Wu Massacre

Out now.

The MySpace.

Singles:

"Mef VS. Chef 2"

"Miranda"

"Dangerous"

Limited Edition Cover #1 of 3

Limited Edition Cover #2 of 3

Limited Edition Cover #3 of 3

Limited Edition Wu Massacre T-Shirt (Via UGHH.com).

Method Man, Ghostface Killah, & Raekwon the Chef "Our Dreams"
[Update: Via the MySpace, which is stupid to have it removed...]

01. Criminology 2.5
02. Meth vs. Chef
03. Ya Moms Skit
04. Smooth Sailing (Remix) feat. Solomon Childs
05. Our Dreams
06. Gunshowers feat. Inspectah Deck & Cappadonna
07. Dangerous
08. Pimpin’ Chipp
09. How To Pay Rent Skit feat. Tracy Morgan
10. Miranda
11. Youngtown Heist
12. Breaka Breaka “It’s That Wu Shit”
13. Made Men (Bonus)

Wu-Tang Corp.

"I Resolve Daily That At Dusk I Shall Repent / For A Night With A Cup Full Of Wine Spent..."

. . . In The Presence Of Flowers, My Resolve Simply Went . . .

. . . In Such Company, I Only Regret That I Ever Resolved To Repent.

act with peaceful vibes.

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans make music together as YACHT (Y△CHT).  Dig it.

Click here for the band website and here for their MySpace.

 

The Portland, Oregon duo also designed a limited edition (and no longer available) New Era fitted cap . . .

The NEW Y△CHT music video for "The Afterlife" (via The Culture Of Me).

Y△CHT's album See Mystery Lights (2009) instrumentals available for remixing here (via Fader via MBV).

"Fourty-Two. That's It. That's All There Is."

Zik my blister and welcome to the world of South African/Afrikaans hip hop and zef culture. 

After the jump there will be a music video for Die Antwoord, which is a music group comprised of Watkin Tudor Jones' new, ultra-violent emcee stage persona "Ninja," Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and . . . DJ Hi-Tek!

Slang and the following description of the group courtesy of WATKYKJY (and unless you speak Dutch/Afrikaans, you might need a little help from Google Translate).

"Die Antwoord is a lovable, mongrel-like entity made in South Africa, the love-child of many diverse cultures, black, white, coloured and alien, all pumped into one wild and crazy journey down the crooked path to enlightenment."

Ninja has a tattoo on his neck:
PRETTY WISE

And another on the lower right portion of his abs:
 A WOMAN
 IS MORE
DANGEROUS
 THAN A
 LOADED
 PISTOL

Embedded music video and song download after the jump.

Why So Serious?

V

Via Fried My Little Brain.

You can enter the contest after the jump.

Clothes & Shelter

Q.C., N.C., player.

Vintage Deadstock ($55.00).

Cop at Karmaloop.

Transmutation

Inspectah Deck on an Alchemist beat from the upcoming Rebel INS album The Manifesto.

Via HIPHOPHYPEDOG.

ALCHEMIST - ROUND II: FIGHT!
Featuring Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, and Pusha T (of Clipse).

Empty Your Mind, Be Formless. Shapeless, Like Water.

Dope.

24karateschool 2010/03/30.

March 30, 2010 release date.

Trailer for the album after the jump.

Keeping It Surreal

"Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable."

'Tis the time's plague, when madmen lead the blind.

Via MoFoHiFi Records.

Neon Trees "Girls And Boys In School." (No video.)

Phonat "Learn To Recycle." (No video.)

Via MoFoHiFi Records.

Download Phonat "Learn To Recycle (4 To The Floor Mix) here.

Spitting blood / clears up reality / and dream alike.

Two Young Punx music videos by Dutch digital artist Han Hoogerbrugge.





Below is the artwork for the Young Punx CD Mashpop and Punkstep via Hoogerbrugge's blog today.

More here.

"Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to. . ."

Congratulations!

Stream the new MGMT album Congratulations for free.  (Slated to be released 2010/04/13.)

Via NPR.

Pianist Envy

“Going back to the piano analogy […] you just have to go up to the piano and pound on the freakin’ keys."

    The filtered voice that opens Pianist Envy, with the words “Chilly Gonzale-e-e-e-e-e-es,” may be off-putting or just annoying at first, but it immediately introduces you to Canadian-born Chilly Gonzales (Jason Charles Beck).
    A self-described “entertainist,” Gonzales is also a producer, a Peaches, Jamie Lidell and Feist collaborator, a Euro-flavored jokester emcee and a piano virtuoso.  Gonzales is a person, who isn’t interested in being anything other than at least as entertained by making music as the listener is while experiencing it.
    As the beat comes in, accompanying his piano playing on the first track off Pianist Envy’s uninterrupted mix of songs, Gonzales says, “Look, entertainment isn’t killing music – it’s music that is killing entertainment.”
    That first song?  It’s a brilliant re-imagining of J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy,” which lets you nod your head along to the (thankfully wordless) beat guilt-free.
    Highlights include “Dangerous” by Busta Rhymes, where Gonzales makes the piano sound like Caribbean steel drums and the fast-paced piano playing of Clipse’s “Grindin’,” which is introduced by high-pitched tinkling of keys, works well.
    On his blog Gonzales calls Pianist Envy, “My declaration of defiance to the rappers and beatmakers who, unbeknownst to them, leave space for my musical imagination.”
    At just over 28 minutes, this unique take on the mixtape still kicks.

