The official video for “No Excuses” off of the amazing 2008 swedish pop masterpiece release No Way Down. After watching the video go out and find a copy of the album, you won’t regret it. I promise. Enjoy!
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Video: Air France – “No Excuses”
Posted in Video with tags Air France, no excuses, No Way Down, pop, sweden, Video on Monday, February 2, 2009 by Erik BurgSunday Metal Minute: Irepress, “Cyette Phiur”
Posted in Sunday Metalhead Minute with tags boston, dark castle, fargo, irepress, live, Metal, minnesota, post-rock, progressive, shoegaze, sol eye sea i, SXSW, thresholds of imbalance, triple rock social club, vernal pool on Monday, February 2, 2009 by Ryan Buege
For these final minutes of your Sunday evening, I highly encourage you to light up, kick back, and enjoy this adventurous new track of polyrhythmic progressive/post metal from Boston, MA group Irepress. The group’s press sheet states that the band will “readily find appeal with fans of Battles, Cynic and Explosions in the Sky alike”, and I’m inclined to agree with it. While much of the song vibes off of Meshuggah-esque abstract brutality and dissonant hardcore, “Cyette Phiur” is a shoegaze/post-rock epic at its heart. I never thought I would be able to say that I really enjoyed a song integrates both gang vocals AND a string section, but when it works (as it does here) I’ll be the first to admit it. It’s rare that a progressive metal band sounds so at home in such foreign territory, and they’ve got me interested to see what other ideas they’ve pulled together. So far it sounds genius..
Listen: “Cyette Phiur” (from Sol Eye Sea I, in stores 2/17)
Also worthy of note is that Irepress and Fargo, ND (..almost MPLS..) post-metal prodigies Battlefields will soon be heading out on a massive U.S. tour to support the release of their new albums including a 4 day stint in Austin, TX for SXSW. They’ll be in the metro on March 11th for a show with Dark Castle and Vernal Pool. Keep reading for all the tour dates… Continue reading
Video: Ruby Hornet TV Interview with DJ Babu
Posted in Video with tags 2DopeBoyz, Dilated Peoples, DJ Babu, Duck Season 3, Hip-Hop, Ruby Hornet on Saturday, January 31, 2009 by Tim AlthausVodpod videos no longer available.
I caught this video over at 2DopeBoyz, and I have to admit it’s really good. Babu recently did a DJ show in Chicago (I really wish I could have made it) and he did an interview with Ruby Hornet TV. Basically he talks about a wide variety of topics like being able to get into DJing these days, things with Dilated Peoples (The group and the side projects), Duck Season 3 and getting out of the “bedroom” DJ mode. Babu is one of the most down to earth and humble cats you will hear about. This interview is well worth the 13 minutes of my time, I’m learning knowledge from one of the best.
Raekwon: “Criminology 2” (Featuring Ghostface)
Posted in Audio with tags Ghostface, Hip-Hop, Only Built For Cuban Linx 2, Raekwon, Wu-Tang Clan on Friday, January 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus
I can honestly tell you that if this is the actual cover for Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, I would buy it solely for the album cover. This track is complete hotness if you know what I mean. Anytime that you get Ghostface and Raekwon together you know you are going to have an almost instant classic on your hands. Make sure you check out the track and go get Only Built for Cuban Linx 2 when it comes out. OBC2 is going to be one of the best albums of this year, mark my words.
Live Audio: Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James
Posted in Downloads with tags acoustic, Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Folk, Indie, Jim James, M. Ward, mp3 on Friday, January 30, 2009 by Erik BurgJust like the Pavement concert I linked to here a little while ago, Aquarium Drunkard delivers again with some bootleg live cuts. This time from the Pantages Theater in 2004. You kind of know what to expect from these guys, but the magic they create together is great, I’d definitely recommend checking these tracks out.
Download the whole show HERE.
Audio: Junior Boys – “Parallel Lines”
Posted in Audio with tags junior boys, mp3, new, synth on Friday, January 30, 2009 by Erik Burg
Junior Boy’s follow up to the 2006 album So This Is Goodbye, Begone Dull Care is slated to be released in the spring or summer of 2009, and listeners are finally getting a first go at it. In usual Junior Boys fashion airy synths and melodic vocals dictate the six and a half minute song. I can’t make up my mind on it yet, but it certainly isn’t a bad take.
No mp3s yet for this, it’s only streaming over at Stereogum. check it HERE
Dig Deeper: Myspace Official Page Wiki
Sufjan Beat
Posted in Art with tags animal collective, hipster, magazine, poster, Sufjan Stevens on Friday, January 30, 2009 by Erik BurgThis is kinda-sorta-maybe the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. Parody magazines of the old Tiger Beat generation with a twist of today’s indie hype madness. Sometimes It’s nice to be able to laugh at one another, and this is the perfect valve for such feelings.
