Fresh Cherries from Yakima explains what your favorite Pavement record says about you. Some bargains at Amazon MP3: Monsters of Folk's 15-track self-titled debut album (featuring Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis) for only $3.99 the 15-track Warren Zevon tribute album, Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon (featuring tracks by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and more) for only $1.99 [...]
Fresh Cherries from Yakima explains what your favorite Pavement record says about you. The Millions has collected a distinguished literary panel to count down the 20 best works of fiction of the millennium (so far). Some bargains at Amazon MP3: Monsters of Folk's 15-track self-titled debut album (featuring Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis) for only $3.99 the 15-track Warren Zevon tribute album, [...]
I'm embarrassed to admit it's been almost two months since Weiss, an A&R man disguised as one of my favorite bloggers , sent out an e-mail to promote The Slow Twilight , the new release from 5 O'Clock Shadowboxers – a collaboration between Zilla Rocca and Fresh Cherries From Yakima's Douglas Martin . (You may remember Zilla and Douglas as past contributors to the I Used to Love H.E.R. series, both of them loyal Wu-Tang devotees.) Why embarrassed? Because after one spin of The Slow Twilight – [...]
There's no right way to write about your friends' music. Gush effusively and you look like a fawning cheerleader. Ignore it and you do a disservice to the people that should matter the most. That said-conflict of interest aside- The Slow Twilight is not only one of the finest indie-rap records of recent vintage, but it's a flat-out great record. You probably know Zilla Rocca and Douglas Martin from their various blogs, their Clean Guns and Fresh Cherries from Yakima material, and occasional contributions to this website. They're two [...]
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Some stray news items and links: - Above is a new YouTube interview with Blaq Starr. - Illroots.com has recently ran posts about PenDragon and Mania Music Group's Ron G. - On my other blog Narrowcast , I listed the best shows I saw in 2008, which included performances by Soul Cannon, K-Swift, Blaq Starr, Dru Hill, Diablo, Rod Lee, Mullyman, Skarr Akbar, Comp, Little Clayway, Teop, Heavy Gold, 1st Family and Huli Shallone. - Recent reviews by some of my colleagues at [...]
Douglas Martin normally blogs at Fresh Cherries from Yakima. He has never been to Yakima, but he can do the Watusi. Being the world's foremost blipster sure is a thankless job. Ever since I was given the opening quote in that infamous January 2007 feature in the New York Times about that new, cutting-edge subculture that long before had merely been known as "Afropunk" or "Tight Pants Wearin'-Ass Negroes" or whatever, my life's been a whirlwind of dust, from being a public representative of Pacific-Northwestern black kids who [...]
Any sort of objectivity I may have had regarding Zilla Rocca's music has long since passed. It's near impossible to be objective when evaluating a friend's music, particularly when said friend praises you on the great Wake Your Daughter Up f or the "massive amounts of weed [you] smoke and the hot women [you] get." So I'll spare the long-winded, biased paean to Zilla's ability to rap. Instead, I'll point you towards the following reviews, whose praise I wholeheartedly co-sign. And of course, download the mixtape below. After all, it's hard to dislike a rapper [...]
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k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
nekocasefallon
Animal Collective - Graze (Fall Be Kind)
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Bobby B's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade (#25-21)
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
