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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

LCD Soundsystem Wave 'Bye Bye' to 20K Downloads

Posted by Brian Geoghagan on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:47 PM

As a regular reader of the DFA forums, I'm well aware of James Murphy's short fuse when his records get leaked. I'm pretty sure he typed one post with tears in his eyes just after Sound of Silver leaked. Anyway, a few days ago the new single, a cover of Alan Vega's Bye Bye Bayou, made its way to blogs and message boards. Murphy has apparently thrown in the towel and decided to give away 20,000 free downloads.

well, bye bye bayou totally leaked everywhere, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, since anything that exists is essentially all over the internet in 5 minutes—but it wasn’t actually supposed to come out until november 7th (that indie store vinyl day), so we’ve asked and parlophone have given us 20,000 free downloads to give away to the first, well, 20,000 people. one per customer. or downloader. or avatar or whatever.

All you need to do is enter your email address. If you don't want to be contacted about LCD stuff, check the box.

Click here to get your free download of Bye Bye Bayou

bye bye record sales

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

The Pentagon

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM

The new track by Fresh Espresso....
...Bedroom reinforces P Smoov's centrality in the production and sound of local hiphop. He is as volcanic as Bean One, and has Sabzi's sense of texture. As well as texuality, there is sexuality. The new thing he brings (or returns) to the scene is sex, which has not been here since that famous moment near the opening of the 90s.


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At the beginning of the current decade, there were three leading producers in town (Vitamin D, Jake One, and Bean One). By the middle of the decade, Sabzi transformed that triangle into a quartet of top producers. At the end of the decade, in its deepening twilight, the growing figure of P Smoov has remade it into a pentagon.


The image is from P Smoov's Myspace space.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Greg Skidmore's Desperate Measures Mix

Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:02 PM

Local DJ Greg Skidmore has a new mix up here. It's a gut-wrenching journey through some of electro's crunchiest, darkest realms, with side trips into merciless dubstep alleys. The mix's title—Desperate Measures—reflects the overall atmosphere of this 23-track lesson in highbrow, low-end, electro brutality. The segues are seamless and the selections impeccable: typical Skidmore quality.

Regarding the tenor of the tracks, Skidmore says, "The music within reflects my emotional impression of our global socio-political climate. While it's not a call to action, the energy expressed by these artists is therapeutic and affirming."

DESPERATE MEASURES MIX
01 - Zeller - "Thortheory" - Audio Vandalism (Hymen)
02 - Somatic Responses - "Takayama (Another Rainy Day)" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
03 - Cane - "Non-Fiction" - Non-Fiction (Creative Space)
04 - Lowfish - "Wreckage" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
05 - Nomadic - "Anxiety" - Subsidence (Touchin' Bass)
06 - Scanone - "Atlas" - 2 Paths Of Rage (Combat Recordings)
07 - Zeller - "Cavern Sunshine" - Audio Vandalism (Hymen)
08 - Nymate Association - "System Online" (C. Mantle Remix) - Stractic
Remixed EP (Subgrade)
09 - Badaszewski - "Future Dictator" (Cursor Miner Remix) - Future
Reminiscence (Digital Distortions)
10 - Modeselektor - "The Black Block" (Byetone Remix) - Happy
Birthday! Remixed #2 (BPitch Control)
11 - Black Lung - "The Hostmen Of Tyne" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
12 - Hac[k] The Tab - "...Is Back" (The Wee DJs Remix) - ...Is Bac[k]
([k]rack-troni[k])
13 - Scanone - "Kick It" (The Wee DJs Rework) - The Dark Horse Dubs
(Combat Recordings)
14 - Marching Dynamics - "Bizango Datura" - The Workers Party Of Haiti (Hymen)
15 - Heuristic Audio - "Frantic" - Shaded Mind (Satamile)
16 - Al Tourettes - "Sassafrass" - Troglodyte ([k]rack-troni[k])
17 - Mnemonic - "Prototyp" - Emerging Organisms Vol. 2 (Tympanik Audio)
18 - Al Tourettes - "Troglodyte" - Troglodyte ([k]rack-troni[k])
19 - Marching Dynamics - "Almighty Bomb" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
20 - Access to Araska - "xt10.20zp9" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
21 - Funckarma - "Fraid Shim" - Vell Vagranz (n5MD)
22 - DJ Hidden - "Things To Come" - Emerging Organisms Vol. 2 (Tympanik Audio)
23 - Hecq - "I Will Survive" (feat. Nongenetic) - Steeltongued (Hymen)

