Yukimi Nagano/Little Dragon Tribute Roundup
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DOWNLOAD: The Couch Sessions Presents…A Tribute to Yukimi NaganoOn behalf of everybody that has put this project together, we want to say THANK YOU! At this point, we’ve had over 1200 downloads and counting of our tribute. A huge thanks to the fans, bloggers, Tweeters and Facebookers for spreading the word!Big up to Supa Qool [...]
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Review: Precious Soundtrack
Film Director Lee Daniels has offered Black cinema & American film a gem in his movie Precious, a film adaptation of writer Sapphire’s book, PUSH. To say that the soundtrack is soulful and gritty is an understatement; but nevertheless it is a statement. The film is about 16-year-old Claireece “Precious” Jones, an obese, illiterate inner-city [...]
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The XX Gets Real Soulful With Them Jeans
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The XX – Shelter (Them Jeans Drums Edit)The xx might just be the most soulful goth band that ever existed. The band (now a threesome) looks straight out of an emo lookbook, yet lead singer Romy Madley Croft’s voice just drops with this nonchalant, imperfect, yet emcompassing soul. They have already covered Aalyah’s “Hot Like [...]
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IN PHOTOS: Rakim at Black Cat, DC
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Photos by Boney Starks. Follow him on Twitter @boneystarks and please support.Last Sunday night, Washington, DC’s Black Cat was graced with hip-hop royalty as Rakim took the stage, rocking old joints and new tracks from his new album The Seventh Seal.
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VIDEO: B.O.B. – No Man’s Land
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Track:No Man's Land
One of the most talented MCs out of the “Class of 09,” B.O.B. is still critically slept on by most of music. The multiple threat MC can do crunk, introspective hip-hop, and alt rock with ease, switching between these three genres effortlessly on stage. His hits “Haters Everywhere,” and “Ill Be In The Sky” are [...]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Kid Sister – “Ultraviolet”
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I guess it’s true to say they saved the best for last. In a year on the alternative underground dominated by a cadre of fresh faced club divas, likely the best of the lot, Chicago’s Kid Sister, has dropped her standout debut release, Ultraviolet. It is more a testament to her career so far than [...]
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DECEMBER 12th: Nas and Damian Marley at National Geographic, DC
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BUY TICKETSOn December 12th, National Geographic Live will present a panel discussion titled “Distrant Relatives” which will focus on the extensive ties between Hip-Hop and Reggae. Moderated by MTV VJ Sway, the panel will be led by Nas and Grammy-winning artist Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley. In addition to these two powerful names, the dicussion will [...]
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Audio Relaxation Therapy – Shingo Suzuki
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Artist:Shingo Suzuki
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Track:Eternal Sunshine
Welcome to the first installment of Audio Relaxation Therapy. A.R.T. began as a humble email blast sent out to office workers across the United States, Toronto, Hong Kong and Japan. The email consisted of positive thoughts, good music and the encouragement to back away from the monitors, don the headphones and breathe.A.R.T. has now found [...]
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Favorite Song of the Week: Outputmessage – NYR
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DC’s Outputmessage has been quietly killing the EDM game for a hot minute now. With his tracks getting recognition worldwide (and his Dmerit collabo getting praise from LA’s iHeartComix among others), and his production getting even better over each release, its only a matter of time that this dude will become a breakout star. N.Y.R. [...]
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VIDEO: Stockholm’s J-Son proves that Sweden is STILL Killing The Game
Most of y’all know that Sweden is KILLING the hip-hop game. From Adam Tensta, Pato Pooh, to Eboi and now J-SON, the Swedes have pushed the creative boundaries of the genre and shattered the indside the box minset that plagues US rappers. Take the trailer for Stockholm’s J-SON, who dropped one of the best trailers [...]
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PUBLIC ENEMY AT GW TONIGHT! Tickets Still Available.
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Photo courtesy Heads of WoolWhat’s good people? If you didn’t know Public Enemy, is playing George Washington University tonight for a concert benefiting the Sasha Bruce House in Southeast. Before they hit Lisner Auditorium, they’ll also be performing on a flatbed truck in Foggy Bottom DC. Details for that here. Tickets are STILL AVAILABLE for [...]
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MIXTAPE: The Couch Sessions Presents…A Tribute to Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon)
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DOWNLOAD: The Couch Sessions Presents…A Tribute to Yukimi NaganoPURCHASE TICKETS – Little Dragon at Liv, DC, November 22nd – http://littledragon.eventbrite.com/The Couch Sessions, the Internet’s leading Alternative Urban music portal, announces it’s first mixtape, A Tribute to Yukimi Nagano, focusing on the the trailblazing career of the Swedish vocalist and lead singer of the group Litt
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Video: Three 6 Mafia feat. Tiësto – Feel It
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I love it when electro and hip-hop combine. I know a lot of true heads hate it when their hip-hop icons rap over 120bpm, but I feel that if you consider yourself a versitle MC, you shouldn’t be scared of rapping over anything. Just sayin’.
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In Case You Missed It: Daft Punk – “Something About Us”
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Daft Punk – Something About UsDaft Punk – Something About UsUploaded by Terminator2006. – See the latest featured music videos.Like most electronica heads I am a big fan of Daft Punk. The French duo is known for their tight electronic beats few vocals, dope videos and incredible yet mysterious live performances. There are not too [...]
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In Photos: ReadySetDC covers the DC Tweed Ride
Video by Vincent Gallegos. Photos by Tracy Clayton. Much thanks to ReadysetDC for the crosspost!Well over 300 cyclists had met in an alley behind the corner of 8th and H Street NE by noon. All dressed in their finest retro attire, it was a truly surreal scene. Three properties were in use in this alley, [...]
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New Music: K-OS – I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
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Most of y’all know that I’m a huge fan of Toronto MC K-OS. The dude has been making some innovative music for a hot minute now, yet most of it hasn’t crossed the border thanks to Canada-only distribution deals. It’s all good. Thanks to the power of The Internet we get to see the dude’s [...]
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Album Review: Rihanna – Rated R
For those of you who are easily frightened, we suggest you turn away now.
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A Conversation with DJ Dave Nada
Dave Nada’s had quite the exciting year. The College Park, MD native has literally toured the world twice in a year based on the strength of his own compositions, and those of his pairing with exemplary producer Matt Nordstrom as NADASTROM. Nadastrom’s latest EP The Saved, released on Switch’s Dubsided label has turned the dance [...]
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