New Music
February 3, 2012 | New Music | 
by Marius D. Hagen from Team Me |
Captain Credible is from Norway. That makes me proud. I once saw him perform in a small tent at this festival and was blown away by his presence and his ‘circuit bending skills’. He modifies (circuit bends) old keyboards, game consoles and toys, then he creates music with it. Circuit bending allows you to make your old Casio keyboard sound like an apocalypse.
New Music / Efterklang: Mirador
February 3, 2012 | New Music | by Marius D. Hagen from Team Me |
Efterklang from Denmark are one of my favorite bands. Their music is amazing and challenging, their live performances are always something unique, and their artwork and music videos are always so freakin’ good. This song is from their album Parades and the video was made by two people who call themselves Hvass & Hannibal.
New Music / The Bots: Northern Lights
February 3, 2012 | New Music | by Louise Mills from Frogg |
These young gentlemen make anyone want to pick up an electric guitar or a pair of drum sticks and just go for it, whatever the cost. Inspiring, raw and real music expression. In ya face. I’m hooked.
New Music / Mike Jaggerr: Cruise Control (ft. Big K.R.I.T.)
February 2, 2012 | New Music | 
by Jesca Teale |
Mike Jaggerr. Hip Hop extraordinaire. The name is insanely similar to rock and roll legend, Mick Jagger, which leads to a bit of confusion with new fans. But, just like Mick, once you listen to a sample of Mike Jaggerr’s music, you’ll become an instant fan. His melodies are unique, his voice is alluring, and his rhymes are captivating. His new album, the Eleventh Hour, is brutally honest, romantic, and most of all, innovative.
New Music / Godly MC: Pretty Girl Rock (Remix)
February 2, 2012 | New Music | by Jesca Teale |
Godly MC, a young emcee hailing from the Washington D.C. area, is a witty lyricist, rhyming over well mixed beats. In a world where rap has become so commercialized and shallow, this guy gets back to the roots of true Hip Hop. He gives us his story, his dreams, and even his shortcomings, using clever word play, bringing us back to a time where Hip Hop wasn’t about just girls, cars, and money.
February 1, 2012 | New Music | by Mary Chiaramonte |
The Seattle based singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone has a beautifully lulling voice, sleepy and dusky. I was able to see her in Chapel Hill and spoke with the band members for a while. Super fun, sweet people, altogether a wonderful night rapt in fantastic music.
February 1, 2012 | New Music | by Sunil Pawar |
Sound system culture in the UK is what Hip Hop Block Parties were to the US. In the eighties, these sounds took on American and Jamaican influences and gave them an English twist with explosive results. Although too young to go to the soundclashes at the time, Live at the Soul Dayer was a live album which was a MASSIVE influence on me while growing up. It’s an amazing piece of history pressed onto vinyl: a live recording of England’s finest soul and Hip Hop sound systems, including Main Attraction, TNT and Beatfreak. Read more
New Music / Vinyl Jacket: Red Light
January 31, 2012 | New Music | by K Anders |
Vinyl Jacket deservedly attracted a whole lot of attention in the UK last year, and are set to make people take notice again with their latest super-catchy single, Red Light. Their unique, dance-inspired pop sound is accompanied by a striking video, set on an eerie desert island inhabited by black-lit tribeswomen who can’t help but dance. Highly recommended.
New Music / Florence and the Machine: Shake It Out (SNL)
January 31, 2012 | New Music | by Milan Topalovic |
Here is an astounding performance of Shake it Out: captivating, breathtaking and beautiful. I have surrendered my initial apprehension due to Florence Welch’s face-shattering voice and instead embraced it with open arms. I wish to marry her one day.
New Music / 80s themed video for new Honeydrum’s song
January 31, 2012 | New Music | by Troy Mattison Hicks |
The video for Honeydrum’s new song, Traci’s on the Phone, is sort of a warped 80′s k-hole of that era’s graphics and fashion. It’s cheesy neon bliss for the masses, taken from the EP from AMDiscs called Pleasures of the Sun.
New Music / Noise musician and sound artist Randy Yau
January 28, 2012 | New Music | by Gerry Mak |
I really wish noise musician/sound artist Randy Yau would do more stuff. His performance of the above piece in Beijing back in about 2003 or so really ripped my face off. It was awesome.
