this is exactly the type of thing i want to hear. get your dancing shoes already. don’t forget to check out night by night if you haven’t already.
-grizzly
video: chromeo is back in the lab (2010)
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empires – bang (2010)
9 02 2010
another new band for all of our readers. our inbox has been flooded with submissions as of late, and i’ve made promises in the company of myself to do everyone of these bands a favor and giving them some form of time. it’s probably not fun submitting free eps and getting ignored, so this is a pledge to do something nice.
anyway, empires are a relatively new band out of chicago. the band is currently on a run of releasing a few digital singles in anticipation of their upcoming EP bang, due out march 9th. in 2008, the band released howl, their debut full length, for free on the outskirts of bandcamp. however, they garnered about 60k downloads on word of mouth alone.
to describe the band, it’s nice to say that they’re a good ol’ rock and roll band, but do a seamless job of intertwining in their poppier sensibilities. with so many people getting uptight about genre tagging and obscure labels, i’m gonna go with the relatively obtuse tag and stick to it. the band is anthemic and melodic, and this shit is already stuck in my head after one listen of the EP – which we will definitely be keeping you posted on. also worth mentioning, just browsing through the band’s myspace pictures, album covers, et al. are very nicely designed, especially for being unsigned and independent. always glad to see a band into all aspects of their craft. hit the cut for their fairly older, but very cool music video for “spit the dark.”
in any case, the goods:
download “bang” in exchange for an email address here.
download howl, their debut full length:
-grizzly
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video: st vincent – laughing with a mouth of blood (2010)
8 02 2010hilarity ensues within the confines of a cramped bookstore run by fred armisen and carrie brownstein as they host a lonely in-store for st vincent. the song is “laughing with a mouth of blood” but as i sit here watching the video i’m actually crying with a mouth full of sad single’s valentine’s day chocolate. oh, look how cute annie clark is! so i’m not sad! huzzah!
- sunbear
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video: jonsi – go do (2010)
8 02 2010
hope you’re as excited about jonsi’s new album go as jonsi is about cockatoos in his new video for “go do”. crazy bird guy, that one. oh, he’s nordic? nevermind.
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video: colin meloy – springville (2010)
8 02 2010
i know colin meloy’s a pretty sharp guy. but every last australian factoid he spits here can all be traced to the holy mecca of shinfo, the simpsons. from the coriolis effect to the polar seasons, colin brandishes his love of simpsons info, and a new bushy beard as he plays a new little ditty called “springville”. man it’s nice to hear a simple acoustic song from that guy. his band nowadays sounds like jethro tull.
- sunbear
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video: wale – my sweetie (2010)
8 02 2010
to be honest, i kind of like this better than the pretty girls flick (okay maybe not, but it’s still dope). non-album cut gets the video treatment with direction from tabi bonney. i remember wale saying this track would get a vid, just didn’t think it’d be so soon.
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- panda
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video: wild beasts – we still got the taste dancing on our tongues (2010)
8 02 2010
levitation and creepy pushes on the equine are key to be the wild beasts in their new video for “we still fot the taste dancing on out tongues” from their very excellent two dancers.
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- sunbear
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flying lotus – quakes (2010)
8 02 2010
after the recent announcement of his upcoming album release on may 4th, flylo has liberated a track that will…not be on the record.
on. point. we are all very excited for cosmogramma.
download [direct link via FADER]:
-grizzly
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video: b.o.b. interview with bootleg kev (2010)
8 02 2010
no clue who bootleg kev is, but he’s some dj from idaho, a state that probably couldn’t make less of a dent on society if they tried. but hey, no negativity – new b.o.b. interview, so i’m posting.
-grizzly
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mixtape: 9th wonder – 9th invented the remix…again (2010)
8 02 2010
we definitely don’t post about 9th nearly enough as we should. this guy rarely puts out a bad beat, and as the title of the mixtape implies, a bad remix. here’s a random assortment and collection of aforementioned remixes thrown together into a mixtape courtesy of the man himself. there’s no artwork, so we’ll have to get along with a picture or something for the time being.
the tracklisting after the cut. huge names on this one.
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9th wonder – 9th invented the remix…again
-grizzly
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video: wale – pretty girls (2010)
8 02 2010
wale finally drops the video for his second single, “pretty girls.” it premiered on BET today, but wasn’t properly promoted, as expected. also expected is the video. a lot of fine women, liquor, michael from the wire, dj khaled (ok, nobody expected or invited him.) and some free gucci shirts for good measure.
i’m with it.
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wale – pretty girls f. gucci mane
-grizzly
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mixtape: curren$y – smokee robinson (2010)
8 02 2010
new mixtape from spitta, superbowl edition and shit. i wonder what he would’ve done if the saints lost? did he have a ’sore loser’ themed mixtape ready to go? you gotta think some of these things through.
was superbowl XLIV an inside job?
we’ll never know. for now, grab curren$y’s new tape, featuring 22 semi-new tracks with guest spots from wiz, big sean and a few more for good measure. tracklisting after the cut. tagged and reupped by 2db.
