I saw this band in 2009 in the back room of a Bushwick bar with my pal EE. EE remembers: "Early spring 2009, back room of that bar on Bushwick Ave. I remember cold weather, dirty carpeting, and a weird opening band." Now, they've got Maeby in a music video where NY looks like LA and LA like NY. Movin' on up. I post this track with some reservation, as it tends to get painfully stuck in my head and then I have to sing anything I can think of to get it out [...]
Had a little nostalgic pop episode and pulled out my drawer a conversation I had with chameleon crooner toy-boy artist half of Fischerspooner Casey Spooner. The man is very much like a modern day mirror ball, far from the disco glitter but with as many shiny facets covering music, theatre, performance, dance, video and fashion. [...]

Hailing from Uptown DC "Cortez" the homie drops his ferocious spit..Over some classic compositions handled by slim kat 78, oddisee, the gyfted, nomad, and decomposed... From start to finish the whole project is solid and timeless... Even Though it's about 2years old, it still goes harder than most of today and deserves it's recognition for today and yesterday... So enjoy the heat and support the artist and WIB!! ghea! WIB IN OUR OWN LANE!!! Download "The Journey" ON BANDCAMP CLICK HERE Cortez: Twitter [...]

CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO South Central, Los Angeles crew "Overdoz." are Tube, Kent, Creamie and Sleezy... So Diggler's been sleeping and now just up on it and taking in all the dopeness they've been putting out.. dope flows, productions, and Optical Heat.. There videos are dope as hell, don't miss out like me..lol.. Either way They recently released their 3rd mixtape, Live For Die For with features by Dom Kennedy, Casey Veggies, Kendrick Lamar, Skeme & production by Brook D'Leau (J*Davey) and Polyester The Saint. Recommended for your listening pleasure and also the newest [...]

Justin Townes Earle, "Harlem River Blues" find it on Harlem River Blues (2010) I was never a Steve Earle fan. His music always struck me as self-conscious as his politics, with every moment too carefully considered and dropped on you with a huge expectation that you're supposed to respond to it in a certain way . Not so with his son, Justin Townes Earle, who made a fantastic record a couple of years ago that is [...]
The lovely Alex Winston returns with a brand new video for "Choice Notes." You may remember this track from a 2010 EP of the same name. Also set to appear on her upcoming album, Detroit's own headed back to her hometown to film a video for the song with director Austin Peters. In it Alex strolls through the quirkier side of the Motor City. You know, the part haunted by bed sheet ghosts. Alex's debut LP, King Con , drops on March 5th via V2 / Co-Operative Music . [...]

Sa-Roc - The Force Sa-Roc - Stair of Siam Sa-Roc - The Little Space Ships Here's a lyrical gem from late 2010, that we have completely missed. Sa-Roc a Washington DC femcee, that is right up there with the most talented, Tiye Phoenix, Boog Brown and Jean Grey. Had a listen to the album today for the first time thanks to Chase March. And I am an imediate fan of this sister. So much talent right here. Sa-roc [...]

The Owls Are Not What They Seem "...Not dread but a connection with our past is what we feel, a thread running back to the artless creatures we once were when we first heard the oboe-like notes from the Great Horned Owl. In Paleolithic times, we suspected omens in its voice, heard in it questions we were unable to articulate, but which have stayed within us, incomplete and taunting. We are certain that ancient, taloned bird sees what we do not, knows what we never will. And some night, silent as a gliding feather, [...]

CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO Versis one of our top MC's of 2011 as released yet another video from the EXCELLENT album " Illcandescent " a highly underrated album in our view. If you haven't cop it yet, you might be missing one of the best gems of 2010. Don't sleep on this goodness, click the link below. Video produced and directed by: David M. Helman Buy Illcandescent On Bandcamp [...]
Recorded 2010. Available on the album, 'I'm New Here': Amazon

Beautiful Bells - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | zs Taken from last year's ISO50 Holiday Covers EP .

Photo and autograph courtesy of the A2G archives. Ricky Martin According2g wishes singer/actor Ricky Martin a happy 40th birthday on December 24, 2011. It came as no surprise when the babe from Puerto Rico came out of the closet earlier this year. In fact, the part that was surprising is that he managed to live in denial in the public eye for so long. Perhaps that'll encourage a bunch of A-list actors to do the same - everyone already knows anyway... just saying! If you are out there Ricky, I'm [...]

Nicholas Krgovich - Jingle Bells [Traditional] | od | bx Nicholas Krgovich [No Kids, Gigi, P:ano] released this Christmas compilation as Chris Mastheim (get it?) in 2010

Sleep Party People - Silent Night [Traditional] | od | bx

Oak Cliff String Band: Dallas Rag song history " an old-timey howdy-do "

Le blog Infrasons n'est que la partie émergée de notre activité : nous officions surtout comme agence de notation musicale, en distribuant les bons et les mauvais points aux artistes et en évaluant chaque année leur crédibilité sur les marchés financiers. Apôtres des politiques de rigueur, nous devons lutter inlassablement contre les concepts albums prétentieux, les instrumentations indigestes, les solos interminables et toutes les boursouflures qui écorchent nos tympans. Lorsque l'on se voit investir d'une telle mission, la sévérité doit s'imposer, y compris vis-à-vis des élèves doués mais par trop insouciants. Ainsi, [...]

BAM! Bet you were expecting a Best of 2011 list, yeah? Well I don't got time for that (YET)! No...this is where I acknowledge all the great stuff I missed in 2010. 'Cause it doesn't get any more rock n roll than to talk about shit that's over a year old. Write that down in your How to Be Rock N Roll notebooks. Anyway, the last time I wrote this list , I spent quite a while talking about how there isn't enough time in one year to listen to all the potentially great releases and put [...]

Mar - Last Christmas [Wham!] | zs

Photo and autograph courtesy of my very large in-person autograph collection. Dick Clark The world's favorite New Year's Eve personality, Dick Clark turns 82 today and we wish him a very happy birthday. I've met Dick Clark many times and he's always extremely nice. Until some recent health problems, the man never looked like he aged at all. If it was plastic surgery, he should have let all of his celebrity friends know the name of his doctor, because people way younger than him look much worse! I loved when [...]