Archive for May, 2008

Download Time: The Juan Maclean - Happy House

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Love this single. Happy House was released March 4th on DFA Records. Interestingly enough, Juan Maclean was the guitar player for Six Finger Satellite from Providence, RI. James Murphy, co-founder of DFA, joined Six Finger Satellite in some capacity (sound guy?) before moving to New York where he co-founded LCD Soundsystem and DFA Records. [...]

Download Time: Holy Shit - Whole Life Story

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Holy Shit is from Los Angeles and made this song a few years ago. I’m not sure if it ever came out and it’s no longer on the myspace page but it’s a gem of a song, so viola. Human Ear Music may have some insight.
Download: My Whole Life Story.mp3

Community Shorts is coming to LA and NY

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Been out of the loop for a couple of days, whoa. I’ve been working fervently on the PLANET PEOPLE summer mix tape. We’re anticipating a summer full of BBQ’s, beach days and trips to Mexico, a summer mix is needed.
Anyway, Community Shorts is having a short-film screening of various filmmakers from around the [...]

A Charming Jonathan Richman

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

A good tune, take note of the kneeling guitar solo. A little thing i’d like to call chutzpah.

Lovin KD Lang

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

KD lang was and is quite the performer. Here she is some years ago singing Johnny Get Angry. Is it ironic that she sings a submissive song about girl’s relationship with a man? Hey, you’re tellin me!

Download Time: Ah Ah Oh No

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Willie Colón and Hector Lavoe’s famous “Ah Ah O No” is todays jam, and the song that turned me on to the men who played a significant role in New York’s Puerto Rican music scene. We posted a You Tube video for this song, and now it is yours to keep. Download: Ah Ah Oh [...]

After a Hard Days Work

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Download Time: YoungBloodZ - Ridin’ Thru Atlanta

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Happy summer everyone, here is one for the beach boom box or the BBQ. “Ridin’ Thru Atlanta” is off the unreleased YoungBloodz album Bad Influence. Perfect for windows-down slow cruises.
Download: Ridn’ Thru Atlanta.mp3

Download Time: Lil Boosie - Exciting

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie is coming up. Download: Exciting.mp3

Calle 13 - ATREVETE TE TE

Sunday, May 18th, 2008