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FebruaryFeb 5 Thursday 09
Download: Mustard Pimp bangs into 2009
Mustard Pimp, the electro duo so vastly inventive and dangerous you're for some reason not listening to them, are back today with some brand new cuts and a shiny remix.
Live: Scion brings Rusko, AC Slater, others to The Roxy
Scion, the youth-skewing car company (c'mon Ford, where the tweens at?), has been killing it with their "House Party" series over the last year or so with all sorts of rad and totally free events, and today brings news that they'll be terrorizing the Los Angeles …
News: Thunderheist to finally issue debut LP + tour tour tour
The first-ever full length record from Thunderheist will finally see the light of day, as the futuristic-hip-hop-electro-banger-sleazefest duo are dropping the 13-track disc on March 24 via Big Dada.
Emerging: The Hundred In The Hands
After the dissolution of The Boggs, Brooklyn natives Jason Friedman and Eleanore Everdell began their lives together as The Hundred In The Hands, one of the most promising bands we've been privy to hear since we began this website over three years ago.
Download: The Blue Van - "Man Up (Streetlab vs. Sean MF'n Roberts remix)"
(photo by Toshika Horita)
Here's the situation on The Blue Van.
News: Drew Danburry releases new demo + shooting video
We just got a major update sent to us from singer-songwriter/most awesome dude ever Drew Danburry.
News: DJs Are Not Rockstars becomes a label
Five years going strong since the beginnings of DJs Are Not Rockstars, the NYC collective birthed from the blood, tears and dancing sweat of producer/DJ Alexander Technique, has become a record-releasing entity called, of course, DANR Records.
News: Pete Doherty to lecture at Ireland university
If only this website were The Onion right now would we firmly believe that that headline were actually being utilized for real.
News: Anamanaguchi ready to drop the Dawn Metropolis
Chiptune slingers and Gothamites Anamanaguchi are seven heavy years into their career and this new EP, Dawn Metropolis, is only their second-ever release.
Live: Kelli Rudick playing Joe's Pub later this month
We became 100% enamored with Brooklyn experimental-guitar-music purveyor Kelli Rudick some time ago when she played a set at this book release for Broke Ass Stuart.
Video: Jokers Of The Scene - "Baggy Bottom Boys"
Maybe the greatest use of muted clips from "Big" we could have imagined, the video that DJ Ayres and Harry drew up for the track "Baggy Bottom Boys", from Fools Gold recording artists Jokers Of Scene, is equal parts mesmerizing and frustrating. We mean, everyone …
FebruaryFeb 3 Tuesday 09
Video: "The Black Lips In India" trailer
Okay, so to be perfectly honest, no one knows exactly why The Black Lips got chased out of India by police, only that it happened. But, since the kids at VICE were there filming the whole time, the story will certainly (and finally) unfold for real. Something tells …
Tours: Midnight Masses to support Trail of Dead + mp3
Brooklyn-based Midnight Masses is this rad supergroup of sorts, started by the pairing of Autry Rene Fulbright (Dragons of Zynth) and Jason Reece (guitarist in Austin, Texas' And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead).
Download: N.A.S.A. - "A Volta (feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank & Lovefoxxx) (Database remix)"
(photo by Fabio Motta)
Wow wow wow.
Photos: Spending a few hours with Lady Sovereign
We had the honor yesterday of spending a few hours with the biggest midget in the game, Lady Sovereign, before and during her first show in New York City in a year-and-a-half and the first of three not-so-secret-really-ever shows happening this week (tomorrow in …
Live: Calvin Harris plays a few in the UK
Harris has also talked about how he's nearly done with his sophomore record, the follow-up to the excellent I Created Disco.
Live: Haley Bonar is going out for a week of shows
(photo by Cameron Wittig)
Starting tomorrow night, crush-worthy indie pop songstress Haley Bonar is playing a week of dates in the southeastern US, finishing up on February 11 in Ohio. She'll be accompanied by another great chanteuse in Jennifer O'Connor. Also, …
Download: MSTRKRFT - "Bounce (Teh Interweb Kidz remix)"
The last time we posted a remix by the Pumps-wearing California duo called Teh Interweb Kidz, the track pretty much blew up like whoa.