Sweet! M.I.A. has just announced a U.S. tour that brings her to Lawrence on May 14, at Liberty Hall. Let's have a lookalike contest, whaddaya say!? We never do that anymore! OK, let's not. M.I.A. - "Bird Flu"
Alright, so-that last M.I.A. record was ace, especially for the half-year between the promo copies being released and the rest of the united nation of dance party caning catching on. Arular was a fantastic summer record, ideal for windows-down cruising during the humid afternoons and balmy evenings of the south. The sound was exactly what the summer needed-a jeep-rattling, electrofied Baile Funk that, for all her protests to the contrary,didn't smarten up anything. Rather, the oft-grating, always-violent Brazillian stew of Drum n Bass, electro and murderous blood lust was reformed via the Gospel According To Hollertronix: a [...]
* Arctic Monkeys try to hog the Mercury Prize two years in a row. * File under: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Paris wants to make another album. * Another reason to be jealous of New York: M.I.A. gets visa, New York gets M.I.A....
Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I've collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their "song obsessions of the week." Quite often it's easy to explain why the song is good; it's much hard to explain why we're obsessed. Maybe you'll become obsessed with one of these. Lots of people are moving and changing various things in their life this week so it's a small selection this time. [...]
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YOOO! Les beaux jours reviennent, ça tout le monde l'aura remarqué... Et avec eux, les concerts et festivals. Perso, plus il fait chaud, plus j'ai envie de bouger. Pis les jours rallongent, etc. Donc ce soir, oubliez "La Nouvelle Star", quittez votre canapé et courez à la Maroquinerie pour écouter dans le cadre du festival "Les Femmes S'en Mêlent", Yelle, Terry Poison et Bunny Rabbit. Depuis 1997, le festival parisien "Les Femmes S'en Mêlent" se propose de réunir pour quelques jours des artistes féminines de la scène indépendante internationale. C'est donc leur 10ème édition, et le [...]
Your favorite Sri Lankan songstress (ours too) is back! We're so excited to share the following details with you regarding M.I.A.'s new album and all the relevant info you're aching to know... The Music Sluts are keeping our fingers crossed for another amazing freebie at Central Park's Summerstage this summer. Rolling Stone reports: Album Title: Kala Release Date: 6/26 thru Interscope Collaborations With: Diplo & Timbaland Lastly, the much-buzzed track,'Bird Flu', will make an apperance on the LP (video for tune below). [...]
Sometimes weekends really are the best. During the week you almost forget the pleasure that it is waking up in your bed (or someone elses?) without having a days worth of work and labour ahead of you. To celebrate this momentous occasion here are some tracks making my weekend even better. I won't do a big writeup on the them. Suffice to say that you should really own everyone of them. New Young Pony Club - The Bomb (Teenagers Remix) Softlightes - Girl Kills Bear (Lo Fi FNK [...]
Yes. The latest single off M.I.A.'s upcoming album Power Power . If you don't know about M.I.A. yet you might need to have your hipster pass confiscated. However, at first I was not a fan of this very raw and tribal feeling track. Is this noise? I think not, it's odd but good. Do you have the flu yet?
Finding much about the Jack Bambis on the web is like asking Paris Hilton to stay out of the public eye for 30 minutes: Next to impossible. After hearing a bit about these kids, I decided to have a look around and all I came up with was this clip. Suffice it to say that I can see why there is such a buzz about these 12 year olds. They are pretty tight musically and they already singing about Jack Daniels. Sure their performance leaves a little to be desired, but after they stop [...]
I guess the emo superstars are finally rebelling against the sissy label and have decided to take part in a Mortal Kombat'esque video game to prove that they too have testosterone. Fuse TV has put together a Taste Of Chaos Fighting Game featuring Jared from 30 Seconds To Mars , Bert from The Used , Buddy from Senses Fail and Wil from Aiden . I gave the game a shot and quite frankly, I suck. It was however [...]
Looks like MIA's much awaited return to action was pretty topical then. So bang up to date was it that the video for her new song Bird Flu hit the internet at the very time when the UK was all in a tizzy about the bird flu outbreak at some industrial battery turkey farm in Suffolk. Conincidence or what? Anyway, for someone who loved MIA's debut album Arular a couple of years ago, I'm well pleased with the comeback track. Though unlike MIA, I'm not very bang up to date, posting this [...]
Next Trend = Give Your Music Away for Free. Crappy rock bands and talentless MC's have been going by this motto since the birth of the cassette tape, but now the tables have turned, and bigger labels and artists are embracing this new marketing tactic. Free digital downloads are popping up left and right in 2007. First it was Liberation, the digital-only album from Talib Kweli & Madlib , then came Chrome Children Vol. 2 , the free digital compilation featuring tracks from Madlib, MED , Percee [...]
Judy McGrath, Chairman and CEO of MTV, announced that they are laying off 250 employees in order to reform the business. I have three questions for Judy and MTV... 1. Do these layoffs help increase the salaries of the top executives at MTV? Maui here we come!! 2. Do all those now unemployed college grads at least get a free t-shirt with their severance package? 3. Most importantly, does this mean less crappy reality TV and more good music videos for MTV? [...]
Presents are great. The badical folks over at Jade Tree Records sent me the latest Snowden record, Anti-Anti, which spent the last few days as the soundtrack for my weekend road trip out to Vegas (again.... no I don't have a gambling problem). The music can be described as an eclectic mixture of fuzzy reverb-infused rhythms, mellifluous vocals, and club-ready drums. For a more in-depth idea of what the record sounds like, you can stream it here . If you already have the record, be sure to [...]
I didn't start getting into this band until recently, and it was a little too late. The Murder City Devils broke up a few years back, but reunited for a few shows up in Seattle in 2006. Hopefully they will get their act together and do a US tour so I don't have to spend all my time watching their old videos on You Tube. Here's a classic Murder City Devils video to help you kick off your weekend. [...]
You have to appreciate a person who tells it like it is. The London based pop singer Lily Allen is the queen of a no B.S. conversation. Her lyrics turn heads and she's proud to throw up a middle finger (and not in a lame Avril Lavigne kind of way) to the "fake" people and aspects of the social world. Some attribute her cynical attitude to her lavish jet-setting and better than average upbringing (she's loaded), but regardless, her fans are hearing what she has to say. [...]
As many of you know, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be gracing the blistering Indio, California desert April 27-29. This year's lineup is nothing short of amazing, but at $250 for a three-day pass and $85 for a single-day pass (plus Ticketmaster fees, campsite fees, food, water, and "other" items), my credit card company is not going to be happy with me heading out there to cover the show. I wanna know from you Badical kids... if you won [...]
Darkness, the MC/producer/entrepreneur from Oklahoma City, claims he has that magical Fruity Loops beat (his MPC got jacked) that'll make your flow go platinum.... starting at just $75. Holla at him @ 214-207-2611 and he'll make you a deal you can't refuse. This cat just sent me his most recent mixtape entitled Hood Denim Remixtape #1 , which features 23 Beatz By Darkness underneath flows by Jay-Z , Lupe Fiasco, Biggie , 2pac , and many more. You [...]
I've been meaning to get the Wires On Fire full length from Buddyhead since it came out last June. I've been seriously asleep at the wheel on this one, but yesterday, I finally got my ducks in a row and landed a copy. I've be blaring this noise infused rock n' roll record since I woke up, and with the pounding on the walls from my neighbors reaching a new high, I think the Wires On Fire album could be put me in eviction status. Either way, the record is insane, [...]
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