Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Kid Koala - Scratch Happy Land (Side A)

Scratch Happy Land (Part 1) by Kid Koala  
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Tuesday night marked the annual airing of "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." While it may not have been the first time it was used, I am confident that Kid Koala's sampling of the holiday special on his world-shaking debut Scratchcratchratchatch is the best.

Released in 1996 as a very limited edition "promo" tape because of the impossibility of clearing any of the samples, Scratchcratchratchatch established Kid Koala as at the forefront of the turntablism movement in the mid-90s. The idea was to use the turntable as a musical instrument, scratching just about sound to create a beat, bassline or melody. 

Koala's Scratchcratchratchatch was mixed down to a shorter 10" release, Scratch Happy Land, side A of which you find here. Basically, it's the first four tracks of the album as one seven-minute mix. 

About four and a half minutes in, we get to the the last track of Side A of Scratchcratchratchatch, "Trick or Treat." The Peanuts kids are reviewing their Halloween hauls, and we all know what Charlie Brown gets. Kid Koala takes his misery to brilliantly new levels in the midst of blowing our vinyl-loving minds.

"I-I-I-I ga-got ta Ra-ra-rock." I piss my pants all over just thinking about it.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Alice Cooper - Frankenstein

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It dawned on me last night that I haven't done a single Halloween-related post anywhere. I woke up this morning with this song running through my head. 

"Frankenstein," from the first "Wayne's World" movie, is probably long forgotten. Really, it's significance in the film is just so that Wayne and Garth can a - worship a rock star; and more importantly, b - get information about how to fix Cassandra's career. Point being, it's a good song that plays a minor role in the story line.

Cooper gets all sorts of Halloween credit. This song, "Frankenstein," as performed in "Wayne's World," is perfect. Everybody knows "School's Out" and "Eighteen," but those have nothing to do with death, horror or creep. Cheeky necrophelia, though? Now we're talking.

So, in the movie, Cooper busts out of a skeleton in a concert scene and sings alternately about eating your flesh and molesting your bones. Sure, it sounds like the 80s and Alice Cooper has never denied that his career is all shock schtick. (Which is cool with me, by the way.) But Halloween is half cheese anyway, so enjoy it.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang

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What a way to open the week - and I'd like to thank Europe for being literally hours ahead of us. Them Crooked Vultures, the most super of supergroups to emerge since, what, The Traveling Wilbury's (Monsters of Folk may share a sound, but TCV share star power), let out their first single today, "New Fang."

Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl have been slaying audiences around the world since late summer, raising expectations for their studio debut Never Deserved The Future with each passing second. Last week brought two announcements: the single is out today and the album is out in early November.

The actual sound of the band should not be all that foreign what with the live clips and teasers that have trickled out since the Vultures acknowledged their own existence in the first place. Homme brings the regular vocal- and solo-shredding swagger that fans of Queens of the Stone Age have come to expect. And it's no shock that JPJ plays his bass like a guitar and Grohl is, well, an animal.

Three quotes from the October 29 issue of Rolling Stone:


"It's cool to see people's reactions, because their expectations are so high, but they don't know what the fuck to expect," says Grohl. "I've never been in a band like that."

"I've never even heard of a band like that," says Homme."

"We're beginning to phrase alike now," Jones says. "We're doing fills and stuff in the same places. That's what it was like with Bonzo [yes, he referred to John Bonham when talking about Grohl]. We're coming up with the same chemistry within a rhythm section that makes a band great."

Those quotes are from Austin City Limits a few weeks ago, just before the band hit the stage. All three quotes are true. JPJ knows what he's got. And now those of us who haven't seen the band live know too.

The barreling, aggressive, bad ass "New Fang" lives up to a massive expectation built up over months of secrecy. This song now raises the stakes even higher for the rest of the album. 

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Those sneaky Vultures cop to album.

Them Crooked Vultures - once again, that is Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) - will finally release their self-titled full length debut November 17.

