mixtape: weworemasks.com january 2012 mix (2012)

1 02 2012


photo credit: sebastiaan breme

welp, we’re back to kick off the end of 2012′s first month with our mixtape series. and for those of you who don’t know or are just coming to weworemasks for the first time, this is a collection of songs we liked that was released during the month of january. tell your friends and stuff.

tracklisting:

1. arrange – stream/at night
2. a$ap rocky – celebration
3. ††† (crosses) – pruirien†
4. cursive – the sun and moon
5. the delta spirit – california
6. every time i die – underwater bimbos from outer space
7. jay-z – glory [featuring B.I.C.]
8. john legend – tonight (the best you ever had) [featuring Ludacris]
9. lana del rey – born to die [clams casino remix]
10. lewis – ogre odor
11. matt pryor – your new favorite
12. the niceguys – overtoast [demo]
13. the shins – simple song
14. the-dream – roc
15. thurogood wordsmith – words with friends [featuring killa kyleon and doughbeezy]

[DOWNLOAD.]

-grizzly





weworemasks presents: november 2011 mix (2011)

30 11 2011


photo credit: uncrate

FALL! i’m lovin’ the cool weather and the seasons that are a-changin’. those of you in the north – hush, texas is always late with this kinda stuff.

tracklisting:

1. the antlers – vcr (the xx cover)
2. b.o.b. – boom bap (feat. t.i. & mos def)
3. the black keys – run right back
4. black star – fix up
5. canary dynasty – cocaine dreams (feat. roy english)
6. cults – bad things (remix; feat. freddie gibbs)
7. doom, thom yorke & johnny greenwood – retarded fren
8. drake – the motto (feat. lil wayne)
9. jack freeman – slow dance
10. lewis – window
11. mobb deep – get it forever (feat. nas)
12. the niceguys – ari gold (remix; feat. bun b)
13. o brother – lo
14. of montreal – wintered debts
15. skruncha-roo – cranberry

[DOWNLOAD.]

-grizzly





weworemasks presents: october 2011 mix (2011)

31 10 2011

happy halloween to all of our friends, lovers, readers and bartenders! after a weekend of drinking and dressing up like memes, cartoons, animals and various other insignificant, but relevant things, we’re here with our october mix. enjoy! i’m off to watch MNF and pass out candy to trick or treaters wearing a homemade pedobear mask.

tracklisting:

1. black milk & danny brown – zap
2. bon iver – with god on our side (bob dylan cover)
3. canary dynasty – cocaine dreams
4. childish gambino – twistclip loop (freestyle)
5. common – blue sky
6. doomtree – the grand experiment
7. gym class heroes – life goes on (feat. oh land)
8. james blake – enough thunder
9. jay electronica – call of duty (feat. mobb deep)
10. justice – newlands
11. justin timberlake – words i say
12. rick ross – i love my bitches
13. the roots – make my (feat big k.r.i.t.)
14. t.i. – hear ye hear ye (feat. pharrell)
15. the weeknd – initiation

[DOWNLOAD.]

-grizzly





weworemasks presents: a chuck ragan giveaway [contest] (2011)

15 09 2011

Another day, another contest. Chuck Ragan just released his newest solo endeavor, Covering Ground, this past Tuesday. weworemasks is teaming up with Side One Dummy and of course, our good friends at htxmusictoday to give you this completely awesome limited edition lithograph poster. To enter, all you have to do is e-mail us at weworemasks [at] gmail [dot] com with the following information:

-Name
-Why you want this poster

…and that’s it! Keepin’ it easy.

Good luck!

-grizzly





mixtape: weworemasks.com presents – july 2011 mix (2011)

1 08 2011


photo credit: aaron feaver.

a day late, many dollars short. enjoy!

tracklisting:

1. american gospel – hunting boar
2. common – ghetto dreams f. nas
3. the cool kids – flossin (original mix)
4. drake – headlines
5. ellie goulding – lights (rac remix)
6. frank ocean – thinking of you
7. the gaslight anthem – biloxi parish (live)
8. jack freeman – lynnie’s world f. yves saint
9. jazz cartier – girls & gold (and you can have)
10. mantis – good man
11. mutemath – odd soul
12. quest – something to prove f. mickey factz
13. shad – flawless f. frank dukes
14. skruncha-roo – deer and i
15. twin sister – you remind me of

[DOWNLOAD.]

-grizzly





interview: fun. (2011)

18 06 2011


all photo credits: weworemasks

I’ve just been a huge fan of all things related to Nate Reuss since the latter part of the 2000s. That being said, it was quite awesome being able to speak with one of the more earnest singers/songwriters that I’ve listened to over the span of 3 albums and 2 bands.

fun. recently stopped by Houston, TX on their tour with Panic! at the Disco and I had the chance to speak on the phone with Nate prior to their show that evening, where we discussed future plans with the band that included as much as we could get about the new album, touring plans and hey – hip-hop.

