Just seen this new video for The Bug’s – Catch a fire over at pitchfork courtesy of Ninja Tune. A haunting vid shot in B&W. Really diggin this one
I can’t take songs that romantically gush too much seriously (not since I saw ’500 Days of Summer’, respect to the mental liberation of Joseph Gordon Levitt).
But this is pretty sweet and with power ballad’esque songwriting skills like Bruno’s you can guarantee he’s gonna be on some serious radio rampage.
Erm. Not to sound too emasculated, but ‘Awww’ at the video too I guess. I miss cassettes.
Make sure you’ve checked out our live review of Bruno’s first ever London gig that dropped this week in case you missed it.
So….the 9TH Wonder produced Big Remo Album drops in the States today.Here is the vid for ‘Stand Back’ featuring 9thmatic and Ricky Rukus (heavy name!) If you are UK folk you will have to wait til the 28th September to get your mits on it (legally). This video was again directed by the G that is Kenneth Price of pricefilms…..make sure you check the Remo Album over at the Amazon store here to have a listen to the snippets and what the fuss is about!! Ya heard!!
This is a really dope video for the final single off Slakah’s album : ‘Soul Movements VOL 1′ which dropped on BBE in 2008!! You can’t rush greatness. Peep it for yourself. According to the good people over at Bama Love Soul ‘September 2010 will see the release of Something Forever, a 7-track EP on BBE Music. Also forthcoming is The Other Side of Tomorrow, a full-length album from The Slakadeliqs, an alter-ego of Beatchild. Vastly different from his previous hip-hop and soul focused work, The Other Side of Tomorrow showcases Slakah the Beatchild’s range and musical diversity, drawing inspiration from an eclectic mix of artists including Neil Young, The Guess Who, Andre 3000, The Beatles and Lenny Kravitz’….WOWZA.
Jamal does it again….Shout out to SBTV. Rox’s album ‘Memoirs’ got some reload action on the Ipod and this was her really nice take on the classic.
The musical prodigy R-Les returns with another stylized studio session vid, this time concocting with Fab. Leslie just poops compositions in his sleep.
Is that DJ Clue in the back there?! Damn, where’s he been? His tags will haunt my generation forever, haha. “NEW SHIT!!! DJ CLUE!!! DESERT STORM!!!”
Super-safe folks over at Mesh Culture (respect the grassroots vibe, they’re doing their thing) just sent me through their Kano interview and I thought it an apt follow-up to our earlier album launch review of man like KA.
He discusses his music in a ‘then’ and ‘now’ perspective which I find interesting as I forget how many years this guy’s been out and always sat just below the undercurrent of the UK scene.
‘Method To The Maadness’ is out now.
Gwarn Skateboard. Chirpin’ the presenter with such idleness. Bow to the technique.
Just realised according to the release schedule, the fourth N*E*R*D* LP ‘Nothing’ is out this week.
Spotted at Y2K Daily.
Gotta throw support behind this cat. He lives music.
Don’t overlook producer Eric Lau; his 2008 set ‘New Territories’ still stands as one of the best UK Nu-Soul records in recent memory.
2010s been a productive year already with the release of the ‘Kilawatt: V2′ EP that featured the gorgeous ‘Always Will’ with our adored Muhsinah and keys genius Kaidi Tatham.
Above is a promo for Eric’s forthcoming instrumental EP ‘Makin’ Sound’ dropping September 27th.
Listen/download the free mp3 of ‘Cruise Control’ via his bandcamp below. Then buy an automobile if you don’t already possess one (shouts to my Oyster Carders).
Another nod to Amelia @ PMOI.
I think the fact that 1. It’s a Sunday and 2. We’re liberals, warrants this one a post.
Popular London poet Dean Atta just dropped a brand new homemade video for his rather audacious musical spoken word piece. Admittedly our jaws fell to this a few months back at live night Remedy.
Whoever said the British were prudish?
Shouts to Geoff, I see your name in the credits fam.
You may be familiar with this lady from her appearances on a few Flying Lotus tracks and that sexy Grooveman Spot joint we posted as a warm up to Summer. Above is the video for her trippy new single produced by UK beatsmith Paul White.
Sounds like a psychedelic voyage into the dark sub-conscious recesses of Zippy, George & Bungle (Rainbow anyone?) I’ve rather grown to love it.
An mp3 of ‘To Love’ is available for free download until the 13th of September over at her bandcamp.
Shouts to our pal Amelia at PMOI.
For irony, I’m gonna have to follow up Barbie with L-Boogie.
During this interview conducted at the NY Rock The Bells she discusses a miscellany of the usual queries most of us yearning Lauryn fans have about the enigmatic one.
Also yesterday a colleague of mine sent me an interesting article from The Guardian that alleges Hill is closer than ever before to releasing her first studio album since the ’98 classic ‘Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’. I was going to post it as news until I realised c**kteases like her and D’Angelo had transformed me into a pessimist by the end of the last decade.
I’ll wait shall I?
Oh Nicki.
The VMAs will be aired this September 12th at 8pm. Admittedly I’m most titillated to see how this woman sets it off. Still tryna’ get my head around that verse on ‘Monster’ from last week
“Pull up in the monster, automobile gangster,
With a bad b*tch that came from Sri Lanka,
Yeah I’m in that Tonka, colour of Willy Wonka,
You could be the King but watch the Queen conquer…”
Geez.
Here goes another video for a banger produced by Andre 3000 off ‘Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty’. A dope collabo featuring this rather hard YelaWolf cat, one to definitely keep the peepers on.
Large shouts to Big Boi (a recent follower of our humble Twitter); his comeback LP’s received some serious critical acclaim and it’s fantastic to see a legend from our younger years maintaining consistency with his craft.
Disclaimer: If Big Boi’s label behave irrationally and shoot themselves in the foot by blocking this video, I’ll re-up when a working copy hits the net again.
If you remember the Bilal video we put up from this collective of ingenious musicians, then you won’t hesitate to press play.
Here are new live visuals from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson’s ensemble. It features Flying Lotus and a flip of his joint ‘Drips’ from the recently released ‘Cosmogramma’ plus a reworking of ‘Take Notice’ from the late lord J-Dilla. Los Angeles should be very proud of this moment in time.
The audio is also a free download via Mr. Atwood-Ferguson’s Bandcamp.
