Stereogum reports every movement of her, Pitchfork liked her album, and she hasn’t gotten so popular that theres any huge backlash against her. Robyn has great voice, but not being a huge “electro-pop” fan, she is just ok for me. So why would I post about her? Cause this song is hilarious…
Peep some of her other songs at Hype Machine or her Myspace.
Hypeful has a post about the top 20 Super Hero songs. Some good songs, but the only real reason that I am posting it here is because “Ninja Rap” made it. So if your itunes playlist doesn’t quite have enough Vanilla Ice, get a the mp3 from there. Via Pop Candy. Word to yo mothas.
Via Pop Candy, comes graffiti artist Blu.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
Just like John Mayer’s ability to fluctuate the like-ability scale, the Foo Fighters manage to put out a decent song every once in a while and do something hilarious to keep me from not liking them anymore. The latest thing is from Stereogum, via gawker, via…. Anyways, its the Foo Fighters rider list, which is a list of things that a band requires of it promoter when it comes to a venue. There is a little rant about bacon that says “Bacon, I call it ‘god’s currency.’ Hell, if it could be breathed, I would.” Check it out here. Its a personal goal of mine to wrap a oreo or a chips-a-hoy in bacon and then deep fry it.
Head to Smoking Gun to check out some great other tour riders too. Rolling Stones required a snooker table, which is not to be confused with a pool table. Van Halen are famously know for requiring brown M&M’s, and actually refusing to play once when that wasn’t met. They are also very specific about their alcohol. I haven’t read that many, but another one is Britney’s Spears’ rider list includes a requirement of an “UNLISTED OUTGOING ONLY telephone” while also saying that “Publishing of this phone number and/or any incoming calls will result in a $5,000 fine payable by the promoter.”
Its hard to tell if a band is extremely popular or just the latest “indie darlings” of the interweb. Take My Morning Jacket. They are one of the major bands to play Lollapalooza this year and last year, their last album was on top of many critic’s “best of the year” lists, and they just played Saturday Night Live. But at the same time, with the exception of a few people, no one I know has heard of the band let alone knows that they have a new album coming out.
Well if you haven’t heard of them before, hear them. Their previous album ,”Z,” is a great album start to finish and the new album, “Evil Urges,” is good too. “Evil Urges” comes out early June, but you can find leaked songs over the net. Check out their myspace or Hype Machine. And if you go to HypeMachine, listen to their cover of Tyrone by Ericka Badu they did at Coachella. And if you haven’t heard the song Tyrone before, check out the video after the jump. (more…)