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The Presets – Talk Like That

July 30th, 2008 1 Comment

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhgcl8rqIUE These guys are everywhere these days from BMW commercials in their native Australia, every hipster music blog known to man, and if we don’t watch out probably on the front of your favorite cereal. The video for their single “Talk Like That” features what could only be described as a binge on way too […]

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A Kid Named CUDI mixtape

July 29th, 2008 1 Comment

The man on the moon has landed. This whole record from front to back is gold. So many notable collaborations and creative effort was put into this. Check out our interview with the man as well, enough talk DOWNLOAD NOW!

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Who’s Gonna Save My Soul?

July 24th, 2008 No Comments

 httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=4pEixmG3DjQ A new music video for Gnarls Barkely’s second single off the second album, The Odd Couple released recently.  The avant-garde video was directed by the 2008 Music Video Director of the Year, Chris Milk, and lives up to the high expectations.  When I first watched the video last night,  I proceeded to watch it two more times until I […]

Tags: Music · Video

A Rose by Any Other name

July 16th, 2008 No Comments

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=129pN3dobGMLittle Jackie and her new album “The Stoop” have been in heavy rotation on my iPod for the past 2 weeks. Her lyrics are cheeky and fresh; she infuses 60’s soul rhythms and tacks on BK hip-hop swagger. It is so nice to hear such great music from such a strong female vocalist! Now what really […]

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Norway’s Ice Princess Comes State-Side

July 9th, 2008 No Comments

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=566k5h8M9f8 It’s not often that our American ears are graced with the sound of Norwegian artists (I won’t include death-metal on that list). But, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that one of Scandinavia’s biggest artists and female DJs is releasing an album in the United States on Island Records. ANNIE first came to my […]

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DJ SKEET SKEET APPARELL

July 9th, 2008 2 Comments

One of our favorite bloggers, DJ’s and social observers Trevor, aka DJ SKEET SKEET, is having one busy summer. Between solo gigs and being 1/3rd of the buzzed about band Shwayze, yes the pun was sooo intended, has recently unveiled some new shwag for your summer ensemble. The limited edition shirts are currently availble via […]

Tags: Fashion · Music