hers some tight shit!

some videos some other tight shit


The Sound of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C. (Mini-video) from The Sound of Arrows on Vimeo.

so? i dont give much of a fuck

Keak gets all emotional...

"First second verse, this my third

Sixth grade driving to school I had a firebird"

                                                                        -Keak da Sneak, from "Super Hyphy"

You guessed it, keak da sneak is back makin music. New album out in april titled "Diefied". The new song is called "Nothing Without You," features the one and only Messy Marv, and is about Keak and his special lady.  Clearly Mr. da Sneak has gotten in touch with his feminine side and wants to express his feelings to the world. Don't hate.

Keak da Sneak ft Messy Marv - Nothing Without You

Take that pre

On a note completely unrelated to music or popular culture for that matter, my friend and former next-door-neighbor AJ Acosta recently ran a 3.58.52 mile, his first sub-four, which broke Steve Prefontaine's school record for the indoor-mile and qualified AJ for the NCAA indoor championships. I know that a sub-four is something Ajs been gunning at for sometime now and I thought I'd give him his due props. Read the U of O article about it here, and watch the race below.

One more reason to invent time machines

80's ... hilarious ... awesome

Midnight Star - Midas Touch

France knows indie ... La Blogotheque

Well in recent days the blog world hasn't given me much of anything new to post about (except this new Black Keys song which I can't find a mp3 for) so I thought I'd show off one of my favorite websites, La Blogotheque. Blogotheque is by itself just a French indie music blog (written in french not necessarily french music), but the real draw are their "Les Concerts A Emporter" or "Take Away Shows". For these shows (I'm pretty sure they started out as podcasts) artsy french director Vincent Moon films indie bands playing songs in various odd spots in Paris. The result is a very intimate look into both Paris as well as the bands themselves. Many notable acts such as; The Shins, Of Montreal, Voxtrot, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, The Kooks, Arcade Fire, and Vampire Weekend among countless others are featured and look like they're having a great time. Below are two of my favorites; first, Grizzly Bear doing a acapella doo-wop rendition of their song "The Knife" and second, Portland band Menomena plays "Wet and Rusting" while two little kids jam. Both are really cool as are all the others linked above, so check it out...

#10.4 - Grizzly bear - The Knife

#62.3 - Menomena - Wet and Rusting

RATATAT where are you?

Ratatat is one of my favorite bands. i saw them in Portland last year and bought the second instalation in their remix compilation series. turns out they are giving it out for free, it also turns out it is the dopest remix CD ever created. you probably cannot get the actual CD anymore but at least you can download the album for free. here

but incase you don't believe me here is a little somthin somthin off their remixes vol. 1

ghostface ft. jadakiss-Run

Lil Wayne Wednesday #5 ... Problems with tha Purple

Oh sweet Jesus. Click this link now. Did you watch the video? Do that, come back after, we'll still be here ... 

The last minute? Oh my god. I wonder if MTV feels bad interviewing someone who is legitimately high as a kite.

Back to the matter at hand, Weezy has a problem. He is addicted to codine/promethazine aka syrup, sizurp, purp, purple stuff or lean. People are worried, and by people I mean his mom. He's slurring his words, saying things that don't make sense and kissing other dudes. He also keeps delaying the release of his new album which is obviously because he's so high on prescription cough medicine.

In all seriousness though, purp killed Pimp C, Big Moe, and DJ Screw, I'd rather we didn't add weezy's name to the list (mostly because the carter 3 would never drop). So for Weezy and his mother's sake pray for weezy to quit lean.

For now here's some musical syrup inspiration ...

Big Moe ft Project Pat, Big Pokey, and D-Gotti - Purple Stuff (Remix) ... At 1:47 Big Moe literally says he's "gonna sip, sip, sip, sip til the day that i'm gone" ... and he did, wow.

Carter 3 in april now I guess, i bet a dollar detox comes out first.

DJ Z-Trip is still tight; MSTRKRFT have mustaches

Although I still like to hold out hope that Z-Trip refuses to computer vinyl emulator programs and only fucks with vinyl, seeing him do his thing makes me not care about the answer to that question. I submit, I he does have a laptop off to the side, but whatever. No other balding thirtysomething man can continually lay down supreme mixes like DJ Z-Trip. Going from favorites like mixing the vocals from Nas' Made You Look to different really tight beats to a brand new cancerous mix of Bang Bang by Nancy Sinatra, Z-Trip still holds a precious place in my heart. I'm glad he's not still only playing private yacht parties in Miami, like Ronte once told me......... anyway he's tight.

FOR EXAMPLE SOMEONE ELSE'S VIDEO:

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MSTRKRFT on the other hand just have mustaches. They're cool too, I guess.

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DJ Z-Trip - The Air (from Uneasy Listening LP) - (it's actually dust in the wind)

MSTRKRFT - Easy Love

DVNO, four capital letters

The french musical dynamos known as Justice did the world a favor this weekend by making DVNO their new single and an awesome music video. DVNO is easily one of their best songs off of their album and with a crazy ass So Me directed video Justice has yet another winner. Ballin.

Estelle ft Kanye ... Hot Fire

Estelle ft Kanye West ... I'd think Kanye was way too arrogant if he wasn't so good at having a hand in really awesome songs... this one's called "American Boy" and its really good.

 

Ying Yang Twins go electrotron

What do you expect from the Ying Yang Twins these days? Southern hip hop? Shitty horn rap? Crunk? The whisper song II? Naw fuck that. Consider this: a Beastie Boys sample and techno party beat trendy enough for any obnoxious hipster music blog. Now we're fucking talking. I scratch my head as to how this happened. Nonetheless, the new Ying Yang Twins single, "Drop", employs musical tactics one would more expect to find from SebastiAn remix than from a bunch of huge crunk assholes down south. Not that they're rapping about anything new, but the change of pace is nothing less than hilarious.

