Music, Fashion, Culture
Did you love Wale’s Seinfeld Themed Mixtape About Nothing? Well, whatever you thought about Wale’s official debut LP, Attention Deficit, DC’s own is giving the people what they want (Seinfeld mixtapes) on More About Nothing. The mixtape just dropped, and The Fader has the link. I haven’t given it a listen, so let’s explore it together, shall we?
Download More About Nothing via The Fader
-Jack
RCRD LBL keeps the jams flowing with a brand new single from Cut Copy. Cut Copy are prepping their follow up to In Ghost Colours, which, in my opinion, is one of the best albums of this past decade, so in my book they pretty much have a “get out of jail free” card to do whatever the hell they want this time around. So what are they choosing to do with their well earned good will? If this track is any indication, apparently some 60s inspired psychadelic party music (in which case, the Keith Haring esque album art is a “red herring”, pun intended). Works for me.
Listen and Download @ RCRD LBL
Let’s check in with one of our female artists to watch in 2010 (remember that writeup from our April issue?): Zola Jesus. Still great. Now she’s blonde. Hear a new song called “Sea Talk.” Fall in love again.
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If you haven’t noticed, our friends in Mahjongg have finally dropped their anticipated third LP, Long Shadow Of The Paper Tiger on K Records. You may have caught our interview with Mahjongg’s Hunter Husar in the June issue of Sundae (and if you didn’t, go read it!).
Anywho, looks like the boys picked up a positive 6.9 from Pitchfork today, and the review features such compliments as “it’s hard to find a dance party as distinctive as the one Mahjongg are throwing here,” and “The Long Shadow is the band’s most focused and cohesive work.”
If you’re in the mood for some dance music that makes you think, you can’t go wrong with this one.
-Jack
A wise man named Dr. Steve Brule once said, “You can’t kiss a beautiful girl and have a cool uncle.” This applies to all aspects of life. For instance, you can’t be a brilliant singer/songwriter and producer and dance. Looks like The-Dream may not have come to terms with Dr. Brule’s “rule”, judging by whatever he’s trying to do in the first part of this “Trilogy” video.
You can’t really complain, though, as musically he’s doing his best Prince impression (which is a very good impression) via “Yamaha,” which then bleeds into “Nikki Pt.2” and the “Cry Me A River” cribbing “Abyss” (complete with crying/watery imagery). Just listen to the jams, folks, and be happy he’s serving ’em up!
But really – you don’t see Yeezy pretending he can dance after that “Gold Digger” video, do you? He already has a cool uncle, and he knows it.
Wait a minute, Dream, WTF is going on with that girl in the shower? #creepedout
-Jack
Is she the crowned princess of dance music? Nope, think bigger. Queen? Closer, but still light years off. Goddess? Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Aphrodite, to be exact. No, that’s not just the name of her new (and 11th) album (Try counting that many albums on your fingers, little babies! No? Add a toe!), that’s actually Kylie’s literal identity. She is, in fact, the goddess Aphrodite. She is just chilling on earth for the past 20 years or so, so you’d better enjoy this shit while she’s dishing it out, before she goes back into outer space where all the other gods party without us!
Wanna hear her new album for free online before you trip over yourself trying to whip out your debit card to buy 10 copies in a week? NPR is here for you.
Wait, I mean, here for you.
-Jack
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