January 28, 2012 | New Music | by Gerry Mak |
I am such a child of the ’90s. I’ve been reminiscing particularly hard over ’90s hip-hop lately, and I stumbled upon this track by Lords of the Underground featuring Marley Marl and De’1. I love how stuff from back then managed to be gritty and raw yet fun at the same time.
New Music / Norwegian indie rock band Kakkmaddafakka
January 27, 2012 | New Music | by Thomas James |
Kakkmaddafakka is a Norwegian indie rock band known for their high energy live performances, playing with up to twelve people on stage.
New Music / Erik Omen: Payphone
January 27, 2012 | New Music | by Kenzie Larsen |
I saw Erik Omen last year and was super impressed by their music. They put on a great live show, with the charismatic lead singer effortlessly swapping microphone for sax and keyboard. I was treated further when i came across the film clip to their single, Payphone. A simple idea rendered beautifully through what looks like a number of digital and analog production processes to produce a nostalgic lo-fi-high-cool effect.
January 27, 2012 | New Music | by Nate Frizzell |
I don’t know if I’ve had more fun at a show than when seeing ‘the greatest band of all time‘. How can you not love a stage full of heroes in full military gear blasting Arnold Schwarzenegger-themed metal into your earballs.
The paintings of Jean Pierre Roy tend to leave one in a state of speechless awe as your brain struggles to process the disturbing fact that the artist has conjured his worlds and painted them solely from his imagination. Read more
What will they stink of next? A chain of supermarkets in Brooklyn and Staten Island have began a radical experiment to pump the aromas of Lindt Chocolate and Smoky Bacon, among other flavours, into the air as a way to encourage mouth buds to start watering. And it seems to be working. Fruit sales are up 8 percent.
I remember the first time I saw a Mark Rothko piece at the Art Institute in Chicago. I’d only seen reproductions until that point, and I never understood why people considered the late painter so important. Read more
Mozzarella is the new sushi in New York since the opening of Obikà (pronounced Oh-bee-KA), Manhattan’s first mozzarella bar, at 590 Madison Avenue. Read more
If ever there was an opinion needed on the current Hip Hop scene, this is the one everyone should look to. More than likely, this homie is going to diss, if not one, then all of your favorite rappers and probably offend you. But I dare someone to say he is not speaking the truth. Plus, whose voice better to hear it in than that of Ghostface, Na’mean? I can read this blog for hours with a smile on my face.
Hotly tipped by a handful of soothsayers to take 2009 by storm, Trembling Bells are an altogether different and refreshing musical experience to much of what seems to excite people at the moment. On first listen, it’s fairly easy to ignore — one could casually shrug it off as some limp take on Scottish baroque folk. Yet, there is something more to it. Rarely do you hear that high-pitched, warbling voice in mainstream music. Likewise the marching band cacophony going on in the background is both daring and highly intriguing.
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The new Melbourne-based football themed t-shirt collection — GFUNK&BATZ — is a lot of fun. Driven by the designers’ passion for the game, the shirts will have you leaping around like Kewell or Beckham (if that’s what you want) in no time. Read more
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Nerd-attack! Man, this TARDIS zipper robe is so much cooler than any Star Wars crap people are hawking this days. This is for the true gangsta nerd.
Pencils made from recycled newspaper
The problem with awesome things like these pencils made out of recycled newspaper is that you almost don’t want to use them.
Francoise Nielly’s Yellow series
Parisian visual artist Francoise Nielly brings technicolour to the forefront in her latest series, Yellow. Featuring thick impasto palette knife strokes and trippy neon hues, Nielly captures the vulnerable expressions of her muses to a tee. Read more
Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
The return of the Brionvega rr226
Italian brand Brionvega has resurrected the classy Radiofonografio piece first created in 1965. The updated version is just like the original turntable/radio unit, but also has a CD/DVD player.
Set up in 2011, Rebel Unlit is a printing collaboration between London based Artists Neil Butler and Shanney Mulcahy. They make short run screen-printed t-shirts and limited edition prints from their studio in East London. All the t shirts are fair traded and printed by hand and, as a result, each one is unique. Read more
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