| by Mark Jackson on July 31st, 2008 |
Upcoming Swedish solo artist Lykke Li flooded the indie blog scene with her debut LP Youth Novels in November. She’s back with her third video off the record, “Breaking It Up”. Critically, her album held up with just above average reviews, including a 7.8/10 from Pitchfork, 4/5 from AllMusic, and an 8/10 from NME. [via [...]
| by Mark Jackson on July 31st, 2008 |
Jay-Z says his new record will feature Kanye West, Timbaland, or both. Speaking to Rolling Stone, HOVA said: “I’m a person that works off music. If Timbaland makes ten great tracks then he produces the album, if Kanye West makes ten great tracks then he produces the album; if he makes three, I’ll take three. [...]
| by Mark Jackson on July 31st, 2008 |
Always collaborating with someone from his monster of an indie rock band, Drew takes this one solo-style. For once. The Broken Social Scene frontman delivers “Summer Time Dues”, which interestingly starts out with Drew — coughing. Cue classic Kevin Drew style acoustic guitar and melodic vocals, and you have yourself there a quality intro. Sounding [...]
| by Mark Jackson on July 30th, 2008 |
At an exclusive fan club concert last night, The Killers played two brand new tracks off their upcoming album. It looks like they’ll be playing it safe, keeping the same ol’ Killers sound we know and love. The recordings are from the Highline Ballroom in NYC, and although the audio/video quality isn’t good by any [...]
| by Mark Jackson on July 29th, 2008 |
Although we don’t have news of any single you can get your hands on at the moment, we are glad to present the tracklist for TV On The Radio’s forthcoming follow-up to their stellar Return to Cookie Mountain. The album drops September 23 on Interscope. TVOTR has a handful of September tour dates, so check [...]
| by Mark Jackson on July 29th, 2008 |
The Killers have been recording since June in a brand new studio in Las Vegas, and are hoping for a November release for their third studio album following 2006′s fantastic Sam’s Town. The band metaphorically ran over a padestrian with last year’s Sawdust, but we trust Brandon and friends will pull through and keep up [...]
| by Mark Jackson on July 28th, 2008 |
Stream: Download (right click and save as): Lil’ Wayne ft. Mike Tyson – The American Dream Listen to this unreleased track featuring none other than the most vicious (especially vocally) boxer the game has ever seen. Keep ‘em comin Weezy. [via Prefix]
| by Mark Jackson on July 28th, 2008 |
Partie Traumatic, the Black Kids’ debut LP that features a stunning three new tracks, has garnered quite a comical rating from Pitchfork: Almost as bad as Jet’s Shine On. Partie Traumatic really does deserve this pitiful review. Admitting their musical minds are already slowing up, Black Kids unnecessarily rushed out this uninspiring collection of year [...]
| by Mark Jackson on July 26th, 2008 |
Monday at 10 A.M. on SPIN.com, you’ll be able to download (for free!) a brand new Kings of Leon track off their upcoming Only By The Night LP due Sept. 23. “Crawl” will be the first song released from their upcoming album, although it is not the first proper single. Feel happy inside that you [...]
| by Mark Jackson on July 25th, 2008 |
The king of underground hip-hop, Talib Kweli, plans to release a documentary via Nonstop Movie Works. Check out the trailer: There is no word on it’s release date. Kweli has plans for three upcoming albums in the next year. Prisoner of Conscious will be a solo record. Talib Kweli & Res are called Idle Warship, [...]