The first single, "New Fang," is out October 26. Holy shit. That's Monday.

The full track list for the album is below.

“No One Loves Me & Neither Do I”
“Mind Eraser, No Chaser”
“New Fang”
“Dead End Friends”
“Elephants”
“Scumbag Blues”
“Bandoliers”
“Reptiles”
“Interlude With Ludes”
“Warsaw or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up”
“Caligulove”
“Gunman”
“Spinning In Daffodils”

Check out some of their actual, live music on YouTube.

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Atari Teenage Riot - Paranoid (7" Remix)

Paranoid (7" Remix) by Atari Teenage Riot  
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This week RCRD LBL posted a new track from Alec Empire called "1000 Eyes," and compared it to Lou Reed, among other things. I can sort of see it, what with the pseudo-poetic delivery. I'm a lot more afraid of Empire than Reed - for different reasons than I used to be though.

This, remember, is the guy sliced his arms open on stage and left a trail of blood as he walked passed roadies and other people offstage who claimed they could hear the meat of his arm sloshing. Left a trail of blood, as his arm meat sloshed loud enough for people to hear. That, friends, is hardcore.

While I don't think he's softened, the abrasive noise that so marked most of Empire's career from his own solo work, to Atari Teenage Riot, to just about everything he signed to Digital Hardcore Recordings left far deeper cleat holes in your face.

Not that he can't still get his noise on, but the new stuff is a little more nuanced. He's more menacing this way. I remember when he got together with friends and tried to make us go deaf though. Yeah, those were the days. 

(More on Alec Empire)

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bosstones give away new single for free. Heh, I'm giving it away too.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are giving away their new single for free. The song comes from their new album, Pin Points & Gin Joints, which is due out at some point. Yeah, there's no date. 

Is that a bong I hear in the middle of the song? It's cool, as long as Snoop doesn't show up for a verse.

There's nothing like a great new song from the Bosstones though. I, for one, am glad they got back together. Seeing Dicky Barrett on Jimmy Kimmel every night is great, but seeing him with his band is way better.

Graffiti Worth Reading  
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Julian Casablancas - River of Brakelights

River Of Brakelights by Julian Casablancas  
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There are those who thought the Strokes first album was a fluke, second album was an attempt at repeating it and third album was an abortion nailed to the wall as art. I disagree on all three. 

Is This It was the sound of a band using everything they loved about music to make it their own. Maybe it's because I so fully fell in love with it, but that album is still great in every way. Prior to September 11, there was a detachment that those of us who came of age in the late 90s had used as a way of life. Cynicism, boredom and waiting. Example: the ridiculously unexplained chaos of Woodstock '99, which fittingly closed a decade that, while great for America in charging forward, went quickly from sincere-in-everything to rape-everything-for-cash somewhere around, oh, I don't know, 1997. Or maybe it's just always been that way and I was just too young to notice until now.

Room On Fire took a few steps forward, but pretty clearly existed in a similar space because while we said that everything changed after September 11, we all kept doing the same bull shit once the shock faded. "The room is on fire, and she's fixing her hair," Casablancas sang on "Reptilia." Everybody hated the album because it was a reflection of themselves, and nobody really cared or did anything about it. 

By the time First Impressions of Earth hit, most were over The Strokes because critics, many of whom nailed the band for not remaking themselves the way The White Stripes did with every album (ahem, they didn't, and stayed brilliant for it), ignored the record. That third album was the sound of a band stretching a bit, and sounding ready for a break, because despite the howls for them to do something new, nobody really wanted them to. First Impressions of Earth was also criminally underrated - again, mostly because nobody cared by the time it was released.

The rest of the band has been releasing efforts vaguely similar to the Strokes and Casablancas has pretty much faded from sight. Though he has occasionally teased about a new Strokes album (supposedly in early progress with recording due to begin early in 2010), he's also said there was a solo effort on the way. I didn't believe him until about an hour ago.

