Video: Death Documentary/Tour Dates
In our profile on 1970s Detroit cult metal band Death from FADER #60, member Bobby Hackney told us, “I think a lot of [our rejection of Motown sounds] might have been fueled by the rejection we faced, from even our own community. We were really just determined to be rockers and here we are in the middle of the black community. Maybe that just pushed us to be a littler harder, because we were so determined to get the real rock sound.” Nothing jolts a rock band’s raggedy edges like alienation, and Death’s 1974 album is a document of outsider rippage that could have fit perfectly inside had they been operating in the New York or LA scenes—and they were clearly precursors to the likes of Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat. Now they’ve created a completely awesome documentary called “Where Do We Go From Here?” to promo their REUNION MINI-TOUR DATES! If you live in Detroit, Chicago or Cleveland A. we’re sorry but B. at least you get the consolation prize of being able to see Death live this September… and if you do not go, you are playing yourself. (via Bold as Love)
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Freeload: Major Lazer, “Hold The Line (Poirier Remix)”
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One of the best things about Ghislain Poirier is that when he remixes a song he has little to no respect for anything about said song other than its empty spaces because he can fill them with exploding bass. For Major Lazer’s big single, which is notably built on a Black Flag sample surf guitar, Poirier dumps the punk surfing altogether and replaces it with his manic Wha-La-La-Leng soca riddim, which is exactly 137% more likely to inspire a desire to break stuff than “Six Pack” “Surfing Safari”, no offense to 1984 Henry Rollins 1962 Dennis Wilson.
Download: Major Lazer, “Hold The Line (Poirier Remix)”
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posted on Apr 30, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Black Flag, electronic/dance, freeload, Ghislain Poirier, Major Lazer
DEPRESSSSED
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We watched a lot of Dirty Projectors videos lately and it made us think about appropriation. The last thing we’re ever invested in is any made up notion of authenticity, and they’ve shredded and mushed up the common idea of a cover. After the jump, read some deep shit about this and watch four different versions of the song “Depression,” three by Black Flag with three different singers and one by Dirty Projectors.
