Stream: Big Business – “Always Never Know When to Quit”
Posted: May 28, 2011 Filed under: Streaming | Tags: Big Business Leave a commentOne more for the weekend – some fucking rad rock from Big Business. Blast this hard and long. New album out late July on Gold Metal Records. Listen to “Always Never Know When to Quit” via Stereogum.
Video: Justice – “Civilization”
Posted: May 28, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: Justice Leave a commentAnd…. some holiday weekend Justice.
Download: Wu-Tang Clan – “Only The Rugged Survive”
Posted: May 28, 2011 Filed under: Download | Tags: Wu-Tang Clan Leave a commentSome new Wu for your holiday weekend, off of their forthcoming album, Legendary Weapons, due out June 28th. Listen to “Only The Rugged Survive” here. RZA sounds nice.
Film: Shark Night 3D Trailer
Posted: May 26, 2011 Filed under: Film | Tags: Shark Night 3D Leave a commentFinally, David R. Ellis, the acclaimed director of Snakes on a Plane, has another movie out that lives up to the the promise he once showed. Helping out are the producers of Hostel and the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, so there’s that too. Watch the trailer for Shark Night 3D below.
Download: RareBit – “Blue Blood Baskets”
Posted: May 26, 2011 Filed under: Download | Tags: RareBit Leave a commentJustin Hopkins, aka RareBit, recently signed to the LA label Non Projects. His first single, “Blue Blood Baskets,” showcases his penchant for ethereal, pretty, experimental, ambient electronic. That’s a lot of adjectives, but listen and you’ll see why.
Video: Longevity – “Tantrum”
Posted: May 26, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Chali 2na, Longevity, Method Man Leave a commentLongevity’s getting some Method Man comparisons from his PR machine, but I’m hearing a little bit of Chali 2na here as well. Watch this dark video for “Tantrum” below.
Video: Wiley – “Numbers In Action”
Posted: May 26, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: Wiley Leave a commentWiley’s new album, 100% Publishing, comes out on July 5. Watch the new video for “Numbers In Action” below. If you like Wiley, you’ll like this because there’s like 10 of him in it.
Travel: Vancouver Island’s Wild Side
Posted: May 25, 2011 Filed under: Travel Leave a commentMy first piece for BBC Travel is running today, a story about backpacking the West Coast Trail. I hiked this with some great people last September, and it was one of the most challenging and amazing backpacking trips I’ve ever taken – and not just because it was my first backpacking trip. Read about it here and view the photo gallery here.
Video: HARD Summer Trailer
Posted: May 24, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: HARD Festival Leave a commentThis is actually a pretty clever trailer for the HARD Fest taking place this August in LA.
Video: Bonnie Prince Billy – “There is No God”
Posted: May 24, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: Bonnie "Prince" Billy Leave a commentBonnie Prince Billy’s new single, “There is No God”/”God is Love” is both a charitable effort supporting Save Our Gulf and Turtle Hospital, and an extolling of a god that “puts mouth on cock and vagina.” I can get behind that… almost. Watch the video below, better than any episode of Treme ever created, and visit the charity sites.
Mixtape: Mobb Deep & 40 Glocc (G-Unit) – We Run This Vol. 6 (Mixed by Mr. E of RPS Fam)
Posted: May 24, 2011 Filed under: Download, Mixtapes | Tags: G-Unit, Mobb Deep, Prodigy 1 CommentProdigy is out of jail, and Mobb Deep are back and don’t seem like they’re about to revoke their G-Unit membership anytime soon. Check out this snippet of their new mixtape, available for download on iTunes now. I miss Alchemist’s production, but I’ll take this in the meantime.
Download: Pete Rock and Smif & Wessun feat. Styles P and Sean Price – “That’s Hard”
Posted: May 19, 2011 Filed under: Download | Tags: Pete Rock, Smif N Wessun Leave a commentI’m kinda giving this one a pass because I know there’s gotta be much better stuff on this new album. After all, it’s Pete Rock and Smif & Wessun. But listen to “It’s Hard” for a taste.
Video: The Primeridian – “Drop The Needle”
Posted: May 19, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: The Primeridian Leave a commentNew hip-hop from an excellent new duo, The Primeridian. Watch this video below, new underground is not usually this good.
Video: Random Axe – “The Hex”
Posted: May 17, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, Random Axe, Sean Price Leave a commentThree of my fave rappers – Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, Black Milk – are Random Axe. This video is terrible, but still.
Download: “Told Ya (DJ Melo Moombahton Edit)”
Posted: May 17, 2011 Filed under: Download | Tags: Mad Decent, Moombahton Leave a commentWhat is Moombahton? Mad Decent says it’s this. Kinda sounds like reggaeton sweating hard on the dance floor, but shit be bumping.
Illiot Gould 