Monday, October 5, 2009

Mocky's "Birds of a Feather" Feat. GZA

Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:19 AM

"Birds of a Feather" by Jamie Lidell collaborator Mocky is one of those quintessential morning songs that some will find unbearably gleeful and that others will embrace for its gently uplifting quality (there's a slight resemblance to Roy Ayers' "Everybody Loves the Sunshine"). The remixed version with the GZA comes out digitally today. You can hear it here.

Whatever the case, GZA sounds really out of his element and uncomfortable here—which may be a first. So it's worth hearing if only for that rare happenstance.

Friday, October 2, 2009

214's Electro Mix

Posted by Dave Segal on Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:01 PM

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Recent Seattle via Florida transplant 214 (aka Chris Roman) bestows this mighty fine electro mix that he recorded in September.

214 performed last Saturday at Chop Suey as part of Decibel and reportedly impressed. A CD-R containing 11 of his original productions that he recently sent to me augurs well for this 206 newcomer. Stay tuned for more funky, low-end goodness.

Tracklist
1.Doctor Evil - Zissle - Touchin Bass
2.Jeff Pils -Montiert - Touchin Bass
3.Martyn - Right? Star! -3024
4.Joy Orbison - Wet Look - Hot Flush
5.Dusko Janevski - Downtown - Juan's Kitchen Delights
6.Matt Whithead - Conveyor - Cultivated Electronics
7.Thomas P Heckmann - Robocop - AFU
8.Dez Williams - Abandoned Emotions - Cheap
10.Hardfloor - The Life We Choose (ERP remix) - Hardfloor
11.Headnoaks vs CPU - Lost Sense - Transient Force

Thursday, October 1, 2009

DJ Introcut's The Creepo Man Mix

Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM

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Seattle DJ Introcut is a super-busy man on the scene, promoting and spinning at Stop Biting on Tuesdays at Lo-Fi, Trashy Trash SNAP! 90s night (next one is Oct 23 at Lo-Fi), and Grey Area at the Grey Gallery Fridays w/ WD4D. Amid all of that activity, Introcut found time to record The Creepo Man Mix, a blunted, tight collage of glittery and gritty future funk and postmodern downtempo business. Listen/download here and check the track list below (all selections sourced from vinyl, yo).

The Creepo Man Mix
1.
- DIMLITE — Exact Finger Pointing
- ARKEN — Step Off
- O.BOOGIE — Hoerenjong
- SUPER SMOKY SOUL — African Beat Idea
- TRICKSKI — Sunshine Fu*k Pt. 1
- MICHNA — Levitation
2.
- DIMLITE — As We Arrive
- RAS G — Beyond the Sky
- HARMONIC 313 — When Machines Exceed
- DAEDELUS — Just Briefly (UMOD REMIX)
- TAKE — Slouched Over
- FLYING LOTUS & DECLAIME — Whole Wide World - Instr — added scratchz by INTROCUT
3.
-LOW LIMIT — Inspirational Jumpsuit
-PAUL WHITE — Hustle (BULLION REMIX)
-EXILE — Your Summer Song
-ARCHITEQ — Birds of Prey (FULGEANCE EMOTRONICAL MIX)
-MONO/POLY — Oil Fields

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Neil Landstrumm's RA.174 Podcast

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:08 PM

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When I can find a spare 65 minutes, I'm going to dive into Neil Landstrumm's podcast, hosted by Resident Advisor. I'm excited because Scottish producer/DJ Landstrumm put on my favorite performance at this year's Movement festival in Detroit, toggling between avant-rave techno and innovative dubstep cuts with head-spinning frequency and making the rapid, unlikely juxtapositions work incredibly well. I'd never heard anything like it; he literally provided a thrill every 45 seconds, making seemingly incompatible styles sound like harmonious bedfellows.

