“Hang You From The Heavens” and this cover of Gary Numan’s “Are Friends Electric” are brand new tracks from The Dead Weather, Jack White’s newest band (depending on when you read this). Even though he plays drums for the group, the distinctive Jack White sound is just as prevalent as ever. The Kill’s Alison Mosshart handles lead vocals with White’s fellow Raconteur bass player Jack Lawrence and Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Dean Fertita. The upcoming LP, Horehound, is produced by White and should be released this summer. According to Rolling Stone, the band formed shortly after White became ill and lost his voice on the Kills/Raconteurs tour- Mosshart helped out by singing tracks like “Steady As She Goes” which Jack White described as “reenergizing” the tour and soon enough The Dead Weather was formed and recorded their first 7″.
The Dead Weather – Hang You From The Heavens / Are Friends Electric
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A DJ/Producer named Tor sampled a bunch of Sufjan Stevens songs and created a pretty impressive album of hip hop instrumentals. Tor recently released the instrumental album along with a version of the songs with vocals from tracks and artists you may recognize such as Outkast, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Brother Ali, Grand Puba, Gift of Gab and more. And all of this is free. Check out the track list and a couple of the tracks below. Then go to the official website and download it all…
Tor / Sufjan Stevens – Star of Wonder / None Shall Pass (f. Aesop Rock)
Tor / Sufjan Stevens – Dumb I Sound / ATLiens (f. Outkast)
Tor / Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy Jr. / Specialize (f. Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
Tor / Sufjan Stevens – The Tallest Man / I Like It (f. Grand Puba)
Tor / Sufjan Stevens – Kill / Any Type of Way (f. Big Daddy Kane & DJ Premier)
Tor / Sufjan Stevens – Night Zombies / Talkin’ My Shit (f. Brother Ali)
Tor / Sufjan Stevens – The Dress Looks Nice On You / Make You Feel That Way (f. Gift Of Gab)
-This one is kind of weird. I kept hearing it on KCRW and finally I caved and bought it on iTunes. ”Sonnrise” is off Sonny J‘s 2008 album Disastro and it sounds like Bob Dylan’s “Nashville Skyline Rag” meets Zero 7 using samples from Johnny Cash and Azymuth. Except it’s not all of that. It’s Sonny J.
Sonny J – Sonnrise
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Wale will occasionally come through with a great lyrical track. Here’s an example of that- it’s new one produced by 9th Wonder and it was released earlier this week. It’s called “Wordplay”.
Wale – Wordplay (featuring Curren$y and Tre) (produced by 9th Wonder)