Hit the jump for the interview.

-grizzly
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show recap: free press summerfest 2011 (june 4+5)

13 06 2011

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The third annual Free Press Summerfest once again took over Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park, boasting one of its most diverse, if not unusual lineup to date. Soul-revival met with electric revival, heavy metal battled with Japanese garage rock, hippies and hipsters shared barbecue and beer, etc, all underneath the blistering Texas sun on a cloudless day. weworemasks was on hand, as always, to take part in the festivities, enjoy an act or two, and get down and dirty (and sweaty) with all of our lovely Houstonian brethren.

Hit the jump for a full recap with some awesome photos, more of which can be seen in our Summerfest Photo Gallery, here.

- sunbear + grizzly
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photo recap: houston summerfest (june 4+5, 2011)

7 06 2011

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houston’s third annual free press summerfest went down this past weekend at eleanor tinsley park during one of the city’s blistering heatwaves. 100+ degree weather didn’t stop the rock, nor us weworemasks folk from getting in the pit documenting said rockage. hit the jump for all of our summerfest photos and expect a full recap to follow shortly.

photos are by arielle gutierrez and weworemasks.

- sunbear
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weworemasks.com presents the mother’s day EP (2011)

8 05 2011

it’s mother’s day! hug your moms and listen to this EP i made for the hell of it. some pop, some hip-hop, some soul.

tracklisting:

1. 2pac – dear mama
2. lauryn hill – to zion
3. ghostface killah – all that i got is you [f. mary j. blige]
4. snoop dogg – i love my momma
5. boyz II men – a song for mama
6. kanye west – hey mama
7. jay-z – blueprint (momma loves me)

[DOWNLOAD.]

-grizzly





mixtape: weworemasks.com presents [sxsw 2011] (2011)

17 03 2011

that time of the year again, folks. sadly, our bb panda will not be joining us, as he is an old man who is busy moving into a new place and tending to things such as being a grown up, working, and other boring shit of that nature. fear not, we will definitely visit him as soon as possible to make up for all the drinking and hugging he missed out on.

sunbear and i will be trekking to austin to see a various array of shit, and the duties of weworemasks will be bestowed upon jerome. so don’t be upset that the posts will be few and far between from now until sunday evening. for your convenience, i’ve set up a neat little sidebar/widget for you to keep up with us while we’re in austin for the fest. sunbear will be taking care of the instagram/photoblog and we’ll also have our twitters (both weworemasks and sunbear’s personal) going at full throttle.

and what kind of bears would we be if we weren’t leaving you with a mixtape?

tracklisting:

1. childish gambino – freaks and geeks
2. kanye west – looking for trouble f. pusha t, j. cole, big sean and cyhi the prynce
3. smith westerns – weekend
4. the niceguys – ari gold
5. the pains of being pure at heart – belong
6. gatsbys american dream – untitled
7. the cool kids – free throws
8. chromeo – i’m not contagious
9. big k.r.i.t. – hometown hero (grillade sessions)
10. ellie goulding – heartbeats (the knife cover)
11. theophilus london – strange love
12. river city extension – friends and family
13. wiz khalifa – the race
14. toro y moi – new beat
15. xv – finally home

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show recap: the get up kids/steel train/river city extension (january 21, 2011)

23 01 2011

Last night’s Get Up Kids show at Houston’s Warehouse Live featured a revitalized kind of Kids, the same kids whose late-90’s records shaped an angsty generation’s outlook on music and its ideals; That the idea of a rockstar didn’t belong exclusively to that era’s rockstar. The quiet kid in class was brimming with buzzsaw riffs and bittersweet yet freewheeling lyrics. Many bands have since capitalized on the foundation that The Get Up Kids have built, most with more mainstream success than the modest following that their forefathers drew. But in the years that have passed since their trademark sound has been commercialized into a flashy caricature of its former self by rookie upstarts, the Kids have grown up, sharpened their songwriting craft, and setlled into an inevitable adult reality. A new chapter might have opened in these mid-thirtysomethings’ lives, but after all these years, the kids are still alright.

hit the jump for the full review and a full video of the encore.

- sunbear

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album review: the get up kids – there are rules (2011)

18 01 2011

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what to do after a seven year split and you’ve aged as ungracefully as your band name? the get up kids are back with there are rules (out january 25th) and the ace up these guys’ sleeves is how much they’ve matured without ever really growing up.

hit the jump for the full album review.

- sunbear

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weworemasks presents: sunbear’s year end lists (2010)

3 01 2011

Happy 2011, weworemasks readership! As the last of the staff to submit his list, and after much debate, I’ve whittled down the lists to a simple Top 30 Albums of 2010. No mixtapes or concerts for me. That stuff is buried away in the annals of weworemasks for future generations to ridicule. Simply, these are my favorite albums, regardless of hype, talent, or entitlement. Some are obvious shoe-ins, and others were sneak attacks. Kind of like the difference between Sgt. Slaughter and Snake Eyes in the 2nd season opener of G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!