You can listen to the podcast and read an interview with Landstrumm here (you must register with RA in order to gain access to it; it's free and painless). But hurry, as these podcasts live only for a couple weeks on the site.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

New Macklemore, Have Some!

Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:34 PM

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Says the Mac, "It's a song about dancing, pumping pelvis, and having a really, really, good time." Who doesn't like a nice good time pelvis pump?! Nobody, that's who.

Macklemore - "And We Danced"

From the new "The Unplanned Mixtape", available at Bengalyucky.com. Produced by Ryan Lewis. Macklemore + Ryan Lewis = VS. Their debut EP is coming in November.

New Bobby Birdman Song "Only for a While"

Posted by Megan Seling on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:55 PM

On November 10th, Bobby Birdman will release New Moods, his first record in three years, and today we finally get a sneak peak. The song is called "Only for a While" and you can stream it here.

I love it—it's sunny and fun and a little bittersweet (about a temporary love or existence, after all), so it's perfect for fall. Because fall is also sunny and fun and fleeting.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

New Mixtape from Sabzi of Blue Scholars

Posted by Eric Grandy on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:57 PM

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The mix is called 69ROLLS&OOF!, a "jawaiin mix." It comes on the heels of Blue Scholars' recently released OOF! EP and in advance of a tour of Hawaii.

DOWNLOAD: Sabzi/Blue Scholars - 69ROLLS&OOF! ("it's 26 songs plus artwork, so be patient with the download")

Take it away, Sabzi:

People ask me why I care about making a mix of Hawaiian tunes. I tell them that it’s because Iʼm from Seattle.

I donʼt think I can apply the word ‘foreign’ to any cultural elements that have influenced me in becoming the person I am today.

Through years of, um, ‘nourishment’ from grinds, to listening to Jawaiian tunes as a teenager, to starting a group with a military kid from Honolulu, to learning the meaning of ‘false crack’ the hard way (ha!)... the spirit of Hawaii has long maintained a notable presence in my life.

And while Iʼm not Hawaiian, nor do I claim to be a local boy, I acknowledge and am thankful for the role that the Islands have played in the development of my cultural identity.

For me, a big part of the OOF! EP project was to experiment with a new way of identifying who we are and where we come from. It was an exercise in global cultural expression. Perhaps this is the age we can start believing that ‘where we are from’ is anywhere that has influenced us in becoming who we are. And perhaps our brothers and sisters are simply those who want to share this belief with us.

Watch out tho. When you embrace this idea, you start to think that home can be everywhere and your people could be everyone.

New People comin thru, son!

Respect to In4mation for the nifty ‘OOF!’ logo they designed and lent us, respect to Ohana for engineering the delicious shrimp tempura + diced spicy scallop + krab + masago sushi that they’ve dubbed the ‘69 Roll,’ and respect to you for reading this and listening to these tunes.

Mahalo.
saba / sabzi
Blue Scholars

Hawaiian tour dates after the jump.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

And Because I Have MTX On the Brain...

Posted by Megan Seling on Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM

In honor of Dr. Frank being in town tonight, here are some favorite Mr. T Experience songs posted for your listening pleasure, courtesy of the internet!

"Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend"

"I Fell For You"

Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Next Step

Posted by Charles Mudede on Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM

What I'm rocking today, a little rapstep:

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The mixes can be downloaded from here.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Feeling Rustie

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:33 AM

In the last couple of days, two people (Stranger freelancer Michaelangelo Matos and Line Out commenter supreme Cosby) excitedly sent me links to Rustie's latest mix for FACT. This almost never happens. So it might be a good idea to have a listen and immerse yourself in Rustie's club-hiphop/dubstep/wobble sound pool.

This mix sounds dazzlingly extroverted, yet also sonically adventurous and fresh; it's a rare combo. It sounds like the next decade's party soundtrack, today.

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Photo from Rustie's MySpace.