Ying Yang Twins - Drop

Breakbot Just Blew My Mind

Breakbot is from Paris. The way music has been lately, you should know from that information alone that its gonna be good, and it is. Breakbot's original tracks and remixes alike have a very Justicey feel to them, lots of interesting and complex beats with eerily perfect vocals to match. The end result is good electronic music that you don't have to be high on ecstasy to enjoy all the time.

This first track is a remix of a PNAU (a band I also highly recommend and may blog about further on a later date) song called "Baby". If you ever wished for a more mellow D.A.N.C.E. this is the track for you. Also posted is an original Breakbot track called "Happy Rabbit" which is just a good song.

PNAU - Baby (Breakout Remix)

Breakbot - Happy Rabbit

Kitsune 5

The fifth edition to the ultra party compilation was released at the begining of this month so by hipster standards its old news. None the less Kitsune Maison vol. 5 is noteworthy. With big names like MIA Yelle and Fisherspooner backed up with a fistfull of up and comers like The Teenagers and DatA (the dopest) It is a solid Lineup to jam out to.

DatA-Aerius Light

MIA-XR2 (Silverlink V Kicks Like A Mule Aka 92juk)

New Ghosthustler ... Awesome

Awesome, awesome, awesome. I wish I had another way to describe Ghosthustler, but awesome is all too fitting. Every track they touch turns into hot fire and literally burns right in front of them ... okay that might be getting a little extreme, but its true. When listening to Ghosthustler you will want to do one of two things; either dance ... a lot, or, hop in a car and drive fast with the music up real loud. Thats it, I'd try to better explain what they sound like but all you'd get is synth, awesome, dance, more awesome and so on. Listen to the music, you will not be disappointed...

Ghosthustler - Someone Else's Ride

For more Ghosthuster check out my first ever blog post here.

Two Post Tuesday?? ... The Mystery Jets

Looking at the blog today I realized that with my last post I've ousted indie rock/pop from the front page. As this is something I just can't stand for, I thought I'd break my usual one post a day habit to bring you some new(ish) indie pop. The Mystery Jets are from Eel Pie Island in London (yes there somehow is an island in London and they named it after seafood baked goods), and make some pretty awesome musics. They put out a UK only release in 2005 which had some commercial success hitting 36 on the UK charts. Since then they've been building indie blog notoriety with a slew of remixes including one by the french musical wizards known as Justice. Their new album "21" will be released on the 24th of march and features the lead single "Young Love". The song is indie pop in all its glory. English accents, distraught lovers, and a catchy melody. Anywho the music speaks for itself...

Mystery Jets - Young Love

Mystery Jets - You Can't Fool Me Dennis (Justice remix) ... (this might be the only Justice remix ever thats less complicated than the original)

Remember that band The Roots

Remember the Roots? ... yeah they slipped me too. Their last CD came out almost 2 years ago now and even though they've been a band longer than I've been alive (seriously 1987 ... wtf) I had forgotten how good they were. Even though their new CD "Rising Down" doesn't have an estimated release date yet, they have a new track floating around the net. "75 Bars" is exactly that, 75 bars of ?uestlove thuggin it on drums and Black Thought putting down a two and a half minute verse, no chorus (he don't need it), and proves he can still flow with the best of em. I wouldn't expect the song to be a hit, or even a single, but its a shining example of how The Roots can still get it done, even if they are 20+ years in the game. 

The Roots - 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)

The Cool Kids get their grown man on

Well everyones favorite 80's loving rappers Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks aka The Cool Kids are back on the grind taking time off of their Australian tour to release the lead single off their upcoming EP "The Bake Sale". The new track is called "Action Figures" and is the neon duo's first take on rap of a little more serious note, i.e. not just pagers and bicycles. Although everyone else already is rapping about the plight of the ghetto, its a fresh twist for the Cool Kids. The highlight is certainly their surprisingly good flow compared to the slightly disjointed nostalgia raps of past tracks. The beat is extremely stripped down but allows the two Chi-Town MCs to take the spotlight. Who said the Eighties were dead? Anywho, the music speaks for itself... 

The Cool Kids - Action Figures

C.R.A.C Music

As of late I've been trying to keep up with the music blog over at Fader magazine, which happened to be formerly edited by RTS fave Nick Catchdubs. Anywho they put me on to a couple of new artists one of whom is C.R.A.C. Knuckles. Now from what I discover through about 15 minutes of research is that the band is two rapper/producers named Ta'Raach & The Lovelution (yes thats one person?) and Blu. Long story short they have a band, a new CD April 22 called "The Piece Talks", and a song (single?) entitled "Buy Me Lunch". Its pretty light on the rap and heavy on the old school RJD2 style funk. Give it a listen and if you like what you hear check out the respective C.R.A.C. members myspaces for a bunch of other free tracks from the new CD.

C.R.A.C. Knuckles - Buy Me Lunch

Lil Wayne Wednesday #4

This week on lil wayne wednesday i've decided to have a little blast from the past and post the first single ever to feature our boy Weezy F. Baby. The track is Juvenile's southern classic "Back That Azz Up". Weezy dropped a 30 second verse on the track that consisted of him saying "drop it like its hot" several times and then just making noises but seeing as the track was released in 1998, weezy was at the tender age of 14 years old, i'll cut him some slack. So listen and enjoy... remember The Carter III is only 27 days away. Thizz.

Juvenile ft Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne - Back That Azz Up