Neil Mason is best known for mashing up other artists' work (at times, to the chagrin of record labels), but he isn't afraid of originality. From his Team9 website:
"I've spent the last few months neck deep on an original album - the first since 2003. 'We Dont Disco' is an electronic soundtrack to the days of my life. A little bit ambient, a little bit pop, a little bit dance......its a little bit kind of thing. If you like it then great, its free to download and completely copyright free - y
BY ANNIE ZALESKIPop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles saturated the Top 40 -- or what passes for hit-oriented radio in this topsy-turvy musical climate -- while proving that accessibility doesn't necessarily preclude creativity. CHRIS BR
Brooklyn's Talib Kweli and Cincinnati-born D Hi-Tek collaborated as Reflection Eternal on the monumental album, Train of Thought, then waited ten years before making a Reflection Eternal follow-up, which is due out this summer. So I worried when the duo abandoned the Granada's stage last night at 11 p.m., having performed for a little over an hour. Obviously, these guys don't mind keeping a fan waiting."You know we couldn't leave y'all like that," Hi-Tek reassured as the duo quickly reemerged an
I once read an article in Rolling Stone where they called Collective Soul this generation's 38 Special. Rabbit is the name of their new album.
"Weird Al" Yankovic's Internet Leaks EP hits iTunes today. Yes, it's a digital-only release previewing the next "Weird Al" full-length, which will hopefully see release sometime next year. The five-song EP has "Whatever You Like," which is the most spot-on TI parody ever, as well as "Craigslist" and "Ringtone." You can grab that sucker right here.
Bands across the Internet have evidently decided that they'd like to post web-exclusive one-off cover MP3s this week. Fine by me. This is way more fun than digging through eighteen tracks of no-name indie bands to find something interesting.
This MP3 is courtesy of no-name Gainesville punk band the Enablers. The do a laid-back, Drag the River style cover of TI's "Whatever You Like." Much like the Gourds' take on Snoop's "Gin and Juice," or Dynamite Hack's version of "Boyz In the Hood" by
