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I never would have suspected that this song could get any more intense…EDIT: if it’s removed, view here.
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At some point, I’ll actually determine which of these is really the “best” line-up - another contendor; BBC’s Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Mote Park, England, like, next week…this one’s got something for everyone.
Madonna
Usher
The Fratellis
Scouting For Girls
Duffy
The Feeling
Robyn
The Hoosiers
The Kooks
The Enemy
Nelly
Goldfrapp
The Pigeon Detectives
Newton Faulkner
OneRepublic
Adele
Editors
The Futureheads
Guillemots
We Are Scientists
Foals
Vampire Weekend
The Ting Tings
The Raconteurs
The Zutons
The Wombats
Hot Chip
Gallows Pendulum
Justice
Black Kids
Fatboy Slim
I didn’t think I could hate Fall Out Boy anymore than I already did.
This is a new Coldplay.
The band has done a pretty good job of keeping leaks from their upcoming LP (Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends) off of the internet, and eventually decided to put this up for free on their site as of today.
While many scoff at the idea of Coldplay as a legitimately talented rock band, there’s all sorts of critic hushing going on in “Violet Hill.” I hear the Brian Eno in the Bullet the Blue Skyness of the pounding drums and echoed vocals, and I think I’ll stop there and save the rest for my album review.
The track will be up for free download for exactly one week, here.
EDIT: They give the song away for free, but then they take it off the internet. I knew EMI would still manage to suck. If you’re having the same problems as I am getting that “instruction email,” you can check out a stream here.
Portishead Third
Quite simply one of the best albums of the year, possibly Portishead’s greatest acheivement (yes, including Dummy). I absolutely love this. I’ve already gone on and on about that.
Dizzee Rascal Maths + English
This is pretty much considered a 2007 release at this point, but Dizzee’s 3rd perfect hip hop record comes out stateside this week via Def Jux, with 3 exclusive bonus tracks.
Estelle Shine
The sophomore release by British singer Estelle, features the hit single “American Boy” (that I don’t really like, for some reason). The album features production by everyone from Kanye to John Legend to Mark Ronson, Wyclef to Will.I.Am., etc. etc.
Madonna Hard Candy
No, I absolutely am not waiting overnight at Roseland to get into the Madonna show on Wednesday. That’s just silly. Anyway, a bunch of these tracks already leaked last week, and I gave them a pretty unfavorable mini-review. However, I’m sure they will grow on me, and I still love “4 Minutes.” It’s Madonna. EDIT: It’s growing on me.
The Roots Rising Down
The 9th studio album from the Phillie hip hop band. There may already be a video for every track on this, but I’m excited for the official release none-the-less (Patrick Stump and all).
Santogold Santogold
The debut LP from Brooklyn’s Santogold, an eclectic indie-pop singer following the footsteps of M.I.A.. Every track on this is incredible, whether it’s the pop/rock “L.E.S. Artistes” or the reggae/dance/electro “Shove It” or “Creator,” this is another of my picks for the ‘08 Top 10.
Check out a complete list of releases for tomorrow at Newmusictipsheet.com and Largehearted Boy.
Yes, you read that right. A leak via a video game. Welcome to 2008. “War is Necessary” from Nas’ upcoming album, Nigger. This snippet is taken from the new Grand Theft Auto 4 game. I’ve already read a few unfavorable takes on this track, either for the message (which seems pretty complex) or the beat (which seems pretty, uh…awesome). Love. It.
The Dodos, the San Francisco folk duo who made one of my favorite debut albums of the year so far (and one of my favorite singles), kicked off a North American tour yesterday in their hometown.
Dates:
April 27 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
June 19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
June 24 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
June 25 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
June 26 - Vancouver, BC @ The Bourbon
June 28 - Calgary, ALB @ Sled Island Festival
July 2 - Boise, ID @ The Grove Plaza
July 4 - Bozeman, MT @ Filling Station
July 7 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
July 8 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
July 9 - Madison, WI @ The Wisconsin Union
July 11 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Division Avenue Arts Cooperative
July 19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Siren Music Festival
July 20 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Festival
July 25 - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
September 28 - New York, NY @ Spiegeltent
October 3 - Hanover, NH @ Dartmouth College
October 4 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
October 10 - Richmond, IN @ Earlham University
October 17 - Carlisle, PA @ Dickenson College
Underground NYC rapper Mickey Factz is way cooler than you are.
The video for a new track, “Rockin’ N’ Rollin’,” featuring The Cool Kids leaked onto youtube (and we hear Mickey is not happy about it). You can download Mickey’s new album, Heaven’s Fallout, for free here, and his latest, The Leak Vol 1: The Understanding, here. “Rockin’ N’ Rollin’ above.
Some video of my favs, Portishead and The Verve at this weekend’s Coachella Festival.
Whoa. Is it 1995?
The Verve “Sonnet”
Portishead “Mysterons”
Above is the cover for the oddly named (that’s generous) Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, the new Coldplay album due June 17. The band also announced today that they will be playing two free shows, one in London and one in NY @ MSG (on June 23). Yes, that’s a free Coldplay show at MSG. Umm..
