I saw Wimps back in November open for Wax Idols and the Terry Malts . They rocked like they already knew what the hell they were doing even though I think that it was only their first or second show. Wimps are a trio. Rachel Ratner plays guitar, sings and makes cool maps . Matt Nyce plays bass and draws . Dave Ramm plays drums and makes pizzas. Wimps are raw power with nothing in the way. It's punk rock the way it use to be; short, [...]
Por quinta ocasión se llevará al cabo el Austin Psych Fest , del 27 al 29 de abril en Texas. Este festival, fundado en el 2008 para homenajear el legado musical de la ciudad de Austin como cuna del rock psicodélico, reúne a los mejores actos (desde vintage, pasando por lo moderno, hasta llegar a las nuevas propuestas) que continuamente expanden la posibilidades musicales. Uno de los principales propósitos del Austin Psych Fest es promover y crear un campo fértil para la expresión artística a través de la música y el arte visual, apoyando los comercios locales en Austin y [...]
Eli Porter told the world on Tosh.0 that his Intelligently Retarded album was on the way. Now for $10, you can cop it, straight from Eli. Not sure how long this has been out, but head on over to Eli's site and grab your copy . I'm grabbing mine.
CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO Coming through from the Word is Bond Submission Vault... We got fresh visuals from catch wreck ft retrospek.. off the project "Collective Consciousness" available for download 12/21/12 Video by Rene Dongo ( http://www.renedongo.com) Produced by Rah Intelligence Retrospek, from Boston, MA consists of 2 MC's (A. Spendacash, JuneLyfe) and one Producer (Rah Intelligence). Retrospek has shared the stage with the likes of Pharoahe Monch, Raekwon, Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, Blu, Mikey Factz, among others @ such venues like The Middle East Upstairs and Downstairs, Church [...]
ASC is giving away his tune Common Ground as free download on his Soundcloud page. The track itself is a nice chill spacey atmospheric dnb variety. Check it out below!
IDM is a word so gruesome, so grotesque within the musical sphere that is dance that you can almost sense the repulsed wince of any artist described thus irrespective of whichever of the world's four corners they may find themselves. While intelligence may be something we all aspire and aim to behave according to, intelligent dance is a loaded term, and one that once cocked is difficult to unload. Enter Max Cooper , who this week released his Amalgamations EP... To call this release an extended-play requires a level of perception or intelligence [...]
After almost a year of silence Kapgun drops a 30min mix. Its a soulful mix of drum and bass enjoy... At the Helm with Kapgun by irondj Tracklist: 1. James Brown - The Boss (Dexcell Remix) 2. Lady Sings The Blues - Big Bud 3. Groover - Command Strange & Intelligent 4. Me & The Devil (Utah Jazz RMX) - Gil Scott-Heron 5. Walking Away - Grimm, BlueMotion, Remo 6. Track08 (Feat. Lauryn Hill) - Unknown Artist [...]
We all slept in this morning. It was nearly ten before I woke up, and my moving around rousted Fern and Gracie sleeping beside me on the bed. They got their morning treats then we all came downstairs together. As I was going to the door to let Miss Grace out, I found a gift in the hall: a dead mouse. One of the cats had had quite a busy night. I disposed of the deceased, put the coffee on and went to the driveway to get my papers; hence, the lateness of my posting. It is a [...]
Hey! Thought we forgot about this, eh? Nah... Next time I leave the country for a month, I will also leave access to the hard drive where all my files are located. So we're still aiming to re-post all of the Blogophilia volumes by summer's end. Today we have volumes 5 & 6, which feature promotional MP3s available during May and June of 2009. As always, these are gapless mixes with cover art. These are only up for a limited time, so get them now! - [...]
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"Intelligent, Elegant, Elephant: Humble Power symbolizes me, as not just an artist but also a person. I live my life & career on a humble and righteous path, it has gotten me to where I am. The intelligent and elegant is self explanatory, I compare myself to the elephant because they are peaceful and graceful and yet powerful at the same time. This projects reflects me at my happiest moment in life right now." - Noa James I have to say that this project is quite amazing. The production alongside Noa's flow make every track complete. When Noa [...]
