Monthly Archives: March 2008

Guilty Simpson- “Get Ritches” video

Stones Throw just dropped the first video of Guilty’s new album.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUU0iGeWYUk]

New Modest Mouse Video- “Fly Trapped In A Jar”

This is a wild video animated by the Saline Project.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1op06sE77g]

Harmony Korine Vice Interview

Vice magazine just sat down with Harmony Korine and asked him about what he’s been up to and about the release of Mister Lonely.
Check the entire interview on Vice:
Vice: Where’ve you been all this time?
Harmony Korine: Well, I just felt a general disconnection with things. I couldn’t really figure out what was going on and [...]

Velvets bootleg surfaces, with previosuly unheard song

I always love it when a rare bootleg surfaces and gets passed around the internets. It reminds me of the time I discovered that Duane Allman/Eric Clapton bootleg in 7th grade. Anyway, this 1967 recording, the only VU known to exist from that year, actually sounds pretty decent. It contains the debut of “Sister Ray” [...]

Doomposter Boo’d Off Rock The Bells Stage

After the onslaught coming his way the last year you gotta know somethings cookin’ when Doom sends the ‘poster to get boo’d offstage by tired, broke, and angry fans at hip hop’s biggest festival (not the first time). Some say Doom’s straight dead, even more say he’s just counting his money in the crib [...]

New Mick Boogie Mixtape ft. Talib Kweli

Prolific mixtape master and high class party DJ Mick Boogie has just dropped his new mixtape MCEO with full time Blacksmith CEO (and still part time MC) Talib Kweli.
Cop the free download here.

Outkast’s Big Boi Doing Ballet

Hip Hop Ruckus write:
“Apparently, Daddy Phatsax himself is going to be in a play which starts new month from the dates of April 10th thru the 13th in Atlanta, Georgia at the Fabolous Fox Theatre. The theme of the play will be fusing the visual experience of Atlanta’s professional ballet company and hip-hop music, performed [...]

Devin the Dude Releasing Smoke Sessions mixtape

As previously reported, Devin the Dude is chill. This is why he’s releasing a chill mixtape series entitled the Smoke Sessions starting with Smoke Session vol. 1.

Its his first release first release for the BCD Music Group since leaving his label of 14 years, Rap-A-Lot, earlier in 2008.
Pitchfork write:
” As its name would suggest, [...]

Love as Laughter Is Issac Brock’s Baby

Brooklyn band Love as Laughter is putting out their next album Holy on Brock’s label Glacial Pace Recordings. Also Brock himself will plays guitar on “Paul Revere” and “All Parts of Me” on the album.
Pitchfork writes:
“Brooklyn five-piece Love as Laughter will soon bring to fruition their partnership with pal and Modest Mouse frontman Isaac [...]

Drummer Leaves the Thermals

Front man Hutch Harris writes on the Thermals Myspace blog:
“Our drummer of the past two years, Lorin Coleman, has left The Thermals. The split has been totally amicable, with no hard feelings on either end. Lorin has simply left The Thermals to pursue other endeavors, one of which is playing in the band Andy Combs [...]