http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/gen-f-roach-gigz/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/gen-f-roach-gigz/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:30:58 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=88580 After a dry spell and several months moping about it, a couple things happened in Roach Gigz’ life that got him back to rapping. First, he totaled his scraper and had to cop a shitty … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/gen-f-roach-gigz/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/06/fania-x-fader-hector-lavoe-and-willie-colon-la-murga-mndr-wholestep-rmx/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/06/fania-x-fader-hector-lavoe-and-willie-colon-la-murga-mndr-wholestep-rmx/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:31:08 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=85311 When MNDR’s Amanda Warner lived in Chicago, its culture implanted on her like a brain chip — she’s perpetually twitting/blogging about the city and its music, in a tone so understated and matter-of-fact it makes … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/06/fania-x-fader-hector-lavoe-and-willie-colon-la-murga-mndr-wholestep-rmx/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/07/fania-x-fader-ray-barretto-acid-twin-shadow-rmx/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/07/fania-x-fader-ray-barretto-acid-twin-shadow-rmx/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:30:49 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=81713 For the third installment of The FADER’s remix project with the legendary Latin label Fania––in which we enlist some of our favorite musicians to reinterpret classics from their celebrated catalog––Brooklyn’s scuffed beauties Twin Shadow plucked … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/07/fania-x-fader-ray-barretto-acid-twin-shadow-rmx/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-la-sera-never-come-around/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-la-sera-never-come-around/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:00:56 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=76186 Katy Goodman’s Dexter fantasy! Super awesome DARK TIMES!]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-la-sera-never-come-around/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-meltdown-greatest-teen-band-ever-live-in-1996/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-meltdown-greatest-teen-band-ever-live-in-1996/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:00:11 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=76175 Sometime in the mid 1990s four teen girls in DC formed a band called Meltdown. They played technical punk rock and scream-sung and generally were everything teenage girls “aren’t supposed to” be—foreboding, powerful and, last … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-meltdown-greatest-teen-band-ever-live-in-1996/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/stream-lil-scrappy-look-at-me-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/stream-lil-scrappy-look-at-me-mp3/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:00:52 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=76055 Several things are remarkable about this track but we’ll start with the visuals: cover art by Pen & Pixel!! Blingee (and MIA) should totally be paying Pen & Pixel royalties. Actually the entire world should, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/stream-lil-scrappy-look-at-me-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-katy-b-f-ms-dynamite-lights-on/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-katy-b-f-ms-dynamite-lights-on/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:30:20 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=76071 This is almost like a knighting: reigning queen of garage Ms. Dynamite passing on the torch to new UK funky princess Katy B, while recharging her own career. “Lights On”: LEGACY EDITION. This track is … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/video-katy-b-f-ms-dynamite-lights-on/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/brodinskis-fools-gold-foolcast/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/brodinskis-fools-gold-foolcast/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:30:10 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75929 French homie Brodinski goes in on his mix for Fool’s Gold Records, and we’re not just saying that because it happens to include like every producer we love. Titled “International Gold,” Brodi grabbed jams by … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/brodinskis-fools-gold-foolcast/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/blixaboy-new-age-steppa-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/blixaboy-new-age-steppa-mp3/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:30:51 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75869 Blixaboy goes deep into the dubstep cut with “New Age Steppa,” but he doesn’t stumble on tropes or played wobble—it’s more like he crafted the track on a sculpting wheel, spinning it smooth until all … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/blixaboy-new-age-steppa-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-premiere-ricky-blaze-just-you-and-i/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-premiere-ricky-blaze-just-you-and-i/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:30:23 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75866 Ricky Blaze frolics on the beach over Gyptian’s “Hold Yuh” riddim (prod: Ricky Blaze, FYI), which seems about right—Brooklyn’s finest dancehall dude’s got the swag to make good on lady-tempting jams. His signature auto-tuned chorus … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-premiere-ricky-blaze-just-you-and-i/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-robyn-indestructable/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-robyn-indestructable/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:00:19 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75780 There are people doing it in this video an OH WAIT IS ROBYN WEARING A DRESS MADE OUT OF BENDY STRAWS!?!?! Amazing. (via Discobelle)]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-robyn-indestructable/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-ti-ya-hear-me/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-ti-ya-hear-me/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:31:47 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75774 Clifford is Springsteening it out! Down and dirty bandman, flannel top, bone to pick. In theory, at least. This is actually an amazing video for its simplicity—sometimes we need a break from watching Rick Ross … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/28/video-ti-ya-hear-me/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-chain-gang-of-1974-hold-on-toadally-krossed-out-rmx-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-chain-gang-of-1974-hold-on-toadally-krossed-out-rmx-mp3/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:30:39 