Photos by G. Warning This Poster May Seriously Undermine Your Intelligence Genius! Click "read more of this article" to see exactly how genius. Warning This Poster May Seriously Undermine Your Intelligence BRILLIANT!!!! --> <!-- [...]
What do Galileo, Da Vinci, Jefferson, and Einstein all have in common? Besides being a genius, there is one common trait that they share.
Some great people are releasing records north the US border, namely Telephone Explosion Records , which began as many labels do these days, releasing only tapes. A few releases in they morphed into digital and vinyl releases and their newest from band Puberty, which consists of members of the Shins and Intelligence. The the bass line rides like Pink Panther and is fraught with vibes of a smoky lounge. Telephone Explosion is currently selling this through their website as a 73 single.
A wave of shock spread across the internet last week when a new Brian McFadden song went online. Not shock that he's still recording and releasing music – the former Westlifer has released three solo albums to date. Nor that the production on the track is terrible. It was the lyrics. The rapey, rapey lyrics. The first new material from McFadden since last year's solo album 'Wall Of Soundz', ' Just The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar) ' is a chirpy, banjo-driven dance-pop tune about taking a woman who is "drunk as shit" home so he can [...]
So, it's been a while since we shared what's getting posted at our supplemental blog, GIMME Tumblr . If you want to follow GIMME Tumblr , here is the rss feed , or you could just join Tumblr . You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can play (and scrobble ) the whole page using the ex.fm extension OR you can just download any or [...]
Carlos Lopez , local and recently prolific ( peep his Vimeo page ) music movie maker, recently shot a video for a song from the Intelligence 's Males , one of my ten favorite local records from 2010 . It was one of those Kickstarter deals where people donate money to the project. It's... "PRETTY COOL!" Kudos to YOU if you lovingly supported this little adventure. The song, of course is "Bong Life" , and the moving picture is every bit as rapid and zany as the song itself. I wonder where [...]
I remember this time I was lost north of Boston trying to get to Salem to check out a witch trial and the House of the Seven Gables. I stopped at a gas station to get directions and the guy at the station told me to go through Puberty, and stay straight to get to Salem. Looking at the map, I couldn't find Puberty. So I ask him, "Where's Puberty?" He tells me to just keep going down the road I'm on and it's the next town. I show him the map and say I don't [...]
It's the one-day anniversary of our internet video station, Cluster 1 . If you haven't check it out yet, here are a few of today's highlights: - Our host with the most, Mr. Sami Jarroush, offers a Cluster 1 News Update , featuring stories on The Strokes, Kanye + Jay-Z, PJ Harvey, and more. - Cluster 1 premieres brand new clips from The Intelligence and Cloud Nothings . - Also check out videos from Canadian rapper Evil Ebenezer and all-around genius Astronautalis . - [...]
White Corvette Estate Sales One of Seattle's best surf punk bands went the route of a proper studio for its 6th LP, Males , which was released in August, 2010, and the end results are spot on. Lars Finberg usually records all the instruments himself for The Intelligence's records, but chose to record Males with his touring band of two years and the added energy is clear. Listening to Males is like [...]
Congratulations to the PacNW for another stellar year in music. It really outdid itself. There were quite a few bands from our region who received obscene amounts of attention this annum and even rippled the national scene with their respective records. Unfortunately, not many of them ended up on my list. Despite this cultural discrepancy, however, the bands and albums listed below represent what I believe to be the very best in Northwest music that you could've listened to in twenty-ten. Or not; I dunno, I'm just one dude. Feliz Navidad! . [...]
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rock the dub
The Word Is Bond
Super Neon Blog
Dots & Dashes
Iron DJ
Keep the Coffee Coming
The Dadada
Your Strongest Ally
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Weekly Tape Deck
I eat music
GIMME TINNITUS
A Northwest Music Blog
Consequence Of Sound
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