Album Premiere: El-P, 'Cancer for Cure'
There’s a line from Austin Grossman’s novel Soon I Will Be Invincible where he describes the experience of a superpowered fistfight as “like being in a car accident, over and over again”.
This is how I feel when listening to El-P. In the best way.
“Sure Shot” | Beastie Boys
I keep my underwear up with a piece of elastic
I use a bullshit mic that’s made outta plastic
To send my rhymes out to all the nations
Like ma bell I got the ill communications
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“Go!” | Santigold feat. Karen O
Master of My Make-Believe is currently streaming on NPR. RUN, DON’T WALK.
IS GUD MUZIK
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Chances are you've heard of Dubstep
Chances are you’ve even heard loads.
Chances are smaller, however, that you’ve heard some “proper” Dubstep. Haunting, dubby grooves from rainy Bristol and smoggy London.
Stuff that creeps in around behind your eyes and alters the way you see the world.
Pretty much the polar opposite of Skrillex and the like.
Anyway, Burial, the King of Dubstep, has a new EP.
Listen to some of his music if you like Dubstep, and ESPECIALLY if you’ve heard some shitty Dubstep in a club/on the radio and want a nice surprise.
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The Replacements, “Little Mascara”
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In keeping with my Wild Flag/Sleater Kinney obsession lately, here’s the bonus track “Oh Yeah”; love the line “Oh Yeah/I thought you were my friend” Sounds totally incongruous if you are just following the melody
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I remember reading an interview with R.E.M. sometime during the 90s praising the endless merits of Big Star, but by that point I was too engulfed in Los Angles punk rock from the previous decade to put energy into seeking out any of their records.
My first real exposure to Big Star, like so many others, started with The Replacements. At that point in my life I was listening to a lot music from the 70s and early 80s: Thin Lizzy, Television, Elvis Costello and, of course, The Replacements. Falling in love with Alex Chilton lead me to Big Star and to picking up #1 Record/Radio City. Those albums look and feel like the 70s to me; full of great songs that have a certain buoyancy that so many bands from that era lacked.
“You Get What You Deserve” is one of my favorite Big Star songs, and one my favorite songs in general. Over the years I’ve included on it countless mixes and playlists. The 2009 box set, Keep An Eye On The Sky, has two versions — both equally great, but this demo version exhibits just the kind of grace that made me fall for them the first time around.
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“Crap Artists” | Despot
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