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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Uffie feat. Mr Oizo – MCs Can Kiss
Annie Mac played it the other day and the context made it sound good enough to listen to again. On my fifth listen I am still conflicted. Her attitude is great, but the beat isn’t. Her lyrics are stupid/fun but the flow ain’t fine. The hook is sharp [...]
What Would You Do If I Sang Autotune
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Wow.
A while back we all commented on the amazingly bad Ringo Starr TV appearance on the Daily Show. Here are the Evolution Control Committee with their version….
BTW, singing out of tune while lip synching to the real tune is very difficult. Thanks to MarkR for the tip
The A & R Guy
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Just is case you were thinking about a career as a DJ or producer….
Lhasa de Sela RIP
Friday, January 8th, 2010A bit late on this one:
She passed Jan 01 of breast cancer. I have been a fan, on and off, since “La Llorona” was released in ‘97. And the latest CD makes my PoOPlist for 2009. Very sad.
And she was born in Big Indian, NY
Her site: Lhasa de Sela
2 vids on 1 song from Major Lazer – One more disturbing that the last
Friday, January 8th, 2010I had really hoped against hope that this most obvious of all the hits on the Major Lazer record would be selling shedloads by now, but it was not to be. But “Keep It Going Louder” has yielded two very distinctive vids. The first is somewhat normal, the other is … not.
Major Lazer Keep It [...]
PoOPster Hubris Warning: The Decade in Music Genre Hype
Monday, January 4th, 2010Funny and insightful, Christopher R. Weingarten (he of the 1000 twittered album reviews) has “a solemn tribute to the once-hot-shit trends that (mostly) won’t be joining us in the ’10s” New York Music – The Decade in Music Genre Hype Serves as a sobering grounding for those of us compiling our PoOP lists this week… [...]
My heroes… Chase & Status
Sunday, September 27th, 2009Perfect record for a soggy and gray day spent fiddling with records.
Their LP from last year was pretty good drum n bass, but nothing could have prepared us for this. I first heard it back in April and it’s been growing on me ever since. Once again, turn up the bass if you can. (Available [...]
Or, you could just buy a proper LP…
Monday, September 14th, 2009Dissection of the new iTunes “LP” feature. Apparently each can be 500MB in addition to the actual “music”!! http://jayrobinson.org/2009/09/11/some-notes-on-itunes-lp/
Sound archive of the British Library goes online, free of charge
Friday, September 4th, 2009Sound archive of the British Library goes online, free of charge – so The Guradian tells us. (But I can’t yet make it work…)
HUGE MUSIC YARD SALE! – 10,000 CDs, LPs, 45s, DVDs – Labor Day Weekend
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009HUGE MUSIC YARD SALE! – 10,000 CDs, LPs, 45s, DVDs – Labor Day Weekend
Zip’s Ziggurat presents another
Insane! Music yard sale
10,000s of LPs , CDs +12”s
Rock, pop, hip hop, country, dance, world, folk, reggae, soul, alt.rock, jazz, funk, punk, r+b, metal, classical, techno, new wave, house, old-timey, breaks, spoken, 80’s, electro, blues, DVDs, promos, [...]
If this were a just world…
Thursday, August 6th, 2009… New Order would sell as many songs off the back of an Absolut ad as Chris Brown sold off the back of some poor couple’s wedding dance video.
There are 75 Bands in this picture (or so we are told)
Friday, July 24th, 2009Here is an ongoing list of nominees: http://friendfeed.com/eskimo/0c7c46f9/there-are-75-bands-depicted-in-this-picture-let
Staff Benda Bilili – “Je T’aime”
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Thanks to Raissa for this. That “lute/tin can” sound has been torturing me for a coupla weeks. Now I know where it comes from. Downloading from emusic now…
Robots respond to “Death of Auto-tune”… All-out Battle Imminent?
Monday, June 8th, 2009Video done by the peerless Jay Smooth. Check his great blog: and vlog :
New De La Soul track:
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Big Mouf (free mp3 download)
Official vid for Major Lazer “Hold The Line”
Saturday, May 30th, 2009spot the Black flag samples.
Diplo and Switch go downyard and make a yardie tape for the new era. Feat. Santogold among others. Previews at rcrdlbl.com and full drops on or about June 12. You thought the air-raid siren was done? Think again.
The Damnwells Let ‘Er Rip
Friday, February 27th, 2009The Damnwells, possibly the hardest-working band you’ve never heard of, have decided to give it all away, here. They play Live at The Mercury Lounge, April 4th.
Lady Sovereign – So Human
Monday, February 16th, 2009With a good (but obvious) Cure sample. I’ll bet the full CD is heavier. Guaranteed.
Why no Grammy commentary?
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009One word: Coldplay.
After that it really does not matter.
But, at least there was this:
In Search of Sid (Vicious)
Monday, January 26th, 2009In Search of Sid (BBC Radio 4) Jah Wobble makes a very interesting half hour radio doc about Sid Vicious. VERY limited time to listen to the stream. Including interviews with Marco Perroni and Viv from the Slits.
That other list is out…
Thursday, January 22nd, 20092008 Pazz ‘n Jop is out. If you think you’re pompous, try these guys on for size….
Fresh Air: The Rise and Fall of the Music Industry (also Jeb Loy Nichols)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009The Rise And Fall Of The Music Industry (MP3) Rolling Stone contributing editor Steve Knopper chronicles the rise of the record industry — and its subsequent digital-age collapse — in his new book, Appetite For Self-Destruction.
Also: Jeb Loy Nichols Mixes It Up In ‘Parish Bar’
Dispossessed How I Lost Most of My Music Collection—and Nearly My Mind
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Dispossessed
How I Lost Most of My Music Collection—and Nearly My Mind (Dave Segal – The Stranger) Uggh.
The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead at 60
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009AP report (hosted at Google)
fiad?
Sunday, January 4th, 2009The “fiad” link you see in the navigation above is a piece of house-keeping used to make the pooplist naming conventions work. If you click it you will not go anywhere. Really.
New lists are posted as they arrive. If you see an ‘08 next to a name to the right, that PoOPster has a [...]