Yours Truly and Adidas Originals recently got together for a Songs From Scratch music series, releasing new original tracks from buzzed-about groups. Danny Brown and araabMUZIK got together for the first time ever for such a track, a quick one called “Molly Ringwald,” which you can stream below. It will be released through Yours Truly and Fool’s Gold records via the Love Letters Ink imprint as a 7-inch and part of a Loosies comp, respectively. Here’s hoping we see these two tear this track up together in November at Fun Fun Fun Fest, as both artists are part of the stellar lineup.
Year 7 of Fun Fun Fun Fest is ridiculously baller once again. This will be my sixth year to attend, and the first with a PIP pass (what what!). If you’d like some mental preparation/headbanging and booty shaking practice, peep the celebratory playlist I made today for Do512 below. Also: the fest made their own as well. Tickets are available at this very moment here. But they’ll be gone soon. Just a heads up.
A lot has happened in the land of Green Day since we last spoke. I know, I know. I’ve been slacking. You may have even found another source for all things Green Day! Or maybe you just read my blog because you know me personally and check it from time to time and don’t really care about Green Day. Your kindness knows no bounds. Rest assured, I am here to deliver the most pressing news on the greatest band ever. I will take care of you like a lion takes care of her cub. So here we go!
The cover above is Tre!, the final album in the trilogy, to be released in January. Here’s the trailer!
But wait, there’s more!
Green Day are releasing two documentaries alongside the trilogy! To be directed/produced by the same dudes who brought you Bullet In a Bible, several recent awesome Green Day videos, and that one badass White Stripes concert film. Read more from a more reliable source here!
And finally, “Oh Love,” the first single from Uno!, will be released on Monday. You can listen to it at GreenDay.Com Monday morning and preorder the whole trilogy as well. Here’s the cover:
And here’s the trailer!
So, yeah. That’s a ton of stuff, y’all. Green Day’s back baby! Get psyched!
Woah! Ok, so today Fun Fun Fun announced their biggest leak yet: the reunion of the one and only Run DMC.
It will be their first performance since the untimely death of Jam Master Jay. It’s a pretty big deal, you guys. And in honor of said FUN DMC announcement, the Transmission crew is hosting a bomb-ass happy hour for your chance to win some tickets!
So yeah, that’s gonna be tight. In addition, they’re announcing the whole lineup and releasing the rest of the tickets on Thursday morning. But if you live here in the glorious ATX, you don’t have to wait. Wednesday night is Fun Fun Fun Lineup Bingo, where you’ll get the scoop on who’s playing ten-twelve hours before the rest of the world.
On top of what’s already been announced, it’s likely this is going to be another crazy awesome Fun Fun Fun this year. Follow the fest on Twitter, Facebook, and their web page, and I’ll see you at the bingo parlor!
So we’ve heard “Take a Walk,” which is a stomper, and “I’ll Be Alright,” which is an electro-pop freakout. But “Constant Conversations,” the latest leak from Gossamer, is an R&B jam, loaded with sexy grooves and the trademark Passion Pit falsettos. Listen below; Gossamer drops July 24th.
Jessie Ware’s awesome new single “Wildest Moments” is from her new album Devotion, dropping August 20. My favorite English remixer Star Slinger has given it the high-hat-heavy treatment he’s so very good at, which you can hear below.
Donald Glover’s been dropping a slew of tracks over the past several weeks, and all of them can be heard on the new mixtape he released on Independence Day, as well as many new ones. The comp features the fantastic new tracks “One Up” and “Shoulda Known,” and look for guest appearances from Danny Brown, Schoolboy Q, Ghostface Killah, Beck (who raps!), and…..Tina Fey? It should also be noted Childish Gambino produced the tape. Download here.
As mentioned before, Fang Island’s second album Major will be in stores July 24th. “Asunder” and “Sisterly” have given us promising teases of the new music, and now “Seek It Out” verifies that, yes, this album will surely rock.
November 13th is the date for Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, the new album from Outkast legend Big Boi, a short wait compared to what we had to endure before hearing his excellent solo debut a couple years ago, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. Remember how awesome that album was? I surely do: “Shutterbug” was hands down my favorite track of 2010. And “Gossip,” the first leak from the new album, gives promising hints at a Dirty South-sized follow-up. Maybe we’ll see this player at the mother of all parties in November, Fun Fun Fun Fest? Don’t rule it out.
A week from today, Donald Glover (aka Troy Barnes, but for our purposes here, aka Childish Gambino) drops a 4th of July mixtape, Royalty. Hopefully this track, first premiered on Sway In the Morning on Sirius XM Radio, which still exists, apparently,…..will be on it. It’s called “One Up,” it’s hella swag, as the kids would say, and you can hear it here.
