Album Preview: Peaches - I Feel Cream
Peaches, queen of all things subversive and sleazy, hath returned with I Feel Cream. Most notably, Peaches' signature vocal stylings (read perverse with a side of irony) are still in full effect. On "Billionaire" (one of the album's dirtiest offerings), Peaches joins forces with Shunda K of Yo Majesty for a song of which Lil' Kim, circa 2000, would be proud. Peaches also takes this opportunity...
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Album Preview: Crystal Method - Divided by the Night
Crystal Method, America's 90's and early 00's electronic darlings, and LA's answer to those clever British Chemical Brothers, have always relied heavily on synth-wizardry and overzealous drum loops. For better or worse, not much has changed on their upcoming album "Divided by the Night".Meth's biggest strength has always been their superb mixing, every fuzzy Korg line has adequate space alongsi...
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New Anonymous????
New Anonymous???? has been a long time coming, but one of Dallas greatest rapping talents is back with what he is calling an "EP", although at 17 tracks, "Hip Hop Legend" could be viewed as more of a full-length album. It is slated to be released as a free download via his myspace page starting tomorrow. In my opinion, which isn't neccessarily worth a whole hell of a lot, I think Mr. A???? didn...
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Obligatory Half-Assed Grab Bag Thursday
Ever notice how many blogs you read on the Hype Machine just post a huge list of mp3's and then never say one thing about the songs? I don't get it, that's just lazy blogging right there. How bout just throwing something out there like: "this list of songs below are things that have my pants going extra crazy right now. Some of it is things I've received and just haven't had time to sufficientl...
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Quick's Big Thing Awards
Heard about Quick's "Big Thing 2009" yet? It's a cool event designed to promote local musicians, and anything that pumps up our music scene is cool with me. Categories and nominees are listed below, each person can vote once per category HERE and once via text message. You can probably guess who SubEx voted for (please forgive the shameless self-promotion). Anyway, check it out, vote it out, an...
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Nothing to Worry About (LehtMoJoe Remix)
After months of nothing, it's a flood of LehtMoJoe posts lately, but hey, I gotta stay one step ahead of our good buddy Mark Ronson.While most people spent Record Store Day watching bands play at various record store celebrations, some folks were actually inside buying those 'record' thingys. Leht used the occasion as an excuse to finally purchase Peter Bjorn and John's "Nothing to Worry About"...
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Official 2009 ACL Lineup
With SXSW a month and a half behind us, it's time to look again towards our state's capitol. The official lineup for Austin City Limits was announced this morning. I have to say that the list is pretty rock/folk heavy with scarcely a pop act in sight. Look for major artists like Sonic Youth and Pearl Jam to share the stage with indie up-and-comers Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and Bon Iver. ...
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One If By Audio, Two If By Video
Spring always brings about a slew of hot young things wanting to have the next summer jam. I present three worthy candidates up for the coveted role: Little Boots represents the latest in shiny, synth-heavy pop with a sound that is both crowd and critic friendly. Check out "New In Town" that offers heavy choreography and a knockout blue dress.Fever Ray brings a dreamy, hypnotic flair to otherwi...
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Mates of State @ Granada TONIGHT!
Adorable husband/wife duo Mates of State are playing over at Granada tonight w/ Black Kids and Sunbears, and I think the phrase "Giant Calliope Organ! Crooked Waltz Drumming. Joyous Holleration Harmonies!" pretty much sums up what they're all about. I know these 2 somehow manage to make enough racket for a band of 5, but I've never gotten to see them do their thing live before. From what Mikey...
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Allison Mosshart & Co. Really Killed It At The Granada
The Kills show at Granada on Saturday night was simply amazing. The stage presence of those two set a new bar for me, and Allison Mosshart just might be my new biggest rock-chick crush. Read the rest of my review of the show over at DC9.Also, there are some great shots of the duo and fans over at Bill Ellison's Flickr page.=w=
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Mark Ronson Thinks LehtMoJoe Is Some Authentic Ish
Congrats to local producer LehtMoJoe for having a track featured on the most recent episode of Mark Ronson's "Authentic Shit" radio show. Full playlist and link to download the show over at East Village Radio's site. You may remember SubEx first unleashing the remix of Major Lazer's "Hold the Line" into the blogosphere last week, and now it appears the rest of the world is taking notice. Kudos ...
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Way to Kill the Weekend
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Dunno if you've already made plans for tomorrow night, but if not, I think the Granada is where the action's going to be. I can't wait to see The Kills, one of the most sexually suggestive live acts, perform songs from their album Midnight Boom, which turned out to be one of the most remixed discs of 2008. (Search hypem for SebastiAn's remix of Cheap and Cheerful and you'll know why). Also on t...
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More Friday Freebies: or We Really Are Worth the Trouble
Being less than a month away from finishing my MLS degree, you can imagine how my ears perked up when I heard about a band called The Library --or perhaps my further shock to learn that they were actually pretty decent to boot! The LA dance-rockers have just released a self-titled EP, featuring the Maroon 5-ish sounding track "You Don't Need No Doctor, Sugar".That being said, I have a signed co...
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The King Bucks Have Got Country By The Tail
As an attempt at full-disclosure I will admit that I am a member of that coveted male 25-54 demographic and as such I find myself tuning into local sports radio station 1310-AM The Ticket --probably a lot more than I should. Judge if you must, but once you make it past the obligatory fart drops you discover bits of gold, such as local country act the King Bucks.The band features former members ...
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St. Vincent Overload
If you're like us and have been anxiously awaiting the release of St. Vincent's latest, head on over to NPR to hear Actor in it's blissful entirety two full weeks before the official release date. Then check out the video footage of the band practicing some of their new tracks forSXSW.~Jenn
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