Four Tet - “Circling”, “She Just Likes To Fight”

by Mark Jackson on February 10th, 2010 No Comments

These couple tracks are off his latest album There Is Love In You, which just came out in January. Very peaceful.

old Saint Etienne - “Been So Long”

by Mark Jackson on February 9th, 2010 No Comments

I felt guilty making a post with no music, so here’s a Saint Etienne track that should make you put you in a good Tuesday mood, whatever that is.

Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announced

by Mark Jackson on February 9th, 2010 No Comments

As promised, the listing of musicians performing at this year’s Bonnaroo is up:

Dave Matthews Band • Kings of Leon • Stevie Wonder • Jay-Z • Tenacious D • Weezer • The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform “Dark Side of the Moon” • The Dead Weather • Damian Marley & Nas • [...]

MPthrees: Squirrelhouse - “All That Shit”, “Jolene”

by Mark Jackson on February 5th, 2010 No Comments

I was a bit pessimistic when the drum beat kicked in on this first song ’cause we’ve all heard it a million times over, but it builds. Hold on if you can because once it gets into the second track you can really start to understand what these guys are trying to do. The songs [...]

The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme

by Mark Jackson on February 5th, 2010 No Comments

The band’s upcoming album Clinging to a Scheme will be their first in four years, although there is some confusion as to why it’s been so long… according to Wikipedia, the album was planned to be released in September 2008 but for some reason it was delayed after an EP was released a few months [...]

The Flaming Lips to perform Dark Side of the Moon at Bonnaroo

by Mark Jackson on February 3rd, 2010 No Comments

The Bonnaroo lineup is still a week away from being announced, but you just read the early surprise. The Flaming Lips will play a ‘regular’ set at the midnight slot on Thursday, then at 2:30 a.m. will play DSOTM. If the words ‘Flaming Lips’ and ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ surprised you in the same [...]

Freddie Cruger

by Mark Jackson on February 3rd, 2010 No Comments

Closing out a trio of hip-hop posts, we have ourselves a fine, and I mean fine, piece of  jazz/hip-hop/r&b.
Just Chillin’ In The Spot is a 2008 album from Freddie Cruger aka Red Astaire, an old-school rapper, and it’s as wholesome, crafty, and listenable as they come. Think back to the last old school hip-hop album [...]

CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Vol. 2

by Mark Jackson on January 31st, 2010 No Comments

Welcome to the world of real hip-hop, if you haven’t been here before.
CunninLynguists are a trio who formed about 10 years ago, and since then they’ve been putting out albums of really high quality, and there’s no sign of slowing. Their seventh and eighth albums were released last year, and both are pretty damn good. [...]

Soundbombing II

by Mark Jackson on January 28th, 2010 No Comments

Sorry for not posting for a while. I’ve been listening to a bunch of older stuff recently, mainly hip-hop, so expect more of this kind of stuff to come shortly.
To start, here’s one of the more popular tracks off Soundbombing II, an album released by Rawkus Records in 1999. It features a really long list [...]

Out Now: RJD2 - The Colossus

by Mark Jackson on January 21st, 2010 No Comments

I had one of the hardest decisions of my life to make last Saturday. My boys the Baltimore Ravens had their playoff game against the Colts, kickoff time 8:15. Simultaneously, RJD2 was in town, playing a show slated to start at 8.
It was 7:00 and I already bought my ticket, so if I wanted to [...]