1. Smoosh - Find A Way Smoosh made a splash at CMJ with their pop prodigy act; 12-year-old drummer Chloe and 14-year-old frontkid/keyboardist Asya supposedly write their own music, and certainly execute it with grace. This song takes Smoosh out of the precocious-young-things category, and puts them smack in the holy-shit-what-are-you-Jesus category. Do you hear those drums? Do you hear those vocals? Pre-puberty is doing something great for Asya's voice. Some blogger complained that on the upcoming Barsuk release, the girls have "moved into a little more 'general' sound, rather than the quirky quality of She Like Electric". I'm not sure what in the flying hell "general" sound is - but I feel comfortable calling this song "specific", or even "meticulously outlined, with citations." [PRE-ORDER FREE TO STAY]
2. Spank Rock - Bump Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo! [BUY YOYOYOYOYO]
3. Papoose - Alphabet Slaughter For those of ya'll that didn't finish school, Papoose breaks down the alphabet - flawlessly. Hard to explain the gimmick here, but it is awesome - and it ends with "A&R's, holla at me now - or suffer later!" Amen. [BUY PAPOOSE MIXTAPES] [THANKS AVI]
4. Outkast - The Mighty O The first single off Idlewilde, and thus destined to blow up in a matter of weeks. Reminds me of Outkast's old, laid-back dirty south sound, but the organ sample and synth give it a new soul / R&B spin. Enjoy the shit out of it now, before excessive play renders it charmless. [PREORDER IDLEWILD]
5. Uffie - Pop The Glock
6. Uffie - Ready To Uff If Peaches had a vaguely European accent, looked like a VICE "do", was slightly less familiar with hip hop and slightly more into Jem & The Holograms, she'd be Uffie. Luckily, Uffie is doing it for her. [VISIT HER MYSPACE] [THANKS MAX]
7. Roots Manuva - Colossal Insight This track is from Alternately Deep, Roots' remix record of his 2005 release Awfully Deep. This has that particularly grimey aspect of being slow, but hard-hitting. Good soundtrack for lighting a spliff and casually shooting someone. [BUY ALTERNATELY DEEP]
6. Andrew WK - Party Hard Do it. [BUY LIVE DVD WHO KNOWS?]
**Bonus Track: Cibelle feat. Devendra Banhart - London, London Question: what's the sound solution to a full day of partying, hard rock, and substance abuse? Answer: Indie bossa nova. It's happening now. [BUY THE SHINE OF DRIED ELECTRIC LEAVES]
2 comments:
I am the worst blogger ever recently. Whatevs, I am essentially done with my classes so I'm back in the biz. Thanks for the heads-up about the Outkast jam.
Also, I partied hard with Andrew WK. He touched my hand and I was one degree away from humping him.
speaking if humping...Andrea is the hottest!
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