Details for the show will be announced on Coldplay.com tomorrow (Tuesday) @ 7:15 EST. You will also be able to download the new single, “Violet Hill,” for free.
I guess I need to get into that show….
I thought maybe this was a cruel joke. It isn’t. Prince rocked the fucking shit out of “Creep” during his lengthy (in retrospect) set at Coachella this weekend. No words, really.
Also see a bazillion more awesome pictures from the LA Times here…
Kate Nash played Webster Hall this week on Wednesday and Thurday, and I was lucky enough to catch the Wednesday show after a few more tickets were released. The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players aside (sorry, didn’t like it), the show was amazing.
Kate Nash is as cute as a fucking button (not to be confused with Fuck Buttons, my #1 fav band with the word “fuck” in their name), and she slammed the crap out of her keyboards on many a track (including “Mariella,” above). “Mouthwash,” my favorite track off Made of Bricks was also brilliant…and was very fast (and is also above).
Quart, a four day festival in Kristiansand, Norway announced the line-up for 2008, and it is yet another favorite of My Poproks. If I wasn’t poor, I could go to festivals in Europe. Check out the Thursday headliner, multi-platinum Swedish band Kent.
Wednesday 2. Juli:
Kings Of Leon (US)
The Streets (US)
Gnarls Barkley (US)
Kate Nash (UK)
Justice Live (FR)
Digitalism (GR)
Kool Keith (US)
Friendly Fires (UK)
Parts & Labour (US)
Unkle (UK)
Cobblestone Jazz (CAN)
Battles (US)
Holy Fuck (CAN)
Maria Due (NO)
Tent stage (klubb) wednesday:
Spank Rock (US)
Thursday 3. juli:
Kent (SE)
The Grand (NO)
Interpol (US)
Death Cab For Cutie (US)
The Enemy (UK)
Young Knives (UK)
Vincent Vincent Villains (UK)
Anti–Flag (US)
Future Of The Left (UK)
Totalt Jävla Mörker (SE)
Davy Jones’ Locker (NO)
Rockettothesky (NO)
Wildbirds & Peacedrums (SE)
…and more to come!
Friday 4. juli:
Jason Mraz (US)
Asobi Seksu (US)
Lionheart Brothers (NO)
Liars (US)
O’Death (US)
John & Jehn (FR)
Tent stage (club) Friday:
Trentemøller in Concert (DK)
…and many more to come!
Saturday 5. juli:
Röyksopp (NO)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Johnossi (SE)
Saul Williams (US)
Cradle of Filth (UK)
Clutch (US)
Keep of Kalessin (NO)
Benea Reach (NO)
I’m From Barcelona (SE)
The Megaphonic Thrift (NO)
Kings Of Convenience (NO)
Real Ones (NO)
Taxi Taxi (SE)
Tent stage (club) Saturday:
Datarock
Casiokids
…and more to come!
More to come? Damn!
NME had their first US award show this week. And the winner is…
Best International Album:
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
Shotter’s Nation - Babyshambles
Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Is anyone else amused by this? More winners here.
BLK JKS, the reggae/rock Johannesburg band that will hopefully put “Lakeside” on their upcoming full length (After Robots) so it can be on my 2008 playlist, recently graced the cover of Fader’s Africa issue and performed a special performance of their song “Molalatladi” for the magazine’s Open Bar series at Heathers in the East Village on Wednesday (that was one sentence, btw). Check it out, above.
Sorrys, allergies occupied my entire day yesterday. If it’s all the same to you, Idolator, I think I’ll post Radiohead’s “Green Weak” performance on Conan O’Brien Wednesday…
Another video off Rising Down? That’s OK, the more the better. “Rising Up”…
My Coldplayroks.
NME announced today that they will include a free 7” vinyl copy of the band’s first single from their upcoming LP, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (that is a mouthful - from now on I’m calling it “DAHF”). The 7” will feature the track “Violet Hill,” as well as an exclusive song, “A Spell a Rebel Yell,” that won’t be available anywhere else (really, what is up with these titles?). The NME issue will be available May 7th.
Also, 1Live, a German rock radio station, has announced that they will air the exclusive radio premiere of “Violet Hill” on April 29th. For those of us who cannot read German:
1Live exclusively found out that the brandnew single by Chris Martin and Co. will have radio premiere on April 29th. The song is called “Violet Hill” and of course you will hear it at first at 1Live. The brandnew and fourth album by Coldplay will be called “Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends” and released on June 13th. The producer Brian Eno mixed up two songs a couple times so that there will be even more songs.
Thanks Coldplaying for the translation.
“DAHF” hits stores on June 17th.
Rock the Bells 2008 North American Festival Series, making stops in Chicago, New York, and Canada, will also head to Japan and Europe for the first time this year. The acts were officially announced today. A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, and a reunited Pharcyde are among the biggest names. The festival has also opened up to emerging “indie” hip hop acts like Santogold, The Cool Kids, and Kid Sister.
July 19 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 20 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 26 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center
July 27 - New York, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheatre
Aug 2 - Miami, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
Aug 3 - Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug 9 - Denver, CO @ Coors Amphitheatre
Aug 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Aug 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Glen Helen Amphitheatre
Aug 30 - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Venue TBD
