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CeeLo Green- F**K YOU20Aug10
How pure, how simple, how perfectly succinct this sentiment is, it could have been my theme song back in the day.
Published by: Brian Miller on Aug 20, 2010 at 01:44 PM Damn these videos are good. Great execution! And an excellent way to drill their song in to my sub conscience.
Published by: Brian Miller on Aug 11, 2010 at 11:07 AM
To get a sense of Shannon Harris¹s imaginative new album, you might look no further than its name: Audio Urbanology: The Art of Audio Truism, although, actually, I don¹t think he really means truism (loosely defined as a fact so obvious it¹s pointless to mention) as these tracks are indeed quite worth the mention. But the point is, yes, this is just that: a study of the city or, more precisely, its people and movement and rhythms. Employing more guest recordings than I can list here, Harris guides us through the late-night siren wails of the cities you know, across tin-drummed Caribbean beaches and onto the deep red dirt of an African road, all the while seamlessly weaving one style into another to create a sort of continuous acoustic mantra. Everything is familiar and haunting and evocative of something you somehow know. And then, most beautifully, I think, comes ³Spirits of the Black Experience,² which, were I a choreographer, I would attempt to stage, so thoroughly does it embody the echo of conflict and beauty, with nearly dissonant notes pushing up against an ever-rising rhythm. Harris is an artist whose musical awareness reaches so far across cultural lines it gives him full play with all of them, resulting in an album full of sound and feeling and signifying everything.
Published by: on Aug 10, 2010 at 10:38 AM Facebook the other day, Twitter office gets it today. Yo, Ye you coming to the Foursquare Office in NYC Tomorrow? You can pick up some cool badges, Corporate Office Storming badge perhaps? Nice suit btw. His untitled album is out 9/14 via Roc-A-Fella Records
Published by: Brian Miller on Jul 29, 2010 at 10:03 AM
 It’s TV on the Radio producer and musician David Sitek’s solo project Maximum Balloon and I’m listening to the most recently released track, “Groove Me” on a loop. What a way to live. I realize that, when inspired by music, I find myself thinking of LA’s freeways. You ever watch people roller skate to music? How happy and in the groove they are? That’s what this song is doing to me. Dancing is great, but in order to fully realize a beat as gorgeous as this, I think being on wheels would be best. If you cannot dance, if you cannot move, sometimes going for a drive is the thing. The swoop of an on-ramp, the tricky smooth transition to the fast lane: these are things that can emulate music. I am also beginning to think that certain keys and chords can actually induce happiness because I was in a bad mood half an hour ago. In the way discordant tones can cause visceral discomfort, I’d say “Groove Me” (featuring Theophilus London in one of Maximum Balloon’s many collaborations – see also Karen O, David Byrne and Tunde Adebimpe, among others) is an example of something completely concordant. It’s so good; each note hits me with a little ping of joy. Previously released Maximum Balloon: “Tiger”: bouncy with a background kink. Maximum Balloon¹s eponymous debut album drops August 24 with new tracks being intermittently released in these weeks prior.
Published by: on Jul 29, 2010 at 09:51 AM This was one of the 1st rock piano solos I ever learned to play. Now I have to get an ipad.
Published by: Brian Miller on Jul 14, 2010 at 01:44 PM
David Letterman’s Late Night booker has a who’s who of hipster world on CBS the old people network. And Jimmy Fallon’s show ( Isn’t that called Late Night also?) has the Roots as a house band which automatically lends legitimacy to any guest Point is weren’t these the very outlets that used to be “raged against”?
Published by: Brian Miller on Jul 14, 2010 at 01:44 PM New Lady Gaga “You and I”13Jul10
This song sounds like Gaga has been listening to a lot of old Elton John. Which is not a bad thing, although his name did not come to mind when we wrote about her in 08
Published by: Brian Miller on Jul 13, 2010 at 02:53 PM U2 360 Tour will Return to US13Jul10
Straight from the horses, mouths. Now I’m going to have to find $300 for a ticket.
Published by: Brian Miller on Jul 13, 2010 at 02:48 PM
Here’s the thing, though. This all means nothing. I like these albums. There’s a lot going on here. There is detail and certain influence and I appreciate that. There’s not even a “but” here. I’m just going to cede to the fact that I think sometimes you need to have a history with things, whether it be art or music or literature, in order to really appreciate them, and, certainly, to assess them properly. And I think this is the case here. I can say I think both these albums are good. There is a lot to them. LP4, even now, is growing on me. I would suggest you take a listen. If you’ve followed either of these bands, I think you’ll like what they’ve done. Both seem true. And that is definitely something. -Serena Hedison Both albums will be release June 8, 2010 on Dangerbird Records and XL respectively
Published by: Brian Miller on Jun 08, 2010 at 12:31 PM
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