Anyway, without further ado, hit the jump for my Top 30 Albums of 2010. Here’s to a great year 2011. Cheers!

- sunbear
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weworemasks.com presents: top 10 memes of 2010

8 12 2010

This is definitely something new for the website. I’m sure all of you are aware that I have some serious problems with the internet. I find myself wrapped up in and enjoying memes way too much. By this point in time, if you don’t know what a meme is, then please stop reading, because the rest of this post will be far too embarrassing for me to handle.

2010 was a big year for memes, as was the previous 2 years. For some reason, I felt the need to compile an actual Top 10 list for this year, for most of you to laugh uncontrollably at. Or you know, judge me greatly for. Below the jump you will find the Top 10 of 2010, along with examples, links and all that good stuff for you to show all your idiot friends and take credit for. The year end lists are coming soon, so in the meantime, enjoy.

-grizzly

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mixtape: weworemasks.com november mix (2010)

28 11 2010

ON TIME! i know the cover art is a bit fem in comparison to our typical album art, but it’s a photo by an azn i know from our thanksgiving dinner, and i couldn’t just not use it. that little name tag had my name on it initially — but y’all didn’t need to see all of that.

tracklisting:

1. aloe blacc – the dark end of the street
2. bayside – sick sick sick
3. eminem + royce da 5’9” – living proof
4. janelle monae – without a fight
5. jay electronica – the announcement
6. jean grae – bridge [prod. by rjd2]
7. jimmy eat world – my best theory [acoustic]
8. jj – let them
9. lupe fiasco – SLR
10. nas – foul breeze
11. talib kweli – cold rain [prod. by ski beatz]
12. the decemberists – down by the water
13. theophilus london – flying overseas [f. dev hynes and solange knowles]
14. wiz khalifa + currensy – huey newton

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calling all web designers (2010)

14 10 2010

when we’re not busy procrastinating, we actually brain storm some big things here at weworemasks. and for a change, we thought we’d actually do our damnedest to bring one of these ideas to fruition. that’s where you enter the scene like a pizza boy in a porno.

we’re interested in collaborating with someone that has a background in web design (CSS preferred/HTML mandatory/graphic & other design also a huge plus) and has a fresh visual palette to draw from. details on the project will be discussed via email, but trust us, big things are on the horizon and you can be a part of it. this will be a collaboration in the truest sense, as we have a visual aesthetic in mind that we would like the right person to be able to add to and help us bring to light.

now i know you all think we ball out of control all the time, and while that’s completely true, it’s not from money we make off of this site (cough drug game cough). while compensation can/will be discussed, we’re primarily hoping to find someone that’s interested in expanding their design portfolio to include a site that does strong numbers in hits. this would be ideal for students or new designers that are looking to build and get their name out.

interested parties should contact us via email with the subject line RE: weworemasks 2.0 design inquiry with some info on themselves and photos of their respective body parts. we’ll discuss ideas, see who clicks, and go from there. perhaps there will even be a bear name in it for you (but probably not). love you all.

contact us via email.

- panda c/o weworemasks

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happy 3rd birthday to weworemasks.com! (2010)

6 10 2010

as of october 3rd, this blog turned 3 years old. yes, that means: we can brush our own teeth, eat solid food, wet the bed and are prepping our minds for pre-kindergarten and subsequent hoodrat things with our friends. and yes, we missed our actual birthday, but were probably out drinking, watching football or both at the same time. we definitely wanna take this time to thank all of you folks who read the blog daily, recommend it to your moms (we like moms) and disagree with almost everything we post. you all are the reason we do this and couldn’t have made it this far without all of you chiming in on your RSS feeds to say hello.

we definitely have a lot of things in store for the rest of 2010 and hope to be releasing a ton of new features, graphics and possibly even a new layout if we get our shit together. in any case, enjoy the music and daily quirks we provide you with on the reg, as they don’t plan on stopping or slowing down any time soon. live long and prosper!

and remember, follow us on twitter and become a fan of us on facebook.

peace and much love to ya,

the bears.

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weworemasks.com interview: steel train (february 27, 2010)

1 03 2010

here it is, folks. our first video interview here at weworemasks. i’m no video editor, so please bare with the choppiness of it. we promise to make our future videos much more concise and sexy. many thanks to the steel train crew for being such good sports about our amateur voyeurism (yeah, i went there) and even more thanks to sunbear for being a trooper and standing in front of a camera for fifteen minutes. also, thanks to myself for pretending to have the patience to sit here and edit this video using cheap software.

steel train is currently on a nationwide tour with everyone’s favorite canadian twin sisters, tegan and sara. they’re more than likely playing to over 1,000 people a night, which is mighty impressive considering this band was opening for finch and from autumn to ashes a mere six years ago. in the interview, the band discusses everything from singing the praises of their current tourmates to sxsw to talking about their upcoming record which will undoubtedly turn heads.

what do you guys think of the video? good? shitty? leave your feedback in the comments.

