These two images perfectly summarize Rick Rubin. Gossip (formerly The Gossip) are one of those bands that I'm not really sure why I haven't gotten into more. I love most everything they've put out, but yet I also tend to forget how much I like them and ignore their releases after a first listen. Maybe I just needed something a little more, a little special to keep my attention. Gossip release Music For Men , their fourth album, tomorrow. All I needed to see was Rick Rubin's name listed on the [...]
Oh Stuart David Price, you've had so many monikers, and you've kept us waiting so long for new Zoot Woman material. It's hard to believe it's been six very long years since your self-titled Zoot Woman album got us hooked on your band's slick, stylish sound. It seems we will soon be getting our long-awaited follow-up in the form of Things Are What They Used To Be on August 21st. We're not quite sure why the singles have been floating around for well over a year now, but we respect your desire to "do [...]
What do The Rapture , Heartsrevolution , The Rub , DJ Funk and Guns N Bombs all have in common? They are all playing at BRANDED , this Friday at the Congress Theater and we have a 15 tickets to give away to the show. This is quite the interesting lineup. I never thought I'd see The Rub on the same stage as Heartsrevolution, or DJ Funk play a party hosted by the mysterious Carles of Hipster Runoff . Supporting talent for the evening includes [...]
By now I'm sure you've heard this track. However, I am going to jump on the bandwagon because it's a track that truly deserves to saturate your eardrums until you are sick of it. Simian Mobile Disco's Audacity of Huge features guest vocals from Chris Keating of Yeasayer and it's just the pairing I needed to finally convert me into a card-carrying SMD fan. I love everything about this track, and it truly gets better with each listen. The minimal composition and the robotic, droning chorus are the perfect [...]
Ann Arbor, Michigan's Ghostly International has long been a favorite independent label of mine. Label head, Sam Valenti, has a knack for culling a roster of some of the most interesting music out there. Unlike many independent labels who adhere strictly to a single genre, Valenti's signings run the musical gamut from electronic producer and DJ Matthew Dear to the dreamy shoegaze band School of Seven Bells . Aside from an engaging music roster, Ghostly International has always felt like a fully curated aesthetic experience, with artists like Deanne Cheuk contributing their [...]
Bryan and I were discussing yesterday how much somber music we've been posting in the last week. It's time to interject some beats back into this melancholy mess. Our buddy AutoRock passed us his newest remix last night for local DC dance-punk outfit The Dance Party . I hadn't heard of this band yet, so I was curious to check out their original material after previewing his remix. The Dance Party's music embodies the spirit of youth, ripe with powerpop anthems perfect for screaming along to in the car when you think no one's looking. [...]
Saturday was the National Day of Sweden. While our distant Scandinavian neighbors celebrated thousands of miles away, we took the weekend to discover some great new Swedish acts and will be sharing our findings throughout the week. Fantasikrig has been on my repeat radar for several weeks now. I was lucky enough to get my hands on their debut EP, Behjärtansvärd , and became an instant fan of their acoustic indie pop. Nils, Louise, Hanna, Andreas, Anna and Simon may record entirely in Swedish, but nothing feels lost in translation about their sunny lullabies [...]
Check out more of Shaina's music and Weirder Park . Shaina Hoffman - To Do (192 kbps)
I want you to stop what you are doing. I don't care how important it is, just put it down, turn it off and listen up. Dudes like Bird Peterson and Krames have been killing the club genre for sometime, combining glitchy, bmore-esque beats, booty bass and screwed vocals for an aural onslaught best enjoyed on a dancefloor, drink in hand. Both Bird and Krames call Philly-based label Flamin' Hotz their home and the newest addition to the label's roster, Proper Villains is set to blow up in a big [...]
If I had to choose the one talent we've posted here on CreamTeam that has generated the most positive feedback and reader interest, it would undoubtedly be the under-the-radar Bit Funk . There's a certain romantic notion to coming across someone with all the talent and none of the buzz. Blog audiences are inundated with sites shouting praise for the same acts so it's refreshing when someone new pops onto the radar of listeners. Digital music and online media outlets may have changed how we listen to music, but the public's thirst for discovery remains strong. I [...]