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75677 Remix MVPs of the decade Toadally Krossed Out are fully about the so-best ribbit sound stamped all over their tracks. But for their “Hold On” job, they seem to take a cue from their labelmates … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-chain-gang-of-1974-hold-on-toadally-krossed-out-rmx-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-salva-blue-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-salva-blue-mp3/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:30:59 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75664 Paul Salva is a funky motherfucker. “Blue,” his first single from his forthcoming album Complex Housing, is all late night vibes and a martini at a classy-ass lounge—his synth riffs are straight up chilling in … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-salva-blue-mp3/feed/ 8 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-deerhunter-helicopter-diplo-lunice-rmx/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-deerhunter-helicopter-diplo-lunice-rmx/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:00:10 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75696 Said it before: Diplo and Lunice fucking murdered this remix. They obliterated it beautifully and we’ve listened to it about 33,000 times. It’s on another plane of mega-gorgeous. We die. The images in the KiD-directed … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-deerhunter-helicopter-diplo-lunice-rmx/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-premiere-grandchildren-saturn-returns/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-premiere-grandchildren-saturn-returns/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:30:22 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75616 “Video” is a bit of a misnomer—it’s a short film, really, which makes sense since it was directed by noted Canadian short filmmaker Chelsea McMullan. Not sure whether the moral’s that nature will kill you … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-premiere-grandchildren-saturn-returns/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-nicki-minaj-right-through-me/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-nicki-minaj-right-through-me/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:30:07 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75667 Daytime telenovela vibes tempered with a little classic 1990s R&B video feel—this is perfect, and it’s nice to see Nicki outside her pop art box, ditching the Manic Panic wigs for the Poetic Justice weave. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-nicki-minaj-right-through-me/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-lykke-li-get-some/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-lykke-li-get-some/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:00:31 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75641 Art vid further solidifies our idea that this song is about subverting madonna-whore complex: binary fission, y’all! One of life’s great mysteries. Seems like Lykke‘s getting more abstract as her career ages, which is awesome—we … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/video-lykke-li-get-some/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-mj-coles-exclusive-fader-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-mj-coles-exclusive-fader-mix/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:30:40 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75600 MJ Cole‘s about to drop a sneaky heater of a single with Wiley on his own Prolific Recordings imprint, and to help celebrate, the iconic producer/DJ went completely bazonkers on a mix for us—no joke, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-mj-coles-exclusive-fader-mix/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/spark-revolving-ramadanman-refix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/spark-revolving-ramadanman-refix-mp3/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:30:06 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75513 Spark continues Britain’s apparently insatiable hunger for lady singers with clear, powerful voices (which we are not complaining about—quite the opposite in fact). The newbie in the pack, she’s just eighteen, and has a tragic … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/spark-revolving-ramadanman-refix-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/video-daft-punk-derezzed-from-tron-legacy/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/video-daft-punk-derezzed-from-tron-legacy/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:00:39 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75556 A gazillion nerds just became boneriffic. And those of you who were not already nerds just became them. And those of you who were way too cool to be transformed into nerdery just got obliterated … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/video-daft-punk-derezzed-from-tron-legacy/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/cee-lo-bright-lights-bigger-city-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/cee-lo-bright-lights-bigger-city-mp3/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:30:28 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75489 One time we randomly saw Cee-Lo just walking down the street of midtown Manhattan, must have been around 57th and Broadway or so. It was around the time of the MTV VMAs and “Crazy” had … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/cee-lo-bright-lights-bigger-city-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/stream-dva-f-fatima-just-vybe/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/stream-dva-f-fatima-just-vybe/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:30:12 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75367 Rinse DJ Scratcha DVA does the Grimey Breakfast Show for London (and internet) mornings, so we might be projecting, but “Just Vybe” sounds like that first cup of coffee after a shower—the juiced percolating of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/stream-dva-f-fatima-just-vybe/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/ghostface-killah-purified-thoughts-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/ghostface-killah-purified-thoughts-mp3/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:00:32 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75382 This is amazing both in that Ghost took a break from his spate of R&B rubdowns to go in on that hard shit we so love, and that it is also a straight-up devotional to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/ghostface-killah-purified-thoughts-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/video-nicki-minaj-x-will-i-am-check-it-out/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/video-nicki-minaj-x-will-i-am-check-it-out/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:08:18 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75364 Can MOMA get a Nicki Minaj wing already? We’ll help curate it.]