At this point, I can't remember the first single from Casablancas' forthcoming solo album. I know I downloaded it. I know I listened to it several times and probably enjoyed it. But it is no longer in my iTunes and I'm not even in the mood to look for it online. I just stumbled upon the glitchy, soaring, loud-guitars-and-drum-n-bass leak of the second single "River of Brakelights." The familiar drawl is there, but he is "getting the hang of it." There is an urgency here. One that can be found buried in each of the Strokes first three albums but which plays front and center here and works really, really well.

Julian Julian Julian. I don't know if anybody will get it this time man, but I'm right there with you. You're pushing forward while many others stay glued to the ground. "Timing is everything," indeed.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Go to a Less Than Jake show, see a movie too.

On the next leg of Less Than Jake's neverending tour, they'll be taking three bands with them - Fishbone, The Casualties, The Swellers and Cage - so opening band will depend on where and when you see them.

The more interesting part is that they'll screen a 40-minute edited version of the Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration Movie due out in March 2010.

Here's the trailer:

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And here's the dates:

NOVEMBER
w/ The Casualties 
13 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade

w/ The Casualties, The Dangerous Summer
14 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head

w/The Swellers, The Casualties
15 Philadelphia, PA - TLA 
16 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony 
18 Boston, MA - Paradise 
19 New York, NY - Nokia 
20 Hartford, CT - Webster Theater 
21 Montreal, QC - Medley 
22 Toronto, ON - Sound Academy 
23 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews
24 Chicago, IL - Metro
25 Minneapolis, MN - Station 4 
27 Denver, CO - Gothic 
28 Salt Lake City, UT - Murray Theater

w/ Cage, The Swellers
30 Seattle, WA Showbox

DECEMBER
Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
Chico, CA - Senator Theater

w/ Fishbone, Cage, The Swellers
San Francisco, CA - Grand Ballroom
Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
San Diego, CA - House of Blues

w/ Cage, The Swellers
Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater
Dallas, TX - Grenada
10 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
13 - Tampa, FL - Ritz

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Fugazi - Merchandise

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I've been all over Fugazi for a few weeks now. Kind of a random picking back up of a band. 

"Merchandise" is an anthem. I like to own stuff, but this is still an anthem. 

You are not what you own. You ain't nothing. You have no control. 

Bad Religion used those last four words to talk about the universe. Fugazi uses them to talk about life, and in the Great Recession they are more true than ever - despite being written 20 years ago.

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I'd like to punch the snuggie off Rivers Cuomo right now.

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Another new Weezer song leaked. It's becoming glaringly clear that Rivers Cuomo has decided to rape the 80s with the help of a few superproducers. 


My problem with "I'm Your Daddy," like "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" before it, is that I really really want to hate it. But I keep listening to it. And nodding my head to it. Which I'll probably do two or three more times before the end of the day. 

DAMN IT! This is the same way I feel about that Miley Cyrus song. Ugh. After that last sentence I'm going to have find a hardcore band to post about. Quickly.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Just to be thorough - it's Biggie v Miley

Biggie vs. Miley. Brilliant. Nobody should miss this, if you don't want to download that whole zip file...

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Biggie, Waits and Royce - oh my!

Been a busy week, which is why this is a full day late. The first track on here though - that would be the Biggie remix - should make it all forgiven.

That revelation leads into a big week with tracks from two bands on Paper and Plastick (that's two awesome labels that Vinnie from Less Than Jake is responsible for), lots of moody goodness and it all ends up with a banger from Royce and Busta. You'll probably hear raves over the Tom Waits album before you hear Royce on the radio - which kind of makes sense and kind of doesn't.

Notorious B.I.G. - "Party and Bullshit (In The USA mix)"

These songs were made for each other. I don't know if Biggie and Miley are talking about the same party, but in my head I see Miley with her hat turned sideways nodding to Biggie's rhymes and the two of them swaying in unison on a park bench during the chorus. All we need now is a plot and this is a ready-made summer Disney movie.

