Charts, Graphs, and Girl Talk

In Misc on 26 December 2008 tagged girl talk with no comments

Andy Baio of Waxy.org uses metadata from Girl Talk’s 2008 album Feed the Animals for some interesting data crunching on the samples used in its creation. Check it out!

N.A.S.A. - Spacious Thoughts (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)

In Free Music, Songs on 20 December 2008 tagged n.a.s.a. with no comments

I promise I’ll stop posting about these guys when they stop leaking such awesome tracks from their upcoming album.

N.A.S.A. - Spacious Thoughts (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)

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Download the track from N.A.S.A.’s label, Anti-

N.A.S.A. - Money (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)

In Free Music, Videos on 19 December 2008 tagged n.a.s.a. with no comments

More N.A.S.A.! This album is going to be HOT, kids!

Artist: N.A.S.A.

Song: Money (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)

Album: The Spirit of Apollo

Release: 02/17/09

Download ‘Money’ from URB

N.A.S.A. - Gifted (featuring Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li)

In Free Music, Songs on 13 December 2008 tagged kanye west, lykke li, n.a.s.a., santogold with no comments

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HOT track from the upcoming N.A.S.A. album Spirit of Apollo (set for release in February 2009). N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) is Squeak E. Clean, DJ Zegon, and a ton of guest artists. The tracklist for Spirit of Apollo:

1. Intro
2. The People Tree feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab, Z-Trip
3. Money feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, Z-Trip
4. NASA Music feat. Method Man, E-40, DJ Swamp
5. Way Down feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch, John Frusciante
6. Hip Hop feat. KRS-One, Fatlip, Slim Kid Tre
7. Four Rooms, Earth View
8. Strange Enough feat. Karen O, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Fatlip
9. Spacious Thoughts feat. Tom Waits, Kool Keith
10. Gifted feat. Kanye West, Santogold, Lykke Li
11. A Volta feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank, Lovefoxxx
12. There’s a Party feat. George Clinton, Chali 2na
13. Whachadoin? feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold, Nick Zinner
14. O Pato feat. Kool Kojak, DJ Bãboa
15. Samba Soul feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, DJ Qbert
16. The Mayor feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM, Scarface
17. N.A.S.A. Anthem

Download “Gifted” here, courtesy of Kanye West

Feeding the Animals: Collective Effervescence and Girl Talk

In Videos on 12 December 2008 tagged girl talk with no comments

A look at the phenomenon of ‘collective effervescence‘ at the concerts of Gregg Gillis, a.k.a. Girl Talk.

Jay-Z (featuring Santogold) - Brooklyn (Go Hard)

In Songs, Videos on 3 December 2008 tagged jay-z, santogold with no comments

Fan-made video for the new track “Brooklyn (Go Hard)” from the upcoming Biggie bio pic. Hot track, cool video.

Modest Mouse Fan Recreates Album Art on Wall

In Artists on 26 November 2008 tagged modest mouse with no comments

I thought this was pretty cool. A member of the interstate-8.com message boards who goes by the handle “dm_rick” recreated the Good News for People Who Love Bad News album cover on his wall.

The Cool Kids - 2 Free Tracks

In Free Music, Songs on 25 November 2008 tagged cool kids with no comments

I’m planning on doing a much bigger write-up on The Cool Kids when I get a chance sometime soon, but for now, here are a couple great FREE tracks from the duo.

The first is 2K Pennies, a song originally titled Pennies that has been altered to include a couple references to 2K Sports for inclusion on the NBA 2K9 soundtrack. Grab 2K Pennies here.

The second is Delivery Man, released for free on Mountain Dew’s newly-established Green Label Sound. Grab Delivery Man (and its remix) here.

Kanye West - Heartless (Iceman Remix)

In Songs on 25 November 2008 tagged kanye west, remix with no comments

This remix of “Heartless” from West’s new album 808s & Heartbreak attempts to reconstruct the slightly altered version of the song Kanye performed at the American Music Awards on Sunday. It was created by a talented member of the kanyelive.com forums who goes by the handle ‘Iceman’.

Kanye West - Heartless (Iceman Remix)

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Message of the Blues

In Artists, Songs on 24 November 2008 tagged message of the blues with no comments

Message of the Blues consists of two guys, John (Johnny Saint) and Tex (The Mayor), who make good music but seem to have no concept of self-promotion or online presence. Their catchy-as-hell song “L.A.” was changed into “Say Hey” and used in a BP commercial about a year ago, which is where they earned most of their small following. But for the past year, their MySpace page has sat empty and dormant.

Now, Message of the Blues has released an album, Da Illist [sic], through iTunes. Interestingly, according to iTunes, MotB is signed to the label started by No Doubt, Beacon Street Records (which, of course, has no website).

Here’s the aforementioned “L.A.” Keep in mind the rest of their music is much bluesier than this song, but be sure to check them out on iTunes.

Message of the Blues - L.A.

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