Daily Archives: March 28, 2008

Video: Blu & Exile, “Blu Collar Workers”

Our boy Blu is putting out 763 albums this summer—all collaborations. He will make 1,892 videos and is planning on vinyl singles with unreleased b-sides and rare videos for every song on every album to … read more »

POSTED March 28, 2008 4:15PM IN MUSIC VIDEO TAGS: ,

Stylee Fridays: Matina Amanita

The Sukhahuta sisters are the trio behind the label Sretsis (sisters spelled backwards, natch!). Matina, the youngest of the bunch, has been designated accessories-maker for Stresis since she was a junior at Parsons and launched … read more »

POSTED March 28, 2008 4:10PM IN STYLE NEWS TAGS:

On The Street: 1Hund(RED)

The recent Converse/(RED) collaboration campaign, 1HUND(RED), enlisted 100 artists from around the world to sketch, print, cut and sew Converse shoes in which ever way inspired their effort to highlight the battle against AIDS. We … read more »

POSTED March 28, 2008 3:49PM IN STYLE NEWS

Freeload: Diablo, “Open The Circle”

Diabloooooooooo!!!!!!! Why do we not talk about this dude more? He has a MARIJUANA LEAF GOATEE and “Bitches in Bad Neighborhoods” is still one of our daily train ride to work jams and now we … read more »

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Live And Direct: Caps

Tonight on the Let Out, our weekly East Village Radio show (made possible by Dewars) we are joined in the studio by Caps of Caps & Jones, also known as FADER freelancer Will Creeley also … read more »

POSTED March 28, 2008 2:28PM IN MUSIC NEWS

Video: Ladyhawke, “Back Of The Van”

We still don’t know much about Ladyhawke (not the bearded Vancouver dudes), other than that she is from New Zealand and makes songs that sound like when our babysitter made us go with her to … read more »

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On The Cover Videos – Fanfarlo

As we continue to get to know the lads and lady of Fanfarlo, we felt that now was as good of a time as any to show you the various videos they have made for their singles. Although they are currently without a record deal (for now), the British popsters have released singles for “Fire Escape,” “You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us,” “Talking read more »

POSTED March 28, 2008 11:14AM IN THE TRIPWIRE

R.E.M. Cover Editors' "Munich"

We’ve known that Editors were huge fans of R.E.M., which prompted their cover of “Orange Crush.” Well, Michael Stipe and his bandmates returned the favor during a recent Live Lounge session on BBC’s Radio 1 with their own rendition of “Munich.” They also performed their new single read more »

POSTED March 28, 2008 11:13AM IN THE TRIPWIRE

Audio: Young Money, “Open Shop”

We probably should have expected Wayne to put together a crew of dudes that sound like harder versions of post-Ultramagnetic Kool Keith and say things like Cut through your cantaloupe and then I stab you … read more »

POSTED March 28, 2008 10:52AM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: , ,

Live – Tokyo Police Club @ The Independent | SF

It’s already hard enough coming up with a kicking band name and even better lyrics, so I have to hand it to Tokyo Police Club for being able to conquer both. The Canadians were in town Monday to present their post-punk guitar droves and catchy rhythm section to the crowd at the Independent read more »

POSTED March 28, 2008 10:49AM IN THE TRIPWIRE