We're one week away from the big CreamTeam anniversary party so expect us to shamelessly plug ourselves for the next 7 days. In the coming week we'll be profiling all the acts playing at the show in Analog Blog style and giving away a few guestlist spots, but until then RSVP on facebook and enjoy the new single from headlining act VEGA . VEGA - No Reasons (192 kbps)
Today at 10:01am CST my mind was officially blown with the discovery of Catcall. Catcall is the moniker of Sydney-based musician Catherine Kelleher . Instantly bringing to mind the likes of Santigold, M.I.A. and Lady Sovereign, Catcall is all that in one—and 500 times better. Razor-sharp production backs vocals that sneer, smash and seduce. Catcall leaves no reference unculled, blending rock, no-wave, electronics and hip-hop swagger to create a sound that is positively addictive. Already having played supporting act to a long roster of talent including The Gossip, [...]
Chicago is a city that boasts a bevy of competing and complementary music scenes. In the past couple years a fresh, new generation has taken hold of Chicago's rich hip-hop history and put their own spin on it, forging a scene that long ago bypassed the city's limits and got a nation to take note. Welcome to HIP -hop. The wild success of musicians like The Cool Kids and Kid Sister have resurged the publics' interest in Chicago as a musical tastemaking hotbed and breathed life [...]
Let's get experimental. The theme of the week is experimental sounds. Tobacco - Dirt (ft. Aesop Rock) (256 kbps) Atlas Sound - Quarantined (160 kbps) Black Dice - Night Creme (239 kbps) Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow (192 kbps) Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan - Sis Around The Sándmill (128 kbps)
Like The Jesus & Mary Chain locked in a drug den on a heroin comedown in the LES circa Now. If you don't get that as praise you're reading it wrong. (Fat Possum, please feel free to quote that in any and all press releases...) Crocodiles - Flash of Light (254 kbps VBR)
If you're a good little internet sleuth then you've already put the pieces together that we've been hard at work planning a grand fête to celebrate our first year. With this post we are proud to unveil our labor of love, GET CREAMED OH NINE! to be held Saturday, May 16th at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. We've teamed up with one of our favorite acts, Austin's VEGA to bring you their first Chicago appearance and the release party for their debut EP. A mashup of electronic and rock genres, [...]
Without a doubt, the best part of running CreamTeam for me is the people I've met along the way. Music bloggers form a tight-knit community behind the scenes and we have some exciting news from our friends over at Subdrive this morning. It's nothing new for a blog to branch out and launch a record label and the folks over at Subdrive have done just that. But where most would be satisfied to sign some artists and make some money, Subdrive has put a unique spin on the label, launching it as open-source. In an effort [...]
Cousin Cole is a rare talent in a sea of similarity. The Brooklyn-based producer and DJ consistently puts out some of the most innovative, genre-defying sounds on the musical landscape. With fellow producer Pocketknife , Cousin Cole forms Flagrant Fowl , the duo responsible for 2008's amazing, Tambourine Dreams , 18 tracks of folk rock reworked into dreamy electronic compositions. But Cole's true talent lies in is his uncanny ability to master any genre he touches—he can tear up a SXSW party playing nothing but B-more club, then switch gears and make a mix entirely of [...]
We're going to celebrate Swedish Sunday this week in the form of a little visual diversion. It's no secret that Familjen is one of my favorite Swedes and we've featured him in full before . But this week I don't want to write about him, I want to share his Swedish Grammy award-winning video for Det Snurrar I Min Skalle , directly by the immensely talented director, editor and artist Johan Söderberg . Söderberg has lent his hand to videos for everyone from Beyonce to U2 to The Knife to [...]
This week's edition of The Weekly Everything is dedicated to hangover Saturdays and Kap10Kurt for making my Friday night by playing Clubfeet to a crowd of people who really just wanted to dance to Kid Cudi's Day 'N Nite . My fondest musical memories of Chicago nightlife were not made by residents of the 312 area code, but by the people that visited and imparted their eclectic tastes upon the city. So, if you're reading this, thank you! Kleerup - On My Own Again (216 kbps VBR) [...]
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