cool scenes in the studio: [...]
The first day of November brought the bloom of "Stay off The F**kin' Flowers", the latest leak from the Black Keys x Dame Dash Black Roc project. I spent the first day of November on the sticks and the tables, so we give the song to you on the second day of the eleventh month. Sticking to the A-List, "...Flowers" sees Raekwon step into the Black Roc fold, and it's very solid. Grab it below.
The first day of November brought the bloom of "Stay off The F**kin' Flowers", the latest leak from the Black Keys x Dame Dash Black Roc project. I spent the first day of November on the sticks and the tables, so we give the song to you on the second day of the eleventh month. Sticking to the A-List, "...Flowers" sees Raekwon step into the Black Roc fold, and it's very solid. Grab it below.
What up, what up, what up! I hope everyone had an awesome Halloween! I'm in a great ass fu*kin mood as you can tell. Taco Bell managed not to mess up my order and my Ravens took a win this afternoon. Whoo hoo! But you didn't come here to hear me gloat, so on to the posts. Wale's album "Attention: Deficit" leaked a few days ago (its banging so go buy it) and to give you some additional incentive to cop the project, here's a new joint featuring Rihanna. Now I know [...]
Kid Cudi talks with MTV about his next album. Apparently Cudi decides to name his next album after the nickname his picked up, "Cudder", and the focus is to work with artists that have inspired him to become a musician like Snoop Dogg, Travis Barker, Green Day, Kings of Leon, and more. Does it matter though? Cudi has the fu*kin midas touch! His next project will be 1000 times bigger than "Man On The Moon". BTW, if you don't have Cudi's album please stop being a clown ass and go to Best Buy right now!
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart: 01. Larz Kristerz - Om du vill 02. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen 03. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Samling 04. Christer Sjögren - Schlagerminnen 05. Peter Lemarc - Klassiker 06. Nisse Hellberg - En modern man 07. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig 08. Europe - Last look at Eden [...]
Videogum FTW, simply by asking "Where Wallace At, String?" I'm a sucker for anything related to The Wire . I always get emails from artists, promotions, marketing etc. asking how they can get their stuff featured on TSS. It can be near & utter crap. But mention the greatest show in TV history and you're guaranteed to @ least get our attention. Mention to LC that you're kin to Idris Elba and you might get a handjob, which is okay if you're a guy because LC is a girl. [...]
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
The Beach House Theory of 2k10.
Friday Five: Surf Songs
