Do you miss the days of over-the-top After Effects in hip-hop videos? Do you like smoke machines, burning torches and lions in your music videos? Are you nostalgic for absurd interpretations of iconography? Me neither, but there's plenty of each to spare in the latest video from Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives collaboration. It must be strange as a performer to shoot something like that in front of a green screen and have no idea how it will turn out. In some seriousness, it's great to see Amadou & Miriam - [...]

Il famosissimo attore/cantante Will Smith e sua moglie Jada Pinkett sono stati scelti per presentare il concerto che si terrà il prossimo 11 dicembre ad Oslo (Norvegia) in occasione del conferimento del premio Nobel per la Pace 2009 al vincitore che, quest'anno, sarà scelto tra una rosa di 205 candidati. Davvero considerevole è inoltre la caratura delle stelle dell' hip hop e del soul che presteranno le loro ugole (e le loro rime) alla prestigiosa cerimonia: oltre al già citato interprete di Io sono Leggenda [...]

Over here in the West, everybody loves what middle class adults and liberal newspaper review columnists call 'world music'. And nowadays, there's a strong bond with contemporary youth, which is the right atmosphere for collaborations like THE VERY BEST to crop up. I remember a while back hearing Esau Mwamwaya singing over some popular tracks, then hearing he was hooking up with production team Radioclit . They later went big on the blog scene as [...]
Yeahhhh, sooo... Not much to talk about here, folks. Move right along. Okay, actually that Starflyer 59 release is a 2-disc collection of b-sides and such that were only available on vinyl til now. It's pretty good. And Neon Horse , that "mystery band" that's really just a bunch of dudes from other former Tooth & Nail bands has their second album out. It's fun times. Also, Owl City is pretty decent, as are Amadou & Miriam , YACHT and Cave In (if [...]
Brian Wilson, Royksopp, Amadou & Miriam, The Wailers, Fionn Regan, Mundy, James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) & Pat Mahoney, A Flock of Seagulls, The Field, Jeffrey Lewis, Bell Orchestre, Marina and the Diamonds and Richmond Fontaine are the latest acts added to Electric Picnic this year. Full details below from the press release: The legendary BRIAN WILSON will be bringing a taste of Californian sunshine to Electric Picnic, Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois when he performs some of the best known anthems in the history of pop - Wouldn't it Be Nice, Surfing USA, California Girls, [...]
Amadou and Miriam Having signed on to have a radio show on WOXY.com starting next week [April 14th] I am now in full panic mode...yet the email box never fails to fill up with some of the coolest new music around. So here's a very eclectic collection of music, literally 'all over the shop' as they [...]

When we last left our faithful blogger, he had lost track of his friends and took a fist on the chin during Rage Against The Machine. We pick up this Lollapalooza recap already in progress. (photo by C. Bologna) The first time Rage Against The Machine had to be stopped was halfway through "People Of The Sun". I was able to look up on the big screen and [...]

OK, so it seems it's Electric Picnic week on the blog, so I thought I would put up some music from bands that are playing the festival this year. We alll know what most of the headline acts are we want to see so this post is going to highlight some of the smaller acts playing. I hope you find something you like and If you're going, go see the band! Simple. 1. Tilly and the Wall Foggy Notions Stage Sat- 20:00-20:45 [...]