NPR recently chronicled the story of a sample - in this case, The Charmels' 1967 single "As Long As I've Got You" - which RZA copped for "C.R.E.A.M." on 1993's Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). That opening piano tinkle from the Stax house band (which often included Isaac Hayes or Booker T. and the M.G.'s) also marked the debut of RZA's most consistent influence - sweet Southern soul.More than 1...
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Although the arrival date of VEGA's debut EP still remains a mystery, Alan Palomo's side gig Neon Indian goes legit today with the release of Psychic Chasms. We celebrated by making a video for the song that started it all - this gentleman most likely celebrated via an all-night (or multi-day) chillbrocore sesh, and upon entering a store the next morning found himself unable to complete any tra...
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Whilst listening to the new Jesus Christ cassingle in bed tonight and staring at the ceiling of your suburban cocoon, remember the remix that launched HRO's career as a meaningful artist/DJ back in early 2k8.Produced by Butter Team with footage courtesy of GroceryBag.TV, this new video examines how teens use technology to experiment with self-expression, and expose their hopes and fears for the...
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Vitalic - See the Sea (Red)Every single instrument from Vitalic's debut OK Cowboy - even the voices - were synthesized. With rare exceptions like Trahison (featured here in French film Naissance des Pieuvres), songs don't fade in or out with a human's touch, they power up and down in rapid combustion.Four years later Pascal Arbez still owns the Formula One formula withFlashmob, but as dummy mag...
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"I'm just crazy...and fucked in the head," C. Owens whines over complimentary doo wops and bop bops from his crew of studio bros. While he rides cul-de-sac curbs and laments a general lack of anything awesome, we get it all - the harmonica, the hand claps, a sun tan, some pizza, and "Girls," who release "Album" on 9/22 via True Panther.Girls - Lust For Life(PS - pretty sure that is not Zach Gal...
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Summer Sanka Mix (Deux) - right click to downloadTracklist:1. Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing (Avalanches redux)2. Instant Funk - Got My Mind Made Up (Avalanches redux + Spank Rock intro)3. The Main Attraction - Everyday4. Atlas Sound feat. Panda Bear - Walkabout5. Beach Boys - You Still Believe in Me6. Bullion feat. J Dilla - You Still Believe in Dee7. Roy Ayers - Running Away8. Kid Cr...
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When a female Depression-era outlaw becomes the inspiration for a hit 1977 disco single, which is then remade into an even funkier instrumental three decades later, only to become the backbone of the liveliest song on The Avalanches' 2001 classic Since I Left You, this person is worth knowing at least briefly.Kate "Ma" Barker was left to raise four deliquents by herself, and later became an acc...
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Grandparents shouldn't be disheartened by Organ Morgan's debut song/EP title or the "do you wanna have a party?" intro - his beats are as wholesome as ginger snaps, a nice pair of slacks, and robot insurance.Organ Morgan - Cocaine AfternoonAs young Matthew Mayes explains: "it's very much in the same vein as The Avalanches, and was heavily inspired by their one and only album Since I Left You. I...
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OK now...OK now I have two versions of this Memory Cassette song. Wigscrambling part is the remix was done by Dayve Hawk, who is Weird Tapes...who is also Memory Cassette. All five rmxs are available for free to celebrate MC's debut Call & Response EP (vinyl is sold out but you can buy the bob digis on Amazon for $4). Considering this bro's already given us more than a full album's worth of inc...
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How many times can you listen to this song in a row? I start seeing unfavorable side effects around 38, but found the collective office threshold is much, much lower.As coffee highs waned, bagel carbs crashed and the cube farm fell into silence, we enlisted Ronnie, Bobby, Rickie and Mike (+ Ralph) for a motivational experiment. Everyone knows playing New Edition's "Cool it Now" over the paging ...
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"Highlife music from Ghana and Sierra Leone emerged in the 1920's and has been a major influence on all subsequent African Music. The fusion of indigenous dance rhythms and melodies with Western sounds began in the coastal towns of Ghana, including regimental brass bands, sea shanty hymns, European foxtrots, Caribbean kaiso, African rhythms of Liberia (dagomba), Sierra Leone (ashiko and goombe)...
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Just under 30 minutes of speaker pimp classics you've never heard. New Holidays - Maybe So, Maybe No (1969)Smokey Robinson - If You Can Want (1968)Ruby Andrews - You Made a Believer Out of Me (1969)The Jarmels - A Little of Bit of Soap (1961)The Impressions - Seven Years (1969)The Mad Lads - No Strings Attached (1969)Betty Padgett - Sugar Daddy (1975)Harvey Averne - You're No Good (1968)Jackson...
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Well, we can finally pursue other mysteries* - it seems Neon Indian is composed of none other than VEGA's Alan Palomo. Just going to dip into the press release for a bit: "Orbiting around the themes of drug induced heartbreak, weary afternoons, and lost chances, this music provides a lush soundtrack to the deadbeat exploits of teenage ennui. Neon Indian's bedroom ballads have already forged the...
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Feel sad and confused about this weather. Might just spend the whole summer sitting at hearth's edge and thinking about other, radder summers when we won trophies for being awesome outdoors. I had made this special mix of relevant mp3s just in case things improve later, but what's the point, you know? Might add a gray or dark blue overlay on my Twitter avatar to "take a stand" against El Niño...
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We've got two free tickets to tonight's very, very sold out Phoenix show at Terminal 5. Want them? Just sign up for email updates on the right (we post an average of once a week here so it's not a big commitment) and leave a comment making your case. Begging, flirting, flattery or sob stories not necessary to enter - we'll pick a random. Winner will be emailed this afternoon, you can pick these...
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Were the ice cold tallboy Sapporos not frothy enough? Your homemade chorizo huareche too filling? Scenic canal-side dancefloor (w/ disco ball) not adequately shaded? Beats not buttery enough? You forgot how to play Connect Four? What? The lampshade is listening.Mr. Scruff - Sunday Best 5.31.09 (link via Sunday Best)Cheers to Sunday Best and Brklyn Yard for not only hosting Mr. Scruff a few week...
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Ten years ago Hockey Night was just a bunch of four track demos from a chill bro in Red Wing, MN named Paul Sprangers (who may or may not have contributed to this video about people from Minnesota who use knives inappropriately). When he wasn't popping wheelies, hanging with dubious Julies or performing in spazz-punk trio The Renegades (with drummer Alex Achen and guitarist Scott Wells), P penn...
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Exotic cuts and liquid assets have been carefully inventoried to match the disparate temperments of the world's premier living experts in sensory communication. As new (old) beats fill the hall, the Fellows' collective unconscious arrives at a state in which past, present and future* Avalanches recordings exist in simultaneous potentiality. Cutlery and carafes clink quietly amongst Chateaubrian...
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This is what the chaps from Air France probably looked like whilst discussing the blueprints of their splendid 2k8 rooftop mix - cool and confident, with well-pressed slacks and Julies waiting on the wing. While they haven't dropped anything new for this summer (yet), feel free to continue celebrating a few of last year's individual highlights. Just don't be fooled by Treasure Fingers - most of...
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