Last weekend, after weeks and months of ignoring some band I kept getting emails about from Lafayette, LA named GIVERS, I came face to face with them at the Hi-Tone in Memphis for the Grammy GPS showcase & panels. I had planned to hang out for Cities Aviv and then go home, but once they took to the stage, I became completely engaged with what was happening in front of me. Continue Reading...
Sometimes I need to connect with my inner BAMF. Go HAM. Or (insert assorted acronyms here). And lately when that happens, I listen to Childish Gambino.
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The rise of bands like Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings sort of renews my faith in the general ear of humanity. Makes me think that in the past 50 years or so since the birth of soul, that part of us that's seduced by a knock-out voice over the perfect combination of bass and horns never went away. Maybe it just needed to be waked up. Well wake up baby, because the alarm is going off, and it's the smoky voice of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears.
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Undoubtedly one of the hottest new records in my regular rotation comes from New York City electronic dance pop masters Holy Ghost! whose self-titled full-length is out now on DFA Records. Continue Reading...
Tonight at Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis will be treated to a visit from Santa Ana, CA's genre-bending glitch-hop collective Free The Robots. Continue Reading...
Hailed as "America's first king of Dubstep", 12th Planet has been scorching the Earth from one end to the other with his prescient dubstep production and DJ skills. Continue Reading...
Sleigh Bells. Derek Miller. Alexis Krauss. Good band. On tour. Go see them. Don't ask questions, just go! Full tour dates after thee jump. Continue Reading...
I don't have the patience or time to regulate overused cliches explaining why this is my favorite album of the moment. Words don't fairly express the sentiment revealed to me via Destroyer's masterwork of musical sensuality, Kaputt. Continue Reading...
Readying their much-anticipated Mark Ronson-produced album Arabia Mountain for a June 2011 release, those swell ATLien garage punk boys from The Black Lips have cooked up a video for the track "Go Out and Get It". Wheeeee. Tour dates after the jump. Continue Reading...
Tyler the Creator of OFWGKTA drops a video for the single "Yonkers" from his forthcoming album Goblin. You can cop this single on 2/15 from iTunes.
If you don't know about OFWGKTA, they've got next, like it or not -- so get familiar. Prepare to be outraged and amazed at the same time.
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ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM ALL ON TOUR
02/14 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
02/15 - New York, NY @ Santos Partyhouse
02/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary
02/22 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
04/15 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival ...
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