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Stylee Fridays: Velour Fall '08

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:15:00 +0000

Here in the style department we're often so focused on what's next—foraging stripy dresses (so very Dries, darlings) for the spring and stashing itty bitty rompers for next summer—that we completely forget about what's actually factually happening right now. Of course it's always important to take a good, hard look at what's going on with your fall/winter wardrobe just to figure out what sort of style loopholes need patching up—a good pair of boots or a coat for example. Velour is a Swedish label we came across earlier this year at Capsule, and we touched on it briefly in a review of the tradeshow. What we saw there was actually Spring '09 (stay with us), awesome classic pieces with a Scandinavian twist. Velour started out with a store selling deadstock vintage clothing, and the little classicisms in their line kind of make sense when you think back to those origins. Anyway, working backwards in the collection and forwards in our closets, Fall/Winter '08 Velour is full of amazing basics—great knits and tailored pants, all subtly updated with a modern fit and color palette. As much as we loved the spring collection, the Swedes are obviously better equipped when it comes to designing with colder climes in mind. And there are plenty of things to help us keep us cozy and stylish right now—the double-breasted Owen cardigan in oatmeal, the James shawl sweater in orange, and the London coat in grey. For the girls: the dark denim Samantha Chinos and oversized Nadia plaid shirt. Check the pics after the jump.

Video: Benoit Pioulard, "Ragged Tint"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:00:00 +0000

When we last checked in with Benoit Pioulard he was hanging out in Portland, working at a restaurant, recording music and spending a lot of time on his bike. Now, just in time for the release of his new album, Temper, Pioulard has created a video for "Ragged Tint," pairing soothing vocals with speedy finger-plucked guitar. When we first heard it, we were thinking the song would be a great soundtrack to nightmares about being chased, and it turns out we weren't too far off because the video features Pioulard running really fast against the backdrop of a pretty amazing Oregon sunset. If we were him, we'd get back on the bike (it's faster, dude), but since we're not him, we're just going to go ahead and recommend that you hop on your own bikes (or run really fast) to the record store to buy Temper on Tuesday.

Freeload: Baby Cham, "Hope"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:30:00 +0000

We thought you might have missed it in the latest edition of Ghetto Palms, so we're re-upping Baby Cham's new song here, seeing how it's Friday and we're filled with hope that we will win the lottery before Monday.

Download: Cham, "Hope"

The Let Out: New Music Party

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:01:00 +0000

This week on The Let Out, our weekly East Village Radio show (made possible by Dewars) we're dropping the theme concept in favor of playing you the newest of the new music we've been listening to lately. You can listen live at eastvillageradio.com from 6-8 EST, and if you miss it, you can always grab the podcast afterwards.

LA: Michele Bigler Benefit Show Featuring No Age

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:45:00 +0000

This Sunday, October 12, at the Echoplex in Los Angeles there will be an early show benefit for Michele Bigler, a Los Angeles artist and local music scene fixture. Recently Bigler was diagnosed with cancer, and like too many of us, does not have health insurance to help pay her medical bills. The show will be headlined by No Age and also features performances from David Scott Stone, The Tyde, The Movies and more. All proceeds from the $12 ticket go directly towards Bigler's treatment.

NYC: A New Venue is Born

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:43:00 +0000

Like those statistics you learned in middle school about deforestation or endangered manatee, it seems like every four seconds a new venue opens up in New York City. The latest is 92YTribeca, a new arts center opening October 18th, who are throwing a pre-opening show tomorrow night with FADER 57 GEN F-ers Crystal Stilts along with Violens and Chairlift. So you can get a jump on new venue discovery, and it's free if you RSVP! Just email Bsisto@92Y.org with the subject "10.11.08 - 92YTribeca – BV" and your first and last name in the body of the email and you're set. (via Brooklyn Vegan)

Hood By Air At A.S.S.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:45:00 +0000

Last night we strolled over to Terrence Koh’s Asia Song Society gallery in Chinatown, a small but appropriate space on Canal Street where we caught Matthew Stone taking a nap a year ago. Brooklyn banjee boys and clothing designers, Shayne Oliver and Raul Lopez, presented their Gigolow and Bird videos, a thematic series that corresponds to their Hood by Air Spring 2009 line rightly entitled “bondage.” Hood by Air’s suggestive taste and playful antics made for one of the more intriguing runway shows at Fashion Week this year, drawing out a few roped and barred models. For those interested in purchasing or just experiencing the pieces for themselves, a Hood by Air pop-up shop will be hosted at the gallery through the weekend.

