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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Gnarls Barkley's new video for their track "Going On" doesn't have Cee-Lo and Dangermouse in weird costumes. In fact, they're not in it at all. But that doesn't matter really does it? The video is still really dope. Filmed in Jamaica, director Wendy Morgan tells the tale of a young leader leading his followers to a doorway to another dimension. There's a weird New Testament vibe to it too, which is sort of interesting especially with the message at the end. "Going On" is off Gnarls Barkley's album The Odd Couple which is out now from Atlantic Records. Thursday, May 08, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
 I don't drink Smirnoff, but my ladyfriend does. And I haven't been really psyched about a KRS-One record since 'I Got Next, but the homie Jorge just told me I wouldn't be mad at this Smirnoff remix joint. So, I peeped the video, and it's not half bad. It's KRS-One and DJ Premier teamed up for a '08 update of the Boogie Down Productions classic "Criminal Minded." KRS-One & DJ Premier "Criminal Minded '08 (Smirnoff Signature Mix)" Windows Media Quicktime Real Media I guess there are more Smirnoff remixes from Common & Just Blaze, and Q-Tip and Cool & Dre on the Smirnoff Signature Mix Series website. Spokane, Washington-based James Pants' forthcoming debut album 'Welcome' just might be the best thing Stones Throw Records has put out since Madvillain. Sorry Dilla... Oh, and the surrealist video for "Cosmic Rapp" is pretty badass too!
James Pants' 'Welcome' hits stores May 27th on the Stones Throw Records label.  New music from Sweden is always good news especially when it comes from the fine folks at Labrador Records. So I greeted the e-mail in my box with a link to Malmö-based The Radio Dept.'s new single "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" as such. Hopefully you will too. The Radio Dept. "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" "Freddie and the Trojan Horse," which drops (via 3 track CD single) on June 4th, is the first single from The Radio Dept.'s forthcoming LP 'Clinging to a Scheme,' due out on Labrador Records September 10th. Monday, May 05, 2008
Fuck what yo mama say, me and at least a few other core members of the site support Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. Apparently Los Angeles-based producer Daedelus and TI$A, a.k.a. Taz Arnold (formerly?) of Sa-Ra Creative Partners do too. They even made a song and video saying so!
So, it's (pr)Obama and it gives us a little taste of what Taz is doing outside of Sa-Ra? Yeah, that's what's up. Editors Note: I know I've been negligent with the whole "New Music Monday" and "Hip-Hop Thursday" thing as well as the uploading of podcasts. I'm actually contemplating folding the MP3 posts into the podcast. But nothing's been decided yet. I'm gonna try to get back on track with some kind of regularity with this shit though. Just watch... .jpg) Why? "Fatalist Palmistry" After a couple of records where he morphed from a one-man rapper/producer act into a full band that made weird Alt-Rock, Oakland-based Why? brings back the Rap shit on at least half the cuts from their 'Alopecia' disc. "Fatalist Palmistry," a jangly Rock tune with esoteric lyrics, isn't one of them, but it's still one of my favorite songs from the album. .jpg) Thao With the Get Down Stay Down "Beat (Health, Life and Fire)" Her album 'We Brave Bee Stings and All' has been out for a minute, and I even posted a video for one of the other cut's from the record, but Thao Nguyen's debut is one of my favorite releases of the year so far. That's due in large part to the lead-off track "Beat (Health, Life and Fire)" and it's depressedly romantic lyrics, which I relate to wholeheartedly. .jpg) Trouble Over Tokyo "The Liar" While Justin Timberlake was busy trying to resurrect Duran Duran and Madonna, UK-based one-man-band Trouble Over Tokyo was flipping his brand of whiny, white-boy Electro-Soul into some new school melodramatic Power-Pop goodness. His new record 'Pyramides' is super-solid throughout, but the string-laden "The Liar," which benefits from dope programming, an ill falsetto and impeccable lyricism is my jam. .jpg) Slow Runner "I'm Gonna Hate You When You Go" The quartet of South Carolinian's called Slow Runner makes melancholy but melodic Indie Rock. Their album 'Mermaids' is both fantastically otherworldly and resonantly down-to-earth. Part of it's humanness comes from how Emo songs like "I'm Gonna Hate You When You Go" (which is sort of my anthem right now) are. Sunday, May 04, 2008
 Remember that chick Janelle Monáe who was down with Big Boi and his Purple Ribbon All-Stars? Remember how she sang on that ill-fated 'Idlewilde' soundtrack with Outkast? Oh, you don't? Well, that's actually not that surprising. But what is surprising is that she's somehow gotten with Diddy in some capacity and is about to drop a record of some sort. What's even more surprising is that something this dope has anything to do with Diddy! Peep the first single "Many Moons." Janelle Monáe "Many Moons" Windows Media Real Media  Marion Island is a sub-Antarctic South African island that is home to many studied forms of Arctic wildlife, such as penguins and seals. Recently, scientists, who were studying there, had the bizarre experience of seeing a seal try to have sex with a penguin. De Bruyn and a colleague were on Trypot beach at Marion Island to study elephant seals when they noticed a young, adult male Antarctic fur seal, in good condition, attempting to copulate with an adult king penguin of unknown sex. Seals apparently are known for sexual harassment, but mostly towards other species of seals. This is the first time scientists have ever seen a seal try to get it on with a penguin. In other words, homeboy was hard up. To be honest the description of the penguin/seal love sounds all too similar to a few dates I've been on. Friday, May 02, 2008
 With all the remixes of Radiohead's "Nude" floating around it's nice to hear a good old-fashioned cover of a Radiohead song for a change. This one is of their classic "Idioteque" and it comes courtesy of San Diego Indie-Rock band Calico Horse's lead singer Emily Neveu. It's purty... Calico Horse "Idioteque" Calico Horse's debut album 'Mirros' hits stores June 24th on Banter Records. Even though the song is super old I'm glad to see a new video for Dntel's "Rock My Boat" featuring Mia Doi Todd none the less. It was my favorite cut from his 2007 LP 'Dumb Luck,' which is still in storeson the Sub Pop Records label, hands down. And I gotta say, I wish Mia's albums sounded more like this track. The same could be said for the Conor Oberst joint on the album too. I'm kinda lovin' Hip-Hop duo Kidz in the Hall's slumpy new trunk-rattler "Drivin' Down the Block" and it's low-budget throwback video.
It's from their forthcoming sophomore LP 'The In Crowd,' which drops May 13th on Duck Down Records. And why don't I have Tapes 'n Tapes new album 'Walk It Off' already?
It's in stores now, on the XL Records label, and it features this track, titled "Hang Them All." Romain Gavras is my personal hero. I've written about him before. He's the French guy who has done videos for Simian Mobile Disco, DJ Medhi and The Last Shadow Puppets. Now, Gavras has helped out fellow Frenchies Justice with a video for their track "Stress". The title fits, as the song does have a very stress heavy sound. The video that Gavras came up with fits the song, but rather than play out like a music video, Gavras created a short film. The video follows a group of young boys through the projects in France to the streets of Paris as they punch, kick, spit and beat through their day. The whole thing feels like 'La Haine' meets 'The Warriors' with a dash of 'Cops'. "Stress" is off of Justice's album '†' which is out now. Thursday, May 01, 2008
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