Azealia Banks has announced her new album, which won’t see release until September, called Broke With Expensive Taste. In the meantime, this spring she’s releasing a 212 EP, which will likely feature this super-hyped up song. Look for her at Coachella and the rest of the festival circuit.
Available for download now at the Converse blog, Gorillaz’ highly anticipated collaborative track with James Murphy (formerly of LCD Soundsystem, of course) and Andre 3000 (sort-of formerly of Outkast, obviously) is an upbeat dance fest featuring a rapid-fire verse from Andre Benjamin near the end. Listen loudly, download quickly, and repeat incessantly.
John Lydon’s other awesome band, PiL are back! The band recently announced a Record Store Day EP release titled One Drop (RSD is April 21st this year). They also gave news of the band’s first LP in two decades, dropping May 28, titled This Is PiL. Take a listen to the new track “One Drop” below, and, in case you’re not familiar with the Sex Pistols offshoot in their heyday, take a gander at “Rise” after that.
I’m proud to announce the recent launch of a new site dedicated to all things dork: The Daily Dork Times. From technology to movies to jpegs to music to comics to television…well, almost anything, our small group of bloggers and nerd experts hope to keep you up to date on all that is happening in the world of geekery. Check us out, bookmark us, check back daily, and may the force be with you.
Bonnaroo happens this June in Manchester, and the festival announced their lineup. I personally find the results pretty mixed, and not as strong as Coachella, but there are some gems hidden here and there. It also gives us Austinites a good idea of what to expect when ACL announces their lineup later this summer.
Highlights include Radiohead, Beach Boys, the Shins, St. Vincent, Battles, Kendrick Lamar, Aziz Ansari, Joy Formidable, Ludacris, Big Freedia, Phantogram, Major Lazer, and so much more. Full lineup is here, and you can also listen to a Spotify playlist of the groups here.
It may not be out until February 21st, but you can stream Sleigh Bells’ sophomore album Reign of Terror in its entirety at the New York Times website. I’m currently doing just that, and I will likely continue to do so throughout the day.
After seven long years, not only are the Darkness reuniting, they’re making new music! Take a listen to the first track from the band since 2005’s One Way Ticket. I was a freshmen in college then! The track is accompanied by an animated, completely over-the-top and awesome promotional video. No word on a new album just yet, but you can bet the festival circuit this summer will be believin’ in a thing called love.
On Valentine’s Day, LA rapid-fire rapper Busdriver returns with his new LP Beaus$Eros. The first leaked track is a pretty excellent, chaotic, energetic introduction, meaning it’s classic Busdriver material. Aesop Rock, who is also known for quick delivery, wit, and general badassery, guests on the track. Play this one loudly.
Wednesday night, Big Freedia brought the booty-shaking sissy bounce movement to a mainstream audience via Jimmy Kimmel Live, performing two high-energy New Orleans favorites for all to hear…and see. And believe me, if you’ve never seen a Big Freedia show, you are in store for a pretty exceptional visual stimulation this morning. Just try not to shake your rump, I dare you.
Yesterday, Culture Greyhound joined millions of websites, including Wikipedia and Google, in protest of two bills making their way through Congress that could forever jeopardize a free and fair Internet. The House’s SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and the Senate’s PIPA (Protect IP Act) are poorly worded pieces of legislation with the intentions of stopping digital piracy of intellectual property. If passed, what the bills could actually do could permanently change the Internet. The bills would censor the web and impose crippling restrictions on American businesses, seemingly with little to no judicial review.
Since the protest, many House members and Senators have dropped their support of the bills, and things are looking up. The Obama administration has expressed publicly their wariness with the bills, and a few controversial provisions in the bills have been dismissed altogether. But they are far from dead: next week the Senate will vote on PIPA, while House members will debate SOPA in February.
Wikipedia probably said it best yesterday: “SOPA and PIPA are just indicators of a much broader problem. In many jurisdictions around the world, we’re seeing the development of legislation that prioritizes overly-broad copyright enforcement laws, laws promoted by power players, over the preservation of individual civil liberties.”
To learn more about SOPA and PIPA, visit this site. To fight back, use Wikipedia to contact your local representatives and sign the petition on Google.
