Culture Greyhound

While Austin’s Beauty Bar isn’t exactly my favorite place for a number of reasons, it is the weekend hotspot for high-profile after parties and A-list DJs.  So I find myself there from time to time.

This past Saturday, my favorite mashup duo rocked the house: The Hood Internet.  They’ve been around for three years, and you’ve probably heard their work if you’ve spent time cruising the web.  I would be safe in saying they’re probably the most popular mashup group out there, second only to Girl Talk.  Needless to say, they got the place bumping.  Afterwards, I browsed their site extensively, and I have compiled the finest of their work.  Browse the list and don’t be afraid to sing along and shake your money maker.

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Tennis – Marathon

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Blonde Redhead – Here Sometimes

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Diamond Rings – Show Me Your Stuff

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Hyper Crush – Ayo (Prod. By Diplo)

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Yawn – Kind of Guy

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The KIA hamsters made me do it….a tribute from no particular era, in no particular order.  Check it.

Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)

Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Shimmy Shimmy Ya

Lil’ Kim and Lil Cease – Crush On You

Onyx – Slam

Wyclef Jean – We Trying To Stay Alive

DJ Kool – Let Me Clear My Throat

PM Dawn – Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour

Latyrx – Lady Don’t Tek No

JJ Fad – Supersonic

Pete Rock and CL Smooth – They Reminisce Over You

Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check

Geto Boys – Mind Playin’ Tricks On Me

Naughty By Nature – O.P.P.

Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day

Discovered by FADER, praised by Pitchfork, and Buzzworthy’d by MTV, 18-year old Tampa native Dominique Young Unique is a wild hip-hop upstart with a flow that venomously deceives.  She may look and act sweet in interviews, but the quick and wit of this new female lyricist is intimidating.  My good friend Eric opened my eyes to DYU, whose new amazing mixtape Domination just hit the Internet this week (download it for free here – HIGHLY recommended); throughout, the girl’s got a flow that would stop peers Kid Sister and Rye Rye in their tracks.  Check a sampling of swagger below.

Dominique Young Unique – Blaster

Dominque Young Unique – War Talk

Dominique Young Unique – Show My Ass

Underworld – Scribble

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Tokyo Police Club – Wait Up (Boots of Danger)

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Big K.R.I.T. – Country Shit

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ceo – come with me

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Cloud Nothings – Even If It Worked Out

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Today I bought a ticket to watch Dwight Yoakam at the Nutty Brown Cafe on Saturday June 5th here in my new home of Austin, Texas.  And I am stoked.  I haven’t seen Dwight since his 1996 Gone Tour (I was 9 at the time).  Besides the Beatles, I have been a fanboy of Mr. Yoakam longer than any other of my favorite bands/artists.  And so, to celebrate my $50 purchase for what will be one of the best evenings of my life, I have compiled the most difficult list to compile ever – my favorite Dwight Yoakam songs.

Originally this was going to be a list of ten, but Dwight has too many classics to pick from.  As with most best-ofs for DY, it is heavy on the 80’s and early 90’s, but there are a few tracks that are more recent.  I invite you to browse his entire catalog – it is fascinating and almost perfect.  For those who are fans of a more traditional country sound, preferably the honky-tonk styles of Buck Owens, Dwight is hands down the best you can get.  In my opinion, he’s the best country music songwriter and performer to have ever lived.  Enjoy.

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After uploading these tracks, I noticed all of them have female vocals.  And they all rock.  Girl power!

The Joy Formidable – Whirring

Fol Chen – In Ruins

Best Coast – Far Away

Twin Sister – All Around and Away We Go

M.I.A. – XXXO (Radio Rip)

I know at this point I’m not educating anyone about this group, but I’ve been rocking them too much lately for me not to post about them.  Above is the cover art for Treats, the debut from Sleigh Bells, a Brooklyn duo consisting of a former hardcore rocker and a (supposedly former) elementary school teacher.  Treats drops on May 11 on Mom+Pop and MIA’s N.E.E.T. Recordings.

If you’ve never heard Sleigh Bells, and you’re at work or in a public setting, turn your speakers down NOW.  Shit is loud.  Basically they record sweet-as-candy singalong pop and record it on in-the-red settings so it’s blaring at a sometimes-unbearable level….on second thought, crank that shit.

All of the songs below will be on the new album.

Sleigh Bells – Crown On The Ground

Sleigh Bells – Infinity Guitars

Sleigh Bells – A_B Machines

Sleigh Bells – Tell ‘Em

Dom – Living In America

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Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms (Brahms Remix)

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Male Bonding – Year’s Not Long

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Onra – High Hopes (feat. Reggie B)

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Gil Scott-Heron – New York Is Killing Me

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And a bonus classic:

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – 1st Of Tha Month

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