The Riot Before - "Threat Level Midnight"

It could be all the Fugazi I've been listening to lately, and my continued love of Against Me! - a comparison the label itself made - but this track off the free acoustic EP on from The Riot Before grabbed my attention. I would suggest grabbing the acoustic EP and checking out the electric versions on their MySpace because they're both worth it.

Dead Leaf Echo - "Half Truth"

Heavy and atmospheric, Dead Leaf Echo reminds me of My Bloody Valentine (the obvious reference) and Prosaics (who disappeared after one EP and are probably remembered by nobody). There's four more songs on their Web site that remind me of the same thing and are just as thick, heavy and epic. I'm out of metaphors so hopefully everybody gets the whole Wall of Sound meets 80s feedback filled pseudo-goth rock references.

Spanish Gamble - "Science Can't Explain Magic"

Gainesville-based punk rock leaning toward Face to Face-style melody and speed. Nothing challenging here - just sit back and enjoy. I'm willing to bet they really rev up a live crowd too, though I've got nothing but, um, my headphones to base that on. This comes from the free two-song EP available at Paper + Plastick.

I have no excuse for not getting into Charlotte Gainsbourg before now, but with Beck producing her new album, I'm interested now. "IRM" is the title track from the album, inspired, she says, by MRIs she had after a brain hemorrhage two years ago. She has been telling the media the buzzing of the machine made her feel like she was tripping, especially the rhythmic noise of this mesmerizing song which she has compared to the noise of the MRI machine in interviews. 

Tom Waits - "Get Behind The Mule (live)"

Tom Waits needs no introduction. He is one of America's greatest and most distinctive singers AND songwriters. If you've never heard him before, you're in for something way, way out there. He has an 18-track live album, Glitter & Doom, out November 24 on Anti- records. A seven-track preview is available at his Web site. This, obviously, is one of those tracks.

Royce Da 5'9" - "Dinner Time (feat. Busta Rhymes)"

I think Royce is chronically underrated, and I wish he'd get half the spins that 50 Cent gets. Granted, I think 50 Cent is probably the most overrated rapper aside from Ja Rule, so I might be offering a biased opinion here. Everything about this track is perfect, from Busta as hype man to Royce's literally nonstop flow to the dripping funk of a sample. If anyone knows what it is, let me know. Hopefully the rest of Street Hop, due out October 20, will live up to this.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Kyp Malone contemplates modern life and art.

As Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio, Rain Machine) tells Fader, there is a big difference between Dylan on a t-shirt and TVOTR on a t-shirt. He's half-wrong, but only half because he's talking about legends. 

At least the irony of him wondering what it would be like without Facebook and cell phones and the Internet right after he checks his Blackberry is thankfully not lost on him.

At the end of the day, it's just about creative outlet for him. I dig that, partially because it explains why his art is so different and so good.

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Rancid still "Up To No Good."

Rancid put out the solid but largely ignored Let The Dominoes Fall earlier this year. It's as though the band unaged itself, because they sound like they're still at their prime in the mid-90s. 

Fact: "Up to No Good" would have been a huge single if it were on And Out Come The Wolves. Faux-ska was one of Operation Ivy's greatest strengths, and it remains one of Rancid's greatest strengths.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Move over rover, let Lupe take over.

Since I have relatively little say over what I listen to in the car (if you've been following you know the CD player doesn't work), everything I listen to is being run through a constant filter of commercial rock and pop radio - the results of which are starting to worry me a little.

There are only three or four tracks from Jimi Hendrix that get actual, repeated airplay: "Hey Joe," "Purple Haze," "Foxey Lady," and, the reason for this post, "Fire."

I have no complaints about any of those songs, especially "Fire." It's a simple call-out to the hot chick, with a solo that is just long enough to convince that Hendrix could kill you without ever touching you, and Mitch Mitchell pounding out the fast and funky. 

Hearing "Fire" once or twice a day on the radio, it doesn't get old - it gets better. (And the BBC version linked below gives the gift of not one, but two big solos. Man, it sounds like Jimi enjoyed this day in the studio.)