-grizzly c/o sunbear.





weworemasks.com interview: p.o.s. (december 13, 2009)

3 01 2010


all photos courtesy of thepostsdmusic on flickr.

i know this is a little outdated, but with all the year-end lists, vacations, families and all that other stuff, i decided to put this interview off. this isn’t the first time we interviewed the doomtree leader, and it most definitely won’t be the last. p.o.s. spent the greater part of the end of 09 touring with the likes of saosin, innerpartysystem and eye alaska on the pac sun tour. oddly enough, i personally enjoy all the bands in completely different lights so that tour was a must-attend.

stef is always friendly with us and we got the chance to run down a few things at the show with him. he discussed everything from what you can expect from doomtree in 2010 to giving a certain celebrity a love note at the mtv woodies to being posted about on kanye’s blog. hit the jump for the goods.

-grizzly
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weworemasks.com interview: eye alaska (december 13, 2009)

16 12 2009

we were actually supposed to get this interview back in august when the album was dropping, but things don’t always work out. however, this time around, things fell together on a much better and stronger tour than previously planned, with wwm favorites innerpartysystem and p.o.s. on the tour as well.

in any case, genesis underground still remains one of my favorite pop albums of 2009 and will be holding a nice spot on my year-end list. a perfect amalgamation of the smooth r&b/pop hybrid stylings of your ne-yos and timberlakes, with orchestration and cinematic soundscapes to boot. singer brandon wronski took a few minutes during the houston stop of the pac sun (meh, i know) tour to talk to us about the new record, being on fearless and plans for 2010, among other things.

hit the jump for the interview.

-grizzly
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weworemasks is two years old! (2009)

8 10 2009

that’s right, folks. happy (belated) birthday to us. two years ago, jerome and i kick started this blog out of sheer boredom of just being drunk and not being able to rant in a celebratory fashion about kanye west on the internet as freely as we wanted to. so on october 3, 2007, we dropped the first post. reading back, i can’t help but think of how awesome we still are.

from the days of yester-blogger, it’s not hard to remember the shoutbox and the lack of people who actually gave a shit about this blog outside of coming to steal the albums we had posted. it’s not hard to remember all of our incoming hits coming from blogsearch.google.com, either. in any case, let’s take a look back at this incredible year at the bear kingdom of weworemasks.

hit the jump and let’s do the damn thing.

-grizzly
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what’s to come (2009)

21 08 2009

not that we’ve been slacking or anything, but if all goes according to plans, we have a lot of dope shit coming out in the next couple weeks. that texas spotlight we’ve been talking about has been put on hold for the time being, some of the artists didn’t come through.

anyway, we have interviews and/or spotlights coming up with some artists you may not have heard of or been really exposed to. jerome posted the josh rosenthal interview last night, so be sure to hit the sidebar for that. along with josh, we have an interview with:
-p.ersonal, a close friend of house favorite, QuESt.
-wild moccasins, a local group from houston, tx that fans of any jenny lewis related project or stars would love.
-the niceguys, a houston hip-hop group who’s doing big things in the coming months.

we should also have an interview with eye alaska shortly, so stay tuned for more on that.

also will be an as tall as lions album review and maybe something else. oh, and did anyone else catch sunbear’s weworemasks’ album review debut? give him a bear hug through the internet by reading that ish.

till next time,
grizzly





this week on weworemasks… (2009)

15 07 2009

i know last week was a bit slow, but try to spare the hate. there’s a lot of good stuff we bears have in store for you, as you’ll soon come to find out. have some huge interviews lined up, some album & show reviews and what not.

let’s take a gander.

interviews:

1. rx bandits
2. good old war
3. ace enders
4. zech’s marquise

album reviews:

1. rx bandits – mandala
2. suggestions?

misc/show reviews:

1. rx bandits, good old war (dallas), zechs marquise (houston) and dredg
2. ace enders, person L, the dangerous summer (houston)
3. i’m probably going to see bruno soon.

the blogosphere’s been a little slow as of late anyway. sit tight, you know we’re always bringin’ it.

oh and become a fan on facebook.

-grizzly c/o weworemasks





spotlight: sxsw 2009

26 03 2009

the spotlight for weworemasks collective sexytime gathering at sxsw is up.

- read all the goodness here.
- there will be a few videos posted soon.
- don’t forget to download this.
- and don’t forget to read this and this.

peace+love,
the bears








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