Tracklisting:
Lil Scrappy - Addicted to Money
Rasheeda - Juicy like a Peach
Bflecha - Ceja De Carnival
Terror Danjah - Zumpi Hunter (Swindle Remix)
Hudson Mohawke - Twist Clip Loop
Ace Hood - Loco 4 Cake
Jeremy Greene - Pitbull - Rain Remix (Instrumental)
Rustie - Relay
Loops Haunt - Rubber Sun Grenade
Hudson Mohawke - Glue Tooth
Samoyed - Maybe Yes
The Dream - Sweat It Out
Tiago - Never Forget
Subeena - Dereflex
Young Snead - I Love When Dey Hate
Hudson Mohawke - Fuse
The Cool Kids - Jump Rope
Doll Phase - Damn Right (Instrumental)
Sweat X - I'm That Alley (Mike Slott remix)
Loops Haunt - Impact Omnihammer
Rustie - Teen Souls Burning
7vwwvw - It's my Birthday

Monday, August 31, 2009

Chinese Stars' "Rabbit Face"

Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 2:21 PM

The new Chinese Stars album, Heaven on Speed Dial (out Oct. 13 on Anchor Brain Records), is a hot mess: spiky, strident, spazzy rock in a thrillingly irritable condition. (They really should go on tour with Seattle's Past Lives.) Check out "Rabbit Face" from that album here. The Providence, Rhode Island-based Chinese Stars consist of ex-Arab on Radar members Craig Kureck and Eric Paul, Paul Vieira, and V. Von Ricci.

Press release after the cut.

Photo from Chinese Stars' MySpace.

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Friday, August 28, 2009

I Got an MP3 Powered Vibrator in the Mail Today!

Posted by Kelly O on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:05 PM

Those sassy pants over at Babeland, my #1 all-time-favorite-sex-toy-store-in-the-world, um, they sent me a new toy:

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DJ your orgasm with the fabulously innovative Freestyle, from our friends at OhMiBod. Freestyle is the world’s first music-responsive vibrator combining state-of-the-art technology, ease of use, and unparalleled satisfaction; just hook it up to your iPod/iPhone/mp3 player/home audio system, and thrill to the rhythmic vibrations your favorite bump-and-grind music provides (or set it on manual to use like a regular vibrator). The wireless controls, shower-friendly insertable body, and 25-foot remote range liberate you to dance, gyrate, and come closer to the music than you’ve ever come before. And when you’re done exploring the seven programmed vibration patterns (adjustable independently from intensity with simple controls), just plug it in for two hours to recharge for up to five hours of continuous use. Perfect for the techie or music lover in your life!

They wondered if I might like to test it out before tomorrow's in-store event, "Sex and Rock N Roll", 8/29, from 3-6 pm, at Babeland, Capitol Hill. Problem is, I can't decide on a song. Please help!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Sicko Was a Band Before It Was a Michael Moore Movie

Posted by Megan Seling on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:40 PM

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Local pop-punk legends Sicko have been disbanded for about a decade now, but Red Scare is making sure their music lives on—the label has recently re-released digital versions of their four full-length albums You Can Feel the Love in This Room, Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy, Chef Boy R U Dum, and You Are Not the Boss of Me!.

Perfect timing too, because the Rain City Mix Tape Club is meeting this Sunday at Havana and the theme is "Nerdy Songs" and there isn't a band in the world that's nerdier than Sicko. I'm still trying to decide which song of theirs is gonna make it on my mix—"Computer Geek," or "Dateless Losers"? Decisions decisions.

Here are some free MP3s, courtesy of Sicko.com:

"Where I Live"

"Believe"

"Farm Song"

You can buy all the albums via iTunes (Chef and You Can Feel... are my two favorites, for what it's worth).

(ht punknews.org)

The Dutchess & the Duke - "Hands"

Posted by Eric Grandy on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Yesterday, Hardly Art posted the first song to be released from the Dutchess & the Duke's forthcoming sophomore album, Sunset / Sunrise. It's called "Hands," and it's slower than some of their "campfire-punk" numbers, but with a bigger, broader electric guitar sound and smart touches of organ and percussion. It's dark, dimly lit stuff, and it's good (full disclosure: the D&D hasn't always done it for me, but this track seems pretty promising). Here it is:

The Dutchess & the Duke - "Hands"

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Jerry Abstract’s “Symbols Fall Sick From My Lips”

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:49 PM

This track by Seattle techno/IDM producer/DJ Jerry Abstract is tentatively set to come out on a compilation titled Still Illin’ from the resuscitated (one hopes) Miami label Schematic. It’s a gradually intensifying suspense-builder of a track—a nice combo of the intricate beat science and textural gnarliness for which Schematic has remained unjustly obscure, except among the staunchest IDM freaks.

