Sep
13

I Think I Have a New Hero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUIyzcpR6oo $5 says this guy’s either the lead singer of the Teddybears  or the ghost of Paul Bryant. Download: MP3: My Morning Jacket-”The Bear”

Sep
10

Beards, Blazers & Backpacks: Pacewon, Mr. Green & Outsidaz Nostalgia

Prior to Lee Perry and the technicolor Lucky Charms Coat taking over that Mormon bastion, the El Rey theater, I watched Pacewon and his DJ/producer/token white boy, Mr. Green deliver a capable, simple set of beats and rhymes. It was fine, but the entire time I couldn’t help but wish I was watching an Outsidaz… Continue reading »

Sep
05

Harvey Averne Dozen-”Never Learned To Dance”

At this moment in time, I’m convinced that there is no better way to set off your weekend than this 1968 cut from Latin Jazz outfit, The Harvey Averne Dozen. Arguably the best dance song ever written about being unable to dance, I can assure you that it’s infinitely more fun than that funereal album… Continue reading »

Aug
04

Murs-Can It Be

After listening to the godawful hyphy-tinged, “Dreadlocks” that leaked earlier this year, my expectations were severely lowered for Murs for President, the ex-Def Jukie’s major-label debut. But after hearing official first single, “Can It Be,” consider those odds reversed. I’ve been a Murs fan for a long time and this is an instant contender for… Continue reading »

Jul
30

Tricky-Knowle West Boy

The first fifteen seconds of “Council Estate,” the lead single off of Knowle West Boy neatly recapitulate the past decade of Tricky’s maddening, mystifying career. For those few seconds, the eccentric strings and clattering home-baked percussion out of which Tricky constructed his most enduring work fumble out of the speakers, but before tension takes hold,… Continue reading »

Jul
24

Video: Besnard Lakes-Devastation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FA5gIS3a08 Things I am a sucker for. 1. Stoner prog-rock. 2. Cool animated music videos. 3. The Besnard Lakes. Henceforth, I really like the video for “Devastation” from their sorely-slept on, 2007 LP, The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse.  Plus, it features an actual animated dark horse, one ostensibly named Buttercup who likes funions.  … Continue reading »

Jul
16

The Wonders of Leopold Stotch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU-2FiuuEXw I probably shouldn’t find this funny and yet somehow I can’t stop laughing. via Nialler 9.

Jul
09

New Q-Tip-”Getting Up”

New track from the Abstract, swiped via Clap Cowards. Supposedly, this is an early leak from Tip’s Universal/Motown release, The Renaissance.  As it stands, the project’s website has a “coming soon” banner, so who knows if it’ll actually see the light of day. Mark Ronson did the beat and I have to say that between… Continue reading »

Jun
26

Ticket Giveaway-Where The Action Was Rock History Tour

Were I not going to be suffering under the deliriously hot Van Nuys sun playing baseball all Saturday, chances are I’d be at the Where the Action Was Rock Tour hosted by the very fine rock writer, Kim Cooper. Yeah, I get nerdy like that. What’s it to you? The moral of this ramble is… Continue reading »

Jun
23

Summer Jamz 2008 #1: Dan Weiss and Alfred Soto

    At the expense of launching into a repetitive and long-winded intro, allow me to get right to it. Here is Day 1 of Summer Jamz 08, a feature which will appear daily over the next two weeks here at the Passion and the very fine sites mentioned below. With that I present to… Continue reading »

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