Kurt Wimmer directed one of my favorite movies ever, ‘Equilibrium.’ He also directed a movie I‘ve never seen, ’Ultraviolet.' His latest gig is as co-writer of ‘Salt,’ an upcoming spy flick starring Angelina Jolie.The Phillip Noyce-directed film, which also stars Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor, is due out out July 23rd, 2010.
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Kurt Wimmer Throws Salt in Angelina Jolie's Game
Vinyl Life Bring a “Future Beat” Back From the Past
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They‘re not exactly reaching for the pinnacle of lyricism. But Vinyl Life’s commitment to vintage gear and the old-school aesthetic is admirable. And the bouncy 808 beats and jittery synths of their single “Future Beat” are infectious.The Arthur Baker-esque “Future Beat,” with its Dan DeGloria-directed video clip, is from Vinyl Life's self-titled debut. The ‘Vinyl Life’ LP, feat
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Mayer Hawthorne is a Green Eyed Drunk in His New Video
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The latest single from Ann Arbor, Michigan-bred DJ, emcee, producer, multi-instrumentalist and retro-Soul crooner Mayer Hawthorne's debut 'A Strange Arrangment' is the sultry, lo-fi Funk ballad “Green Eyed Love.”The hallucinatory, absynth-flavored video clip, directed by Mazik of the Los Angeles-based Self Aviary video production outfit, suits the song's sensuous, sweaty and more than slightly
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20,000 Spoonfuls of Terror!
‘The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon’ might be the best horror film of the year.
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Art vs Science vs Mimes
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Artist:Art vs Science
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Album:Art vs Science
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Track:Parlez-Vous Fran�ais?
With “Parlez-Vous Francais?” Australian Dance-Rock trio Art vs Science didn't just kick out a thumping jam, they, and director Alex Roberts, made one of the best Rock videos of the year.“Parlez-Vous Francais?” is taken from Art vs Science's self-titled debut EP, which is physically available in stores as an import and on sale now digitally via the iTunes store.
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Lazerbitch's Libby and Claire Hux Have Some Music for You
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Artist:Libby of Lazerbitch
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Track:Music You
The boys from Brooklymore trio Claire Hux return, providing beats and backup vocals for their homegirl Libby of Lazerbitch on “Music You,” a big, bouncy early ‘80s-inspired Post-Disco, Electro/Freestyle, Dance-Pop track mashed up with some B-More club beats.Libby of Lazerbitch “Music You” feat. Claire Hux (.MP3)Claire Hux mastermind DLake is also offering up the individual track files fo
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Mates of State Get Re-Arranged by The Mae Shi
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Album:Re-Arranged: Remixes Volume 1
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Track:You are Free
This Spring Mates of State, one of my favorite bands, released ‘Re-Arranged: Remixes Volume 1,’ a collection of remixes of songs from their latest LP ‘Re-Arrange Us,’ on limited edition 12'' vinyl.The EP, which boasted reworks by the likes of DJ Sega, Flosstradamus, The Mae Shi and RAC, has just been re-released digitally with a bonus digital-only remix from Zion-I beatmaker Amp Live.You c
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Predator 3 Gets Rewound by Swound!
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Backwards videos...From Coldplay to The Pharcyde they‘re almost always entertaining. And the Lloyd Stas-directed backwards video clip for Nottingham, England four piece Swound!’s “Predator 3” is no exception.Swound!-whose name is a portmanteau formed from a combination of the words “sweet” and “sound”-releases the “Predator 3” single November 2nd on the Stressed Sumo Records l
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Remember Masta Ace and EDO. G? No? You Must Be a Little Young
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Artist:Masta Ace
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Album:Arts & Entertainment
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Track:Little Young
I won't front, “Little Young,” the new single and video from legendary Brooklyn emcee Masta Ace and veteran Boston rapper EDO. G's forthcoming ‘Arts & Entertainment’ collabo as A&E screams “mixtape track.” The beat is repetitive and uninspired and the song itself is lacking in energy. But the concept is really cute, the Steven Tapia-directed video is well executed, and both Ace (who
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Robot Koch isn't Hard to Find Since He Stepped Out of the Jahcoozi
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Artist:Robot Koch
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Album:Death Star Droid
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Track:Hard to Find
If you‘ve never heard of Jahcoozi, a Berlin-based trio made up of London-born Sri Lankan Sasha Perera, Israeli-born Oren Gerlitz and Berlin native Robot Koch who made a hybrid of Reggae, Rap and Dance Music, they sorta pioneered the sound and style M.I.A. parlayed into worldwide renown.Group member Robot Koch, who was also behind the Rock project Tape, has launched his own label, Robots Don’t
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Blu and Definite are Like a Dream Come True
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Album:Matters at Hand
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Track:Dream
One of my favorite rappers in the game right now, Los Angeles native Blu, is fast becoming one of my favorite producers out here as well.His recent beat-tapes and ‘ADayLate&ADollarShort,’ the debut album from Brooklyn emcee Sene which he produced in its entirety under his beatmaking alias GODlee Barnes, have been iPod favorites for a while.And now he's lending his skills behind the board skill
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Home of the Whopper...
