Category: Music
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Awesome Tapes from Africa!
While checking out the MEGAWORDS site(worth a visit!) I stumbled onto the blogspot titled ‘Awesome Tapes from Africa’. I was quick to realize that I had just discovered a true internet gem. The blog, which has been actively posting mp3s since 2006, is jam packed with tons of music! Something about music from other parts […]
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Reggae & Afro Funk for Summer!
Recently I’ve been really excited about reggae from the late 60s & 70s. I’ve been searching for old low-fi reggae to fill my summer days and came across the Analog Africa myspace, which I believe is a German DJ, playing some amazing African music. Here is a track to enjoy! Le Super Borgou de Parakou […]
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A Shot in the Dark. Take one!
Once in a while it’s great fun to just buy an album without knowing anything or very little about the artist. I can remember being in Paris a couple years ago, walking into a record store, and purchasing two discs on a whim. I couldn’t read the track titles or understand the names of the […]
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In the studio…Yo Majesty’s Shunda K!
Last week I went to see Yo Majesty and Does it Offend You, Yeah? at Johnny Brendas in Philadelphia. The show had me dancing all night! Later on that night I ran into Shunda K of Yo Majesty and DJ Orion (Yo Majesty’s DJ) at the Barbary and they invited me to come hang out […]
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Muxtape. Make One.
A relatively new web service called MuxTape allows you to create a mix tape of your own and share it with friends. The service is very simple, clean, and straight forward. Choose up to 12 of your favorite tracks, upload them, and share your mix (or MUX). No Bells & Whistles…just sharing music with your […]
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Tom Tom Club – Like Whoa!
Amid some morning chit-chat my friend Jesse pointed me to the video ‘Genius of Love’ by Tom Tom Club. I really missed the boat on this stuff, but it’s fantastic! After watching a number of Tom Tom Club’s videos its very apparent that this stuff was key to inspiring the work of ‘So Me‘ (Justice […]
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Delicious…Santogold
By now you’ve most certainly heard of Brooklyn Phenom Santogold, but have you made it past the single L.E.S. Artistes? ‘Shove It’ is one of my favorites featuring the always engaging Spank Rock. Did I mention the cover art for Santogold’s LP is fantastic! Santogold – Shove It (feat. Spank Rock)Santogold – Shove It (feat. […]
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Familjen Video. INSPIRING!
Familjen a.k.a. Johan T Karlsson, a Swedish techno/electropop artist, has blown my mind with the video for the song ‘Det Snurrar I Min Skalle’. That is Swedish for ‘It’s Spinning Inside My Head’. Directed by Johan Söderberg, the video is a mash-up remix of footage from a tent revival. I am hesitant to even use […]
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You Can Be A Wesley @ Ello!
Things are happening! My best buds You Can Be A Wesley will be playing a gig at ellO Gallery in New Hampshire on May 16th. Its been a little while since I have designed a poster/flyer for a show and so I jumped on the opportunity to get back on the program. If you are […]
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Discovery! YES!
My friend Ty Williams just introduced me to a side project from one of the preppy kids in Vampire Weekend. Ty says, “Dude go on my myspace, I have a song by Discovery on my page, it’s up your ally.” So I dialed my internet browser to http://www.myspace.com/discoverdiscovery. Discover Discovery was exactly what I was […]
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The Good Old Radio! WERS!
It’s special when you find a gem lodged in the hard, cold dirt of an empty abandoned field littered with chunks of cement and weeds. This was the case four years ago when I discovered Emerson’s commercial free, listener supported radio station WERS 88.9FM. During my time in Boston WERS became a staple in my […]