June 21st, 2009
YouTube user Suprefan has graciously posted videos from both of Grizzly Bear’s sets this weekend at the Wiltern and Troubadour. Their Friday show at the former was one of the best I’ve seen this year, and despite typical Youtube graininess, the videos bear it out.
My review at the Times doesn’t come close to Derek Miller’s Vecktamist opus, but hopefully does the performance some justice. Every time I see this band it’s nothing short of amazing. More videos after the jump.
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MP3: Grizzly Bear-”Cheerleader”
MP3: Grizzly Bear-”Owner of a Lonely Heart (Yes Cover)”
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June 19th, 2009
In the wake of the recent and rightful attention paid to Quik and BlaQKout, I’m surprised I haven’t seen anyone mention “Buck Bounce,” his Space Age 4 Eva collabo with 8Ball & MJG. The song that didn’t make either of their greatest hits, but should have.
More on this topic later.
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MP3: 8Ball & MJG ft. DJ Quik-”Buck Bounce”
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June 15th, 2009
The real hyperbole will rain down closer to the June 23rd release date. In the meantime, the Henry Choi-created video for The 5 0′ Clock Shadowboxers project from Zilla and Douglas Martin stands sturdier than any faulty gastrointestinal tract. If this doesn’t make you take these guys seriously, then I’m not sure what will. Strippers? Scones? The Sasquatch? Listen to the lyrics: don’t sleep (or eat) on a weak stomach.
Also, be sure to scoop “Stay Clean” from 2 Dope Boyz, and stay tuned next week–The Slow Twilight is rapidly approaching.
Download:
MP3: 5 0′ Clock Shadowboxers-”Weak Stomach”
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May 17th, 2009
Stuck inside on a gorgeous Sunday, writing a feature on Black Moth Super Rainbow. The only consolation is that listening to this song inside is a halfway approximation of the halcyon weather. Living vicariously, I suppose. This band is severely underrated.
Pre-Order: Black Moth Super Rainbow–Eating Us
MP3: Black Moth Super Rainbow-”Neon Syrup for the Cemetery Sisters”
MP3: Black Moth Super Rainbow-”Born on a Day the Sun Didn’t Rise”
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May 12th, 2009
If this and the Dos Equis commercials don’t take home Clio’s, the world is an unholy place. 007-373-5963 better work on the new Punch-Out.
Via Great Scott
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MP3: Emmmy Lou Harris-”The Boxer”
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April 5th, 2009
The latest tomfoolery from Lonely Island. If Rick Ross wanted to salvage any last shreds of dignity, he’d have been wise to have done a cameo–of course, that would require a modicum of self-awareness. In some ways, this is more damning than anything 50 did, particularly, the “promoting synergy like a Bawss,” line–an idea also known as the “Hustlin’ Remix.”
[Via Metal Lungies]
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April 1st, 2009
I’m perpetually a sucker for videos that channel the bargain-basement grit of the vintage Yo! MTV Raps days. The clip for “Get It Right Now!” the lead single from Del’s free give-a-way, Funk Man (The Stimulus Package), amounts to little more than him smoking blunts in a squalid apartment, and black and white shots of him mean-mugging in a fur-trimmed hoodie. It’s awesome. I haven’t listened to the full album yet, but judging from this single, the best advice is to get it right now.
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MP3: Del The Funky Homosapien-”Get It Right Now!”
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March 12th, 2009
Exactly. At some point in 1998, this became my favorite song/video from Doggystyle. The amount of money I would pay for bottle service at the Carolina West is incalculable, but only if the Fabulous Dramatics were playing. This is the only way I’d be willing to pay for bottle service. Fuck, I might even spring for Valet. I also wouldn’t mind a friend named Taadow.
For me, Doggystyle > Chronic. This is one of those crucial questions that defines your entire existence. Like Biggie or Tupac, Obama or McCain, Back to the Future I, II, or III.
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MP3: Snoop Doggy Dogg-”Doggy Dogg World”
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March 3rd, 2009
Not to disparage the man for attempting to get paid–those mixtapes certainly aren’t bringing home the turkey bacon. But this is arguably the lamest thing I’ve seen a rapper do since Meth and Red did those deodorant commercials. Except those were two of the greatest rappers of all time and Mickey Factz is….a guy who drives a Honda Accord. Maybe he can call Kevin Barnes for advice on how to weather the storm?
[Via Elitaste]
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February 23rd, 2009
See also.
Stiles is due for some Jackie Earle Haley comeuppance.
There is a Free Darko post waiting to be written about the transcendent skill and swagger of teenaged werewolves. Scott Skiles modeled his entire career after Scott Howard.
And for fun, en espanol.
I guess this means Mickey Rourke should’ve totally done Wrestlemania 25.
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MP3: The Wolf Sisters-”Big Bad Wolf”
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