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/26/video-nicki-minaj-x-will-i-am-check-it-out/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/nicki-minaj-blow-your-mind-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/nicki-minaj-blow-your-mind-mp3/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:15:16 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75330 Nicki‘s indefatigable presence on “Blow Your Mind” renders the Prince-cribbed chorus virtually unnoticeable, mostly because who needs Purple Rain when a Brit-loving wonderwoman is gnashing through a drum n bass-referencing rap track? Did we conjure … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/nicki-minaj-blow-your-mind-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-diplo-f-lil-jon-u-dont-like-me/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-diplo-f-lil-jon-u-dont-like-me/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:45:58 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75332 These dudes K.O.’ing it out in animation form is probably the best video we’ve seen in weeks—Diplo not only yields himself to a merciless beating, but he allows himself to be animated doing uprocks in … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-diplo-f-lil-jon-u-dont-like-me/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/premiere-stream-mr-intl-kim-ann-foxman-andrew-butler-creature/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/premiere-stream-mr-intl-kim-ann-foxman-andrew-butler-creature/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:45:33 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75280 SOOOO DEEP. “Deep” as in house, but also “deep” as in “so profound it inspired three people in the office to admit to each other that Party Girl is our favorite movie and that when … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/premiere-stream-mr-intl-kim-ann-foxman-andrew-butler-creature/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/gen-f-gold-panda/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/gen-f-gold-panda/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:32:13 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74687 Before Gold Panda wrote glossy electronic music full-time, he bopped crackhead kleptos trying to lift sex toys from the adult shop in London where he worked. “No one else would employ me, really,” he says. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/gen-f-gold-panda/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-britta-persson-toast-to-m-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-britta-persson-toast-to-m-2/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:15:24 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75245 Okay, so great-but-underheard Swedish pop singer Britta Persson glitters in the sunlight in the woods a la Twilight, but she’s also ghostly and translucent… so does it mean she is EXTRA vampire? Like double-double vampire … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-britta-persson-toast-to-m-2/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-premiere-homeboy-sandman-calm-tornado/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-premiere-homeboy-sandman-calm-tornado/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:15:31 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75170 This is an eerie song to begin with—the calm tornado aspect illustrated by Homeboy Sandman‘s subdued mouth-whooshing on the chorus amid scenes of destruction. But add in the way he’s saying his lyrics—grave, matter of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/video-premiere-homeboy-sandman-calm-tornado/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/lykke-li-get-some-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/lykke-li-get-some-mp3/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:15:19 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75140 Lykke takes a turn towards Western noir on this one, perhaps inspired by her own excursions into the wild for heartbreak absolution. A few weeks ago she sent out the lyrics, handwritten, to her newsletter … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/lykke-li-get-some-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/girls-heartbreaker-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/girls-heartbreaker-mp3/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:18:06 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75143 “This record is a SNAPSHOT OF THE HORIZON!!!” enthuses Girls‘ Christopher Owens, in his handwritten missive explaining the origin and purpose of the band’s new EP, Broken Dreams Club. Listening to “Heartbreaker,” you can feel … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/girls-heartbreaker-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/23/good-friday-kanye-west-f-mos-def-lupe-fiasco-big-sean-dont-look-down-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/23/good-friday-kanye-west-f-mos-def-lupe-fiasco-big-sean-dont-look-down-mp3/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:18:12 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74978 This is Kanye‘s track about the phoenix—you know, the armless one from the original My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy cover, aka Selita Ebanks. Feels like a bit of a spoiler alert for anyone who hasn’t … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/23/good-friday-kanye-west-f-mos-def-lupe-fiasco-big-sean-dont-look-down-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/video-ryan-leslie-never-gonna-break-up/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/video-ryan-leslie-never-gonna-break-up/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:30:35 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74946 Memo to Ryan Leslie: just because a dude has the same lighter as you does not mean your girl is cheating. Memo to everyone else: if you are dating Ryan Leslie, do not dump him … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/video-ryan-leslie-never-gonna-break-up/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/video-the-hundred-in-the-hands-commotion/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/video-the-hundred-in-the-hands-commotion/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:30:46 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74850 This video is angst city—imagine if you were walking down the street and saw and empty wheelchair rolling by? Terrifying. But it also looks like a chopped-up Los Angeles version of Skins, the best ever … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/video-the-hundred-in-the-hands-commotion/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/stream-brian-eno-emerald-and-stone/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/stream-brian-eno-emerald-and-stone/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:00:34 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74829 