Side Projects

I should be slapped for not discussing this before, but Trent Reznor has a side project with his other half called How to Destroy Angels and here is the video for their first track "A Drowning" & a link to the mp3:

How to Destroy Angels - A Drowning




Two of the members of TV on the Radio, exact change approved band, have written the score for a NY education system documentary.  Not thrilling material, but at least it gives me something else to listen to other than Rain Machine until another TVOTR album is in my life (via Pitchfork):
TVOTR score "The Lottery"

Random News & Videos Du Jour

Is Fabric closing? One of London's biggest clubs, if not the biggest, has a shaky future per Juno:
Fabric on the verge of administration?

As mentioned here last week, Adult Swim is putting out a single a week for the next 7 weeks (8 tracks total) and this week is an act near and dear, Madvillian.  I take the leg work out of finding this stuff, so enjoy:
Adult Swim Singles Program: Madvillain - Papermill

New videos after the jump, can you stand the anticipation?!?!?!

Major Lazer & La Roux

What do you get when you mix Diplo, Switch & La Roux?

See below the cut

Wish I Was a Fly On The Wall...

I know you all have missed me dearly, I can tell by all the comments asking about my return and #iheartexactchange taking #lostfinale off the top of the trend list.  You guys are just too good to me.  Seriously, give me some feedback people.  Enough bitching, on to the day's events:

 

Go ahead and read the names of people who are collaborating on the new Roots LP, How I Got Over, and tell me you aren't saying to yourself "WTF! When did these guys even meet, let alone share enough interests to work together."  But that is what the roots have been doing for years and have always been ahead of the curve.  Love it and love them.  Here is a link from Pitchfork to check out the remake of the Monsters of Folk jam "My God" with all of the Folk Monsters on board.  Last week, Questlove tweeted about working with Dirty Projectors, but i thought it was a side project.  I've been wrong once before, never again.


The Roots and Monsters of Folk - My God 2.0

New Arcade Fire 12"

Check out their website for a sample:
Arcade Fire Website








Here's the better of the two tracks:
Arcade Fire - Suburbs

Missing the Boat

 

Janelle Monae's - The ArchAndroid is the shit.  If you haven't listened to this album yet, then I cannot change the past (even though my delorean says otherwise).  But you SHOULD get on this right away, because its the way hip-hop/r&b albums should be made.  As eclectic as Andre 3000 and with a rocking set of pipes, this album will do wonders for your synapses.  Enjoy!

Don't believe me?  Screw you, ask Pitchfork

if you listen to Actual Records

Let us take a moment to discuss DJ Ruxbin and his crew for the great work they do week in and week out.  Tonight there is a party at the Fire.  They are selling/promoting noncanon's & lillie ruth bussey's new 7" release.  You should be there because:
1.  It'll be rad times had by all.
2.  It's better than anything you had previously planned.

Original Link
Actual Records

It's new to me, and possibly you

Exact Change is of the mindset that the now god-awful NBC's had of "if i haven't heard it, then its new to me".  Here are some new things I think it would behoove (thank you word of the day calendar) you to check out:




From The Mahogany Blog via Hype Machine:

Jay Z mashed up with Architecture in Helsinki -  99 Hearts
Hype Link
Original Link & Download

From The Stu Reid Experiment via Hype Machine:

Theophilus London feat. Vampire Weekend - Give it Up Dad

Hype Link

Original Link & Download

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros goodness:

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Om Nashi Me (Timmy The Terror Mix)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home

From i hope your ears bleed (that's not very nice, is it?)

LCD Soundsystem bonus track only on iTunes ('member when Mac was askin us about big brother???)

One other note, do all of Murphy's songs need to be at least 8 minutes long before they make an album, jeez.

LCD Soundsystem - Throw

Stereogum Link

More Local Love

Been playing catch up since I didn't post anything over the weekend.  This is my friend Jesse's band, innerpartysystem, remixed by Starkey.  Posted by RCRD LBL.  They are coming off fairly huge success on their last album, big tour, Lollapalooza, i think I've even heard them on Madden and on ESPN.  Props!  I've seen em live and they are without a doubt the real deal.  If you haven't heard of them before, get on it people, what the fuck are you waiting for?

innerpartysystem - American Trash (Starkey Remix)

Oh Glorious Day!

Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, aka AFX, aka Polygon Window, aka...alright you get the point, has been DJing in London and has been playing new material.

Check out the link over at Pitchfork

New Aphex Twin