Jerry Abstract performs at Decibel fest Sun. Sept. 27.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

His Year Is Your Year, Or Should Be

Posted by Michaelangelo Matos on Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM

A few weeks ago I got an email from a Chicago DJ named Chrissy Murderbot announcing a new project: a year's worth of weekly themed mixtape. My Year of Mixtapes sounded kind of cute, but there's a lot of music out there, especially in the form of mixtapes and/or podcasts. I can barely keep up with the weekly podcast from the techno site Resident Advisor and the two offered Mondays and Fridays by London's FACT Magazine. That's not to mention both sites regularly point to other DJ sets, and that's not to mention this monster of an archive, which offers some 25,000 archived sets.

So what's one more project got to offer? In Chrissy Murderbot's case, a lot.

I haven't played all 12 of the mixes yet, though I'm working on it: finishing up no. 5, New Jack Swing, as I type this. It's fantastic—37 tracks in 67 minutes, the whole thing as smooth (or maybe I mean smoove) as that herky-jerkiest of R&B styles can be. New jack swing, after all, was the music that first merged R&B songwriting and harmonizing with hip-hop beats, and the meld could be awkward—have snares ever clattered so much in any pop style? But it sounds innocent now in a way no one at the time could have predicted—or, given how much coarser pop culture has grown in the decades since, necessarily have wanted to. Either way, the mix is great; special props for including Redhead Kingpin & the F.B.I.'s "Pump It Hottie," with its coda featuring Kingpin telling each hottie on the floor who they're going to pump it up for:

The other Murderbot mixes alternate between period and sonic through-lines, as with Week 1: Tin Pan Tape (juicy turn-of-the-'90s dancehall) and Week 9: Ambient Jungle (can't wait to A-B this with Woebot's wondrous FACT Mix 61), and thematic mixes such as Week 2: Robot Love, which contains maybe my favorite segue of the year so far: James Brown's "Sex Machine" sliding slowly into the Pointer Sisters' "Automatic." I've loved both songs for ages, and never thought in 100 years they'd work together so well—much less for the half-minute or so Murderbot uses to join them. Don't just take my word for it.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Made Like a Tree: Jon McMillion

Posted by Chris Govella on Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:34 PM

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Check out the latest podcast from Made Like a Tree, featuring Jon McMillion. For this podcast, the Seattle producer recorded a live set comprised entirely of unreleased material. Jon McMillion exposes his deep side, stringing along cosmic synthesizers and braiding fresh house rhythms with an Afro-Caribbean twist. An excerpt from the Made Like a Tree description:

To you, what do you think distinguishes a studio production from a live performance (whether it be a continuous set or a track, etc)? You must have a varying ethos in your handling when engaging in either one. Maybe you can elaborate on your two approaches.

To me they can often be the same thing. I build my live sets pretty much the same way I create a studio track. Most of the time the tool set is identical. In the past when I've created sets for live performance, I've always tried to bring something out that represented what I've been working on in the studio or a feeling/idea that I've had in mind at the time. Obviously with this type of music getting people to dance has got to be on the agenda, but I also strive to get folks thinking as well.

When the live performance starts to indulge with studio experimentation, the imaginary line between studio and stage is blurred. Correspondingly, the listener's setting could be a quiet night at home, at a party or at a club. What is going on here is not simply role reversal; Jon McMillion's refreshing take on electronic dance music synthesizes and furthers both the studio instrument and the live setting. Check out his earlier releases on Orac Records for more from the frontiers of Seattle electronic dance music.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

These Are My Twisted Words

Posted by Sam Machkovech on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:49 PM

Not even a week after Thom Yorke made an anti-album stir in a Believer interview—"None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again"—Radiohead has possibly loosed its second online-only song in seven days. "These Are My Twisted Words" is a five-minute song described thusly by music blog Consequence of Sound:

A rather strange post to the [unofficial Radiohead fan site] atease’s forum simply titled “New song leaked, These Are My Twisted Words” started a little bit of commotion earlier today. The song has since made its way around the yet, however, has yet to be officially confirmed or even explained by anyone close to the band.

