A new teaser-track which features Michael Jackson singing over a J. Dilla beat appeared yesterday (courtesy of turntablist extraordinaire J. Rocc) on the Stones Throw Records website with a cryptic message –SHARE MY BED=M.J. & DILLA. TEASER FROM J ROCC.Share My Bed=M.J. & Dilla 1st track “Player has Butterflies”…wait 4 the restThe track, by the [...]
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Stones Throw’s J. Rocc brings Michael Jackson and J Dilla together.
Sasquatch! Music Festival offering limited numbers of heavily-discounted 3-Day passes starting Nov. 7 at 10 AM P.S.T.
Update: A reunited Pavement has been announced as one of the headliners of Sasquatch! More information here.Got a press release in the email this morning that you might want to read, particularly if you live in the vicinity of The Gorge Ampitheater. A limited number of heavily discounted passes for Sasquatch! Music Festival will [...]
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Skewby – “Proving You Wrong Since 1988 – The Mixtape” proves Memphis hip-hop is moving in a new direction.
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Skewby, “Proving You Wrong Since 1988 - The Mixtape”If you do not have this mixtape, you are sleeping on one of the illest mixtapes I’ve heard come out of Memphis in my life. If you’re looking for another gangsta rap mixtape, you’re in the wrong place — this is straight original styles mixtape with the love and respect to the masters I have never seen the likes of here. Shouts to D
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Saucony to auction sneakers for charity | 50 indie music artist signatures included
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Starting this Thursday, November 5th through November 10th, Saucony Originals will be auctioning off a sneaker signed by more than fifty of indie music’s favorite artists on eBay’s charity auction house MissionFish.org. Proceeds will benefit Saucony’s Run for Good Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to combating childhood obesity.Shoe stampers include Yo La Tengo, The Walkmen,
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DOWNLOAD: Dances With White Girls – Jiggle Dat
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DOWNLOAD: Dances With White Girls - Jiggle Dat : Big ups @dances — RESPECT
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Total Savage takes center stage | Tonight at Hi-Tone with Lord T and Eloise
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Is the world ready for Total Savage? Fresh off an opening bid with the Mashter of Ceremonies Girl Talk, Memphis rapper Total Savage is about as next as it gets. I think this video, directed by Brad Phelan, speaks for itself — so let there be no question. Tonight, he’ll be [...]
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Ninjasonik bangs it out with “Hold The Line”
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Respect @Ninjasonik for his take on this Major Lazer jawn. This track is officially bumping out frames at the Loudersoft crib. ENJOY!This is a promo video for the new Ninjasonik release “MИWKA presents Darth Baño”, featuring 17 new tracks by Telli of Ninjasonik.The CD is available for free download by clicking here
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Reissued Betty Davis albums prove still funky as ever | Win a limited-edition Betty Davis Poster
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Well how are you doing, my brethren? Some of you already know I’ve been battling a series of health problems the last few months which have kept me from updating regularly. What can I say, I got a bit unlucky on the health front. But enough about me, let’s talk about a major [...]
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My thoughts on the death of Michael Jackson
Photo: PopkrazyI know that I haven’t updated this blog in months. Without taking time to get into a lengthy explanation as to why, the death of Michael Jackson has given me a reason to update. While I don’t know what the future of Loudersoft is right now, it was important to me to [...]
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HOT TRACK: DJ Day and Miles Bonny do justice to Raphael Saadiq.
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Two of my favorite talents in the extensive world of music remain the illustrious DJ Day and Kansas City’s #1 soul brother, soul singer and virtuoso Miles Bonny. DJ Day, whom I have written extensive praises of, wrote on his own blog, Like A Throttle, about how he came to generate this genuinely soul-stirring [...]
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Get Familiar: $5 Cover Launches May 1st on MTV.COM
MTV ShowsMemphis, time to stand up! The long-awaited series from director Craig Brewer and MTV, $5 Cover, launches on May 1st. Enjoy this sneak peek at what’s in store, and get ready for the new Memphis music mania in 2009.More details as they become allowed to be released. For now, check the [...]
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Buraka Som Sistema tour dates and dance contest | DJ Sega to open North American tour dates
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Details of the contest, tour dates, and a sweet MP3 after the jump!Global ghetto-funk trendsetters Buraka Som Sistema are pleased to announce that Mad Decent’s DJ Sega will be joining them for their upcoming North American tour. The presence of the new phenom, whose Philly dance mixes have already become legendary in the East Coast [...]
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Black Lips Release Video for I’ll Be With You
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Amidst the frenzy drummed up from their on-stage collabos with Wu Tang impresario GZA at SXSW earlier this month, The Black Lips have premiered a brand new video for “I’ll Be With You,” another standout from their latest Vice Records offering, 200 Million Thousand. Premiered last week on MTV2’s Subterranean, you can currently catch footage [...]
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REISSUE: The Dukes of Stratosphear are back to trip you out.
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There was a psychedelic re-awakening of sorts in the late 1980’s, due in part to the pervasive cultural trend towards retrospective of the late-1960’s “Summer of Love”. In the midst of this, there appeared the psych-pop of The Dukes of Stratosphear. The Dukes were a spin-off of the much-loved British pop/punk act [...]
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I’m with the (wrist)band — What I learned at SXSW 2009 - PART ONE
I laid there turning green with envy, comfortable, if angry, in my bed about 45 minutes before the bus left from Memphis to head to the South by Southwest music conference in Austin, TX. On the bus, generously sponsored by the Memphis Music Foundation, was a collection of musicians that read like a who’s-who [...]
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SXSW 2009 Updates Soon Come!
I promise, they coming. Here’s me with a bear at the Hot Freaks showcase on Friday last.
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Thursday Night at Dish — Putting In Work with Loudersoft + Funke
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Tonight is the Loudersoft + Funke edition of Putting In Work at Dish. We’re going to be tearing through everything we can find that makes you dance — anthems, jams, classics, breaks, disco, whatever we got. There’s no cover at Dish tonight, the kitchen is open till 11pm, and the music goes from [...]
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NEW TRACK: O+S - Permanent Scar
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You already know how much I love the new O+S record. I’m thrilled to offer you a second song from the album, one that I think will give you an even better window into their sonic diversity. “Permanent Scar” is the first single from the self-titled album, and I hope you’ll dig it [...]
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Kutiman changes the game with THRU YOU | Remixing YouTube
Perennial Loudersoft favorite (and Israeli soul brother extraordinaire) Kutiman has changed the game up inna massive style with http://thru-you.com — wherein he takes pieces of videos from YouTube and remixes them. He completely re-arranges them to make new songs, much like the late great J. Dilla was known to do, except (unlike other Dilla copy-catters) [...]
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