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Star Slinger – Casanova’s Jump Off

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Ra Ra Riot – Too Dramatic (The Kids Are Radioactive Remix)

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The Hood Internet vs. Waka Flocka Flame – Fuck The Club Up x Sleigh Bells x Salem

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J Mascis – Is It Done

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Austra – Beat and the Pulse

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I don’t usually post about current news so much, I figure that’s what Twitter and Google News are for, and there are plenty of blogs/zines out there keeping us all abreast of what’s going on.  But on this Valentine’s Day, things are shaping up to be an exciting spring in the world of music, and I figure I would try to sort it out a bit.

First of all, the Grammys were last night, and Arcade Fire won Album of the Year, the coveted top prize in music awards, or so they say.  While so-called “music experts” are scratching their heads as to why Eminem didn’t take home the prize, as was predicted, I believe Village Voice acted as the megaphone for the rest of us, you know, people that actually listen to music.  Others, meanwhile, are trying to figure out who the hell Arcade Fire is, and saying hilarious nonsense in the process.

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Toro Y Moi – “New Beat” (Official Video) from Urban Outfitters on Vimeo.

Every Saturday, I post a 15-20 minute podcast featuring some tracks I’ve been jamming the previous week, as well as some commentary and random musings from yours truly. Enjoy!

Playlist:

The Thermals – Everything I Want
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Panda Bear – Last Night At the Jetty
The Strokes – Under Cover of Darkness

The War For Late Night, Bill Carter’s journalistic expose on the latest debacle in late night television, is surprisingly riveting.  Carter, of course, wrote the book for the first big go-around back in the 90’s, the bestseller Late Shift, which was made into a pretty awesome HBO movie.  That first book gave an inside perspective on the events dealing with the Tonight Show “scandal” between David Letterman, who lost out and moved to CBS, and Jay Leno, who ended up the “king of late night,” depending on who you ask.

The new book is even better, particularly because the story is juicier this time around.  Conan gets the Tonight Show promised to him, Jay is moved to prime time out of fear he won’t “retire” as promised and move to ABC – the ratings for both programs drop dramatically.  NBC proposes moving Jay back to 11:35 and Tonight to 12:05; Conan refuses out of respect for the flagship program and moves to TBS.  Meanwhile, the drama unfolds in front of millions on television, and Letterman, Kimmel, Ferguson, and the rest take it all in, but not without cracking jokes about it.

That’s the main focus, of course, and it seems like Carter talked to EVERYBODY about it, from insiders to the stars themselves.  Deep knowledge is made known about Team Jay, Team Conan, Team Dave, and the executives at the major networks.  Not to mention the book contains a vast amount of info on other late night stars not necessarily involved in the main plot, but interesting nevertheless (Stewart, Colbert, Fallon, et al.)  We learn alot about the late night/television business through the eyes of the entertainment, producers, presidents, everybody, and Carter remains objective throughout.  A fantastic read, I wasn’t able to put it down.

This leaked yesterday, and I’ve been blaring it nonstop. It sounds like old Strokes, so nothing revolutionary, but since when is sounding like old Strokes a bad thing? Angles drops March 22 here in the States on RCA, and it’s all but been confirmed they could stop in Austin for SXSW. Get psyched!

Graab the mp3 here.

By name and public persona alone, ODB is probably the most well-known of the Wu Tang Clan, and his untimely death had nothing to do with it.  He was always known as the unstable one, but as time wore on, we all learned that wasn’t an act; Ol’ Dirty Bastard was crazy, and his unlawful antics, which landed him in jail many times, probably were the undoing of his once-productive career.

Long before things went out of control, ODB released the RZA-produced Return to the 36 Chambers, his first and best solo outing.  The taste of his psychotic brain we received on the Clan’s classic debut is in full form here – his rhymes are slurred, sporadic, sometimes incomprehensible, and always entertaining.  When he hits gold, it’s always hilarious, witty, unnerving.  At times we find ODB atonal, a-rhythmic, and unable to successfully put together a rhyme scheme.  Occasionally it sounds less like an established rapper and more like a drug addict’s clever tirade (and it probably was, in all honesty).  But you don’t come to ODB looking for the best spitin’ in the world – you come for the ride, and with party anthems like “Brooklyn Zoo” and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya,” no doubt it’s a fun one.

Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Shimmy Shimmy Ya

Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Baby C’mon

Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Raw Hide

Trailers for upcoming movies. Some are good, some not as much.

The Best:
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