This is gentle Eno in a melancholy mood, working his way up the piano scale til he hits a high C and falls off the edge. Totally the stuff they play in crystal stores to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/stream-brian-eno-emerald-and-stone/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-kano-spaceship/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-kano-spaceship/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:30:26 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74819 Kano‘s amazing for writing a track about a woman’s desire to escape her low self-esteem by shooting into space, at least we think that’s what it’s about. Is it weird, though, that we can’t watch … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-kano-spaceship/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/nick-catchdubs-mr-ducker-radio-friendly-unit-shifter-iii-mixtape-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/nick-catchdubs-mr-ducker-radio-friendly-unit-shifter-iii-mixtape-mp3/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:00:17 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74799 Nick Catchdubs and Mr. Ducker are renowned across the world for their collective knowledge of, and love for, the popular music of the 1990s. This may seem quite zeitgeistical to you, what with the recent … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/nick-catchdubs-mr-ducker-radio-friendly-unit-shifter-iii-mixtape-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/premiere-stream-alex-winston-choice-notes-tomb-crew-rmx/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/premiere-stream-alex-winston-choice-notes-tomb-crew-rmx/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74763 Alex Winston is a chick with a really high, porous soprano. It can get a little gauzy, but the Brits love it—Ellie Goulding comparisons abound—and, like Goulding, Winston sounds best with a platform of bass … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/premiere-stream-alex-winston-choice-notes-tomb-crew-rmx/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/diddy-dirty-money-f-drake-busta-rhymes-loving-you-no-more-rmx-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/diddy-dirty-money-f-drake-busta-rhymes-loving-you-no-more-rmx-mp3/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:00:13 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74723 There’s pieces of your hair still sitting in my sink is an inadvertently serial-killerish lyric, Drizzy, but then this is that kind of song: a crew of dudes and ladies getting depressed about their loved … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/diddy-dirty-money-f-drake-busta-rhymes-loving-you-no-more-rmx-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-odd-future-played-sandwitches-last-night-in-los-angeles/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-odd-future-played-sandwitches-last-night-in-los-angeles/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:30:46 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74735 Damn. Last night at Low End Theory in Los Angeles, Tyler, the Creator came out like Blank Dogs, wearing a hoodie all anonymous and a scary-ass ski mask, then rapped as though he wanted to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-odd-future-played-sandwitches-last-night-in-los-angeles/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-the-slits-lazy-slam/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-the-slits-lazy-slam/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:00:47 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74752 Unclear why The Slits‘ very last work stars Chloe Sevigny walking around giving ’90s butt, but RIP Ari Up. We shall never forget your teen-girl screams, your DIY patois and that inimitable punk dutty wine. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/video-the-slits-lazy-slam/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/game-f-pharrell-bounce-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/game-f-pharrell-bounce-mp3/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:00:48 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74666 This is Pharrell‘s signature steel drum in a house of mirrors, a slightly warped ting making Game‘s sordid drug tale seem more twisted than usual. Psycho pusher jobs only make sense on these mean streets … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/game-f-pharrell-bounce-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/mia-vs-zuckerberg-introducing-facefacefacebook-com/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/mia-vs-zuckerberg-introducing-facefacefacebook-com/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:15:03 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74302 PHASE TWO OF MIA INTERNET TAKEOVER: FaceFaceFacebook.com, a kinda fun interactive scrapbook of her fans, where you can take a snapshot of yourself with all her YouTube bars across your face. So she’s like, cataloging … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/mia-vs-zuckerberg-introducing-facefacefacebook-com/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/lazer-sword-f-turf-talk-im-gone-rustie-rmx-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/lazer-sword-f-turf-talk-im-gone-rustie-rmx-mp3/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:15:53 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74262 What happens when three of your favorite things meld together on a track? Bright beacons of light shoot out of your mouthpiece, apparently. Scottish twerk-funk monger Rustie actually makes a ridiculous amount of sense backing … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/lazer-sword-f-turf-talk-im-gone-rustie-rmx-mp3/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/geioms-nazar-mix-for-daily-street-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/geioms-nazar-mix-for-daily-street-mp3/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:15:37 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=73764 UK producer Geiom is best known for his ping-pongy garage and funky tracks, DJing on Rinse FM and heading up the label Burkane Sol. But for his mixtape for Brit streetwear site the Daily Street, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/geioms-nazar-mix-for-daily-street-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-willow-smith-whip-my-hair/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-willow-smith-whip-my-hair/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:45:58 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74233 We would like to reiterate our opinion that Willow Smith, youngest daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, is not her purported age of nine but, in fact, a well-preserved 35-year-old, rendered intact and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-willow-smith-whip-my-hair/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-best-coast-boyfriend/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-best-coast-boyfriend/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:45:16 