August 2010
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Time Travelers
Upon being passed along some of Time Travelers’ music in late July, I was a little skeptical. The band is four friends of friends of the blog, all who attend Bates College. While I happily listen to everything that passes through our inbox, I can’t count the times that I’ve heard, “Hey, you have to hear my friend’s band, they’re great,” only to have...
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WatchG5 - August 26
Big K.R.I.T. shows us all how to make a video on the cheap. The “93 ‘til Infinity” beat that “Somedayz” borrows is just as breezy as it was in, well, 1993. Audio at the bottom of the post.
Slate’s Jonah Weiner wrote a tongue-in-cheek profile of Kanye West, based entirely on West’s Twitter feed and various videos and outlets that West has...
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WatchI really was trying to go with out posting about Cee-Lo’s “Fuck You”… not because I don’t like it, rather because it’s already been posted everywhere. But then the Dallas Observer posted this set of videos replacing iconic music from the movies with Cee-Lo’s new jam, and well, I couldn’t resist any longer. My favorite is the Shawshank scene (above,...
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WatchG5 - 24/8/10
Alex Winston gets her jam on with “Don’t Care About Anything” in the latest HeavyRoc live session. Also, she was The Guardian’s New Band of the Day yesterday. Very excited for what’s in store for her.
I like this feature over at The Illiterate, where each week they briefly profile each of the new entries to the Hot 100 charts. Fun to poke around (via...
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WatchG5 - Monday, August 23rd
So remember how I linked to Ted Leo’s announcement over the weekend stating that he was going to make musicals? That was all an elaborate set up for the above video for “Bottled in Cork.” Well played, sirs
A while back, Creative Loafing posted a phenomenal track-by-track breakdown of Outkast’s Aquemini with accompanying interviews… this is...
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Dissecting the Video
New feature that, like the rest of them, we probably wont do that often: Dissecting the Video
In today’s episode, examples of Nom de Guerre’s coolness — which far surpasses that of mere mortals — as cited from their video “Run Run Run.”
Nom de Guerre - Run Run Run
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WatchG5 for the Weekend
Toro y Moi’s “Low Shoulder” video gave me the willies
I played with Rap Genius’ Rap Map for half an hour. The map marks places across the US that are mentioned or eluded to in popular rap music. Good work, internet
Nathan Rabin’s interview with Ice Cube focuses on his film work, but it’s a good read nonetheless
Bono: U2 is putting...
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Sufjan with the Sneak Attack!
Sufjan Stevens surprised everybody with the release of his new All Delighted People “EP” — in quotation marks because it’s eight songs and nearly 60 minutes long — this morning. I’m about half-way through as I write… it’s very Sufjan-y, though with some new sounds here and there. Available to stream above and to buy for $5 with the...
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Morning Streams
I’ve been listening over and over to these two tracks on SoundCloud. For now, they’re only available for streaming, but keep an eye out for the official release of both very soon.
Robyn - Hang With Me (Starsmith Remix)
Zero 7 - Futures (Error Operator Remix ft. Jose Gonzalez)
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Justin Vernon
Given its plop time on Friday afternoon, you may have missed Pitchfork’s lengthy interview with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver/Gayngs/Volcano Choir. Here’s what we learned:
He recorded in Hawaii with Kanye West for his upcoming album: “So I head out there and he plays me the track and it sounds exactly like how you want it to sound: forward moving, interesting, light-hearted,...
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Femininity.
I was going to write up a whole spiel about how interesting it is that certain artists have written about or titled songs with the names of female products or procedures and what that implies about the changing role of femininity in modern society.
But then I remembered two things:
That it was all just an excuse to post “Pap Smear” and “Birth Control” that I recently...
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G5
Cool story: an NPR intern gets the chance of a lifetime, to join Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros on stage in concert
Brooklyn Radio has a great interview with the DJs of The Rub’s History of Hip-Hop crew Ayres, Cosmo and DJ Eleven
From Letters of Note, Johnny Cash on his 1964 deal with Columbia: “I’m sure you fully realise that a C/W A&R man must be...
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WatchSamuel - I Heart NY
Friend of the blog Samuel just put out his great new video for “I Heart NY,” and it’s great execution of a fun concept. I’ve been away from New York for more than a year after bouncing in and out of the city for the last two years and after watching this video, I miss New York more than ever. Great cameo from B-Roc’s dad… I thought my eyes...
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WatchThe Cellar Door: Active Child
The Cellar Door is a recurring series where we discuss music we’re coming to a little late, for whatever reason.
By now, you know Active Child. Even if you can’t name a discography or the names of singles, you know the music. You’ve listened to Active Child both when happy and sad. You’ve played it with people to inject life into a party...
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Jam.
I’m not sure what to say about John Talabot’s remix of The xx’s “Shelter;” you really need to listen to it yourself. I like that Talabot avoided a traditional dance re-make of “Shelter.” That’s one of Talabot’s biggest strengths, that he doesn’t really have one style. He uses a variety of different sounds and tempos and has no real...
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WatchG5 - A Sunny Tuesday
Yours Truly’s video profile of Freddie Gibbs and his hometown of Gary, IN is fantastic. EDIT - Like an idiot, I forgot to link the Str8 Killa download, here it is
Friends of the blog Samuel and The Knocks were also the focus of a cool video profile. Samuel put this video online yesterday… Smilez and Southstar feel to it, tongue firmly in cheek
Quote of the...
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WatchMuch has been made of Ratatat’s new video as “creepy” or “psychedelic.” It was a bit odd, but I don’t know about creepy. Your thoughts?
Ratatat - Drugs
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Theophilus London
Theophilus London gives the world a lesson on how to make a video on-the-run/on tour/on the cheap with his latest for “Hey Wonderful.”
I have little doubt that rap purists find Theophilus insufferable; they likely consider what he’s doing rapping, but distant from rap music. And there’s something to that sentiment, perhaps even Theophilus himself would agree...
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Hear Arcade Fire's The Suburbs
Giving this a listen now. You can stream the whole thing below or over at NPR.
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