About a month ago, a great remix album was released- Nat King Cole: Re: Generations. It features classic Nat King Cole songs remixed by a number of great artists like The Roots, Cee-Lo, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, Cut Chemist, Brazilian Girls, Nas & Salaam Remi, and TV on the Radio. It’s an unbelievable remix [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Cover Songs, Dance, Funk, Hard, Hip Hop, Jazz, Mash Ups, Remixes, Rock, Soul, Sweet
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Tagged Beastie Boys, Cee-Lo, Cut Chemist, Manchester Orchestra, Mos Def, Nat King Cole, Rolling Stones, Sharon Jones, Shuggie Otis, Streetlab, The Beatles, The Blue Van
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I went out to Coachella this weekend and, for the most part, I wasn’t really that impressed. A lot of acts just don’t know how to get the crowd going. One band that is the complete opposite of this is Dr. Dog. They were very impressive. It was my third time seeing them and I [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Brass, Folk, Hard, Hip Hop, Remixes, Rock, Sweet
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Tagged Ajap S, Asher Roth, AZ, Busta Rhymes, Dr Dog, Jugg, Nas, New Kingdom, Oren Yoel, Pree, Rosie and Me, The Unravelling, TiRon
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General Elektriks (Herve Salters) released his debut album Cliquety Kliqk through Quannum Records back in 2005. Now GE’s got a new album Good City For Dreamers (Feb 2009). I loved Cliquety Kliqk and I have a feeling I’m going to love the new album as well. I’ve heard most of the tracks on it and, [...] Read More…
My friend told me to check out Heartless Bastards‘ new album The Mountain (Feb 2009) over the weekend and I listened to a bunch of the tracks online. Some of them I didn’t really get into but there were a couple that I liked a lot. Their style of bluesy, guitar heavy rock (Jack White style [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Hard, Hip Hop, Pop, Remixes, Rock
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Tagged Buffalo Killers, Busta Rhymes, Common, Heartless Bastards, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga, Pete Rock, Pharrell
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Bishop Allen is Justin Rice (vocals & keyboards) and Christian Rudder (stringed instruments). Rice and Rudder are both Harvard graduates and they named the band after Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, MA. They formed the band in 2003 and now have a couple of other members in the band (maybe for touring?). Their sound is similar [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Electronic, Funk, Hard, Hip Hop, Pop, Rock, Sweet, Video
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Tagged Anya Marina, Bishop Allen, Cause, Ethan Lader, Flight of the Conchords, Rob Roy, Silversun Pickups, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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“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 [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Cover Songs, Hard, Hip Hop, Remixes, Rock, Sweet
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Tagged Brother Ali, Gift of Gab, Jack White, Johnny Cash, Outkast, Sonny J, Sufjan Stevens, The Dead Weather, Tor, Wale
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Kutiman Mixes YouTube <—–Click that. It’s amazing. It’s the brand new project from Kutiman and, to date, it’s one of the greatest things that exists on the internet. I know it’s a bold statement, and I stand by it… one of the greatest things. He takes random YouTube clibs of people playing different instruments, or people doing [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Brass, Funk, Hard, Hip Hop, Jazz, Remixes, Rock, Soul
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Tagged Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Kutiman, Mark Ronson, Method Man, Nickel Eye, Redman, Wale
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First up is “The Prowl” and “Heartbroken In Despair” from Dan Auerbach’s debut solo album Keep It Hid. Auerbach is the guitarist/singer for The Black Keys. I’ve only heard a couple of the tracks from his new album and it they’ve all sounded great so I’m pretty anxious to check it all out. The last album he did [...] Read More…
First song is “No You Girls” by Franz Ferdinand. You’ve probably heard the song if you’ve seen those new iphone apps commercials. I want to know how those deals work. To advertise the iphone and it’s applications, Apple probably has to pay the people who own the apps and the people who own the rights [...] Read More…
First song is “Fondue” by Tosca. Tosca is comprised of Richard Dorfmeister (of Kruder & Dorfmeister fame) and Rupert Huber. Their new album is called No Hassle and I haven’t been able to figure out if it’s already released or if it will be released in April of this year. Tosca has mastered the chill out, electronic beats [...] Read More…