Thursday, July 29, 2010
On the Download Man or Astroman? does Daytrotter sesh
Posted by Gabe Vodicka on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Good news, everyone! The ever-extraordinary Daytrotter has posted a new session from none other than newly reunited space cadets Man or Astroman?.
As you might expect, it's a set of typically high-octane (and high concept) stuff. Technically, the surf rocking spacemen hail from Alabama (well, from space, I guess), but their relationship with our fair state is long and deep. That's what she said. Enjoy!
(Image via Daytrotter)
Free S#!t Win 2 tickets to the Atlanta Stargazing Tour
Posted by Michael Mahon on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 4:49 PM
A handful of Atlanta’s below the radar hip-hop talent will emerge this Saturday, July 31 at the third installment of SMKA's Atlanta Stargazing Tour, and we're giving away a pair tickets for free.99.
First person to reply with the answer, gets ’em:
What does SMKA stand for?
Photo Gallery Photos: Warped Tour
Posted by TL Pixley on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:34 PM
- LAURA WATSON
Aaron's Amphitheare shook with the sound of 79 bands from all over the country on July 26 during the annual Vans Warped Tour.
New Music Check out STS' Sole Music EP
Posted by Gabe Vodicka on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Nah Right's got a stream (and a download) of the tracks from Sole Music: The EP, the new jam from Philly-by-way-of-Atlanta rapper STS. Formerly known as Sugar Tongue Slim, the emcee's star has been rising of late, with spots on the Roots' latest, How I Got Over, as well as a couple of well-received mixtapes. Sole Music is thematically built around "the two loves of [STS'] life: women and sneakers." It's a good day for new hip-hop.
(Photo via STS' MySpace)
Music news The Eagles to play Piedmont Park
Get tickets for the 2010 Green Concert in a 3-hour sale this Saturday
Posted by Chad Radford on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Peter Conlon and Piedmont Park announced today that the 2010 Green Concert will be headlined by none other than the Eagles.
Yep. It's going to be a 3 hour show. Tickets are $55 and the VIP spot will set you back $250. Tickets go on sale Sat., July 31 through Ticketmaster.
...don't expect to see the Dude hanging out there.
On the Download Nab Freddie Gibbs' new mixtape for free
Posted by Gabe Vodicka on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:53 AM
In addition to being one of the most talented emcees on the scene at the moment, Gary, Indiana's Freddie Gibbs is also one of the most prolific. Last year saw the release of two exceptional Gibbs mixtapes (The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs and midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik), both of which led many critics and fans to dub the dude rap's Next Big Thing.
Though Gibbs' official debut album is still forthcoming, a brand new mixtape has become available just today. Str8 Killa No Filla, available for download at the Smoking Section, boasts guest spots from Pill, Bun B, Jay Rock and others, but the real star is bound, once again, to be Gibbs himself. The mixtape is a preview of sorts of a new EP, the truncated Str8 Killa, that's to be released next Tuesday. Check out the tape and let us know what you think.
Music news / Random Bits Tracklist: The Flaming Lips, The Black Lips, Pierced Arrows, Mark Lanegan, Isobell Campbell, Ween, Die Antwoord, Jens Lekman, and David Byrne
Posted by Spencer Sloan on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Lips, Letterman, Leaves, Last night.
>> Former Screaming Tree Mark Lanegan and former Belle and Sebastian Isobell Campbell are heading out on tour together this fall. Don't worry, there's no Atlanta date. YET?!
>> Local dogs The Black Lips will share an EP with Portland's Pierced Arrows.
>> Ween did it all for the Scotch Guard, the Scotch Guard, the Scotch Guard.
>> "The End of The world is Bigger Than Love" is the name of the new Jens Lekman song, and you love it.
>> Die Antwoord or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Die Antwoord.
>> David Byrne wonders if we should clone cavemen. That David Byrne, always thinking.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
On the Download Hear Lil Wayne rap over 500 Days of Summer soundtrack
Posted by Gabe Vodicka on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:31 PM
Have you been up all night, mind racing, wondering what a Lil Wayne/Morrissey collab would sound like? Or Weezy and Regina Spektor? Thankfully some anonymous and benevolent soul has come to your rescue. 500 Days of Weezy is a probably unauthorized mash-up (remember those?) of a smattering of the still-incarcerated Wayne's rhymes laid over the tunes from the soundtrack to 500 Days of Summer, a twee little indie flick starring the guy from Death Cab For Cutie's wife and the kid from "3rd Rock From the Sun".
Lil Wayne, heartfelt indie comedies, the Smiths - white people love these things! I should know; I am one. Feast your ears on the most resolutely suburban thing in - ever.
randomania Justin Bieber escapes from screeching female fans on Segway
Posted by Gabe Vodicka on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:58 PM
So, a while back, Rodney Carmichael, CL music editor and all around great guy, was all like, "Hey, howzabout you cool it with the Justin Bieber posts for a second." To be fair, I was kind of caught up in "Bieber Fever", as the professionals call it, for a time. I mean, come on: Look at that floppy, perfectly coiffed hairdo! The impish grin! The adorable predilection towards megalomania!
But I'm totally over it now, I promise. No more Bieb screeds from me. The counseling has really helped, I suppose, although I like to think I mostly did it on my own. I've been - huh? What's that? You say you have video? Of Justin Bieber? No, I can't. Wait, he's on a what? A Segway?! Being chased by screeching girls through a parking lot?!? And the guy behind the camera, who is just as excited as the screeching tweenage girls, has a hilarious Jersey accent ("I swear to God, I'm right next to him")?!!?!? OH MY GAW SHOW ME SHOW ME SHOW ME SHOW ME
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
That was the last time, I swear.
Music news / randomania Tracklist: Real Estate, Elf Power, Scott Pilgrim, Katy Perry, Heidi Montag, Interpol, Marnie Stern, Ben Keith, Eminem, Rock Ross, The National and Win Butler
Posted by Spencer Sloan on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:50 PM
- Illustration by Johnnie Cluney
- Watercolor Real Estate
>> Win Butler (Arcade Fire, duh) questioned by Zane Lowe. Now with video.
>> Billboard says: Eminem #1, Rick Ross #2, Bieber #3verything else.
>> Real Estate turns in a most excellent (TOO SHORT!) session at Daytrotter.
>> "For Ash," new Marnie Stern that you should be listening to right now, if you're not already.
>> Heidi Montag wrote 13 songs in one day. What have you done, lately?
>> Vanity Fair goes on a fourteen hour road trip with an 11 year-old in a BMW Convertible. Oh, and Katy Perry was there, too.
>>The National's Matt Berninger explains the obvious/"Slow Show."
>> Pre-Order This: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World soundtrack LP [Vinyl]
>> Download This: Elf Power @ The Caledonia, 7.16.10
>> Many Interpol tourdates. (Tabernacle!)
>> RIP Ben Keith