The "nfo" file that accompanied the MP3 on P2P sites, made by some group called "Wall of Ice," was odd as well, complete with this Yorke-ish screed tucked into it. People are starting to wonder if the leak was intentional on the band's part:

i just wanted to reassure readers
that following representations
seeking confirmation
that before your very eyes
behind the wall of ice
that the box is not under threat
however they are set to remove
other boxes
in fact i have the list in front of me
i went to a briefing on their plans
and challenged them to tell me
exactly what the cost would be

they spoke in broad terms

No matter who made it, the song's solid. Groove-centered, yet relatively aimless, with an insatiable drumbeat and "Thom Yorke" going on about something-or-other. Seems very Hail to the Thief-y.

Le Loup's "Beach Town"

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:20 PM

Baltimore's Le Loup have a new song from their forthcoming full-length, Family (due Sept. 22 on local label Hardly Art), available for previewing here. The subdued shuffle rhythm (Can's "Paperhouse" meets 23 Skidoo's "Another Baby's Face"), vocals pitched somewhere between Animal Collective and Fleet Foxes, and spangly Spaghetti-Western guitar of "Beach Town" sound ideal for a lovely Indian summer afternoon's revel.

Partial press release and tour dates below.

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“Beach Town” is taken from the band’s upcoming record, Family, which is set for a September 22nd release (CD/LP/Digital). Family is the follow-up to Le Loup’s 2007 debut The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Millennium General Assembly. Unlike the stripped-down and solitary nature of The Throne…, Family boasts a heightened presence from the full band that Le Loup mastermind Sam Simkoff pulled together to bring The Throne… to the live setting.

Le Loup on tour, fall 2009:
10.09.09 - Baltimore, MD - The Ottobar
10.10.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Kungfu Necktie
10.11.09 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
10.13.09 - Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's
10.14.09 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
10.15.09 - Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel
10.16.09 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
10.17.09 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
10.18.09 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown Jr.
10.19.09 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
10.20.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
10.22.09 - Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret
10.23.09 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
10.25.09 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
10.27.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
10.28.09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
10.29.09 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
10.30.09 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
10.31.09 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
11.02.09 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk
11.03.09 - Dallas, TX - Cavern Ale House
11.05.09 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
11.06.09 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
11.07.09 - Washington, DC - Black Cat

**all dates w/ Nurses

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The 206

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:40 PM

The tune that's rocking my now is Yirim Seck's "Three MC's RIP":

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Nothing in the tune is out of place. It's simple, clear, and direct. Yirim Seck, who is dropping his debut CD, Hear Me Out, on August 20th at Chop Suey, has a flow that's effortlessly smooth. His rhymes, which rise from the tradition of Guru and MC Solaar, never become twisted or excited but always release as much information as possible with the least amount of energy.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Blue Scholars - OOF! (Viral Video) + "HI-808" (Free DL)

Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:05 PM


The Scholars are gearing up for the release of their Oof! EP (themed after Hawaii, where rapper Geo spent a good part of his childhood)- check this great-looking teaser video and a free download of new track "HI-808". Between that song and the previously leaked "Coo?" (also up on their site), the Scholars sound to have hit a helluva stride- this is without doubt the best material from the pair since their 2004 debut.


Friday, July 31, 2009

Iran With Love

Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:16 AM

Something new and catchy and free from DJ Spooky: "Azadi (The New Complexity)."
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The term Azadi simply means "Freedom" in Farsi. The song "Azadi" is an interpretation of an ancient poem by the legendary poet Rumi, sung by renowned Iranian artist Sussan Deyhim, with prouduction by Dj Spooky from New York City. The collaboration is a single on Dj Spooky's next album "The Secret Song" that will be out in October, 2009.


This image from djspooky.com.

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