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New Beastie Boys!? Hecks yes, been a long time...

stormwarning — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:31:00 -0600

New Beastie Boys!? Hecks yes, been a long time coming.

Make Some Noise

This wasn’t really part of the plan, but since this track is out there we wanted to let you hear it here first, or maybe second. Enjoy

Mike

Com Truise - Sundriped Lying back on the waves of sun-drenched...

stormwarning — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:59:38 -0600

Com Truise - Sundriped

Lying back on the waves of sun-drenched synth I can start to believe winter is finally over.

via d-wolves:

Distant hills; Fresh breeze wavering; Clouds still and mighty.

Jamie Woon - Night Air Night air has the strangest flavourSpace...

stormwarning — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:32:18 -0600

Jamie Woon - Night Air

Night air has the strangest flavour
Space to breathe it, time to savour

Lovely soul/dubstep/chill track, co-produced by Burial. Between this and Burial’s remix of “Wayfaring Stranger” I can’t get enough of their collaborations!

Crystal Castles - Not In Love (ft. Robert Smith) This little gem...

stormwarning — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:42:00 -0700

Crystal Castles - Not In Love (ft. Robert Smith)

This little gem came out a while ago, but I can’t get enough of it. Pairing Robert Smith’s vocals with Crystal Castles’ lo-res electro pop and some driving synth bass is such magic, I could wish Smith fronted them full-time.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30)

stormwarning — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:29:43 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30): KRS-One (14) Louis C.K. (12) TV on the Radio (12)...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16)

stormwarning — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:22:04 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16): Lusine (36) Institute (12) Paramore (10) Queens of...

Purity Ring - Ungirthed The debut track from Gobble Gobble...

stormwarning — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:05:01 -0700

Purity Ring - Ungirthed

The debut track from Gobble Gobble spinoff, Purity Ring. I really enjoy it, but I am a sucker for glitched-up, abstracted vocals. :)

Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo Via girlfriday13th: Now THIS is a...

stormwarning — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:25:40 -0700

Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo

Via girlfriday13th:

Now THIS is a Dubstep track!

I had a small mental explosion when I heard this being played at the restaurant last night. I’ve never heard it being played anywhere other than my own stereo before now.

I can’t explain why I love this song, but I get a warm fuzzy feeling whenever I hear it. It usually sticks in my head for the rest of the day and makes me want to drive down the coast to L.A.

I also like the Lil Wayne Vocal Remix, which you can get for free at Rcrdlbl.com : http://tinyurl.com/ybnxmq4

Mammal - Smash The Piñata “I see the beauty raining down...

stormwarning — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:04:15 -0700

Mammal - Smash The Piñata

“I see the beauty raining down from the top shelf, I said
I see the beauty and I just wanna help a little, help a little.”

Was introduced to these guys in 2009 with this song. Was really looking forward to hearing more from them too, but just found out they broke up in the fall. Pity, but at least there’s this and the rest of their single released album out there to enjoy.

I really enjoy the stark look of the video. The song starts with a slow burn, building up to a sweet rock-out payoff. I hope these guys find new projects.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19)

stormwarning — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:42:30 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19): Tegan and Sara (26) Daft Punk (23) Leftfield (17)...

"Time to show some sharper teeth, Time grow a thicker skin, Time to drop the seventh veil and let..."

stormwarning — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:05:06 -0700

““Time to show some sharper teeth, Time grow a thicker skin, Time to drop the seventh...

10 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Albums

stormwarning — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:44:31 -0700

10 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Albums: Not just all backmasking crap either. Excuse me...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12)

stormwarning — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:44:54 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12): Deathmøle (19) blink-182 (10) Viktor Vaughn (8)...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5)

stormwarning — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:30:40 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5): Mono (42) Big Wreck (14) Daft Punk (12) If These...

newyorker: Should hip-hop lyrics be considered poetry? On the...

stormwarning — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:58:21 -0700

newyorker:

Should hip-hop lyrics be considered poetry?

On the heels of the publication of Jay-Z’s “Decoded,” K elefa Sanneh looks at the language of hip-hop and the recent campaign for respect for the genre:
“If you start in the recent past and work backward, the history of hip-hop spreads out in every direction: toward the Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron, who declaimed poems over beats and grooves in the early seventies; toward Jamaica, where U-Roy pioneered the art of chatting and toasting over reggae records; toward the fifties radio d.j.s who used rhyming patter to seal spaces between songs; toward jazz and jive and the talking blues; toward preachers and politicians and street-corner bullshitters.”

Nothing to add really except that this is a nice read on the poeticism of hip-hop lyrics.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28)

stormwarning — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:10:47 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28): Daft Punk (24) Alexisonfire (9) Tool (8) The...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-21)

stormwarning — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:10:59 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-21): Clubroot (16) Florence and The Machine (11) Phaeleh...

Clubroot - Solar Flares Definitely a bit of Burial influence on...

stormwarning — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:33:11 -0700

Clubroot - Solar Flares

Definitely a bit of Burial influence on this — particularly in the abstracted vocal samples — but if Burial is evocative of the dim London streets, then this track was brought forth from a hidden cave system kilometers below those streets.

Cavernous reverb and echo drenches everything except the beat, which keeps a nice, tight rhythm. The bass ebbs and swells, only leaving you a few fleeting moments to break the surface. If you can listen to this one on speakers with good bass response, I recommend it!

metaconscious:

Clubroot - Solar Flares

Primal echoes weave around a melody dreaming in sound. There’s a hint of Burial-esque magic in here.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-7)

stormwarning — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:52:59 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-7): Fall Out Boy (19) Ayria (15) Depeche Mode (4) Nigel...

Linkin Park - Waiting for the End (via linkinparktv) Yeah, yeah,...

stormwarning — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:18:33 -0700

Linkin Park - Waiting for the End (via linkinparktv)

Yeah, yeah, I know, Linkin Park but whatever. I was a pretty big fan up through till Minutes To Midnight, not because I disliked the album; I was probably just listening to other stuff when it came out.

So the new sound the band’s worked up seems like even more of a departure from the previous since I’ve missed part of the progression. That’s okay, since I’m liking where they’ve ended up. And I’m liking this video for their latest single too. Some spooky-cool lighting and what are probably 3D meshes or something but make me think of star constellations. Watch it in HD for the best results.