Watching this video was pretty much the highlight of my day. It also makes me want to see a live Black Milk show more and more. Watch this video as he completely destroys his set and tears it up for the fine city of Machester. He starts off the set with one of my favorites from Tronic, “Long Story Short”, and then follows with “So Gone” which was a track from Popular Demand. I love when Black jumps on the MPC and starts playing around with the beat for “The Matrix”. This guy has some serious skills and there’s no reason you shouldn’t check this. If you haven’t picked up Tronic yet I don’t know if there’s any hope for you…
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Black Milk rocks Manchester
Posted in Media, Video with tags Black Milk, Detroit Hip-Hop, Popular Demand, Tronic on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by Tim AlthausWhere The Wild Things Are trailer released; music by Arcade Fire, score by Karen O
Posted in News, Video with tags book adaptation, karen o, new movie, soundtrack, The Arcade Fire, where the wild things are on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by Erik BurgSo this pretty much blew my mind, and turned a terrible day into a slightly displeasing one. I’ve been anxiously awaiting news from this movie, and for the release of course too, but I had not idea the news and trailer would be this amazing. So get your act together and watch the two minute trailer below. The video’s set to the beautiful (and slightly re-done) “Wake Up” by The Arcade Fire, and the film itself will be scored by the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O. Oh man, I’m foaming at the mouth over this. “There’s one in all of us”
Where The Wild Things Are
October 16th, 2009
Directed and written by Spike Jonze
Black Blondie introduces debut album Do You Remember..? with a tune
Posted in Downloads with tags black blondie, candy cigarettes, do you remember who you wanted to be?, download, female vocals, Hip-Hop, minneapolis, minnesota, mp3, pop, r&b, romi da luna, soul on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 by Ryan Buege
Displaying an elegance and savvy soulfulness of a band wise beyond their years, it’s hard to believe that Black Blondie are only now making the announcement for what they consider to be their “debut”. The local fourpiece has been earning respect and acclaim both locally and nationally over the past few years for their danceable, experimental style of gritty, soul, pop, hip-hop and R&B; they’ve been tapped to open for everyone from the Roots to Jill Scott to K’naan to Amy Winehouse (as well as participated in countless much smaller local gigs) and even appeared on URB‘s shortlist of artists to watch out for in the Mar/Apr 2008 issue. Now, thanks to City Pages Gimme Noise, we’re aware that the group has scheduled an April 14th release for their first official LP, Do You Remember Who You Wanted To Be? The time couldn’t be better for them to release this, and from the sounds of the sample that they provided, “Candy Cigarettes”, they’re not holding anything back. As strong and powerful as it is soothing, the vocal combination of Black Blondie’s Samahra and Channy Moon Casselle from Roma di Luna is a something to be commended. Indeed, it’s a haunting mood they’ve created on this song, and I’m grooving on it; I can’t wait to hear more when the release comes April 14th and I’m sure many longtime Black Blondie fans are thinking the same thing.
MP3: Black Blondie, “Candy Cigarettes (featuring Channy Moon Casselle)” (from Do You Remember Who You Wanted To Be?, available 4/14)
Dredg resurfaces with “Saviour” from new album
Posted in Downloads with tags Audio, download, dredg, mp3, progressive rock, saviour, the Delusion, the Pariah, the Parrot on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 by Ryan Buege
These days, waiting 4 years between albums is basically the equivalent to a lifetime, and maybe that’s why it seems like Dredg basically disappeared from the face of the earth after they releaseed 2005’s Catch Without Arms. The growth that Dredg showed from their earlier releases to CWA was something quite remarkable (which may be why I didn’t appreciate it as much upon its initial release), and given 4 more years of growth, one couldn’t be very sure what to expect from Dredg’s forthcoming album The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion. Well, the time is soon coming for the release of the entire album – which is good, considering Dredg’s conceptual tendencies – but for now they have treated us to a new track! “Saviour” is an off-time, poppy, progressive rocker that combines both the upbeat, catchy charm of Catch Without Arms with the dirty, heady, psychedelic rock that Dredg perfected on Leitmotif. Personally, I’m still interested in hearing the somber experimentation they displayed on el Cielo, but if they’ve moved on, I guess I can try to move on with them. Listen for yourself:
MP3: Dredg, “Saviour” (from The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion, available 5/19)
UPDATE: File has been removed after request from WMG/Independent Label Group. Hopefully we’ll hear it again soon.
UPDATE 2!! After some pestering, they led me to Dredg AbsolutePunk.net profile, where they are currently streaming “Saviour”! Head over there to listen to this new jam from Dredg’s forthcoming album.
Keep reading for a full listing of Dredg’s spring tour dates, including a stop at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis with Torche and From Monument to Masses! Continue reading
José González’s song “Down the Line” = perfect song for rainstorms & procrastination
Posted in Video with tags Berklee Internet Radio Network, BIRN, Down the Line, In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Nicholas Blexrud
As I was listening to the Berklee Internet Radio Network (BIRN), I caught the trail end of some unfamiliar lyrics”Don’t Let the Darkness Eat You Up”. I quickly searched the lyrics and found the song “Down the Line” sung beautifully by a Swedish lad, José González. “Down the Line” was a single off his September 2007 release of In Our Nature. Cool. I found the song. I am so good at this. Ha. Anyway, as I work vigorously on a well-procrastinated marketing plan due bright an early at 8 am, while staring hopelessly into the darkness of the rainy night here in Winona, I (hold on a sec have to go to YouTube and restart “Down the Line”, ah, there we go) find it soothing and fitting for my slacker ways of school. Maybe, if you are reading this, you, too, will view the video while taking brief glances out into a dark, dreary night, but hey, “Don’t let the darkness eat you up!”
