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You can help fund a film about Graham Parker
Friday, July 23rd, 2010He is a diamond geezer. When I would ask him to sign records for me he was always simultaneously surly and gracious (two of my favourite things!). My signed copy of “Mercury Poisoning” on coloured vinyl is one of my greatest fetish objects. Kickstarter provides an easy and transparent way to fund projects. Projects ask [...]
Note to ourselves: Keep an open mind
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Over the years, I’ve had my issues with Beck (check that great tartan backgroud!) and quite a few more with NPR’s generally bourgeois coverage of music (unabashed Radiohead fanboi-ism), but now it’s time for a hat tip or two. Via the NPR All Songs Considered (sic) blog comes “Five Great Cover Songs From 2010 (So [...]
Favela on Blast – Watch for free for a few days
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Diplo coproduced a movie about Favela Funk / Funk Carioca
MAH, FlyLo, Roska, Joy Orbison – Sonar 2010 – Video
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The Beeb has just posted a quick 8 minute video with Mary Anne Hobbs talking to the cats she brought with her to the Sonar Festival in Barcelona – Joy Orbison, Roska and Flying Lotus. Includes footage from the stage also. Of note: Flying Lotus making a point of mentioning the importance, to him, of [...]
“Hold On” by Rusko w/ Amber Coffman gets official vid!
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010Unlike the earlier vid for “Woo Boost”, this one pretty much straight ahead. Featuring our hero on the decks and standard pix of kids having a good time at a rave. Ho-hum, but still a reeeeaaallllyyyy good track from his new LP. Features Amber Coffman from Dirty Projectors. What really makes it for me is [...]
Official vid for Rusko “Woo Boost” – @MadDecent blows it again?
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Mad Decent just posted this, the official vid for one of our favourite choons from the last 14 months, “Woo Boost” by Rusko: They are readying release of his first full length “O.M.G.” for May 2010 and this will be the first single. As is the norm these days (and especially at Mad Decent), there [...]
NSFW – New Massive Attack vid
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Massive Attack (feat. Hope Sandoval) “Paradise Circus”. The video is directed by Toby Dye and features Georgina Spelvin discussing her part in the notorious “Devil in Miss Jones”. Her remembrances and insights are intercut with scenes from the original film and the soundtrack is the MA song. The overall effect is fascinating, alternately haunting and [...]
People who died… NYT disses Lux Interior
Sunday, January 31st, 2010NYT has a good musical video necrology of 2009: But Lux Interior is missing. Wonder if the Grammys one will include him. Wonder how the Grammys one will match up with this one. I suspect that there will substantially more MJ in the Grammy one, what with his kids showing up and all. You’ll have [...]
OK (Go) – I’ll bite.
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010via Open Letter From OK Go – OK Go. A really good primer from one of the OK Go boys on the state of the music industry today. And why EMI / Capitol will not let YouTube enable the embedding code on their videos. OK Go – This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on [...]
Another R.I.P. – Yabby You
Friday, January 15th, 2010Try his dreader than dread Blood and Fire release Jesus Dread (unfortunately, the CD appears to be out of print) Find it at amazon.com (1972-1977) OR Download it from eMusic (much cheaper!)
The Beatles 3000 – *Very* funny, possibly true?
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Thanks to Lazygal
Tom Waits & Kool Keith – Two great tastes… together
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Mad Decent bigs up David Rodigan
Monday, September 21st, 2009Diplo’s Mad Decent radio interviews David Rodigan, don of selectas. Also links to some wicked videos of the man in action RAM JAM PODCAST!!! | Mad Decent
HEH! Prince Zimboo comes to rule…
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Prince Zimboo “Love Diareha” – A fun, funny track with a great groove. This deserves to be huge. It wasn’t on YouTube yet so I cobbled something together and put it up. Zimboo first came to our attention with his contribution to the Major Lazer record earlier this year. Despite the brevity of the track, [...]
These noises frighten me…
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Remarkable collaborative video – Sour “Hibi no neiro”
Friday, July 3rd, 2009I cannot imagine the planning and work that went into this…
New Jay Z track “announces” death of Auto-Tune
Monday, June 8th, 2009But you just know that pooplist was there first
Tune of the Summer: Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden – Bonkers
Friday, May 29th, 2009I simply cannot stop playing it. It’s the nastiest bass noise for a long time and it’s just hit #1 in the UK. Awesome!
Stop motion wonder of the moment
Monday, January 26th, 2009Oren Lavie Musically not my cup of tea, but the vid has just gotta blow up big, right?