Thanks to bcbc for pointing this out to me. The Black Dog have done a podcast for French magazine TGSUi (a French music magazine). Tres bon. The site says, traduire par le google: Some stories never seem to attract the attention of history. For example, you remember the inventor of the screwdriver? The toaster? No, since all that is irrelevant, it is quite logical. In the late 80's the trio Black Dog took office midwife, alongside Aphex Twin and Autechre giving birth to the IDM. Leaving the others to grow the non-dance music scatterbrained, two black dogs [...]
This is where I talk about one of my favorite things, television. Some critics are saying that 30 Rock has lost it's touch this season. Those critics are crazzzy. If anything, think that it just took a little longer this year for the show to hit it's stride. You may remember last season was a bit doubtful (read: too cameo-heavy) till 5 or 6 episodes in and then it never let up. Furthermore, I think a person with any sense would realize that with last night's episode "Sun Tea", 30 Rock is [...]
Pablo Gomez aka GOZii is a fresh new producer from from Buenos Aires, Argentina my future home, and BigStereo south office. He is the frontman of electro-rock band Polen and is now playing the solo game. GOZii is the last artist that became a member of LARESISFUCKEDUP CREW , a group of Djs, Vjs, producers, and photographers that promote their own parties in Buenos Aires that are really pushing the envelope down there and have their hands full of kids that know how to get the party started and going til the sun comes [...]
ADaD linked up with CraveOnline while he was in Los Angeles last month working with Exile. Crave's got some office issues, and they're going to be conducting interviews at the local taco stand for the time being, hence the clever title, Taco The Town. "Today we'll be talking to hip hop producer Exile and his latest project, Chicago MC Adad . Exile is best known for producing tracks for artists ranging and Mobb Deep and Ghostface to Jurassic 5 and Blu . [...]
FUCK BUTTONS - "OLYMPIANS" {DOWNLOAD} "Hi this is Mrs. Edmonds from Johnson Elementary School calling in regards to your son Billy. There is no reason for alarm, but I would appreciate if we could discuss Billy's behavior in the classroom. You can reach me at 203 655 2549. I look forward to meeting with you." Was what the answering machine said as I lay on my belly drawing on the cold wooden floor in my kitchen. I liked the mixed [...]
Spotify are hoping to use the music you listen to in order to target adverts . It could sort-of work: If you like Robin Beck, you might want to buy Diet Coke. But it's not really this simple, is it? The Spotify founder and CEO, Daniel Ek, explained the thinking behind personalised advertising. He said: "There's a simple principle – we are trying to make a better advertising solution. We are showing that, around the data, there are things that matter. For instance, combining demography with music taste, we can group [...]
Nobody can argue against the almighty power of the mixtape, especially after a year like 2009. We have seen artists like Wale, Drake, and Kid Cudi rise from underground hip-hop to the main stage of radio, MTV and iTunes. As purveyors and champions of the mixtape, we here at BDN strive to filter the best of the best to you the reader. Here are some late season goodies that have been playing around the office the last few weeks. First up is the much anticipated Mixtape Volume 4 by Hood Internet . [...]
Billy Jam says: New Jersey explorer, writer, photographer, filmmaker, welder, artist, skateboarder, avid Passaic River canoe traveler, graffiti lover, urban anthropologist, prankster, high school dropout, WFMU listener, Weird NJ contributor, and as he calls himself "run of the mill trespasser" are all titles befitting Wheeler Antabanez who will be a guest on WFMU today (Nov 20th 3-6pm) on Put The Needle On The Record when he will talk about his passion - New Jersey, especially the rundown abandoned funky parts - and take phone calls from listeners on exploring the abandoned buildings of [...]
ADaD linked up with CraveOnline while he was in Los Angeles last month working with Exile. Crave's got some office issues, and they're going to be conducting interviews at the local taco stand for the time being, hence the clever title, Taco The Town. "Today we'll be talking to hip hop producer Exile and his latest project, Chicago MC Adad . Exile is best known for producing tracks for artists ranging and Mobb Deep and Ghostface to Jurassic 5 and Blu . [...]
Having my blog has introduced me to tons of bands. Sometimes if I am lucky enough, I have been able to become friends with members of bands. It is like a dream come true to chat it out with real artists!! One band that I have stayed in close contact with is Local Natives . I have been addicted to their beautiful tunes every since I received my first email about them. It's all history since then! I couldn't just be there friend though; it was time to do some professional blogging! Matt Frazier, the drummer of [...]
