VIDEO: Cults - "Go Outside"

Unofficial video by Helene Park.

Download the entire song FO' FREE here.

Two-A-Days: Foster the People and Hard Mix

The new "Young Folks" has arrived. Tell your sons and daughters, the official feel good summer song of 2010 is upon us. Foster The People is a new band, like new new. As in they just played their first show a few weeks ago. As in they don't have an album, or even an EP to two-step to walking down the street. But they do have insanely catchy "Pumped Up Kicks". Enjoy.

Foster The People - "Pumped Up Kicks"


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Hard Mix consists of one guy (Noah), some great musical arrangement, and borrowed A Capella tracks. It's definitely something I wouldn't expect to see coming out of South Carolina. You can't consider these remix tracks, as all the music is created by Hard Mix first. "King of the Stars" samples some great Motown sounds. Hard Mix's next album In and Out of My Life, is slated for a December release. Until then, download all of Hard Mix's music FO' FREE here.

Hard Mix - "King Of The Stars"


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VIDEO: Yuck - "Georgia"

Time flies when you've got this much talent. It was just earlier this year I wrote about Yuck, a band with ties to Japan, Jersey, and U.K. Back in January, they had but just two songs to share with us via their myspace and only a couple live shows under their belt, but I still felt it necessary to put them in one of my playlists that you've apparently been loving so much. And now they've got tour dates with Japandroids and a brand new video for their song "Georgia". Ahhh they grow up so fast these days....




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MP3: New Black Keys - "Tighten Up"

Just weeks after we found out the Ohio garage rock duo will be putting out an album May 18th, Black Keys unveiled a new track off the album on their myspace page. "Tighten Up" is the only Danger Mouse produced song on the album, Brothers. Black Keys take a step back toward rock and roll revival creating a soulful buzz that flows with ease. Dan Auerbach has to be in my top 5 rock voices of all time. So raw and passionate. Are there any other modern rock voices from this generation that are truly timeless? What rock voices from today will people continue to be impressed by 20 years from now?

Black Keys - "Tighten Up"


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Stream Entire New MGMT Album Now

Well it finally leaked through the interwebs, so what other option does the duo and their label have but to put it up for free streaming? Congratulations wont officially be available to purchase until April 13th, so in an effort to divert websters away from the shitty low-bitrate version floating around, it's up for free listen at the band's website. Along with the album, the band posted this:

"Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn't make sense to anyone but us."

After a preliminary run-through, I'm not impressed. It sounds like MGMT lack any lyrical sense, perhaps using all of their best material on Oracular Spectacular. I can't say that I'm surprised, it's not like any of the pre-Time To Pretend EP music was any good. Go listen to any of The Management (pre mgmt) Demos or River Offices and that's right back where the guys are heading.

Travis Barker and A-Trak Performing Together

This tops Girl Talk for best party atmosphere at a live event. Travis Barker and A-Trak (Kanye's DJ) are now touring together. Based on the video, it looks like A-Trak mostly going crazy on the turntables and throwing everything possible at Barker, inviting him to challenge back (which he does). Barker's remix style on drums holds so much intensity, it's impossible not to be a fan. I haven't seen any dates yet, but this tour should be a lot of fun.

MP3: Freelance Whales - "Generator 1st Floor" (Passion Pit Aislyn Remix)

The April 13th release date of Freelance Whales debut album Weathervanes is less than a month away. Be sure to pre-order your CD/LP to receive a limited hand signed Freelance Whales poster.

Being labelmates of Freelance Whales, it's not surprising that Passion Pit's Aislyn took a stab at remixing the song.



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MP3: Lil Wayne vs. The Office Theme Song

Clockwork has done some fantastic creative work here. Actually piecing together Lil Wayne and The Office Theme Song with minimal choppiness and maximal WTF factor. Head over to Clockwork's myspace to get the End of an Era mixtape.



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(song and amazing Paint professionalism via p+p)

Chat Roulette Improv

Apparently I'm the last person on Earth to hear of Chat Roulette. I haven't tried it yet, and judging from the people in this video, these are the last people I'd actually like to sit and have a conversation with. Most of them look flat out scary and the others look like set-ups from To Catch a Predator. So while there wont be any chat roulette in my future, this guy below seems to be the next Ben Folds coming up with musical piano improv with everyone he comes in virtual contact with.




WTF IS THE POINT OF CHAT ROULLETE?! I'd rather people watch you from afar while laughing than actually try to hold a decent conversation with you. Just saying.

NEW: Jay-Z vs. Lupe "From Marcy to Madison St." MIXTAPE

Saw this over at Pigeons and Planes today and had to share. Jay-Z vs. Lupe Fiasco. A mixtape of both MC's flowing over some of the same beats and you pick your winner. This mixtape comes from the same people who also brought us this in late 2009.

Download the entire mixtape FO' FREE here.

VIDEO: The Lonely Island "Boombox" Featuring Julian Casablancas

A BOOMBOX IS NOT A TOY!




Get the Lonely Island album if you haven't already. Hilarity.

Two-A-Days: Mari Solis and Hooray For Earth

Mari Solis released an EP last month and brings forth some passionate, powerful, and soulful vocals. Something we've been missing for some time now. By far, the standout track is "Something Wrong" - which you can listen to over at her myspace page. This girl is 15 YEARS OLD! and sounds like a seasoned veteran. Skip past the 30 second intro on the video below and watch her cover Stevie Wonder.



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Hooray For Earth keeps one foot in Cambridge, MA and one in NYC. I can't really come up with any obvious comparisons to another band - which is good I suppose. They've played with Passion Pit, Oh No Ono, Deer Tick and others. They also have a video featuring puppets driving a car for the song "Surrounded By Your Friends".

VIDEO: KiD CuDi with MGMT and Ratatat - "Pursuit of Happiness"

Earlier this week, a new - and much better - video was released for "Pursuit of Happiness". With MGMT and Ratatat helping out, it's an obvious standout on Mr. Solo Dolo's album. Now that it finally has a well made video for it, it's even better.

Broken Bells on Jimmy Fallon

I'm constantly impressed by the musical talent Fallon is able to pull for his show. Here's Broken Bells performing "The Ghost Inside" last night.

Two-A-Days: Cults and Philadelphia Grand Jury

Cults have become bloggy favorites almost overnight, and honestly what's not to love? With all the 1950's/60's pop grooves flowing out of this 21 year old couple, how can you not feel good? The duo started making music together only a couple of months ago, but it's clear they've hit one out of the park on their first attempt. Download their 7" FO' FREE over at their bandcamp.

Cults - "Go Outside"




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Another duo, although not a couple (actually I haven't confirmed that), is Philadelphia Grand Jury from Phila....errr Australia? Yup. The guys will be hitting the U.S. in April. Their bio goes as such:

Philadelphia Grand Jury has always been two friends: Berkfinger and MC Bad Genius. Between these two childhood buddies of some 20 years one observes a strange, tedious and sometimes very complicated relationship that always manages to somehow end up in a smart and ruff pop song. Do they even like each other? No one really knows. Berkfinger hadn't seen Bad Genius for going on 6 years when one day last year the curious bearded fellow just strolled into one of his solo shows with a bass and plugged himself right back into the singer's life. From there, these two childhood buddies - and a rotating ensemble of drummers - have been writing, recording and touring their own indie punk soul hits around the country and winning fans everywhere they go.

Philadelphia Grand Jury - "I Don't Want to Party (Party)"


Philadelphia Grand Jury - "The Good News"



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