I’m always interested in what Sasha Frere-Jones has to say about music, especially hip hop, as he has a great knack at being clear and concise in his overviews. I recently read his take on Lil Wayne’s single A Milli. That’s the link to the whole piece but here’s the relevant clip -
“Lil [...]
My good friend Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine invited me to “join” his band for a show at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on Saturday August 16th. The premise being that it is a Talking Heads and Cure cover show! Ha! But put Jon and Dave in a room and you’re not going to get [...]
Ok SqueakEClean got him a blog…
Here’s the word - This super spiffy digital weblog includes contributions by the crew at the Squeak E. Clean headquarters, our friends like DJ Zegon of N.A.S.A., and a very loyal army of interns. Tune in to check out N.A.S.A. remixes, news from the front lines of our studio and [...]
I’m certainly not alone in understanding that independent music of all stripes and shades is a huge part of the overall music business economy. One of the biggest reasons this blog exists is because of my passion for independent music. I may occasionally get cranky about this particular chunk of the long tail [see Coldplay [...]
So, Johnny Penn and Aaron Aujla aka, Bikini, took note of my submission policy, that means they win the top spot. For multiple reasons actually - 1. I like their laid back electro beats and pulses. 2. They sent in a jpeg along with the MP3s. 3. They’re good. And 4. They made my day [...]
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Nilina Mason-Campbell posts: Just where will Metronomy take a song is always the number one question I have on my mind anytime I hear that Joseph Mount has slipped another remix under his belt. A google search alerted me to the fact that both he and Fred Falke would be taking [...]
Ryan Dombal in a review over at Pitchfork gives the hollow and twee Coldplay a 6.5 out of 10 on those now famous P4rk rankings for the band’s new album, ‘Viva La Vida.’ He also has the balls to call them a rock band [his italics]. If Coldplay can seriously be called a rock band [...]
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Last time Foals trotted over to the west of the US, they only played one show in Seattle, hometown of their American label Sub Pop. This time the journey was more extensive as they made their way up the entire coast, finally gracing Portland after a show in San Diego. [...]