The Whopper to your face. Seriously though. Burger King has a team. They are called the Whoppers. That is awesome.
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Kaygraphic Casts an Eyeball on the Work of Daniel Johnston
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From Kay of Eyeball Graphics, the woman behind the beautiful i50 edition of Sankofa's ‘The Tortoise Hustle,’ comes this cover of Daniel Johnston's “True Love Will Find You in the End.”Here's what Kay herself had to say about the cover:I have loved this song and the music of Daniel Johnston for as long as I have been playing music. I took a day off from work and put it together as a tribute
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You aren't Trippin', the New P.U.T.S. Video is Dope!
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“Trippin' at the Disco” is the first single from Los Angeles Indie-Rap duo People Under the Stairs' 7th album ‘Carried Away.’ The song is a certified dancefloor-friendly banger, but the video, directed by Chris Zamoscianyk and Thes One, elevates it to classic status.The press release for the video presents it as the “lost tapes” of Rap music's March 1980 Asian debut on the “Chikara
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Sene and Blu are Sharing “WonLover”
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Artist:Sene
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‘ADayLate&ADollarShort,’ the debut LP from Brooklyn-bred emcee Sene, is one of my favorite Hip-Hop records out right now. It's been rocking my iPod pretty hard for the last couple of weeks, and one of the standout cuts has definitely Sene's neo-“I Used to Love H.E.R.” ode to Hip-Hop “WonLover.”Sene “WonLover” (.MP3)If you‘re digging the Jerome D-directed video clip, or the free
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Deru's “Peanut Butter...” Won't Try Your Patience
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I'm not at all familiar with Benjamin Wynn, an electronic musician from Los Angeles who goes by the alias Deru, or his music. But the video for his tune “Peanut Butter & Patience” (a speaker-wrecking song that I can only describe as sounding “like Bjrk, only without the singing”) is breathtaking.Deru “Peanut Butter & Patience” (.MP3)The stark but beautiful video clip was directed by
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A Chromeo Remix So Good You'll Want to Skream
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UK Dubstep wunderkind Skream turns in a half-speed, old-school Electro-tinged remix of Chromeo's recent Green Label Sound digi-single “Night by Night.”Chromeo “Night by Night (Skream Remix)” (.MP3)Like the original version which dropped a few weeks back, the download of the new mix comes courtesy of the MTN Dew-affiliated Green Label Sounds netlabel.Catch Chromeo alongside Solid Gold, Theo
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People Under the Stairs are Ready to “Hit the Top” With Their Seventh LP
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A full decade after dropping their debut, veteran Los Angeles area Hip-Hop duo People Under the Stairs are prepping the release of their seventh album ‘Carried Away.’I spent most of the night listening to the album, which is as fun and funky as ever, and now you can hear snippets from the record for yourself thanks to this promo video.You can also download the album track “Hit the Top,” a
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There's a Phantom in the Jookabox
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In 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana-bred musician David “Moose” Adamson, under the guise of Grampall Jookabox, released his sophomore LP ‘Ropechain,’ which proved to be one of the most ambitious, progressive, and just plain incredible records of the year.After remaining on my iPod since I got it I'm finally prepared to replace ‘Ropechain’ with the now Grampall-less Jookabox's next effort,
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Shafiq and Bilal are Smokin' Cheeba En' A-Free-Ka
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Artist:Shafiq Husayn
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Track:Cheeba En' A-Free-Ka
The LP version of Shafiq Husayn's “Cheeba” is a fractured bit of boom-bap blessed with spacey synthesizers and a swirl of Jazzy horns and keys over which guest vocalist Bilal does his “Prince if he was a Nuwaubian, and still sexy” thing.The single-only remix of the track from Virgina-based beatmaker Nottz keeps the horns intact but drops the spaced-out synthedelia and syncopated beats in f
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