City Pages - Culture To Go (Free subscription) | yesterday
The headline never tells you all you need to know about a news story, and sometimes the opening act is a better story than the headlining band. So it is with tomorrow's show at the Triple Rock.
Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
In truth, part of me wants to be like, “Yo, El, why don't you just chill out, smoke a blunt, take a deep breath, even if it's not going to be okay, why don't you just pretend that it will be.” I’m sure by now the guy's been told this one or two or 34,566 [...]
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
in post Shiny, Happy People: El-P’s Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx 2 from The Passion of the Weiss .
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
in post Shiny, Happy People: El-P’s Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx 2 from The Passion of the Weiss .
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
in post Shiny, Happy People: El-P’s Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx 2 from The Passion of the Weiss .
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
in post We are all going to blog in hell from Nerd Litter .
Line Out (Free subscription) | yesterday
When asked what he is listening to at this moment, El-P, the founder of Def Jux, and the subject of an article I wrote this week , said the soundtrack for Steven Soderbergh's remake of Andrie Tarkovsky's Solaris . "Yeah, the movie sucks, but the soundtrack is really great. I can't stop listening to it. There's something there I want to figure out." I bought the soundtrack, listened to it, and came...
Slushy Gutter Summer (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... Down the Block" features not just one ill-remix with Pusha T and Bun B but a second remix with El-P. Check the latter HERE . - Requisite Duck Down posse cut with Buckshot and Sean Price. - The duo rep Penn, not the penitentiary, but the University of Pennsylvania, where they met and formed the group. - Producer/DJ Double-O assembles a collection of tracks that is hard to define under one broad...
Nerd Litter (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Webster Hall, New York City, 5-10-08 Kidz in the Hall Busdriver El-P Dizzee Rascal "Cruise Control" "The Troglodyte Wins" "Smithereens (Stop Cryin')" "Deep Space 9mm" * MP3 : "Drivin' Down The Block" (El-P Remix) - Kidz in the Hall [ Buy other Kidz in the Hall ] * MP3 : "Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia is the Sport of Now)" - Busdriver from RoadKillOvercoat [ Buy it ] * MP3 : "Intrigue in...
Fifteen Minutes to Live (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Here's some video from Saturday's Kidz In The Hall/El-P show at Webster Hall in New York. ( via El-P's blog )
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
“People sayin', ‘Oh, I can't understand his accent, I can't tell what he’s sayin'. You don't need to know what the fuck I’m sayin',” barked Dizzee Rascal Saturday night in New York. It's true — with Dizzee Rascal, it really doesn't matter. The London MC held forth at Webster Hall, three shows into his first U.S. tour behind Maths + English , his nearly year-old album that only saw a Stateside release...
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
by Black Bubblegum El-P & Aesop Rock @ Webster Hall - May 10, 2008 (jennyapplebaum ) "WHEN I SAY DEF, YOU SAY JUX! DEF!" ..... "DEF!" ...... Okay, it wasnt THAT bad, but while fellow Cardboard City crew member Shia...
Metal Lungies (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Kidz In the Hall, comprised of University of Pennsylvania graduates Naledge and Double-O, are set to release The In Crowd with Duck Down Records. Heres what Double-O had to say about the album: fans can expect to hear a tremendous growth with The In Crowd. Our debut was a stepping stone in our movement. The In Crowd is a masterpiece and a concise reflection of our sound, as it's a bolder and bigger...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Noah & The Whale (with Laura Marling) @ SXSW 2008 tonight in NYC & NJ * TK Webb & The Visions @ Lit * Her Space Holiday @ Knitting Factory * Ladyhawk & Neva Divona @ Union Hall * Ellen Allien with Sascha Funke @ Studio B * The Apes & CPC Gangbangs @ Don Pedro's * Project Jenny, Project Jan @ Asterisk Art Space * Team Robespierre & The Teenagers @ Maxwell's * The Black...