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Audio: The Whitest Boy Alive – “Island”
Posted in Downloads with tags electro, Indie, mp3, New Release, pop, Whitest Boy Alive on Friday, January 30, 2009 by Erik Burg
The outpour of new music lately is unprecedented. I feel like an idiot jumping on here again and praising some blog-worthy track to the max, but here I go. (It’ll be fun this time, I promise). The Whitest Boy Alive is an interesting group, not only because its name suggests it’s a white parody-rapper or something of that sort, but because of the music as well. With only one album release out at the moment, the hugely under-rated 2007 “Dreams,” Whitest Boy plays some of the most polished and soothing songs on the market. Tracks like “Fireworks” and “Golden Cage” combine soft vocals with amazing song-writing and mix in plenty of guitar with rhythmic cymbal crashing. Maybe not so graceful sounding when I put it in words, but check the video below if you don’t believe me. Whitest Boy Alive performing “Golden Cage” live on BBC:
“Islands” is the first single off of the upcoming sophomore album “Rules” which is slated to be released in “early March” according to their Myspace. The track is much more electronically influenced, sprawling nearly seven minutes of synth heaven. Much of what makes Whitest Boy Alive so great remains, however, thanks to the vocals drums. Much of the guitar work is traded for the synthesizer, as I mentioned, giving the track a much more don-tempo disco sort of feel. It’s not really a bad thing, it’s not really a good thing, merely change. Reminding me a lot of Mock & Toof or Still Going, “Islands” is a great track to have on in the background of something, but certainly is not something that is going to steal the show. 
It raises my hopes for “Rules” slightly, seeing as I didn’t hate the track, now hopefully Whitest Boy Alive can stay with this vibe for a whole album. A track that long heard out of context can be quite different than hearing it in the middle of a twelve track LP. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see, but for now we have this at least, enjoy!
mp3: The Whitest Boy Alive – “Islands”
Dig Deeper: Myspace Official Page Wiki
Audio: Calvin Harris – “I’m Not Alone” Radio Rip
Posted in Downloads with tags Calvin Harris, electro, hipster, house, I'm Not Alone, mp3, New Release, techno on Friday, January 30, 2009 by Erik Burg
With the 2007 release of his debut album entitled “I Created Disco,” Calvin Harris burst onto the scene just about as fast as he disappeared from it. Riding the wave of stellar electro-pop that year with Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, and Digitalism all lighting up the charts, Harris was heralded for a while but then was immediately dismissed as “the same cookie cutter bullshit” that was floating around in heavy amounts that summer.
I have to say though, that “I Created Disco” however cookie cutter it may be, was a fun album. I got plenty of plays out of it, and when it comes up on shuffle now-a-days its a great refresher. I guess I was sort of dismissing a sophomore album from him though, thinking that it might just be over-the-top and foolish a la his track with Dizzee Rascal “Dance Wiv Me.”
But here I sit, enraptured by Harris’ newest single. Premiering on what seems to be some sort of French electro radio/podcast (it’s a radio rip so he talks near the end, but it doesn’t take away from the essence of the song at all) “I’m Not Alone” is pretty different from his past material. And in a really good way. Instead of the same old indie-hipster-electro-techno whatever you want to call it, Harris goes the route of 80’s new-wave house. Well, it’s kind of hard to describe and certainly not easy to categorize, for whatever it’s worth though it’s good. Like I said, “I’m Not Alone” absolutely booms with energy and club vibe, sounding like something you might hear overseas at a Tiesto show rather than on the average teenage kid’s iPod.
I’ll stop trying to describe a song that simply has to be heard. Whether you dismissed his first release or simply haven’t heard him yet, Harris will be making waves with this release, so be ahead of the curb and grab “I’m Not Alone” now!
mp3: Calvin Harris – “I’m Not Alone” Radio Rip
Dig Deeper: Myspace Official Page Wiki
Video: P.O.S. Interview w/ Kiwibox
Posted in Video with tags Hip-Hop, Never Better, P.O.S., Rhymesayers Entertainment on Thursday, January 29, 2009 by Tim AlthausI never knew that Stef had his first mastercopy of his new album stolen. In this video he talks about the issue of his album being stolen and how political the new album is.
On a seperate note you should definitely think about going out and getting P.O.S.’s new album Never Better out on Rhymesayers Entertainment February 3rd. It should be a great follow up to 2006’s Audition.
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