No, not the holiday break. Intern time! The Syndicate is beginning its search for interns. Do you live or wish to travel to the NYC area, and want to intern with us for some college credit? Then email us blog@thesyn.com and we'll put you in touch with our intern coordinator to arrange an interview. As a marketing and promotion company we offer a lot of different areas you could learn from including, radio promotion and marketing, street marketing, online marketing, web design, and event planning to name a few. Hell, we could even teach [...]
For your entertainment (and, sure, ours too), we caught up with Adam Lambert and Kris Allen at the Us Weekly Hot in Hollywood party at Voyeur nightclub last night. (The magazine honored both guys in its "Stars of the Year" coverage - Adam was named "Glam God of the Year" and Kris "Victor of the Year.") Tomorrow we'll be posting our interview with the adorable and subdued Allen, but for now, check out our heart-to-heart with the delicious little space alien known as @adamlambert : Adam Lambert: I love your hair! Becky [...]
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Lydia Millet is one of my favorite writers, and her first collection of short fiction, Love in Infant Monkeys marries celebrities with animals to great effect. These keenly written interactions of human and animal move these tales forward and offer rare insights into the human psyche as well as our celebrity-obsessed culture. The Los Angeles Times wrote of the book: "Lydia Millet's first [...]
Hello peeps. How's things? Well? My, it's been a long time. For this I can only apologise; my joy at finding employment has rapidly turned to dusty maudlin, and the prospect of this being the forseeable future is making it very hard to summon the energy to do anything of any value whatsoever. 9 hours a day of helping car parking people in an office full of car parking people really takes the joy out of a life, ya dig? Now would obviously be the time to say [...]
The action plan is set. The line has been drawn in the sand and you can make your voice/money speak by donating to one of the best music festivals around the world. Monolith is trying to raise $38,000 in a two week span. That equates to $2714.29 per day. You can spare $5. Just forgo your coffee for one day, and done. Drink the office coffee for once. Does it taste like ass? Hell yeah, but you know you're doing it for the CAUSE! You can make your donations, here . [...]
The Times have raised something of a stink recently by announcing that they are going to start charging for the online content of their newspaper. This isn't new, exactly, because a lot of newspapers started out that way on the web, but quickly dropped all these clumsy logins and memberships and payment schemes because in the face of free and unlimited services like the Guardian and the BBC they quickly realised that they were losing out massively in the scramble for eyeballs, which is the one criterion everyone on the internet seems to agree is the key to influence, importance [...]
Some DVD and CD reviews coming your way soon, but today it's a pre-holiday cleanup of things that have been cluttering up my desk, my email, and my mind. Another NYC show that sounds amazing: Fire + Fire / Black + Gypsy: The Sounds and Stories of Two Cultures Bound by Rhythm and Race at Symphony Space Nov. 19 and Nov. 21. Day of Show: $35 / Advance: $30 / Symphony Space Members: $25 As part of the yearlong Extremely Hungary festival, [...]
For Atlanta folks. If you're lucky you might get to meet Lil Duval as he's been tweeting about being on set . More info after the break, and RSVP at the fb page here : Greetings wonderful people the time has come, your presence is requested on the set of Rainforest Films' next hit film, "Stomp The Yard 2: Homecoming". Will Packer and Rob Hardy are at it again and they'd love for you to be a part of the sequel to the international box office hit, Stomp The Yard. [...]
"We were delighted, then baffled, then again delighted when the new Blu-Ray version of Fight Club arrived in the mail the other day. Popping it into the A.V. Club Blu-Ray player we watched in dismay as the menu screen appeared, and with it images and music from 1999 Drew Barrymore comedy Never Been Kissed . As much as we adore that movie—with its documentary-like depiction of the Chicago journalism scene—it was Fight Club we wanted to watch. Then the image gave way to Fight Club 's familiar living [...]
FYI, write this man in support, not anger. Says U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, via a statement his office just sent over: "I happened to pass by the Jelly concerts when I was riding my bike thr... Continue reading "Senator Charles Schumer Speaks: "I happened to pass by the Jelly concerts when I was riding my bike through Williamsburg"" >
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