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July 22, 2008

Videos

The Watchmen

Was anyone else as impressed with the Watchmen trailer as I was? My second viewing (yeah, I’m that loser that saw The Dark Knight twice) pretty much solidified it for me. Undoubtedly, the trailer would not have had the same dramatic affect without the awesome remixed version of the Smashing Pumpkins‘ “The End is the Beginning is the End”, which was ironically written for Batman & Robin. Unlike it’s predecessor, the remixed version which is titled, “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning” drops the pop act, and brings to the surface a much darker and thought provocative feeling. Not only does the song work wonders for the Watchmen trailer, but for me, having the song precede the Dark Knight was like a parallel between the Batman films of yore, and the new and improved Batman of today.

June 9, 2008

Bossa Nova Folk Uncategorized

Sasha Dobson at Hill Country

I was completely dumbfounded when I showed up to work at my restaurant Wednesday night to find that Sasha Dobson was going to be performing. Ms. Dobson first caught my attention almost two years ago with her single “Without You”, a sultry mix of folk rock and bossa nova. It’s just a shame that her beautiful music fell on deaf ears at a bar full of roudy wall street guys chugging beers and eating BBQ. If you in NY though, come swing by Hill Country every Wednesday this month to check her out for free, it’s well worth it.

May 19, 2008

Experimental Hip-Hop Indie

Flying Lotus ft. Dolly

Don’t know how I missed this one…some of the best from Flying Lotus in awhile. The song features Dolly, which apparently is the combination of Flying Lotus and Ahu, so I’m not sure why it’s labeled as Flying Lotus ft. Dolly. Whatever, I’m going to stop thinking too much about this and let you enjoy this crazy track.

May 9, 2008

Club Hardcore Rap

Rye Rye

Even though she looks like she is about 12 years old…don’t let Rye Rye fool you, this Baltimore based protégé of M.I.A. packs a punch. I’m just mad she didn’t show up to last month’s Dante Fried Chicken party at Galapagos, becuase to be honest I don’t think I can handle trying to navigate through the sea of hipsters that will be at the M.I.A. concert at McCarren Park Pool (which Rye Rye will be opening at). In the meantime, I’ll just check out her video while I fail miserably at trying to learn that dance.

May 1, 2008

Soul

Sam Sparro covers Estelle’s “American Boy”

Santogold and Sam Sparro are the albums I have been anticipating the most this year. Now with the release of Santogold’s self-titled album on Tuesday, I just have to wait for Mr. Sparro’s to drop here in the states. Not to worry though, I came across this video of him in the studio covering Estelle’s “American Boy” for the Radio 1 Live Lounge that will keep me tied over for awhile. In my mind he killed it…the arrangement is crazy catchy, with nothing but drums, bass, and a keyboard. Now compare his version to Estelle’s version, from the same Radio 1 Live Lounge, but it just isn’t cutting it for me. Maybe I’m biased since I don’t really care for her after some comments she made about Adele and Duffy, plus I just don’t think she has a great voice….but you be the judge. I wonder how long it will be before Estelle tires to say that Sam isn’t soulful enough or is not “her” music. In my opinion, judging from these two versions, Sam has more soul in his pinky finger than she will ever have.