Here we go again folks. This is another video of DJ Exile punching the pads. If you still don’t believe in this guy after you watch this video, you might not know talent if it punched you in the face. This guy has some of the most amazing skills you could have on the MPC. Watch out for his album Radio dropping 1/20/09.
The music market might be slumping, seeing as it is the middle of the winter and nobody dares to release anything important this time of year, but the t.v. gods delivered a nice little gift today. The Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo, have released the Season 2 premiere via Funny or Die. The half an hour long episode feels much like anything you watched last season, which means tones of laughs and, of course, plenty of music. (oh yeah, and the funniest shirts/sweaters you’ll ever see courtesy of Brett). I won’t give away anything, just watch the episode for yourself! Sadly no news yet on when the next episode of Albi the Racist Dragon will appear.
Here is some videos of EV performing some of his new material off of his new release The LAyover EP. Of course it looks like it’s a live ass show. If you didn’t go out and pick up The LAyover EP, do it now because if you don’t you are going to regret it.
Some very interesting (old) new music has surfaced from one half of 2008 spotlight stealers MGMT. Andrew VanWyngarden, while attending Wesleyan University, had a class called Earth & Earth Sciences and he certainly did his very best to use his musical talents to pass the class. For some sort of presentation on the magical world of volcanoes, VanWyngarden wrote and performed a song called “Super Volcano” that sounds almost identical to some of the earlier MGMT releases out there; It’s easy to see how MGMT finally came about because this track exemplifies much of what they’re all about: over-the-top synths, floaty and imaginative vocals, and some hilarious (yet informative) lyrics. See the hilarious video for “The Youth” directed by none other than Eric Wareheim of Tim and Eric Great Awesome Show Great Job! fame below.
The track, considering its for an environmental science course, is surprisingly better than expected. It’s obviously nothing that would have made an album cut, but it makes for a delightful B-Side for a band that’s been all over the map this year. To be quite honest, the song sounds quite familiar of some older Of Montreal tracks, say…Satanic Panic era Kevin Barnes. If you fall head over heels in love with this cut though, you can find more from VanWyngarden and his first take a two man band called Glitter Penis here.
Now if only the burning hot lava from the super volcano could come and rescue all of us stuck in the miserable weather this week in Minnesota. It’s effing -35 right now!! anyway, ENJOY!
This video was taken on the third of this month at the Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle finals in New York. Ghost rips through some classic Wu-Tang material such as “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Ice Cream”. Go peep the new Ghostface compilation Ghost Deini The Great. Props to C-Sick for winning the Championships (the kid is 17).
It’s Sunday, many people who have the day off, and it’s the last chance to unwind before the shit starts hitting the fan on Monday again. As such, I decided to create a (hopefully) recurring column that fits the mood of how most of my Sunday’s go. For the 2 people who read this blog who enjoy metal, these weekly song profiles should give you a should give you a good chance to get a full session in and I hope it will be to your liking! To everyone else who reads this blog and doesn’t listen to metal, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN ALONG – I’m trying to pick songs that would be appealing to stoners in general, and hopefully some of this will open you up to some good metal that you can be proud to enjoy.
Start things off with a cut from transmission0, an inactive German sludge metal band with a taste for abrasive balls to the walls hardcore. Unfortunately, transmission0 never got much of a following outside their homeland of Germany before they called it quits, but they were very well respected by anyone who knew them for their organic (yet brutal) sound. The album opener “Cocoon” is a fine intro for anyone who missed them. A meandering piece of powerful sludge encrusted in throat-shredding vocals, soaring guitarwork, and mind numbing transitions. There’s a lot to be appreciated about the soul-stirring effects of their skilled implementation of full-on Pink Floyd style murky, foreboading electronic ambience. Enjoy!
Here is the first single “Goodbye” off of P.O.S.‘s new album Never Better which is due out on Rhymesayers Entertainment February 3rd. This album is the follow up to his sophomore effort Audition. From the sounds of this track (I love the beat) this album is going to be some hot material. This guy is amazing because he mixes Punk and Hip-Hop so fucking well.
For those of you who have never heard DJ Exile, you are missing out. This guy has some mad skills on the MPC. He put out an album with Blu last year entitled Below the Heavens which in my opinion was one of last year’s best albums. He has a new album Radio due out on January 20th. This guy actually does live MPC shows where he will sample and make a beat right in front of the crowd. Exile is disgusting, check this shit out…
Here is the second part of the video interview on KarmaloopTV that Skillz did. In this part of the video he talks about how he deals with the online haters.
This video is for a track that came out on the Jurassic 5 re-release of the always classic Jurassic 5 EP. On the new and improved version of the EP you get 15 additional tracks (the original tracklist is included) and a dvd with videos. This is one of the videos that is on the DVD. As usual J5 comes out with some hard hitting drums and some great horns. All of these guys just rip this beat apart like fresh meat.