Lupe Fiasco must've had the same idea. I'd like to believe he can afford to rig his car radio in some way to avoid the scourge of centralized DJ programming, but if you catch "Fire" between starting the car and starting the iPod, you've got to stop and hear the rest.

I don't know who DJ Marbil is, but his production with Fiasco on this version of "Fire" is a faithful recut that uses the entire chorus and a lot of the melody to great effect. With Fiasco exalting his skills over it, I could listen to nothing but Hendrix and Fiasco, ones records playing over the other, all day.

When Fiasco says his "mind was a sponge, but now it's shamwow/I'll never throw in the towel, so just wipe me down," he makes me feel guilty for not having his discography readily available on mp3. I will by the end of the day. I give him that much credit and more for using such a garbage product in a good rhyme and a solid track.

Lupe Fiasco on MySpace

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Two videos for the morning: The Music Machine and Times New Viking.

Lou Barlow is the guest editor over at Magnet Magazine this week, likely in honor of the release of his new solo album (as opposed to simply due to the fact that he is awesome).

Yesterday, he posted an explanation of his favorite band of the 60s being the Music Machine. After seeing them in action - the video is below - I am blown away. The whole "one black glove" thing freaks me out a little though. 

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While Lou can't really be blamed for Times New Viking, at least not that I know of, I figured this was a good time to also post their first video video ever. It's for the band's new single, "No Time, No Hope."

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Two covers and some solid rock: the zip-mix hits week 6.

There's no reason that I put two covers at the beginning of this other than they are damn good. Really, I didn't even sequence it this week - this is the order I added them in iTunes. Makes for a nice hop all over the place.

Mike Doughty - "Casper The Friendly Ghost"

For whatever reason, Doughty decided to do this classic Daniel Johnston track on his latest solo slab, Sad Man Happy Man. It sounds more innocent than the original, but that's probably because every time I hear the original all I can think of is Casper raping Jenny at the end of "Kids." 

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "The Hardest Button to Button (live)"

I don't know what this is all about, but I like it. BRMC never got enough attention for being a solid, feedbacky rock band. That's always the case though. There's some other stuff to download here. Big ups to the White Stripes for writing great songs too.

Horse The Band - "The Failure of All Things"

It started with the video for "Shapeshift." Then I started reading the obnoxious bullshit they write about themselves on the Internet. Now I can't get enough of their ugly faces. This is noise-metal at it's best. They scream, they sing, they've got electronics and they bash the hell out of their instruments. When I play Your Life Choices Catch Up With You while sitting at my desk in the office, people stay away and I get work done. Maybe if I play it in the car I-95 will part like the Red Sea.

Spiral Stairs - "True Love"

This is a band I can listen to on repeat at any point in the day. But then, I would have expected no less from Pavement co-founder Scott Kannberg. That should tell you all you need to know.

Sloan - "Take It Upon Yourself"

I struggled over whether to include this or not. It's another great song from Canada's most melodically consistently toe-tappingly pleasant sometimes Beatles-like rock band. But they're giving it away for free at their Web site in exchange for your email address. Which means if you're not already a fan you'll never hear it... so here it is. They sound a little like Spoon this time out but hot damn is this band always happy and good. 

Beastie Boys - "Peanut Butter and Jelly"

Yesterday I posted two tracks from disc 2 of the Hello Nasty reissue. Today, I figured why not throw one more out there. "Peanut Butter and Jelly" was the b-side on the "Intergalactic" 7-inch. It's a jazzy little Beasties ditty with some talking over it, and is as quality now as it was in 1998. Take that for what whatever you want - I never stopped listening to it.

There's a lot of good punk happening in New Jersey these days, which is where this three-piece is from. Hard-charging, spitty and full of attitude, this track is from their album Power Move. 

