Music Archive

Listen To New Kanye West (Feat. Dwele) – Power

– Posted on May 28, 2010Posted in: Music

Kanye’s new track “Power” leaked on the internet earlier today and it’s pretty fresh-sounding. Co-produced by underground Dallas beatcrafter, Symbolyc One and featuring R&B singer Dwele at the end, “Power” is a return to “College Dropout” form for our favorite “douchey” rapper/producer.

Most of the talk is going to be about the King Crimson sample of “21st Century Schizoid Man”, but I love the dirty drum beat juxtaposed with an African chorus chant. It definitely evokes memory of the epic “Jesus Walks”. The little piano melody halfway through is a nice touch too.

“What about the lyrics?” you may ask. Check out the beginning of this verse:

Fuck SNL and the whole cast
Tell ’em Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass
More specifically, they can kiss my asshole

Or this gem:

I don’t need yo’ pussy, bitch, I’m on my own dick

Yeah, man, Kanye is a potty guy. But props for backing it up with a well produced track.

Tags: dwele, kanye west, Music, new, power, single

Listen To New Arcade Fire Songs – “The Suburbs” and “Month of May”

Andy Yen

– Posted on May 28, 2010Posted in: Music

Last week, Arcade Fire released two clips of songs from their upcoming album, The Suburbs. Music blogs and the indie station on XM/Sirius trumpeted these 30 second previews as ZOMG MEGATON ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Come on.

What is this, 2003? I’d like to think Arcade Fire of all bands would not stoop to the “hype game”. Just give us the whole fucking songs.

Anyway, the songs are now up in their entirety. You can listen to “The Suburbs” and “Month of May” via the cleverly designed Flash Widget below.

Personally, I am not that impressed. Both songs are fairly straightforward and serviceable, if uninteresting. “Month of May” is the uptempo rocker, while “The Suburbs” is a more happy-go-lucky indie track. Consider my expectations tempered for the full album when it comes out on August 3rd.

Click this link if you would like to give Arcade Fire your hard earned money.

Protip: You can drag the spinning record in the widget back and forth like a real LP. Neat, huh?

Tags: arcade fire, month of may, Music, new, the suburbs

Pearl Jam and Band of Horses – All Along The Watchtower Live

Andy Yen

– Posted on May 17, 2010Posted in: Music

Band Pairings I Never Would Have Conceived of: Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses) with Pearl Jam covering All Along The Watchtower.

Having seen it in action though, can’t say it didn’t help my mental judgment of Bridwell. Dude can play a tambourine hard. Maybe if Band of Horses rocked harder, I would find their latest album, Infinite Arms, less… mediocre.

YouTube – PEARL JAM – All Along The Watchtower – XL Center Hartford CT – May 15 2010.

Tags: 5/15, all along the watchtower, band of horses, hartford, live, Music, pearl jam, video

Download The New Underworld Song – Scribble

Andy Yen

– Posted on May 14, 2010Posted in: Music

Our boys in Underworld (along with Welsh DnB producer, High Contrast) have finally evolved one of their old live standbys, “You Do Scribble” into a delightful new single.

Nothing like some inspiring drum and bass to get you through that early morning commute or run. Can’t wait for the full 8 minute long version of this. Feels like this 3 minute radio edit is just the taste of something grand.

Scribble? I’ll do you one further and Scrobble the heck outta this song.

Download the MP3 free for the next 7 days. (email required to sign up)

Tags: download, drum and bass, high contrast, Music, new, scribble, underworld, video

Another New M.I.A Track – XXXO

Andy Yen

– Posted on May 12, 2010Posted in: Music

Well this sounds more like the fun M.I.A. we know and love. Now with more pop culture references for the Gossip Girl watching hipster! Honestly, I’m just glad we don’t have to watch The Thin Ginger Line along with this song.

Download.

Tags: mia, Music, new, xxxo

Kelly Clarkson and Arcade Fire “Ripoff Controversy”

Andy Yen

– Posted on May 5, 2010Posted in: Music

Apparently, some music blogs have been raging lately over the “BLATANT PILLAGING” Kelly Clarkson has been doing with her new single “Naked Eyes” vis a vis Arcade Fire’s “Rebellion (Lies)”.

Come on.

The litmus test for me was listening to “Naked Eyes” in its entirety and not noticing obvious musical connections with “Rebellion (Lies).” It wasn’t until I carefully compared the two songs one after another that I noticed the similar chord progression. Congratulations, you have just won Where’s Waldo, pop musical theory edition! Hell, even if Kelly had started screaming “LIES! LIES!” in the chorus, I probably wouldn’t have got on my hotline and yelled “ZOMG! SONG RAPING! SEND IN THE ARCADE FIRE DEFENSE FORCE!”

Stop creating controversy where there is none in a shameless attempt to generate traffic, internet music blogs. It didn’t fool us when you were defending “the everyman musician” and it won’t fool us now when there’s not even an argument among the artists themselves.

Check out the video below if you want to see an illustration on how pop music works:

Tags: arcade fire, kelly clarkson, lies, Music, naked eyes, rebellion, ripoff, song stealing

New Deadmau5 – Some Chords

Andy Yen

– Posted on May 4, 2010Posted in: Music

At first I was like, “Yesssss, this shit PUMPS ME UP!” Then I was like, “I like it, but it’s not anything groundbreaking”. Now I find myself outside randomly wishing I could hear it right now.

Tags: deadmau5, Music, some chords, video

New Eminem – Not Afraid

Andy Yen

– Posted on April 29, 2010Posted in: Music

Your Audio Fix has apparently gotten a hold of the new Eminem single, Not Afraid. It’s a “Recovery” from the sub-standard “Relapse” tracks, but it’s not vintage Slim. Almost reminds me of Linkin Park. Almost.

Eminem – Not Afraid (Produced by Boi-1da) | YourAudioFix // Your Daily Fix Of Urban Entertainment.

Tags: eminem, Music, new, not afraid, rap, recovery