Coachella Artist of the Day #3 - B.o.B.

Rap is getting some good love at this years Coachella with Jay-Z, Dirty South, P.O.S., and the occasionally hip-hop minded Gorillaz all playing.  Also playing is the mixtape maestro (no not Lil' Wayne, he's in jail) known as B.o.B.  The Atlanta rapper has his debut 'The Adventures of Bobby Ray' about to drop on April 27th and he has put out around 5 or 6 excellent mixtapes in the past couple of years.  Notably B.o.B. has excellent samples, such as his use of the Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigby' and The Foundations' 'Build Me Up Buttercup'.  You can find links to download those tracks and more below at Muzjiks.  Just right click the links, and save em to your desktop, drop em into itunes and enjoy!  See you in the desert in 9 days!

http://muzjiksradio.blogspot.com/2010/04/bombs-over-bobby-ray.html

Coachella Artist of the Day #2 - Hot Chip

I don't really know what to make of these guys.  Some of their songs really get on my nerves but others are quite good.  People who wear bow-ties are inevitably weird so maybe that's it.  Supposedly their live show is amazing and pending their performance in the Sahara Tent, this could be an act not to be missed.  Check out their new video for the single 'I Feel Better' off their newest release 'One Life Stand' (link below).  Also, a warning, this music video is weird as fuck.  Like Jesus coming back to life and dancing the macarena with Hitler weird.

Hot Chip - I Feel Better

Coachella Artist of the Day #1 - Local Natives

With only 15 days left until my favorite weekend of the year, I've decided to count down the last couple of weeks with a little feature each day on some of the lesser known acts of the festival.  First up are the Pitchfork'd Local Natives.  Although many people rail against the aforementioned site, 80% of the time they give a great artist or group their big break (i.e. Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, Titus Andronicus, Surfer Blood, and of course Animal Collective).  Local Natives are at the cross-roads of Fleet Foxes falsetto woods-folk, and Band of Horses space-folk, but with more electric guitars and at times more angst.  If you are a fan of either of those bands I guarantee you will love Local Natives debut 'Gorilla Manor'.  Stoked to check them out in a few weeks.


Here's a track:

Wide Eyes - Local Natives

April 2010 Concert Calendar - San Diego

Sorry there was no update for March, but law school was busy bringing the pain so I forgot.  Here's what's good in April a little early.

4/5 - RJD2 and Busdriver @ The Casbah
4/8 - Citizen Cope @ The Wave House
4/12 - As Tall As Lions @ The Loft
4/14- Retribution Gospel Choir @The Casbah
4/15 - A Place To Bury Strangers & The Big Pink @ The Casbah
4/16, 4/17, 4/18 - Coachella
4/19 - Jeff Beck @ 4th and B
4/21 - Japandroids @ The Casbah
4/24 - Daedelus & Free The Robots @ The Loft
4/25- High on Fire @ The Casbah
4/27- Rogue Wave @ The Belly Up
4/28 - The Antlers @ The Casbah
4/28 - The Mary Onettes @ Soda Bar
4/29 - The Avett Brothers @ House of Blues
4/30 - Dark Star Orchestra @ The Belly Up

Foals - Spanish Sahara

Foals are a group out of England who sound like what Bloc Party sounded like back in 2005 (aka "the good years"). Their first album 'Antidotes' was one of my favorites of 2008, sounding like the love child of the aforementioned era of Bloc Party and Minus the Bear. Kinda math-rocky but not in a pretentious way, which us lesser beings always appreciate. Their second album 'Total Life Forever is out on May 10, 2010 and should be top notch.

Below is their video for the slow building epic "Spanish Sahara".

MpFree Tuesday! 3 New Tracks From The Black Keys, Holy Fuck, and The Glitch Mob

Continuing in my 1 month old tradition of scouring the internets to find some groovy free mp3's to download, today here are 3 tracks from artists with upcoming releases

First we have the always dependable Black Keys.  The blues duo consisting of Dan Auerbach on guitar and Pat Carney on drums have become a rock n' roll staple over the past 8 years with high energy live shows, hip-hop collaborations (Blakroc), and side projects in the form of Patrick Carney's band of all drummers, aptly named Drummer, and Dan Auerbach's most excellent solo blues swamp-romp 'Keep it Hid'.  The boys are back together to bring us some new tunes with their new album 'Brothers' out May 18.  Although this album is mainly self-produced, the lead single 'Tighten Up' is produced by everyone's favorite everyman producer, Brian Burton AKA Dangermouse who produced the band's last album 'Attack & Release'.  Download 'Tighten Up' HERE.

Second we have instrumental the  Canadians in Holy Fuck.  Don't be deterred by the ridiculous name, because on their newest release, 'Latin' out on May 11, these 2008 Polaris Prize Shortlist finalists are further refining their sound bringing us more members (now at 4 plus touring rhythm section), and more psychotic, psych-out voice-less jams.  Download the lead single 'Latin America' HERE.

Third is the electronic glitch/break collective The Glitch Mob.  Although The Glitch Mob has not yet released a proper album, they've gained quite a cult following in the past 3 or so years touring relentlessly, releasing a free, and excellent mixtape 'The Crush Mode', and remixing artists like TV on the Radio, Jamie Lidell, and STS9.  Their first full length 'Drink the Sea' is out May 25 and you can download the first single, 'Drive It Like You Stole It' over at XLR8R over HERE.

Happy listening my friends.

MGMT's new album 'Congratulations' available streaming now

Amble on over to http://www.whoismgmt.com/ to check out their new sound.  Definitely won't be dancing to this one.  Sounds like 'Low'-era David Bowie recording with a commune of hippies singing as choir... while on mushrooms.  Why not give it a try?  And yes that is the cover art.