it took me a long time to come around to Drake. I wasn’t big on “Best I Ever Had” and didn’t really understand how his talent warranted a $2 million dollar record contract. Well, this is me eating my words (kind of tastes like a bagel with cream cheese). After giving a more careful listen [...]
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Kid Cudi blogged his Man on the Moon: The End of Day album cover earlier today. Pause. While the deluxe version has a slightly better take on the intended concept, I’m going to go ahead and say that this is terrible.It looks like he has a tumor growing on the side of his face…a tumor [...]
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Shawn Chrystopher has been making the rounds on the hip hop blogs in recent months. His new mixtape, A City With No Reasons, caught my ear this morning while skimming his site. Chrystopher calls the release the “most artistic project of the year” (I love your big…ego). All of the tracks are co-produced by Chrystopher [...]
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As discussed, the second annual Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival went down this weekend at the Old Can Factory in BK, and it was all kinds of awesome. Included in the 12 hour extravaganza were performances by The Juan MacLean, Young Love, 33hz, BELL, and tons more. Below are some official Polaroids from the event courtesy [...]
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I never got turned on to The Vivian Girls, which is mostly due to the fact that I’m not big into girl bands and think there’s only been one great one (this one) (and mine), but is it just me or this kind of a lot better than anything on their debut? “The End,” a [...]
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Universal Motown is putting together a Michael Jackson Remix album (or possibly more than one, considering this is “1″), featuring remixes by some of the top producers in pop music. A first batch of tracks has leaked online, including the Neptunes, Dallas Austin, and Salaam Remi contributions, but my favorite at the moment is “Dancing [...]
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If you enjoy Buraka Som Sistema’s Kuduro influenced insanity as much as I do, you’ll love every single track on the new Akwaaba compilation of electro-tribal-hip hop music from Luanda, Angola. The album features Puto Prata (who you may recognize from Buraka’s “Sound of Kuduro”), and 14 other established, up and coming, and unknown Kuduro [...]
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[Sting] Mr. Hudson flexes his non-auto-tuned vocal chords and bangs out a great live version of “Anyone But Him” for Maida Vale Live Sessions on BBC Radio 1 this week. The track was performed sans Kanye, and instead features British Grime rapper Tinie Tempah, who’s got a pretty ‘hawt’ video for his single, “I’m Hot” [...]
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New York City indie-rock is definitely going solo in 2009, what with YYY’s Karen O scoring Where the Wild Things Are, TVOTR’s Kip Malone going solo, and Interpol’s Paul Banks trashing hotel rooms with Emily Haines. I prefer “Games For Days” to the previously leaked “Fun That We Had,” though both more or less sound [...]
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I almost can’t believe that this is Kevin Drew on vocals. I’m not sure whether his best Ian Curtis was better left unsung, but Broken Social Scene do a very Broken-social-scened cover/tribute version of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” nonetheless. The cover is set for the soundtrack of The Time Traveler’s Wife, and [...]
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Did 500 Days of Summer just become even more indie and adorable? Unbelievable. I guess though, when taking into account the many kinda cool, unpretentious musical references in the movie, and the fact that it actually stars Zooey Deschanel, a 500 Days of Summer themed music video set to She & Him's "Why Do You Let [...]
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I spent a lot of time trying not to like the Arctic Monkeys (back in their “Best British Album Ever” days, and also a week ago). While I still hold unwarranted grudges against the debut, their sophomore release was a slap in the face for wasting my time. Given the few songs we’ve heard so [...]
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The Heath Ledger directed video for Modest Mouse’s “King Rat” that we’ve been hearing about for a few months has finally been released by the band. The animated video about illegal whale hunting off the coast of Australia is a bit disturbing (which doesn’t deviate much from their recent video themes). I suppose that is [...]
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In the new video for “Sleep Alone,” Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan is dreaming the two hearted dream, all alone in a world where everyone is looking for little red plastic triangles to build something meaningful that kind of seems like love but it’s not. Ugh, the symbolism. Oh, Natasha.Two Suns, I still want you [...]
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Despite more rain, All Points West went on as scheduled after a 4 hour delay in opening the gates yesterday at Liberty State Park. Some acts were canceled and others moved around, but Coldplay still managed to have enough time to play a 21 song set that included a cover of Beastie Boys’ “Fight For [...]
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Does anyone else think Kanye should just go Madonna? The “West” has simply become a nuisance. Also, ‘Kanye’ dresses better than you and all of your friends. (Via Nah Right)
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Honestly Kanye, what took so long? The internets has been waiting with breath that is bated for the all caps affair re: the fake “Kanye Declares Himself New King of Pop” story. Of course, I knew right away that this was fabricated as Kanye declared Justin Timberlake the new Mike not long ago. Everyone should [...]
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