Hmm. There'll have to be a Part 3 to the below post, which'll have the backstory. Listen to the song while reading, as a soundtrack. It's from the Instrumental Edits CD of Various Chimeras by Shinjuku Zulu, at iTunes "Here":http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=203659809&s=143441&i=203659833Cont'd from "Part 1":http://mog.com/Shinjuku_Zulu/blog_post/110244...and...
From the Myspace blog of Thievery Corporation: "New Album Sampler Posted!For a sneak peek at what the upcoming Thievery Corporation album will sound like, check out the "Radio Retaliation Sampler" that was just posted on MySpace! More album details coming soon... release date is set for September 23rd, 2008!"It's a 10 minute sampler covering several tracks from the new album. It sounds quite pr...
"Ayahuasca":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca is a psychotropic drug used in South America by shamans in religious ceremonies to induce transpersonal experiences. Some of the experiences sound wonderful (plants speaking directly to you, instant healing), some perhaps a little frightening (vomiting black snakes, and um, bug people)... but all are ultimately transformative. (Listen to th...
Tonight (Saturday 1/17) at the 10pm EST start of The Circuit, I'm giving away THIEVERY CORPORATION tickets!The Washington, D.C. downtempo electronic legends responsible for "Lebanese Blonde" (#569 on the Essential XPN Songs Countdown) and the phenomenal new album Radio Retaliation play the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on February 28. Don't miss out!My Y-Rock on XPN shift starts at 8pm EST. ...
The Thievery Corporation hails from Washington, DC, the contemporary world's Babylon. They're the dub/acid jazz production duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and The Richest Man in Babylon came out on their own label in 2002. The visual images are very much in sync with the band's political proclivities-- if not their beats (I'm still learning).
I just received the latest email from ESL Music with good news for their fans Down Under:"Catch Thievery Corporation playing their first LIVE, full band dates of 2008. Thievery will join Kanye West, Cypress Hill, The Rapture and many more at the annual Good Vibrations Festival in February 2008. Thievery Corporation and their full band featuring live percussion, bass, guitar, sitar, horns and a ...
It's nice to be back :) I missed MOG.The latest ESL Music newsletter posted a link to an interview conducted by Kate Paul of NBC4 in DC/MD. Here's the link:http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=117231While the interview doesn't offer a lot of new information, Rob and Eric do mention that they are already in the studio working on their new album which, according to the newsletter, "will probably be r...
Thievery Corporation [photo by Andrze Liguz]The Charlottesville Pavilion has just announced the latest addition to their summer / fall concert schedule as Washington, D.C.'s Thievery Corporation comes to town on Thursday, October 29th for what will probably be one of the final performances of the season at the Pavilion. With special guests Ancient Astronauts. Tickets for the show go on sale t...
Wish you could have gone to the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco this weekend? Me too, but the next best thing is watching a few of the acts live, right now, and for the rest of the weekend on Youtube. Tune in and you can see: Built to Spill, Q-tip, Zion I, Dave Matthews Band, Cage The Elephant, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Atmosphere and my personal favorite, Ween, just to name a...
I’ll report what happens tonight after I get home with pictures and short reviews. I’m running a bit late because of work but I’ll still see fair amount tonight. Here’s to another weird experience…Click here for Live Streaming!
MUSIC NEWS - After rave reviews for his NYC Citi Field concerts, the most successful artist in the history of pop music takes his show south and has announced that he will be joined by one the most prominent electronic collective of the Midlantic USA as Thievery Corporation joins the bill for Paul McCartney's return to Washington DC, on August 1. DC is the home of the
Thievery Corporation has announced some upcoming fall gigs and for those of you in the following areas you can enjoy one of the more unique bands out of Washington, DC. The dates and locations are:9/19: @ Pier 6 Pavillion, Baltimore MD10/4: @ House of Blues, Dallas TX (with special guests Ancient Astronauts)10/6: @ House of Blues, Houston TX (with [...]
My site's doing a.... Last Minute Contest! Enter Now! DJ's Rob Garza and Eric Hilton have been performing together since 1995 under the collective name of Thievery Corporation. Over that time they have been featured on numerous soundtracks, gained endless accolades, and have been able to seemlessly merge styles from Dub and Dancehall to Indian Classical and Ambient. Their new album Radio Re...
DJ's Rob Garza and Eric Hilton have been performing together since 1995 under the collective name of Thievery Corporation. Over that time they have been featured on numerous soundtracks, gained endless accolades, and have been able to seemlessly merge styles from Dub and Dancehall to Indian Classical and Ambient. Their new album Radio [...]
MUSIC NEWS - The eclectic and political DJ duo Thievery Corporation has announced the first batch of shows for their 2009 North American tour. Called "Radio Retaliation ", the tour starts with fourteen gigs on the East Coast/Mid West, with two Canadian dates, and is in support of their fifth studio album "Radio Retaliation". The album was released on September 23, 2008 on ESL Music. ...