Freeload: Ruste Juxx f. Lil Vic, "Get Up"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Would you let a man named Ruste Juxx watch your children? No? Well, the jokes on you because he has children! And he loves them so much he lets them guest on his songs. And they reciprocate that love by staying on beat (a breakbeat no less) and somehow gully-ing up their voice for the occasion, especially impressive considering that we were probably still scared of long division at that age. Ruste (pronounced ruhs-tee) Juxx's debut Indestructible is available October 28th on Duck Down Records. Hello, Brooklyn.

Download: Ruste Juxx f. Lil Vic, "Get Up"

Video Premiere: Wild Yaks, "River May Come"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:15:00 +0000

A life in music is like a yin yang. There is so much to love, but that becomes overwhelming. And that whelm occasionally turns into a muddled confusion which turns into an unhealthy amount of television watching and general artstic ponderance. Why doesn't all music sound like Nina Simone? Buddy Holly? Black Sabbath? Chic? Biggie? Gang of Four? Mariah Carey? But would we know their goodness if there was no badness from which to discern quality? What will free us from this bewitching haze? Wild Yaks will. They will do it with the hairy back of Rob Bryn, soaked from the abyss of a roadside waterfall and the pressed voices of beleaguered men yelling. We are pleased as punch to premiere their Matt Goldman directed video for "River May Come." May it revive you, too.

Video: GLC, "I Ain't Even on Yet"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:25:00 +0000

Man, we had the weirdest dream last night. It was 2008, Wall Street had collapsed, Kanye was singing, a scary lady was running for vice president, Obama beat Clinton (ha!), Apple had made a phone that worked by rubbing on it (pause) and we had gotten soooo fat! Cold sweats for real. We woke up and our legs were doing that little half-running thing. Shit was crazy.

Links:
GLC's MySpace
Kanye West's Can't Tell Me Nothing Mixtape

Freeload: M.I.A., "Boyz" with Jay-Z and Wale

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0000

The power of the Pineapple Express trailer continues to astound as Jay-Z has recorded a brand new verse over M.I.A.'s "Boyz" which we originally posted the video for in June of 2007. Not to mention we put Maya on the cover in September of 2004. Hello, World! Obviously, we're kidding. We know these things take time, and we're genuinely excited to hear her voice all over the place. According to the Elitaste blog post where we found Wale's version, Interscope will be re-releasing her album from last year, Kala, with "Boyz" as the single. So it is not hard to imagine that it could sell upwards of 500,000 copies as it now stands at almost 350,000, which is honestly kind of ridiculous. In a good way. Regardless, we were waiting for a tagless version of the Jay-Z remix and now we have it. Decide for yourself which you like best.

Download: M.I.A. f. Jay-Z, "Boyz (Remix)"

Download: M.I.A. f. Wale, "Boyz (Remix)"

Freeload: The FADER Issue 57 Podcast

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Some issues of The FADER are more difficult to put together than others, with our editors pulling hair or pulling teeth to get the right stories in the right places at the right time. The music portion of FADER Number 57 was relatively easy for two reasons. First, it's our Photo Issue and many of its pages are filled with striking, provocative images by some of our favorite contributors. Second, cover stars Brightblack Morning Light and TV on the Radio both released albums that blew our minds, and the rest just fell into place based on the bounty of great new bands putting out music right now. Surprisingly, the accompanying audio podcast of music from the issue was a bigger challenge, what with all that excellent music, but we think we killed it. Grab it below and get the tracklist after the jump.

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Check the tracklist after jump.

Brightblack Morning Light, "Hologram Buffalo"
Crystal Stilts, "Crystal Stilts"
TV on the Radio, "Dancing Choose"
School of Seven Bells, "Half Asleep"
Gang Gang Dance, "House Jam" (XXXChange Remix)
Brisco, "Just Know Dat"
Wax Fang, "World War II (Pt. 2)"
Sebastien Grainger, "American Names"
Serani, "No Games"
Brisco, "I'm Me"
Juana Molina, "Un Dia"
Wild Yaks, "River May Come"
Deerhunter, "Little Kids"

FADER TV: Staycation with Midnight Juggernauts

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

In the newest FADER TV series, our online editor invites artists, musicians and minor celebrities to enjoy the great outdoor activities, vanishing leisure spots and storied watering holes of New York City, a city he cannot navigate without the generous help of many of its fine citizens.