Follow us over to the next page, and watch the video for “Down The Line” along with us… Continue reading
Black Milk is having “Dreams”
Posted in Downloads with tags Black Milk, Detroit Hip-Hop, Random Axe, Slum Village, Tronic on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Tim Althaus
Man it seems like the year that Black Milk has been having can only happen in a dream. He released (in my opinion) the best album of last year, and is coming out with more deadly venom this year with a wide array of projects (Random-Axe, Tracks on the new Slum Village, working with KRS on a track).
This track “Dreams” is a web exclusive that Black Milk released and it sounds much like anything else he has done in the past, fire as hell. The beat starts out with a hard hitting bass to snare and fades to a nice piano and synth loop. Continue reading
Pearl Jam 10 Special Editions!
Posted in Media with tags Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam Ten Special Editions, Special Editions, Ten on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Nicholas Blexrud
I was talking to super-fly uncle and he had told me to check out this fun, interactive website: Pearl Jam 10 Special Editions.
Pretty much you assemble a 3-D photograph of a Pearl Jam album cover, and you are rewarded with a free download of one of their Special Edition Tracks.
DIG DEEPER: Website
Cymarshall Law & Elzhi Are on a “Bullet Train”
Posted in Downloads with tags Cymarshall Law, Elzhi, Hip-Hop, Masia One on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Tim Althaus
This gem has been sitting in my inbox for a few days because I haven’t had the time to get it on the blog because of school issues. I am glad that I finally have time to get this up because it features two of the illest emcees in the game right now. “Bullet Train” is a track by Cymarshall Law, and it features the always flame throwing Elzhi and the female emcee Masia One.
If you haven’t heard of Elzhi or Cymarshall Law you really need to do yourself a favor and jump on the bandwagon. They put out two of the best albums of last year with no question and they have some of the best flow and rhymes that you will ever here. It seems like they are both able to make any beat they are given and make it their home. Elzhi really kills the beat, “I steamroll your team whole/get your whole dream stole/then take my supreme role as an extreme goal/I been in my zone chattin’ on an iPhone with a chick twistin’ up trees like a cyclone”. Masia One and Cymarshall Law follow in the same line and kill this hard hitting synth beat. If you like good rhymes do yourself a favor and download this one, you will be very dissapointed if you don’t.
Download “Bullet Train” here
Metal A/V Roundup: New ISIS music! Amon Amarth, Cattle Decapitation videos, much more
Posted in Audio, Video with tags amon amarth, Audio, cattle decapitation, Isis, mastodon, Metal, music video, New Album, new music, torche, warbringer, wavering radiant on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Ryan Buege
Isis is back. In only a few weeks, their new album Wavering Radiant will be officially unveiled, and this guy couldn’t be happier! Really, when it rains it pours; within a short 24 hour period I’m getting my ears on the first tastes of music from new Converge AND Isis – I think my head is about to explode. Isis just posted the song “20 Minutes/40 Years” over at their MySpace website (UPDATE: we’ve got a free MP3 linked below), and I’m now, for the indeterminate future, dutifully listening on repeat to this precursor of the divine psychedelic doom metal that is coming to everyone’s ears by April 21st. You’ll all likely just have to resign to the same lifestyle as well, and Isis seems to think it should be enough for now. In their words:
We feel this [“20 Minutes/ 40 Years”] is a good representation of [Wavering Radiant]. Our friend Matt Santoro is working on a video for this song which will be completed around the time of the records release. This is also the song we showcased on the ATP tour we did back in December. We hope you enjoy it. There’s lots of “ear candy” in this one, so be sure to listen on some headphones – or, better yet, wait until the vinyl is released for full sonic enjoyment.
MP3: Isis, “20 Minutes/40 Years” (from Wavering Radiant, available 4/21)
In other obscure regions of the metal realm, it was a very busy weekend as well. A number of metal videos and songs that recently surfaced are posted below for your viewing and listening entertainment. Enjoy!
Cattle Decapitation – music video released this week for their first single (is it really called that for a grindcore band?) from The Harvest Floor, “Regret and the Grave“. It’s one that leaves little to the imagination; haunting, scary, sick’n’twisted, in-your-face blasting, grinding, gritty madness!
WATCH: Cattle Decapitation, “Regret and the Grave” (from The Harvest Floor)
Amon Amarth – their second music video from their recent Twilight of the Thundergod is now available, created for the defiant Viking death metal battle hymn “Guardians of Asgaard“. The song features Petrov from Entombed, and the video is epic and fucking awesome (in plainspeak). Nothing more needs to be acknowledged other than the fact that Amon Amarth owns, and the video and new album are further proof of their exalted status.
WATCH: Amon Amarth, “Guardians of Asgaard” (from Twilight of the Thundergod)
LISTEN: Torche, “Sugar Glider” (from Healer/Across The Shields 12″)
WATCH: Mastodon, Crack the Skye In Studio Video (full length, 10 episode edition!!)
LISTEN: Warbringer, “Severed Reality” (from Waking Into Nightmares, available 5/19)
WATCH: Iron Maiden, Flight 666 Trailer (available 4/21, and select screenings)
Feel free to stream the new Peter, Bjorn, and John
Posted in Audio with tags living things, New Album, Peter Bjorn and John, stream on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Erik BurgTheir new album, due out March 31st, is absolutely great. Peter, Bjorn, and John have really stepped up their game on Living Things, and I’m so happy to say so. I’ve been slightly disappointed by big releases from popular bands lately, but PBJ have not let me down in the least. So go check out their album and be sure to pick it up when the physical copy comes out. I’d suggest “Nothing to Worry About” or “Lay It Down”. Enjoy!
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