Built to Spill - "Plantin' Seeds"

Never been a huge Built to Spill fan, this album is growing on me though. I may even have enough thoughts on it to write a longer review later in the week. This song in particular is a bit of Tom Petty, if he were a soft-spoken indie introvert who can play guitar, of course. That was my first thought on this song. Not sure if I still believe it, but I'm telling everybody, so I must on some level.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Forget the game, what can I pay for the DJ Hero tracklist?

DJ Hero tracklist announced in full

http://stuff.tv/blogs/gaming/archive/2009/10/06/dj-hero-tracklist-announced-in-full.aspx

New remixes and ridiculous mashups? Lots of classics that nobody even talks about any more? Hello, Bell Biv Devoe, where have you been? (You're not gonna dog "Poison," are you?)

Seriously, I don't care about the game. Just send me a zip file with the music, hit my bank account and I'll be happy.

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Thom Yorke has a band. And it's not Radiohead.

Radiohead has been hailed as the saviors of music pretty regularly for the last decade. If they were an armed force, Thom Yorke would be their general or something. He recently decided to add a second army to his command. No, I have no idea what I'm talking about. And yes, I realize I've taken a really bad metaphor far beyond its usefulness.

Point being, Yorke is amazing and he got a superstar band together that includes Flea, Nigel Godrich, superdrummer Joey Waronker (Beck and others) and percussionist Mauro Refosco to play his solo stuff. They played L.A., and I was not there. But a lot of people have posted video and audio from the show - and it is effing great.

He played four new/unreleased songs, a couple of Radiohead songs and most of The Eraser.

You Ain't No Picasso has the four previously unreleased/unheard Radiohead (but not played by Radiohead) tracks for download: http://bit.ly/Htg71

Kingblind collected video of nearly every track played: http://bit.ly/JYAVd

And here are some more statements about the show:

Rolling Stone: http://bit.ly/4pcWoU
Stereogum: http://bit.ly/FITzt

You can also buy the new Thom Yorke EP from Amazon here: http://bit.ly/zJL9I

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Monday, October 5, 2009

Woo Hello Nasty reissue. Am I excited enough?

The Beastie Boys complete their remaster project this month with the repackage of 1998's Hello Nasty.

The album is still good: "Intergalactic," "Negotiation Limerick File," "Remote Control," "Just A Test," and everything else, including the mellow vocal and non-vocal tracks. This was the move away from the double-shot style of Check Your Head and Ill Communication. Mix Master Mike injected a new sense of adventurism to the Boys at a time when organic was going out and bleepy, sampled exploration was coming in.

With the remastered album is a second disc of remixes, b-sides and unreleased selections. Really, it's as though they've thrown back in the jazz and instrumental stuff they recorded during this period and sequenced it with some of the album's best remixes and studio chatting and fuckery. Aside from a few though selections, though, it's mostly stuff that could have been left on the shelf.

Look, there's got to be better stuff that they're holding back. It just feels, well, nonessential. Or maybe that's just me hoping that when I turn 60 and they're, um, way older, there will a huge box set of mp3s that just, like, "remember when these guys were really, really sick. Here's some stuff they never let you have."

Your need for this new version of Hello Nasty probably depends on the level of love you've got for the Beasties. Which kind of makes it essential anyway now that I think about it.

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Rob Zombie chewing on some new songs.

  
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I hear "Living Dead Girl" on the radio at least once a day. The new Rob Zombie song - "Sick Bubblegum" - is way, way better, even if the whole bubblegum thing is completely stupid. This being the lead single from "Hellbilly Deluxe II," I hope it bodes well for the album.

The chorus to the song is "rot mother f*cker/rot mother f*cker/rot mother f*cker/ yeah." John 5's guitars sound like they are screaming from the depths of hell. Zombie sounds mean on here for the first time in, what, a decade? It's relatively vapid, but everything about this song is a step up.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Roots have something for you to watch.

I can't get enough of The Roots. The new album, How I Got Over, is due out this month. Here's the video for first single and title track "How I Got Over."