Busy Signal, “Nuh Fraid of Them” MP3
Busy’s take on Drake’s all-star monster “Forever” cites many vessels of technology, but mostly it just got us wondering who was the first person to namedrop Twitter in a song. Pretty sure Nore was early in the cut with his verse on Cassie’s “Must Be Love” remix in first quarter ‘09 (She hit me on Twitter/then I gave her my email/Told her that my love come free/Just like Gmail—a verse that we’re almost positive happened in real life). Surely Puff has mentioned it somewhere, or has an archived verse of Biggie shouting it out that he plans to release on another “duet” album in 2012. But Busy’s Twitter check is the best thus far, coming amidst a barrage of brags til the beat drops out and he goes Whoa, as if he can’t believe he’s even uttered its consonants. The real wild thing about this is that he released this song via his Twitter, which further proves our theory that life in the internet is just an elaborate labyrinth made of mirrors—and if we take a wrong turn we will be eaten by a super-scary fanged clown in giant rubber shoes. Then our bones will get ground up and made into cat food. Shout to Poquito and Mochipet back home.
Download: Busy Signal, “Nuh Fraid of Them” (via The Heatwave)
Sia, “You’ve Changed” MP3
Last year Lauren Flax made one of our favorite songs of the last ten years in “You’ve Changed” featuring her friend Sia, who happened to be in town when Flax was composing it and came by her apartment to lay down some tracks. We are clearly not alone in our admiration because Sia decided to make her own version of “You’ve Changed” for her album proper, imbuing it with a disco treatment that sits as a lovely companion piece to Flax’s breathless house version. You can get with this, but you should also get with that, they’re equally sweet.
Download: Sia, “You’ve Changed”
Human Tetris, “People” MP3
As a goth and/or existentialist band names go Human Tetris is up there with Crash Worship and Sisters of Mercy, the latter of which is clearly some kind of influence, as Tetris vocalist Arvid Kriger has a long-faced Andrew Eldritch crow. They’ve also got that perfect goth forlorn futility steez whilst singing an apocalyptic tale that may or may not have anything to do with their hometown of Moscow. Yes it is that serious. And just for kicks, watch the awesome video for Sisters of Mercy’s “Lucretia, My Reflection” after the jump.
Download: Human Tetris, “People” (via Weekly Tapedeck)
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posted on Nov 19, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Crash Worship, goth, Human Tetris, rock, Sisters of Mercy
Interview With The BBC’s Mary Anne Hobbs
On a breezy day in September, before her DJ set at NYC’s renowned dubstep/dark bass staple party Dub War, we sat down with DJ/journalist Mary Anne Hobbs. She is, as you may know, the woman credited with introducing the world to dubstep in the first place, and who continues to warpspeed the sound forward with her outre show on the BBC and various compilations, the latest of which is the excellent Wild Angels. We discovered she is as excited about music as we are… and that women love bass music because it rattles our ovaries.
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posted on Nov 19, 2009 in FADER TV, MUSIC CHANNEL, MUSIC INTERVIEWS SHOW tags bbc, dubstep, FADER TV, Mary Anne Hobbs
Video: Charlotte Gainsbourg f. Beck, “Heaven Can Wait”
In a way, the waify offspring of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin is a perfect match for the vagabond scientologist Beck, and this video shows why: they can have lazing-around Boho slumber parties where they muse about philosophy, art and making love while cuddling; or they can meet odd new people doing extraordinary things, like holding a WWII bomb graffiti’d with the word “Nachos.” Hey man, we wanna play shirtless guitar when our parents are arguing, too. However, we have to draw the line at doing our make-up with a life-sized dino-man in the bathroom. It’s just too intimate. (via Spinner)
Video: Beyonce f. Lady Gaga, “Videophone”
TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS VIDEO. First Beyonce is Rihanna complete with bleached-blonde Misfits lock, then she is a robot from a Bjork video, then she’s a Bond girl, Bettie Page, Neneh Cherry/Monie Love (in a Gerlan tee!) and like, the hottest/cattiest tranny since Amanda Lepore. Never mind that she looks HOT AS SHIT through the video, we just kinda think she needed to choose a couple themes and go with them.
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posted on Nov 17, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Bettie Page, Beyonce, bjork, Lady Gaga, Neneh Cherry, r&b, Rihanna
Video: Zomby, “Aquarium”
Here is what this video says to us: A. Zomby keeps mitochondria as pets B. Zomby is down with French-Polish experimental filmmaker Piotr Kamler C. Zomby’s musical palette is consistently more extensive D. Someone maybe dosed our morning coffee? (via Zomby Twitter)
Video: Crystal Fighters, “I Love London”
We would love London too if we were there and saw this nouveau Rayanne Graff gonking the hell out on some real personal rave wave. Then we would be her friend and run around and giggle cause we’re so fragile and astute but, like, READY TO BREAK FREE, you know, like Angela. Only we’re in New York, Crystal Fighters are Spanish and this song officially drops tomorrow on Kitsune. (via Discobelle)
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posted on Nov 16, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Crystal Fighters, electronic/dance, Kitsune, My So Called Life
Video: Crookers f. Kelis, “No Security”
When our Milanese partystarters Crookers came through about a month ago, they did a drop for our show on East Village Radio that may have set a world record for longest and most random drop of the decade. It consisted of them talking about how much they love animals, and then making interpretive animal noises for about three minutes, imitating monkeys, bears and dogs among other creatures including what sounded like a small dinosaur. We thought it was funny (and having met Phra’s adorable dog Spino, true), but it was totally non sequitur—until we saw this video for their heavy next single from their forthcoming full-length, Tons of Friends, which further clarifies their love of animals then proceeds to blow away little deer in a hunting expedition by two dudes that look more like US storm troopers in the Middle East. Not sure if there’s some commentary there or not, but after their old-lady make-out video, we’re gonna assume yes.
Video: Natalie Storm, “God Bless Me”
We knew Kingston dancehall princess Natalie Storm was awesome (see: talent, starpower, charisma, ill riddim possibly named after snacks), but we had no clue she could also levitate. In her long-awaited video for “God Bless Me” she also proves herself to be the latex queen of the Matrix, stomping out some serious ninja ass and taking over multilingual billboards, too. Big ups to the TNT ladies! (via the Heatwave)