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74163 Obviously Best Coast is absolute perfect quinceañera music, with “Boyfriend” the ultimate embodiment of a girl’s sweet yearnings. Who didn’t want to fall in love on their 15th birthday? Plus Bethany apparently wanted to make … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-best-coast-boyfriend/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-flying-lotus-kill-your-co-workers/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-flying-lotus-kill-your-co-workers/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:15:58 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74148 Dudes THIS IS AWESOME! Anyone who’s ever had a revenge fantasy, here’s a fairly sanguine yet not-too-real to imagine it: a rogue army of robots in the middle of a parade goes bananas and starts … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-flying-lotus-kill-your-co-workers/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-lil-wayne-f-gudda-gudda-i-dont-like-the-look-of-it/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-lil-wayne-f-gudda-gudda-i-dont-like-the-look-of-it/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:15:48 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74136 Weezy and his Young Money protegee Gudda Gudda went pretty standard fare for this one, but dude gets a pass considering this is the thirty-eleven thousandth video he’s dropped since he’s been at Riker’s. He … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/18/video-lil-wayne-f-gudda-gudda-i-dont-like-the-look-of-it/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/stream-mia-bedroom-to-the-hallway-to-the-road-to-the-world/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/stream-mia-bedroom-to-the-hallway-to-the-road-to-the-world/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:45:33 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74094 I’m not talking about getting it for free. I’m talking about making it freer. Oh word? MIA, we would like you to hook up the world with unpaid wi-fi and websites. You should also totally … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/stream-mia-bedroom-to-the-hallway-to-the-road-to-the-world/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/the-let-out-wind-chill-factor/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/the-let-out-wind-chill-factor/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:15:21 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74068 The wind in New York is supposed to be like, 80 MPH or something and, having gone outside for a brief time today, we think the weather dudes are underestimating that. Which means that tonight … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/the-let-out-wind-chill-factor/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/stream-lhf-collective-ep2-the-line-path-ep/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/stream-lhf-collective-ep2-the-line-path-ep/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:15:29 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74060 Alex Ross wrote a characteristically thoughtful re-examination of John Cage in a recent issue of the New Yorker, musing on his uncomfortable place in the music world, his prescience about the rise of electronic music … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/stream-lhf-collective-ep2-the-line-path-ep/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/listen-to-ten-year-old-twins-cover-esg-awesomely/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/listen-to-ten-year-old-twins-cover-esg-awesomely/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:45:32 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74054 Previously kinda felt like ESG should never be covered—the loose, impulsive scrappiness of the classic NYC punks is rarely replicated, and that scrappiness is the very thing that made ESG great. However! Ten-year-old twins beasting … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/listen-to-ten-year-old-twins-cover-esg-awesomely/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/rihanna-f-drake-whats-my-name-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/rihanna-f-drake-whats-my-name-mp3/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:30:22 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74043 In the tradition of Beyonce’s “Ego,” this is a very thinly veiled raunchy sex track. Not in the tradition of Beyonce’s “Ego,” Drake’s in on the act, saying some salacious stuff about lips and 69-ing, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/rihanna-f-drake-whats-my-name-mp3/feed/ 13 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/video-dels-trumpalump/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/video-dels-trumpalump/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:45:47 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=74009 Love how this track from Brit dude Dels transitions from super robotic and video-gamey to an emotionally vulnerable almost-lament. It also coincides with the emergence of those creepy twin girls in the video, coincidence? This … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/video-dels-trumpalump/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/jamie-foxx-f-rick-ross-living-better-now-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/jamie-foxx-f-rick-ross-living-better-now-mp3/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:45:01 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=73983 Sometimes we get super nostalgic for Kanye’s first album, when Jamie Foxx and Twista and Yeezy were all bros and clearly just having a good time messing around being underdogs. Jamie Foxx was the comedian … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/15/jamie-foxx-f-rick-ross-living-better-now-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/video-gucci-vump-shashtilism/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/video-gucci-vump-shashtilism/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:15:40 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=73892 Pretty sure the moral of this video’s story is that a woman’s work is never done (and homemakers should get some government subsidies for making the world go round). Gucci Vump is the genius who … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/video-gucci-vump-shashtilism/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/video-newham-generals-f-skepta-bag-of-grease/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/video-newham-generals-f-skepta-bag-of-grease/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:15:32 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=73831 Not sure who said “the game is dying,” but clearly damaging grime vets Newham Generals are breathing well enough to SPIT SEVERAL IF NOT MANY HOT BARS ON THIS SONG, YALL. There’s no way these … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/video-newham-generals-f-skepta-bag-of-grease/feed/ 0