I know this has made the rounds and everyone is in love with Ghostface and Doom (and rightfully so). But don’t forget Oh No, who is emerging as one of the hottest producers in the game. I was shocked/stoked (yeah, stoked) to hear Gets Mine from Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms on a recent episode of CSI (Vegas, bitches … sorry, we don’t mess with New York and Miami).
On Tuesday night, Q-Tip announced a remix of WeFight/WeLove on – where else? – Twitter. The reworking of this standout from The Renaissance features Kanye West and Consequence, a cousin of Q-Tip’s who recently showed up on the Buggin’ Out ’09 video.
Tip says you can get the track if you join the social network thing he’s got going on at Q-Tip.com. Or it looks like Nah Right is gonna get a downloadable version that isn’t a MySpace rip very soon.
Until then …
[STREAM]: Q-Tip | WeFight/WeLove (remix)
It’s pure coincidence, I’m sure, that Eriksolo from Meanest Man Contest e-mailed me to let me know about MMC’s remix of a new Daedelus track. Just the other day I was at a thrift store, staring at the piles of worthless/busted keyboards, speakers, joysticks, etc., and I couldn’t help but think of MMC’s great track Throwing Away Broken Electronics, an ode to dead technology.
MMC’s latest project is a reworking of a Daedelus song Off to the Races, which is available on a split EP on a new label called Friends of Friends. Eric sums it up thusly:
“The idea behind the label is that they ask an artist to do a split EP, and that artist asks a friend to do the other half of the EP, and then the artists ask another friend to create a piece of art, which then gets printed on a limited edition t-shirt that is sold as the physical component of the digital music release. The package comes with a bunch of remixes, of which my track is one.”
The project has been featured recently on XLR8R, the Amoeba blog and Pitchfork.
The EP is available on eMusic or at the FoF store. Below is the tracklisting and an mp3 of the MMC remix:
Friends of Friends, Volume 1:
1. Daedelus – C’est Super
2. Daedelus – LA Nocturn
3. Daedelus – Off to the Races
4. Jogger – Nice Tights
5. Jogger – Litre o’ Cola
6. Jogger – Nephicide
Remixes:
Daedelus – C’est Super (Michna Remix)
Daedelus – LA Nocturn (Eliot Lipp Remix)
Daedelus – Off to the Races (Meanest Man Contest Remix feat. Cuzzo)
Jogger – Nice Tights (Nosaj Thing Remix)
Jogger – Nice Tights (Mexicans with Guns Remix)
Jogger – Nice Tights (Grahm of Thunderheist Remix)
Jogger – Nice Tights (Keenhouse Remix)
Related:
Meanest Man Contest: We Blame You EP
Black Mirror: Quarterbar remix
Meanest Man Contest: new video!
I Used to Love H.E.R.: Eriksolo (Meanest Man Contest)
Meanest Man Contest: Partially Smart
Meanest Man Contest 7-inch
Fair or not, I tend to give DavÃd Garza a bit of a free pass. That’s what happens when a guy writes what I’d have to consider one of my top 10 albums of the ’90s. I don’t hesitate to say This Euphoria (1998) belongs in every collection. (Overdub is pretty great, too.)
Problem is, Garza, who hails from Austin, has a bit of that Ryan Adams problem: He’s immensely prolific … maybe to a fault. At the very least, it’s hard to keep up with his numerous releases, many of which have been digital-only in recent years.
So I shouldn’t have been surprised to realize that I totally missed the boat on Garza’s late ’08 release, Dream Delay (available on eMusic). I actually was clued in by Paul Ford’s often-hilarious six-word reviews of SXSW mp3s, in which he gave the Garza song 2 Sinners in the Garden five dots/circle thingies (the highest rating).
Because I just got Dream Delay, I’m still soaking it in, but it does feature guest spots from Fiona Apple (who chose Garza to open for her on tour), Al Jourgensen of Ministry (WTF?) and Jim Ward of At the Drive-In/Sparta/Sleepercar.
Check out 2 Sinners in the Garden, which Ford ever-tersely said is “better than most soundtrack-friendly indie.”
BONUS:
(From This Euphoria. Put it on your next mixtape and thank me later.)
You have purchased Middle Cyclone, right? It’s not going to be a surprise to see this on best-of lists at the end of the year. And, as always, I must mention the Phoenix connection: Our own Jon Rauhouse again contributes his guitar wizardry as part of Neko’s band, including acoustic guitar on this track.
Rik Cordero, who seemingly directs every hip-hop video these days, is at it again. This time, he works with Kid Cudi and Consequence for Buggin’ Out ’09, the Tribe tribute that is part of J. Period’s ode to Q-Tip.
Few voices are as distinct and recognizable in indie rock as Jeremy Enigk’s, so it’s good to hear the former Sunny Day Real Estate frontman on this new track Mind Idea, the first single from the forthcoming OK Bear.
Billboard reported in November that Enigk “returns to the heavier rock sound of his old band” on the new solo album, which likely means we won’t see anything as grandiose or orchestral as Return of the Frog Queen, his amazing solo debut. Still, Enigk is obviously capable of crafting epic compositions, as he showed in spots on 2006’s World Waits. With that voice, Enigk can’t help but sound epic, and Mind Idea certainly soars – albeit in a rather brief two minutes, 38 seconds. (Why do I get the feeling I’ll be dusting off my copy of How It Feels to Be Something On very soon?)
OK Bear is due out May 12 on his Lewis Hollow label.
There’s really little that has to be said about this. Public Enemy and the Roots? Um, yes, please. Bravo to Jimmy Fallon.
Rarely am I ahead of the curve, but I did tell you back in February that the title of the forthcoming Busdriver album would be Jhelli Beam.
On Monday, Anti released the tracklisting, which includes guest spots from Islands’ Nick Thorburn, Deerhoof’s John Dietrich and Mikah 9 (!!).
Full tracklisting:
1. Split Seconds (Between Nannies and Swamis)
2. Me-Time (with The Pulmonary Palimpsets)
3. Handfuls Of Sky
4. Scoliosis Jones
5. Least Favorite Rapper (featuring Nocando)
6. Quebec And Back
7. Do The Wop
8. World Agape
9. Manchuria (featuring Mikah-9)
10. Unsafe Sextet/Gilded Hearts of Booklovers
11. Happy Insider (featuring Nick Thorburn)
12. I’ve Always Known
13. Fishy Face (featuring John Dietrich)
We eagerly await an mp3 …
In the meantime, you can read the story I wrote after interviewing the man himself.
I’m really excited about tonight’s show I kinda/sorta helped assemble along with the fine people at the Rogue. We’ve got Spirit Animal (the Gray Kid’s full-band venture) from LA; Asa Ransom from New York; and Saint Motel, also from LA.
Festivities should kick off around 9 p.m. and cover is $5, which will help all three bands fill their tanks on the way to SXSW.
Having only seen the Gray Kid solo (accompanied by beats via iPod), I’m not sure what to expect from the full-band experience. But here’s a live video of Spirit Animal playing the Gray Kid cut Lonely Love from …5, 6, 7, 8. Homeboy goes falsetto here:
Maybe if you ask nicely, they’ll drop Soothsayer, too.
You can pick up some new Gray Kid tunes on eMusic and follow him on Twitter.
Preview more music below from Asa Ransom and Saint Motel. Hope to see you out!