In Response to Dr. Lawyer Indian Chief
I really enjoyed Dr. Lawyer Indian Chief's (of FreeDarko) guest post on Straight Bangin’ on the state of hip-hop last week. Joey had asked him to come up with his favorite rap albums of the century (this century) and he only came up with six (Ghostface’s Supreme Clientele, Prodigy’s Return of the Mac, MF Doom’s Operation Doomsday, Dre’s 2001, Sacred Hoop’s Sleep Over and El-P’s Fan
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Information Overload.
I've been digging the PS 22 Choir's stuff for a little while (they're the kids on all the Passion Pit jams on Manners), but they've reached the mountaintop with "Don't Stop Believin'" from Journey. I just hope these kids remember singing this while they're doing keg stands 10 years from now and someone puts it on to be ironic.(Big ups to Dijon for holding it down for the last few days...mad stu...
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New Memory Tapes and Binary Playlist
The first single off Memory Tapes (previously Memory Cassette and Weird Tapes) first official full-length. A little more up-beat than previous works, but still that same signature removed sound.mp3:Memory Tapes - Bicycle................................................In other electro-worlds our new favorite crew over at Binary have hooked us up with a new dreamwave playlist featuring previousl...
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Quick Culture Club
Just a quick drive-by this weekend...Music-Check out Rappin Ass Thursdays from Fool’s Gold Records-The founders of Last.fm are heading on (corporate owner CBS is taking control) and they’re trying to cement their legacy. Stay tuned to this one…it wouldn’t surprise me AT ALL if the powers that be tried to turn it into a pay service, which would suck-After seeing Passion Pit play a 40 minute
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These Arms are Mine
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The Knocks EXCLUSIVE
We’ve got a CotP exclusive this afternoon from our friends over at HeavyRoc Music! You can stream tracks from B-Roc and Andrew WK’s collaborative project Damn! The Mixtape in various places and the album will be out soon, but for the moment, plug in your headphones and enjoy.It’s unclear how to classify The Knocks’ breakout dance jam “Can’t Shake Your Love.” Part of me says it’s
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Culture Club: Major Link Dump
Tons of links today, let's get to it...Music-ALERT: Mos Def’s brand new album, The Ecstatic, is available as digital download for $3.99. Just click this link and select the “Buy Album” next to the play/next controls. I’d provide the direct link, but it only works if you click on the album’s myspace page-Speaking of, credit Mos Def for creating some buzz through these "live in the stree
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Culture Club: 6/5/09
Good batch of links today...Music-Santigold called BS on her label for putting the kibosh on Terry Urban’s Southerngold mixtape-NPR’s Carrie Brownstein (formerly of Sleater-Kinney) wrote a fantastic retort to the British press’ fascination with the weight of the Gossip’s Beth Ditto. If you read one thing I link to all week, read this-From P4K, John MacLean’s 5-10-15-20Non-Music-Dave Egg
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NightWaves and Glass(er)
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Before discussing the tracks I've been digging on, let me begin by saying that I'm thrilled when up-and-coming or unsigned bands use Twitter, social media and blogs smartly to help build an audience. I know, I know...this isn't a big realization, but I've just seen some very savvy use of the technologies available in the last few weeks. Rather than relying solely on MySpace and sending out demo...
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Grizzly Bear w/ Here We Go Magic [9:30 Club - 6/1/09]
As Sam mentioned below I got the once in a life time chance to go to a Grizzly Bear show with VIP tickets, which for 930 basically means I get to stand in a roped off area to watch the show and feel kinda like a dousche. But I was happy to suffer the sinister glares of my fellow concert goers to watch Grizzly Bear with an amazing view of the stage and no drunk kids bumping into me. My parents a...
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