OK, so it's Friday afternoon in the great Pacific Northwest and I'm at work. If it weren't for the fact I'm supposed to hear back from a couple of clients about new contracts, I'd split this joint in a heartbeat. I. don't wanna work. I wanna bang on the drum all day.... So, I'm cleaning up some of my drafts...here's a radio mix from over a year ago. Who knows if it's any good. This week's radio mix: Santana - Hold On Isaac Hayes - Don't Let Go REO [...]

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MP3: Beck - "Harry Partch" Good old Beck has released this new song, a ten minute long tribute to the avant-garde composer loved by Tom Waits and other musicians who like to bang on shit. Beck's jam uses Partch's...

1.) "La India Con La Voe (Viva Puerto Rico) " - Masters At Work 2.) "Jacuzzi Games" - Loco Dice 3.) "The Boogieman (Downtown Remix)" - Gucci Vump 4.) "Boriqua (Douster Remix)" - Nouveau Yorican 5.) "The Lick (Derrick Carter Dub Mix) - Samim 6.) "I was drunk ft Noze" - Riva Starr 7.) "Calor en la Discoteca" - Isaac Rodriguez 8.) "Soy Boriqua (Sepa Mix)" - Lucci & Cruz 9.) "Cafe Con Leche" - El Presidente 10.) "Try Yazz" - Two Without Hats 11.) "Bla Bla Bla" - Italoboyz 12.) "Set Me Free (Zombie Disco Squad Remix) - Drop [...]

My buddy Vin and I arrived at the show just in time to see Whiskey Daredevils, a local band with a lot of buzz. They started off their set by saying "Thanks for coming out on Wednesday night, we know you could be at home watching Modern Family." That's true, it's a good show, which stars Ohio native Ed O'Neill, but thankfully there's always Hulu. Whiskey Daredevils often play around the area, but for some reason I have not seen them before. We both have heard a lot of positive hype about them, so we pretty excited that we were [...]
Piano Magic is nooit een band geweest waarbij je bang hoeft te zijn voor meer van hetzelfde. Het Britse kwartet blinkt uit in het ontlopen van verwachtingen en recalcitrante live-optredens. Van het kwartet is Glen Johnson de enige overgebleven oprichter...

I'm not completely sure why the mere mention of Swollen Members rubs so many underground rap snobs the wrong way. Sure, there are cuts like "Pornstar" that fall short of even the lowest conceptual standards set by the group's juvenile name. But listen past the hollow cake and candy ("Bollywood Chick") and you'll find scorchers ("Bang Bang," "Meltdown") from this decade-strong Vancouver crew that warrant close consideration. READ IT ALL HERE...

[ image ] John Mayer's muchly-awaited new album has been leaked. Yes, the entire Battle Studies album. It's his fourth album and it was released last November 17th. According to Mayer: "The album is called Battle Studies and that's because it incorporates a lot of the lessons, a lot of the observations, and a little bit of advice. Like a handbook, like a heartbreak handbook." There is no doubt in my mind that John Mayer can write pleasant pop music and accent it nicely with excellent [...]

With Spoon, Beach House, Interpol, Vampire Weekend, Four Tet, The Magnetic Fields, Hot Chip, and Rogue Wave (among plenty of others that I'm forgetting, surely) all slated to drop new records in early 2010, the new year looks like it will be starting off with a bang. At least for fans of independent music anyway. Of any of those though (besides Spoon), the upcoming release I'm most excited about is Shearwater's The Golden Archipelago . Reason being that Rook , their amazing 2008 album, made such a big [...]

Words: Jodi Root | Photo: Clayton Huack Maps and Atlases served as the perfect bait to lure me to my most (and quite frankly, only) anticipated field trip into Chicago's Lincoln Park – the city's newest venue, Lincoln Hall . While Maps & Atlases put on an incredible, entertaining set– thanks to Muzzle of Bees contributing Champaign writer Jon Stone, we already knew that . Instead of repeating his previous praise, I'd like instead to focus on the highlights (and there are many) [...]

Baltimore hustler, Rye Rye, was supposed to release her debut album sixth months ago, but in true Kid Sister style, it's been delayed until god knows when. Co-produced by ya boy Blaqstarr and wonder woman, MIA, the album may feature a track entitled Witch Doctor. Alongside rappers, Million $ Mano and Mic Terror, Rye Rye actually sings a sweet story bout her dealer - weed is so casual to you Americans. A draft tracklist of what was once called, Go Pop Bang, has also surfaced... This tracklisting is completely uncomfirmed - just [...]
BPitch Control のオーナー Ellen Allien のニュー・リミックス !!!Ed Banger より beatport 先行配信でリリースさ れた Uffie の新作『Pop The Glock (Ellen Alien Remix)』に収録されてい ます 続きを読む
Artist & Title: Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers- Brokedown Palace Date & Venue: 2009-11-10 Shea's Performing Arts Center, Buffalo NY Taper & Show Download: Lenny Stubbe Joan Osborne gives a great introduction to this Grateful Dead classic, explaining it is her all-time favorite but that she could never convince The Dead to let her sing it. I played with the levels so you could hear the introduction a bit better, but you'll notice a somewhat harsh volume swell, what can I say? An audio engineer - I [...]

Now this is quite a tasty combination of talent. Harvard Bass has remixed ' The Whole Sh-Bang' , the latest single from Mom & Dad on the label DJs Are Not Rockstars which is headed by Larry Tee and Alexander Technique . The full release by Mom & Dad is available to download now on Beatport and iTunes . Mom & Dad - 'The Whole Sh-Bang (Harvard Bass Remix)'// ♫
RUMOR QUASHING: PINK STEEL Drummer Helmut Bang has NO involvement in the new amateur gay vampire porn series "Twinklight: New Moons." Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Presented by DJ Rockstar & DJ Ill Will - The Yung Money western rep drops a new mixtape a month before the YM album drops... Warm It Up, TYGA ! download - "Black Thoughts" mixtape Grab the Back Cover w/Tracklisting HERE BANG!!! nfeeds.com

So here we are at the weekend before the holiday season officially begins and everyone's schedule gets really busy, so get your music fixes in now. On Thursday night you can check out the final night of the Jenny Dee & The Deelinquints residency at the Lizard. It's also the first night of the International Pop Overthrow 4 night stint at Church. Night 1 of the IPO has The Buckners, The Doom Buggies and more. There are also 2 great free shows on Thursday, Lars Vegas is at the Alchemist and Sally O'Brien's has an impressive lineup. On Friday Thalia [...]
A dicembre i Monotonix in Italia: Roma (11 @ Big Bang), San Vito di Leguzzano (VI) (12 @ Centro Stabile di Cultura, Bologna (13 @ Locomotiv), Milano (14 @ Connie Douglas).
Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone. Not every secret is bad though, because sometimes they're more welcome surprises than hurtful disappointments. So when word of a supergroup called Them Crooked Vultures emerged this fall, I approached the situation with every bit of wariness you might expect. That being I heard they were playing their first ever secret show in Chicago immediately after Lollapalooza, and I scrambled to purchase tickets. The trio of Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) was a rock and roll grouping seemingly made [...]

Usually three songs into a Raveonettes record, you can pretty much bet your wages, your house and a few vital organs on what the remaining eight or so tracks have in store; everything from the guitar sound, lyrical theme, drum pattern, and the artists they'll pilfer from. While they've undoubtedly produced some terrific music (especially on the last LP), each concept being mercilessly stretched over an entire album can leave your enthusiasm waning long before the finishing line. This time things are different. Initially however, it's Raves-by-numbers: opener 'Bang!' is the type of fuzzy guitar [...]