Staycation #2: Red Hook with Midnight Juggernauts

Midnight Juggernauts are from Australia and have great hair and beards. In the last year, they released a great album, Dystopia, shot a great video with Surface 2 Air for "Into the Galaxy", and put out the best cover of a Midnight Juggernauts song we've ever heard in "Road to Recovery (Acoustopia)". The trio was recently in New York City for a show, so we invited them to explore the netherworld of Red Hook, Brooklyn, where IKEA is god and there is no subway. Special thanks to The Good Fork for not kicking us out.

NYC: One Step Beyond Returns

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:50:00 +0000

You may remember the previous One Step Beyond at the American Museum of Natural History events as epic dance parties where accidentally bumping into Saturn replicas and security guards making sure you don't knock over a real piece of the moon was all part of the game, or maybe you didn't go at all. Either way, the series is back, kicking off with DJ Mehdi and Mattie Safer of The Rapture spinning records that will have you seeing stars (literally, you get a pass to come back to the museum and you can check out the Space Show while you're there). Hurry and buy tickets here.

Freeload: The Roots f. Lil Wayne, "A Milli" (Live in Miami)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:30:00 +0000

It's official: this is the last version of "A Milli" that we will ever post… unless Cindy McCain covers it to appeal to the "that one" vote. And even then probably not. The Roots, live at the Fillmore in Miami with a special guest appearance by Weezy Baby. A Milli's by ?uestlove.

Download: The Roots f. Lil Wayne, "A Milli" (Live in Miami) (via Okayplayer)

On the Street: Seattle

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:40:00 +0000

There are a few stylistic things about fall in Seattle that we vaguely adhere to as code: leather jackets, faded denim, and long hair. We’re not sure when this code set in, it just sort of accumulated over time like our mother’s stacked Lands End catalogs, consistently used as a coaster until one day we looked at the cover and said, “Damn, that sweaters kinda nice.”

Animal Collective Named Their New Album After a Place Where We Got Drunk Once

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Animal Collective recently revealed the name and tracklist for their new album, due in January '09. It is to be called Merriweather Post Pavilion after a venue in Columbia, Maryland where many a tie-dyed white man has consumed his body weight in mushrooms and beer to the tune of Widespread Panic's "Pickin' Up the Pieces." An odd choice, for sure, but there's probably someone on the Collectin Animals board who can explain it to you, if you so desire. Just respect the vibes over there… seriously. Gorilla vs Bear did the dirty work and rounded up some YouTube and live versions of some of the songs on the tracklist, which you can see right below here:

1. In the Flowers
2. My Girls
3. Also Frightened
4. Summertime Clothes
5. Daily Routine
6. Bluish
7. Guys Eyes
8. Taste
9. Lion in a Coma
10. No More Runnin
11. Brother Sport

The Wu-Tang Clan's Live at Montreux DVD

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000

There’s a spot in Orange County called Foxfire that's known as a place to pick up cougars. We’re not saying that we’ve been there (and we're not saying we haven't), but watching women of a certain age trying to lure in guys that should be tutoring their kids for the SATs is as uncomfortable as you'd expect. It's kind of the same feeling you get while watching Wu-Tang’s recently released Live at Montreux DVD. Everyone on stage seems either too old or too worried about their stock portfolio ("You got to know how to jack this shit. You got to play this game rough. In, out, get, grab, baong!") to really get hyped, and it shows. That is, except Method Man. That dude’s spritely for his age. Anyway, unless you’re a diehard Wu completist, we’d recommend that you buy the last season of The Wire instead to get your Meth fix. It's now available on DVD.

Freeload: Busy Signal, "Nine Night"

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0000

If you missed yesterday's installment of Ghetto Palms, you probably also missed last night's album release party in Manhattan for Busy Signal's Loaded. Don't worry, you'll probably get some sort of update on that in the near future, but in the meantime, here's Busy's newest, not on Loaded, which sounds like Busy robbed "I Feel For You" out of Chaka Khan's purse and then beat Stevie Wonder over the head with it. Coincidentally, he addresses the visa issue that kept him from showing up to the release party.

Download: Busy Signal, "Nine Night"

Live: Nas, NER*D + Others At The Smirnoff Experience New York

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:55:00 +0000

A couple nights ago we hit up the New York edition of the Smirnoff Experience featuring Nas, N*E*R*D, Dizzee Rascal, Spank Rock, and somewhat unexpectedly, Grandmaster Flash. Even though Nas didn't get on stage until around 1:30 in the morning, we were plied with the free drinks and crowd-wowing performances from N*E*R*D and Spank Rock. By the time Nas hit the stage (along with Kelis, subbing in for Lauryn Hill on "If I Ruled The World"), it was clear that—free drinks or not—we made the right choice in coming out to the event.