blondes and rice water

Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension (mp3)
via It's a Rap

Vampire Weekend - Horchata (mp3)
via pitchfork

Uffie - Pop That Glock (mp3)

VIDEO.....FINALLY
I love music videos with realistic party scene.
Notice the great graphics that are found in many Ed Banger music videos and LA celebs like BJ Panda Bear.

Errbody In The Club is Autotuning

I Guess Autotune Isn't Only For Hip-Hop

The Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij and The Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles teamed up to form a group called Discovery.
They show all the benefits of using autotune and add a R&B soulful edge with their harmonies. Discovery's music is a great contrast to the indie music that was prevalent a few years ago that was primarily slow and moody. If you could imagine a combination of K-Ci & JoJo, Chromeo and Vampire Weekend's afrobeat flair, you can probably get a good picture of Discovery's sound. This group definitely has the stuff to earn the same summer hype as indie bands like Phoenix, Passion Pit and Grizzly Bear.

Their first LP, called LP will be on XL Recordings and will be released on July 7th.

Discovery -- So Insane (mp3)
Discovery -- Orange Shirt (mp3)
Discovery - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (ft. Angel Deradoorian of Dirty Projectors) (mp3)
Discovery -- Swing Tree (mp3)
Discovery -- Carby (Feat. Ezra Koening of Vampire Weekend) (mp3)
Discovery -- Osaka Loop Line (mp3)

Vampire Weekend -- Oxford Comma (mp3)
Ra Ra Riot -- Can You Tell? (mp3)
via IAMPOPCULTURE
via BBQCHICKENROBOT
via GRAND PANDA
via Loft and Loft

waterhead....dripping around

Wednesday was the first day of SXSW Music, here is a list of some of my favorite artists who preformed

Back Alley Social stage
U-N-I
Blu
Charles Hamilton


Elysium stage
Boys Noize
Calvin Harris
Steed Lord

Emo's Main Room stage
Gallows

La Zona Rosa stage
Rye Rye

Late of the pier

Deadmau5

Speakeasy Kabaret stage
DJ Mel
Willy Joy

Stubb's stage
Janelle Monae

Wave stage

The Van Pelt

Wednesday was a great day for late night TV....A LOT of good musicians preformed.
Did you watch Jay Leno tonight, President Obama was on, which was the first time a sitting president went on a late night talk show.

Kid Cudi on Carson Daly Live ("Dat New New")

Vampire Weekend on Jimmy Fallon ("White Sky")


MSTRKRFT w/ NORE ON Jimmy Kimmel ("Bounce")...Notice that NORE twitters while performing


Modest Mouse on David Letterman ("Satellite Skin")

Kevin Rudolf featuring a GOOD singer/rapper = Kevin Rudolf ft Kid Cudi-Welcome To The World (mp3)

New Orleans very own The Knux (they made the theme song for the show 'Daddy's Girls') is making their MTV music video debut TODAY for their song "FIRE (Put it in the Air)". I've seen them twice so far and they're cool guys, but I hope mainstream success doesn't change the style of their music. But hey its cool too see black skateboarders who wear lip rings, skinny jeans and leather jackets on tv.
The Knux at Cinespace in 2007

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Street Fighter Theme with Force Feed Radio & Dj Yancy

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