I just can’t stop playing this remix of Vampire Weekend’s “Horchatta” by Kid Cola. The sound of the steel drums in this song has been chiming in my head ever since I first heard it weeks ago and reminds me of my visit to St. Martin. The party island sound of this remix has me longing for those long hot warm summer days again when I’ll be kicking back drinking a large class of Horchatta.
Continuing with the psychedelic-mind-altering madness of Shooter Jenning check out the new video with Hierophant. As always there’s message’s within the messages.. all you have to do is look, listen & perceive.
“Summer of Rage” by Shooter Jennings & Hierophant from Shooter Jennings & Hierophant on Vimeo.
“Summer of Rage” Official Video
Directed by: Drea de Matteo & Shooter Jennings
From the Album: Black Ribbons
Sorry things have been so quiet around here. It was a busy week for me personally, and there was not much noteworthy music to blog about. However, over the weekend I stumbled upon interesting covers from Vampire Weekend and Major Lazer, as well as a great Nas/Dilla mash up album. Without further adu:
Vampire Weekend – Ruby Soho (Rancid cover)
I still havn’t been able to get into Vampire Weekend’s new album. I love their debut, and I’m intrigued by the idea of them embracing their ska influence more on the new record, but it just hasn’t hooked me yet. When I heard they did a cover of Rancid’s classic Ruby Soho, I was sure this was going to do it for me. Boy was I wrong. Instead of emphasizing the few similarities of the two bands, VW goes in the complete opposite direction and flips the track in an ugly way.
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Major Lazer – Halo (Beyonce cover)
While Elephant Man emotes more soul here than Beyonce has ever been capable of, this is still a horrendous cover of a terrible song. Autotune + gimmicks does not a hit single make.
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Nas + J. Dilla – Dillmatic
I’ve never been a huge fan, but Nasty Nas is a serious MC with a number of classics under his belt. While Dilla produced beats for nearly all of Nas’s contemporaries, the two sadly never got the chance to work together. Squeek Boogie’s mashing of Nas’s best material over Dilla beats workings surprisingly well, and on the anniversary of Jay’s passing, serves as a nice reminder of how talented and versatile the musician was.
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River’s Cuomo the lead singer of Weezer has made back to the stage after an accident that left him and another passenger hospitalized in upstate New York last December.
Well, Weezer has returned to the road. Recently at Florida State University they played a set and Hayley Williams of Paramore dropped in to sing the bands classic “Say It Ain’t So.”
We are extremely excited to hear he’s back and rockin. The new Album “Raditutde” which is out now is amazing and I’m sure there’s fan every where waiting to see them playing live again. (more…)