Cop here. 

Via The Cool Hunter.

Are You Experienced?

The unfinished sequel to Electric Ladyland by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Via Cool Material.

Also awesome, Hendrix was discharged from the military for doing things such as napping and masturbating instead of carrying out his duties (The Smoking Gun).

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our minds."

Via Artist A Day.

Broken Bells Concert From SXSW 2010

The Broken Bells first (publicized) concert at South By Southwest 2010 is available for download free via NPR.

Mercer and Burton performed at Stubb's, where Matisyahu's first album was recorded:

(Ironically, since Matisyahu is a Hasidic Jew and Stubb's is a BBQ joint.)

"King Kong Ain't Got Shit On Me. . ."

Remix.

Via Kotaku.

Cop at OverClocked Remix.

"We shall flow a river forth to thee and teeming with souls shall it ever be. . ."

Via Sneaker Freaker.

Cop at Factory 413.

Available at 12 p.m. today (2010/03/17).

Chill Music, Cool Videos

Listen to "Volume 2" by She & Him

Zooey Deschanel!

Via NPR.

Noise

Nikki & Rich "Cat & Mouse" (Windows Media streaming via . . . About.com).

Dat Kid From Cleveland

Cop here.

V

Via Bape Nerd.

"I know I've seen this place before / but it's never been so fun / never been so fun. . ."

Sometimes Dynamite Is Black

Hot New Mixtape Announced

Find out more here.

Old School Wu Videos

Piracy Funds Terrorism

Cop here.

Check out #13 "Lady Killer (Diplo Mix)," #19 "Sunshowers (Diplo Mix), & #21 "You're Good (Diplo Mix)."


The Paper Planes: Homeland Security Remixes are also worth checking out.

Matthew 5:45

Mr. Mishka Mishmash

Vol. I

 

Cop Keep Watch Vol. 1: Jokers of the Scene.

 Vol. II

 

Hard to find, but I'll keep looking.

 

 Vol. III

Cop Keep Watch Vol. 3: The Others & Roguestar.

 

BURR - diplo presents free gucci best of the cold war mixtape

Available via Mad Decent. 

"Call me by my new name / (What's that?) / Featuring . . ."

Via Karmaloop.com.

Flying Lotus "I Feel Like Dying" Remix via PrettyMuchAmazing.com.
[UDPATE] or watch the video here on The People's Poseur.

Nanophotonics

   Via Gizmodo.

Well, There Is All This Government Talk About This 'n That / Well, I'm Showing Up Middle Finger 'n That Is That

Via JETCOMX.

"Gettin' Some, Gettin' Some. . ."

. . . Grooves On.


The Raveonettes - "Lust"


Lovage - "Stroker Ace"


Handsome Boy Modeling School - "I've Been Thinking"


She & Him - "Why Do I Have To Stay Here?"

Freaknik

Silent Film, Music Video Are Mixed, Start Fire

And, in other news - Silent Film versus Music Video in Ennio Morricone Technicolor:

   Via Vimeo.     i.e. flame status.

Forest Swords "Miarches" from Olde English Spelling Bee's Future Sound series (1st in a trilogy).

MAJOR LAZER - Round X, Fight!

Mishka x Major Lazer.

"My Mind's My Nine, My Pen's My MAC-10. . ."

I originally saw this over at Nasheville, Tennessee-located Third Man Record's The Vault, which is a program that Jack White's record label launched with exclusive online, members-only content.  (I signed up for the limited pressing vinyls they do with the more expensive membership that you can only get by being a member.)

 

Vinyl record magnified 1,000x.

  

CD magnified 20,000x. Via Gizmodo.

Feeling Fine & Dandy (Warhols)

Not necessarily this song in particular, but listening to Broken Bells album Broken Bells reminded me of The Dandy Warhols. . .

"I Mix Business With Pleasure Way Too Much / I Mean Wine And Women And Song And Such . . ."

The Hotrats are a side project of Gaz Coombes & Danny Goffey from UK band Supergrass. The band is named after the Frank Zappa record Hot Rats.  "Fight For Your Right" is a track off their debut album Turns Ons (2010).

Listen To Broken Bells Self-Titled Debut Album

Check out The Shins - "Pink Bullets".
Check out DJ Danger Mouse - "The Grey Video".
Check out Broken Bells - "The High Road".

Broken Bells is comprised of . . .

James Mercer of The Shins, left, and DJ Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), right.

Streaming via NPR.

Broken Bells will perform "as part of NPR Music's official South by Southwest showcase in Austin, Texas, on March 17. The show will be webcast and broadcast live at nprmusic.org/sxsw."

The Black Belles & Third Man Records

Jack White directed this black & white music video for the record label he owns and runs, Third Man Records.

Qu'est-ce que je peux faire? (Je ne sais pas.)



What did I make? (I don't know.)

Listen To "Plastic Beach" by The Gorillaz

    The new Gorillaz CD Plastic Beach is set to be released next week.

    Streaming via NPR.

Check out "El Manana (HD)" - YouTube.


Via Billonaire Boys Club Blog.