Songs

Janelle Monáe – Come Alive (The War Of The Roses)

In Free Music, Songs on 7 October 2009 tagged janelle monae with no comments

New track and behind-the-scenes making-of video from Janelle Monáe

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. – 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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

Kanye West – Heartless (Iceman Remix)

In Songs on 25 November 2008 tagged kanye west, remix with 1 comment

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 [...]

Boy Crisis – L’homme

In Free Music, Songs on 24 November 2008 tagged boy crisis with no comments

More Boy Crisis… this time a free download of the song L’homme, available at their RCRD LBL page.

Boy Crisis – Dressed to Digress

In Songs on 18 November 2008 tagged boy crisis with no comments

Wannabe pop culture purveyors Pitchfork recently called Boy Crisis the “absolute worst band in the world right now”. They’re definitely smarmy, flippant, and cliché (both Pitchfork and Boy Crisis), but I can dig.
Boy Crisis – Dressed to Digress
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Man Party – The Tiger Game EP

In Albums, Songs on 9 November 2008 tagged man party with no comments

Man Party is a four-piece electronica outfit from Seattle, and despite being a relatively young band, they’ve already established a nicely polished sound. The group recently dropped their first release, The Tiger Game EP, which is available on iTunes and several other online music stores. It’s a nice little debut, consisting of five laid back [...]