Freshly signed by major label XL, the Chicago based rap duo, The Cool Kids, are finally gonna release their much awaited mixtape, “That’s Stupid,” tonight for free. The new mixtape will feature a lot of new, unreleased songs by the duo, that’s sure to make this summer a lot more interesting, giving “kids with new systems in their car something to ride to.. and all the girls at the beach something to dance too” (an…
[tag]Lil Wayne[/tag] totally blew everybody over with his latest, recent studio effort “Tha Carter III,” the last album in the Carter trilogy and, most of all, what’s considered by most critiques the best rap album of 2008, so far. With a cover like this, you can’t really go anywhere but up. Anyway Lil Wayne paid a quick visit to Jimmy Kimmel a few nights ago, where he played a dazzling performance of Lollipop, one of…
[tag]Beck[/tag] and his upcoming new album, “Modern Guilt,” is just a few weeks days away from its release date, and of course the teasers and leaks couldn’t stop either. This time, after Beck previously previewed the first single from the new album, the psychedelic “Chemtrails”, the ’60s revivalist artist, much to the delight of his dedicated fans, has just streamed another two tracks from Modern Guilt. First the electro-gaze infused, Beach Boys harmony packed “Orphans,”…
Here’s a treat for the blog’s electro fans, seeing as we haven’t posted anything about one of my favorite Dj’s, [tag]Diplo[/tag], for a while. Last weekend he went by The Roots picnic, somewhere in Philly, where among other massive tunes, he mixed in a new track, punned over Ronnie Foster’s 1972 classic Mystic Brew, thoughtfully named “Brew Barrymore.” Ronnie’s soulful, jazzy sound hasn’t faded one bit in Diplo’re remix, seeing how the sexy, funky organs…
Goodness me, what a week! Finally it feels like summer has truly begun, once with this new wave on awesome new stuff. First up is [tag]Coldplay[/tag]’s long awaited follow-up to their critical and commercial hit X & Y, in the form of “Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends” (we’ve gotten used to the title by now, check out the stream here). The [tag]Goo Goo Dolls[/tag] are also back with yet another awesome…
For the last few days, I’ve been franticly spinning the new [tag]My Morning Jacket[/tag] record, “Evil Urges.” It’s really tight and very well put together, but above all it’s a lot different then anything they’ve put out. I don’t like to hear the same thing over and over again, and I’m really glad the band have decided to evolve in sounds. I was especially surprised by the new adopted direction, mixing both old school elements…
Photo courtesy of dave1968 We didn’t have a chance to write about this, but about a week ago Metallica previewed a mix of songs from their forthcoming new album, to a bunch of journalists in London. Apparently there was a misunderstanding, though, and the subsequent reviews of the material where quickly withdrawn from various websites, within minutes from their posting. Now, the band itself (the whole mix was put to the journalists disposal by their…
It seems the people behind [tag]U2[/tag] aren’t too fond of the Radiohead model of selling their latest album, In Rainbows. Specifically, U2’s manager Paul McGuinness confessed recently that he feels that Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want policy “backfired.” He also assured everybody that in no way U2’s upcoming album, that will probably see the light of day sometime in October, will be released in a similar fashion with In Rainbows. The manager’s main argument behind his statement was…
Hip-hop’s back in full throttle this week, with two highlight releases that will probably be in the top 10 rap list of the year. These are none other then the new records from [tag]Lil Wayne[/tag], with “Carter III,” his sixth full length studio album and the final take in the Carter trilogy, and [tag]N.E.R.D.[/tag], respectively, with their latest effort “Seeing Sounds,” the follow-up to the critical darling “Fly or Die.” However, my personal favorite and…
Pharell and co. were present yesterday night in full swing on the Tonight Show with Leno, where they played “Everyone Nose,” the first single off their upcoming Seeing Sounds LP (out June 10). I personally had the chance to see the band play live on both Letterman a few weeks back, as well as yesterday night and I can say that they’ve done a much better job with the performance. A lot looser and a…
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