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-grizzly
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dj khaled – victory f. nas and john legend (2010)
8 02 2010
first and foremost, fuck every single member of khaled’s broke ass marketing team who promoted this song and every single tracklisting featuring this song to have verses from jadakiss and kanye west. this is a straight scam to get people talking about your album and i do not appreciate you toying with my emotions concerning new kanye west material.
secondly, aside from the severe disappointment, this is a dope joint. nas absolutely knocks it down with the beat and john legend rarely disappoints.
thirdly, kanye would’ve killed this beat. i’m just sayin’.
fourth, this is the last i’m postin’ about this album.
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dj khaled – victory f. nas and john legend
-grizzly
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video: neon indian – laundromatinee sessions (2010)
8 02 2010
those lovely guerrilla style laundromatinee vids have gotten hold of alan palomo’s neon indian project and had them do a couple songs from their breezy debut psychic chasms in a place called earthhouse, where i’m sure hippies meet to make freelove and talk about global warming and the advantages of tandem-bikes.
video of “mind, drips” is after the jump.
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- sunbear
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download: no age – daytrotter sessions (2010)
8 02 2010
daytrotter-this, no age-that. what’s that? new material, never before been released from their upcoming album?!? yay!
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vampire weekend – ruby soho (rancid cover) (2010)
8 02 2010
…and out come the covers. tack another great cover from the world’s greatest band to the cork-board. we’ve seen ezra shed his stripes(but not his khakis) to take on the descendents with fucked up. this time it’s rancid who get bitten by the vampire, set their destination for cape cod kwassa kwassa, are up to (vampire) bat, get covered. yeah that works.
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- sunbear
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video: alkaline trio – this addiction (2010)
8 02 2010
yesssss. alkaline trio is back, and just as good as ever. here they are with their first single off of their first record on epitaph. the title track gets the pretty standard performance video treatment, but i’m on board. i’ve enjoyed close to everything this band has ever done, and the new record is no different.
this addiction is in stores on february 23rd. be sure to check out all of the tour dates with cursive here.
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alkaline trio – this addiction
-grizzly
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show recap: new found glory/saves the day (february 4, 2010)
8 02 2010
artwork courtesy of clintprints.com.
for the record, this show is a culmination of this collective blog’s adolescence. granted, we don’t keep up with the genre much, but new found glory and saves the day are two of pop-punk’s seminal acts and have maintained an aspect of youth, consistency and relevancy over the years. both bands have had recent albums (coming home, sound the alarm) that i’ve enjoyed as much as past releases (you know all of em.) so when the chance came for me to see two of my favorite bands perform, including new found glory playing the self-titled record in it’s entirety, i couldn’t pass it up.
hit the jump for the rest of the recap.
-grizzly
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rick ross – veteran’s day f. lil wayne and birdman (2010)
8 02 2010
why does birdman persist on ruining dope songs? this song is pretty good, as i’ve become a ross fan in the past few years. deeper than rap was more than pleasing last year, and i’m definitely looking forward to teflon don, his fourth record due out this year. props to ross for having “i’m a fat motherfucker” as the first bar in his verse.
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the roots to produce john legend’s next album (2010)
8 02 2010
i don’t know how much more needs to be said apart from the title. but can you say album of the year? sweet baby jesus that’s amazing news. the album is tentatively titled wake up sessions and is set to drop this year.
source: hiphopdx.
- panda
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video: jay-z – run this town [superbowl remix] (2010)
8 02 2010
in case you were one of the few who chose to ignore america/the superbowl tonight, then you probably missed this clip. before the big game was a clip of jay/ri ri over a remixed rendition of “run this town,” featuring the orchestral instrumentation of es posthumous. i love the instrumentation, but i’m not a fan of the linkin park-esque guitar riff. and yes, i hated most of collision course. still a dope clip.
shout out the saints for that nice little upset tonight.
-grizzly
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video: wes anderson does spiderman (2010)
8 02 2010
i’m a huge wes anderson fan, and i’ve loved every film of his, but this is just hilarious. a few dweebs got together and created this “trailer” for wes anderson’s “directorial” debut of the comic book genre. spot. on.
-grizzly
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super bowl XLIV (2010)
7 02 2010
it’s officially super bowl sunday, which means in a matter of hours i’ll be barbecuing and drinking copious amounts of alcohol. as for who i’ll be rooting for, i’m pretty torn at this point as i’ve been a fan of both teams this season. if the saints can play at 100% the entire game and keep manning from exploding in the 4th quarter, i think they’ll have a legit shot, but at this point i’d have to go with the colts. tough call. hopefully it’s a great game either way. i’ll have my laptop out during the game so leave any predictions, super bowl plans, and/or discussion/thoughts throughout in the comments section.
check out the official game program online here.
enjoy the game!
- panda
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