Stream: Black Rob – “Celebration”
Posted: June 30, 2011 Filed under: Streaming | Tags: Black Rob, Duck Down Leave a comment »Black Rob is back and he’s still like whoa. Listen to “Celebration,” the first track off of his debut for Duck Down, Game Tested, here. Perfect holiday weekend BBQ music.
Some old shit:
Film Review: The Trip
Posted: June 29, 2011 Filed under: Film | Tags: Michael Winterbottom, The Trip Leave a comment »One of the best films I’ve seen this year so far is Michael Winterbottom’s latest, The Trip. It’s hilarious and moving, and you can read my not hilarious and unmoving review for Paste Magazine here.
Travel: The Hidden Treasures of Seaside San Pedro
Posted: June 28, 2011 Filed under: Travel | Tags: BBC Travel, San Pedro Leave a comment »My piece for BBC Travel on San Pedro, CA (my wife’s hometown, not coincidentally) came out today. Read all about the dive bars, the thrift stores, and the hidden beaches here.
Download: Derek Allen – “Spirits In The Material World”
Posted: June 28, 2011 Filed under: Download | Tags: Derek Allen, Mad Decent, The Police Leave a comment »Mad Decent producer Derek Allen covers The Police’s classic “Spirits In The Material World” – a song that seems ripe for the picking, given its early-’80s synth lines that transpose nicely to an electro track. Download here.
And listen to the original below:
Video: Joakim – “Forever Young”
Posted: June 27, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: Joakim Leave a comment »More great new music from Joakim, whose album, Nothing Gold, comes out this September.
Streaming: Bjork – “Crystalline”
Posted: June 27, 2011 Filed under: Streaming | Tags: Bjork Leave a comment »This new Bjork song is blazing across the Internet today, and rightfully so. Yes, you’ve heard this type of thing before from her, but it’s a good song that starts pretty and ends with some hard d’n'b-style beats. Listen below.
Live Review: Archers of Loaf @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Posted: June 27, 2011 Filed under: Live Review, Published Work | Tags: Archers of Loaf Leave a comment »Archers of Loaf have triumphantly returned, and they sound just as good as they did in the late ’90s. Seriously, their show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday night was a great one. Read my Village Voice review here.
Download: HTRK – “Eat Yr Heart”
Posted: June 25, 2011 Filed under: Download | Tags: HTRK Leave a comment »HTRK are making some scary good (and I mean scary and good) electronic music that reminds me of The Knife, Burial, The XX, and Suicide. Listen to “Eat Yr Heart” here, a track off their forthcoming album, Work (work, work), due out on Ghostly International in September.
Download: Company Flow – “N2N Burners Remix”
Posted: June 25, 2011 Filed under: Download | Tags: Company Flow Leave a comment »Company Flow are reuniting for a show at Santos Party House in NYC on 7/16, ya heard? Now ya heard if ya hadn’t heard before. Download the lost remix of “N2N Burners” here and pretend it’s 1998.
Mixtape: Jean Grae – Cookies or Comas (Hosted by DJ Drama)
Posted: June 25, 2011 Filed under: Mixtapes | Tags: Jean Grae Leave a comment »Download Jean Grae’s new mixtape, Cookies or Comas, here, her first release in about four years. Apparently she decided offering her rhyming services on Craigslist for $800 a pop just wasn’t cutting it anymore.
Stream: Total Warr – “Jaime” (Weezer cover)
Posted: June 25, 2011 Filed under: Streaming | Tags: Total Warr, Weezer Leave a comment »“Jaime” is a great Weezer B-side, one of their better songs overall, in fact. Listen to Total Warr’s take here, a home-fi version with programmed beats that gives an original spin to the power-pop original.
Stream: C-Rayz Walz – “Black Red + Black”
Posted: June 23, 2011 Filed under: Streaming | Tags: 9th Wonder, C-Rayz Walz Leave a comment »C-Rayz Walz has kind of gone off the grid for a while now, but he’s back with a new 9th Wonder-produced song, which you can listen to here, a precursor to his All Black Everything album due out next week. Take it from him – he’s like Dwayne Wade with shades on, pimping.
Download: Nurses – “Fever Dreams”
Posted: June 23, 2011 Filed under: Download | Tags: Nurses Leave a comment »Portland’s Nurses will release a new album, Dracula, this September, recorded in a cabin on the Oregon coat. Another origin story, whatever, but there’s something to it – check out the weird and wonderful first song made available for download, “Fever Dreams,” right here. Dig those Joy Division style drum fills.
Stream: Benoit & Sergio
Posted: June 22, 2011 Filed under: Streaming | Tags: Benoit & Sergio Leave a comment »Some of my favorite songs of this late spring/early summer courtesy of Benoit & Sergio:
