Thursday, May 31, 2007

or... you could just say 'i got the best.'


i've been getting into those new fangled internet 'comedians' (and just youtube subscriptions in general) quite a bit recently, natalie dee and husband drew (more commonly known for toothpaste for dinner) are great. he's got a couple of good ones too.

p.s.
bryn ain't get'n da debernardi. dayum!

p.p.s.
the offices of the sex in the breakroom would like to extend a late- yet still warm 'happy birthday bitch!' greeting to caitlin ova at less stock more pac err whatever.

p.p.p.s.
sorry austin.

Jealousy kills...but these fools save.



Reasons I am (kinda, maybe, not really) jealous:
1) Bryn is getting an amazing new fixed track bike, built from scratch. So sexy. Kinda want to beat him up and ride it. (not really, sorry Bryn)
2) Derek, my blog buddy, and Rachel (Ray-Ho) are going to see Arcade Fire at the Berkley Greek Theater...

...but then again, my band is playing a show at the bike church (@ 8) and I've been spending a lot of time listening to this band: PAGE FRANCE.

So here's the deal. They are from Maryland, and they rule. They are generally coined a folk/pop-folk band. Anywho, this wonderful five piece found its way quickly into my heart, and is kickin' it pretty hardcore there. All three linked songs are from there soon to be released CD "And The Family Telephone". SO drop it likes it's hot, and dome check your shit on this:
SPACE (/w tour info!)

Mr. Violin & Dancing Bear
Pigeons
Rooster & Its Crow

spent the morning in urgent care


hit 'n run last night. don't worry... don't worry... the bike's fine. i think... my right knee, not so much. i'm off my bike for a little while. it's one of those mornings that can only be helped by half a bottle of bare foot. here's three random blog-type subjects that have nothing in common with each other.

1. i always found the song rating system on itunes to be completely useless. a; because i'm not gonna sit and rate every song in my library. i guess i could just rate the songs i like... but that would contradict the purpose of rating my library to begin with and, b; who the fuck really cares enough to associate how much you enjoy a song to a scale of 1 to 5 stars? well, this app throws all your rating worries out the window, it automatically runs through your itunes library and rates all your songs by using a formula (rating = (100 * ( (play frequency - lower) / (upper - lower) ) - skips per month * 5), sounds neato. i'm not gonna lie, i've downloaded it like a week ago, but i haven't ran it yet. once again... for multiple reasons, a; because i just imagine it's gonna take a long ass time and hog vital memory i need for my ever so important torrents (currently; curb your enthusiam and futurma collections and a 4.7gb wu-tang discog), b; i imagine this rating system isn't very accurate and i'm gonna end up turning my neatly organized library into a pile of shit and c; i'm afraid some random hottie is gonna hop onto my computer bust open itunes and find out i gave freak'n out by graham coxon 5 stars.

2. i finally heard the first single off (thirty year old) aesop rock's next album none shall pass on definitive swim (def jux x adult swim) and i'm pretty excited, it drops on def jux august 28th. sounds super.
aesop rock - none shall pass

3. as many of you i'm a rather big arcade fire fan and i kind of have a thing for there live shows; especially their wide selection of covers. here's the latest; clinc's distortions

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

'i'm speaking to you from the future'


you can pick up the video for kanye west's first single; can't tell me nothing off his up and coming graduation full length dropping in september, as a free download on itunes. sounds as promising as every k.west production before hand, i'm sure it's gonna deliver.

in other kanye news, he just dropped his can't tell me nothing mixtape. which is fuck'n awesome. samples from daft punk, thom yorke, kid sister, peter bjorn & john, a-trak and the founding track of the new super group CRS (lupe fiasco, k. west and pharrell.) it's free (even though the download takes for-fucking-ever) cop it!

crs - us pacers
kanye west - young folks

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Soooo(cial) Last Year...



aside from a lot of things going on, your favorite, Broken Social Scene just released a new music video. And while it doesn't fit the norm of a dialogue free video of a band playing while looking super hip, they did have a lot of fun. So eat this and tell your friends about this video (and this blog?) because it is fucking rad.

ALSO!!!

I purpose a challenge. I don't know who reads this blog, or how many readers we have, but I want create the competition to make a mash-up for the two songs:
Da ya think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
&
Time Moves Slowly - Madonna

i want that to be a mash-up.

winner gets an awesome prize, because it would be a rad song and because I doubt anyone will do it.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

sebastiEn


ex drummer/vocalist for the garage-pop band death from above 1979 of vice (owned by atlantic) records fame; sebastien grainger has been hard at work touring and writing songs for an unnamed solo release. after the split, his old bandmate jesse f. keeler has since teamed up with al-p to pump out track after track of soulless electronic disco anthems and remixes under the guise (and golden hockey mask) mstrkrft. it's good to see that even after the fame of dfa79 (which mainly involved declaring a... and i quote; "JIHAD ON THEM HOLY WAR ENDING IN THIER DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT" against james murphy and dfa records as a whole. gj guys!) they're are still passionate about music and continue to flood the internet with alternative pop music for college kids around the globe. like usual, i'm getting off track. sebastien has dropped a lot of good sounding songs so far, the two i'm going to post he has claimed sound nothing like other tracks he's working on and that they don't reflect the direction he's taking his solo work in, but whatever, they're good.

sebastien grainger - when you go out
sebastien grainger - the rhythm method

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

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san francisco based art rock band the mall, they're gewd. got me? look, he's fuck'n sing'n into a fuck'n phone. they're playing with matt & kim (sigh...) and the mae shi at the bottom of the hill june 2nd. go and jump the bike pile for me.

the mall - friends & family
the mall - define migration

Monday, May 21, 2007

Holy Heart Stopper (part 3 - the last one)



Okay. So the last of it. Holy Hail is in the house, and I hope you are loving it...as much as I am. But I am glad that it is now over so I can move along. And let me tell you some good stuff is coming. But to the point.

THE REMIXES!!!

Born A Star:
Shir Khan Remix
Bonde Do Role Remix

Big Guns:
DJ Dave P. Remix
Rory Phillips Remix

Saturday, May 19, 2007

bicycle films


the new etnies video grounded which i guess you could consider the sequel to my favorite bike movie of all time forward (thanks steve for finally giving it back to me, after what... two years?) but anyways, it's playing at the bicycle film festival this year, so check it out. i hear it lives up to the hype.




attention dude on bmxboard; yes, i ride.

Friday, May 18, 2007

new t.i. single


here's the video for big things poppin' the first single from my personally most anticipated rap album of the year; t.i.'s t.i. vs. tip (drops on grand hustle july 3rd). this track definitely doesn't sound as much like a mega-pop hit as what you know or rubber band man; but hardly not a decent track. it actually leaves a kind of large amount of mystery around his new full length, as to what kind of battle is going on between tip (cocky bro-type) and t.i. (seems more like his character in atl) and hopefully it's a little more interesting then a push up contest...

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

bring'n '88 back


the cool kids. the name kinda says it all... really fresh hip hop from chicago. 80's throwback style. dyno bikes (black mags). the 'hey, just have fun' attitude. what's not to like about these guys? they have an ep dropping on fool's gold in the near future. here are two of their older tracks

the cool kids - mikey rocks
the cool kids - 88

p.s.
bike to school/work tomorrow/forever.

Monday, May 14, 2007

Holy Heart Stopper (part 2)



Well if you liked the video, then here you go. Have a shot at this NY band of cuteness and radical jams. Here are the rest of their released tunes, so drop it like its hot.

Born A Star
Big Guns
I Owe
Old Man Manlove
(tracks taken down by label's request -derek.)

myspace.

Holy Heart Stopper (part 3): Remixes of Born A Star & Big Gun...coming soon.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Holy Heart Stopper

this is a new band from the NY. They are HOLY HAIL. Say hello. This is their song "Born A Star"

Saturday, May 12, 2007

more summer club tracks

as all my readers are aware; i'm a (o.g.) fan of the paris based dj/electro producing duo justice. 2007 has been a pretty crazy year for them and all of their ed banger label mates (it's appalling to me surkin hasn't recieved the proper praises for his japanese release action replay, i would consider him to be one of the most talented members of the ed rec crew.) after being named xlr8r's best artist of 06 and fighting off the label of 'the new daft punk' (while producing under daft punk's manager's record label) they seem to be taking it all in stride. i've been listening to their first full length release ; i'm really happy with it actually, (only 5 of 12 tracks are recycled; waters, let there be light, one minute to midnight, phantom, d.a.n.c.e.) and i guess it is rather justified, this being a summary of their work over the past year or so. the whole album is solid, uffie is feature on the party that has a wicked three 6 mafia sample and is party anthem that gets stuck in your head. the opening track genesis sets the mood for the album perfectly, deep dirty disco bass. dvno probably the catchiest new track on the album, after 2 listens the vocals were on repeat in my head for the rest of the night (linked it a few posts down.) definitely worth hearing, drops in the states june 10th.

justice - phantom pt. II

Super villians...



In relation to the Never Ending Story playing as the midnight movie this week at the Del Mar Theater, I thought I would compile the 5 most villainous characters...ever.
5) The Monarch (Venture Brothers): While I could think of a million more villains who are more villainous then he, I just felt the Monarch should be on a list of mine. What great henchman.
4) Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter): Avada Kadavra!
3) Darth Vader (Star Wars): do I even need to explain.
2) Apocalypse (X-Men): He once took over the world after going back in time and having Professor-X killed before he could open the school take advantage of the misguided mutants in the Age Of Apocalypse!

1) THE NOTHING (Never Ending Story): what is more sad then nothing, destroying your world. damn.

so I don't care if you agree of disagree with my list or not, heck I'm not even sure if I agree with it. Feel free to leave suggestions. I probably won't take them to heart.



But aside from bad ass villainy, one of my favorite bands I've been following for awhile now has a new album out. The band: Greenlandic Blaque, the album: Black Bears, & Children. I used to blog about them all the time on Phantom Polaroid, so some might be familiar, but man this new album is amazing. You can definitely notice a difference from their previous stuff, but amazing at that. I will post a few songs with the hopefulness that you will go and buy the rest of the cd. So drop your dome piece to this.

Myspace

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

star testing

in honor of standardized testing taking place at the elementary school down the street from my house, i'm posting a mix to help all are younger readers through there tests (even those annoying stories that are boring as hell) for when the government provided 15 minute physical activity breaks avery 2 hours just aren't enough. so here's to my favorite week and a half during the school year...

spank rock v. justice - thunderous bumps
teki latex - les matins de paris (surkin remix)
professor murder - cam'ron's new color (murderbot's paradise garage pill salesman dub)
justice - d.n.v.o.
john cale - all my friends (lcd soundsystem cover)

p.s.
thanks to my tigga bran for showing my the new sebastiAn pig radio mix at discobelle.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

i once said i throw pennies away...but not no mo'

This is the brand spankin' new music video for Yacht for the song "See A Penny (Pick It Up)" and RADICALLY AWESOME it is. So bring this to the dome.

Zach Condon > God


So, by now everyone should know the name and his preternatural ability to make great music. That or Beirut or The Real People...or you just fail at life. This is a video I saw when SXSW first ended, told dean about it, and then the link was gone the next day. BUT I FOUND IT!


on a side note, and being that while I am sick I am spending so much of my time on youtube and antville I managed to find this brand new music video for Fujiya & Miyagi for the song 'Collarbone". Also, the hood internet had a mash-up of Fujiya & Miyagi with T.I.


track:
Fujiya & Miyagi vs. T.I.


drop it like its hot.

...in true 'we are the world' fashion

Monday, May 7, 2007

dead as a door nail....



I've got the strep throat and I am down for the count, so I am going to take a few days up. But don't worry I've got some good stuff to post as soon as I am well rested and ready to go.

Sorry to our millions of dedicated fans, and readers, and Derek.

dome check out.

cheers.

Sunday, May 6, 2007

how to cook lizard eggs

summer club tracks

grabbed simian mobile disco's new album attack decay sustain release, drops june 28th on wichita (preorder.) safe to say, many of the tracks will be popping up like crazy in clubs and mixtapes all summer. i normally have a problem with recycled tracks but the four tracks released on singles beforehand (it's the beat, tits & acid, i believe and hustler) all sound refreshing and fit in the album well. there are quite a few outstanding new tracks as well, the album opener sleep deprivation is the closest this album has to a dramatic, almost eerie trance track... in a good sense. so far i think love is my favorite track... simple hand claps and a funky bassline.

simian mobile disco - i got this down
simian mobile disco - love

Saturday, May 5, 2007

free comic book day

head down to your local comic book shop and grab a free comic (i know atlantis is doing it.) been listening to diplo's fabriclive 24 a little too much recently. the man can do it all; he's a mixtape dj who pumps out some serious mash ups on the side, all his remixes are the fresh maker and backs it all up with a solid instrumental hip-hop album. here's a wide variety of he has to offer.

diplo - annie mac mix
diplo - shake it over and over (pitbull v. hot chip)
diplo - young folks pussy (tapp v. peter bjorn & john)
the pack - vans (diplo's 'til infinity remix)

Friday, May 4, 2007

I throw pennies away (as in on the ground and in the trash)



For a dog to do this is ridiculous. For a dog to do this while listening to Sex In The Break From...very possible, which is why I am bringing you a new remix to a song that Derek once posted on Dodge Attack: Simian Mobile Disco's song "Its the beat" done by Luke Vibert. So holla.

Track:
"It's The Beat" remix by Luke Vibert

SMD Myspace

Architecture in OH MY GOD...



In late July/early August ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI will be dropping a their new album 'Places Like This', the following video is their first single off the new CD "Heart It Races", and while I am still collecting my feelings on the new song I thought I would give you their new video. While of course I searched and searched for a leak of the new CD nothing has prevailed and I thought this would be good enough to hold you over.




your thoughts?

dome check.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

i feel love.

just like to thank the hood internet for the linkage to my ol' blog. it's pretty ridiculous how many good mash ups are posted on that site so often. if you haven't checked it out yet, yer miss'n out. here's some of my favs.

broken social scene v. r. kelly - i'm a flirt (shoreline)
css v. rick ross - push it to the alalimit

New video from Weird Science.



your thoughts?

Sub-zero would kill you...



Last night I sat down and watched a martial arts film called MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE, and it was by far the best martial arts film. maybe ever. I am under the impression that the creators of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter got all their good ideas from this movie. So put it in your que on nextflix or what ever it is you use.

But on a different note, also last night, I had the privilege of hanging out with a friend of mine that goes by the name of Katie Mourning. She is in a band, HARDY HARR. And all in all, they are a really good, cute, and fun band. Now I know a few of you are thinking "wait a tic, didn't he post about them on phantom polaroid?", and yes I did. But the links didn't work...and they are coming out with a new cd at the end of this month. So get excited about them now so you can be more excited for the end of this month.



Tracks:
Food and Pussy
I believe in ROBOTS
Lucifer Sam In Dixieland

space

...and thank you to all of those who are our dedicated readers of Dodge Attack and Phantom Polaroid who have now started reading this...

it's as rad as sex in the break room. hot.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

f*ck mash


carts of darkness. this looks fuck'n awesome!

new justice music video


more promotional crap is pouring out of the ed rec camp, hyping up justice's (which i'm only hoping has at least one new track on it) that drops july 10th. the video is pretty awesome, so me did a killer job.

better news...
flosstradamus is touring with chromeo this summer. start shining your dancing shoes now.

 

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