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What an awesome way to start the day before my birthday. Two new remixes from two stellar artists end up in my inbox, remixed by two of my current favorite remixers/performers/disco savants — Fujiya & Miyagi and Friendly Fires, each of whom have recently released albums which shine rather brightly of their own accord.
The first remix is presented as the highly-touted “revitalized Mercury Rev” returns in full force with their seventh album (which I’ve just received and not had time to listen to as yet), Snowflake Midnight
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I am getting geared up for my weekly and I’ve been listening to this way-out-of-print vinyl rip of New York City jazz-R&B-soul vocalist extraordinaire Sylvia Striplin’s Roy Ayers-produced 1981 funk-disco outing Give Me Your Love that (frankly) I don’t think gets much play these days. Well, if you’ve ever played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, you’ve heard her on VCFL so…maybe a little play?
Sometimes that’s the best way to find out about new music: randomly. I mean, there’s just so much to digest in the world of music that you can’t possibly hear it all at one time. Discovery is the greatest part of this process. So, in that regard, check this out & if you’re in Memphis, come down and join me at Dish, 948 S. Cooper (corner of Cooper & Young) for new music, sushi from Sekisui, and a grip of delicious, reasonably-priced Asian-influenced tapas. They’ve also got hot/cold sake on tap & Jagermeister on tap as well.
Let’s get down, shall we?
Sylvia Striplin - Toy Box
Sylvia Striplin - Give Me Your Love
I guess I don’t know enough about The Cool Kids other than I know that The Bake Sale is stupid tight, my boys in Lord T & Eloise stupid love them, the rhymes I hear them drop are stupid fresh and this mixtape entitled “That’s Stupid (The Mixtape)” is right banging.
Go grab this shit while you can. Somewhere in these six songs, you might just get silly, stupid dumb — just make sure that girl ain’t no bum.
01 Oscar the Grouch
02 That’ll Work
03 Dinner Time
04 Full & Paid
05 Box of Rocks
06 Don’t Trip (Bake Sale UK)
Get it here or here. (HT nialler9)
Get The Bake Sale from Amazon [cd or mp3] by clicking here.
Just in time for my database recovery, here’s a track from the new Lord T & Eloise album Chairmen of the Bored.
Featuring Gangsta Boo on lead vocals, get ready to take a trip with “Hollywood Stars” & turn up the bass. Bangity bang bangity bang bang, y’all! It’s going to be a minute before you can get your hands on a copy, so enjoy the jam & keep your eyes peeled for further updates.
In the interest of full disclosure, let me say it right up front: yeah, I’m friends with the men of Lord T & Eloise and I even make a guest appearance on their new album, Chairmen of the Bored. However, that being said, if you read this website with any frequency, you know I make a big deal about being very particular about what I write about. I have plenty of friends and acquaintances out there about whom I have never written a single word because of my strong conviction to only write about music that really blows my mind or trends in music that I see as vital to the progression of things. Furthermore, my friends (at least my real friends) will tell you that I’m more critical of their work than anyone. Why? Simple: because if I actually care about you as a person and I know that you value my opinion, what good does it do you for me to want to sit around and bullshit you?
If you’re the kind of person who comes to me for my opinion only because you want to hear someone else tell you how great you are, I don’t want to be bothered with talking to you or talking about you. Ever. The Lord T & Eloise situation is no different for me, and these gentlemen know it all too well. Now if you want to know the story, read it after the jump.
This just in from Bonnaroo 2008 — kanYe West has moved his Bonnaroo 2008 set time to the late night Saturday slot! This is very exciting news for everyone attending.
The speculation: Could there now be a surprise appearance during kanYe’s set from Daft Punk as well??? I’m not doing anything to quell these rumors, but either way it’s sure to be an amazing light show.
We are excited to announce that Kanye West will now be performing a late night show on the Main Stage on Saturday, June 14th instead of the previously announced time! This scheduling change is being made to allow Kanye to fully present his critically acclaimed “Glow In The Dark” show.
This show marks the first time that anyone has played a late night set on the Main Stage, and it promises to be one of the festival’s many highlights.
We have also shifted a few other artists, so make sure to check the schedule for updates!
We’re not exactly sure what “Tha Blue Carpet Treatment” is, but hey — Bigg Snoop Dogg’s album is called Tha Blue Carpet Treatment so, that’s a good start. Snoop Dogg is doing things real big and, you know, that always catches our eyes. Here’s the trailer for this new anime-styled animated adventure which features guest voices from comedians Mike Epps, Katt Williams and artists like Nate Dogg, E-40, The Game, Cypress Hill’s B-Real and many of hip-hop’s biggest stars.
This looks like it might be pretty good and hey — it’s available already on DVD. Dig that.
(ed. note: When putting this piece together, we had some technical difficulties with the music player. They’re fixed — full album stream after the jump.)
Solid pop music is a commodity these days and, too often, the things I hear are simply “pretty good” or “okay”. However, in the mailbag today was an email from Brooklyn band called Anthem In. I don’t know how else to say it: I haven’t stopped listening to it from the second I put it on, so I’m very pleased to tell you about the band and about the record itself.
The self-released debut from this foursome comes out on June 24th and is well worth more than a cursory listen. Instant comparisons to lots of other bands will come to mind — Teenage Fanclub, Sloan, Rogue Wave, Death Cab For Cutie, Pinback — but the comparisons are only to give you a place to start from. There’s no Xeroxing going on here — if anything, there’s subtle referencing that never sounds forced.
So, if you already like any of these bands, Anthem In’s self-titled debut will be instantly gratifying. This is the kind of beatific album which walks the fine line between indie pop and radio rock, never stepping too far in either direction, always pulling you further and further in until they’ve got you right where they want you. More music and a giveaway after the jump.
When we heard that Heavy Bass Champion Drop The Lime aka Curses was teaming up with Vice and Colt 45 to perform in some bigger cities this month, we were kinda pissed because well…we’re all really broke, can’t afford to drive to any of these places, and really wish we could! But if you live near any of these fine cities, you should go get ready to dance your ass off on our behalf.
Like any great party, you are required to RSVP in order to attend. So, here’s an MP3 to check out, hot off the presses (courtesy of Vice) and you can see the full listing of dates with RSVP information after the jump.
