On a whim I checked in with Breakfast At Sulimay's, the amusing Web video series in which three elderly music fans review indie and hip-hop singles over coffee at a Philadelphia diner. Turns out another episode was uploaded just yesterday.... CONTINUE READING OLD FOLKS REVIEW DAN DEACON, BON IVER»
Posted on May 21, 2009 in , (51 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Bon Iver | Common | Dan Deacon | Doves | Eminem | No Age | Suckers
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy The last day at SXSW is always tinged with a depressing end-of-the-summer vibe. (Or maybe end of the school year?) However you want to frame it, once the Saturday sun sets, the remaining hours... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 23, 2009 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Common | Dirty Projectors | Erykah Badu | Ganglians | Girls | Grandaddy | Jason Lytle | Kanye West | King Khan | Little Boots | Natalie Portman's Shaved Head | Peelander-Z | Perez Hilton | Real Estate | Rye Rye | Solange | SXSW | Theophilus London | Thom Yorke | Thunderheist | Victoria Legrand
In the second worst surprise (oh hai, Lars) of SXSW, a denim-clad Kanye West served as ringleader of the G.O.O.D. Music showcase at Levi's/FADER Fort Saturday night. "It feels so good to rock for you tonight," he told a packed... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: KANYE, COMMON, CUDI, BADU @ FADER FORT»
Posted on March 21, 2009 in , , (17 comments)
Tags: 88 Keys | All Points West | Big Sean | Common | Consequence | Erykah Badu | Flea | Fonzworth Bentley | GLC | Kanye West | Kid Cudi | Lady Sovereign | Little Boots | Malik Yusef | Mr. Hudson | Perez Hilton | Really Doe | SXSW
In July Common released the two-track Announcement EP, which was really just that: an announcement that there was a new record on the way, of which Pharrell Williams figured to be a big part. The EP's Neptunes-produced/Pharrell-featuring pair of songs... CONTINUE READING NEW COMMON (FEAT. PHARRELL) VIDEO - "UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL"»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Common | Dan Auerbach | Hype Williams | Pharrell | The Black Keys
If you're still wondering -- after endorsements from Jeff Tweedy and Conor Oberst and Win Butler and Craig Wedren & Stella's cast and the rest of the cool kids (literally) -- who the hip pick is in this election, let... CONTINUE READING WILL.I.AM BRINGS SCARLETT JOHANSSON, COMMON, KAREEM ABDUL-JABAAR TO ROCK "YES WE CAN" FOR BARACK»
Posted on February 4, 2008 in (17 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Common | John Legend | Kareem Abdul-Jabaar | Live | Scarlett Johansson | will.i.am
At some point we called this year's Austin City Limits festival "Friday and Sunday heavy," but that shit ain't right; this year's ACL dance-card was tilted entirely toward the tail end. In fact, pretty sure we saw more bands... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS '07: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS, "BEST OF" LIST»
Posted on September 18, 2007 in (24 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | Ben Kweller | Bloc Party | Common | Dr. Dog | Ghostland Observatory | Nicole Atkins | Regina Spektor | The Decemberists | The National | Yo La Tengo
Last time a track (Feat.) Lily Allen got the vid treatment was Mark Ronson's Kaiser Chiefs cover "Oh My God," and Mark decided to set Lil's voice to an animated Jessica Rabbit-type. But dapper rapper Common's smart enough to know... CONTINUE READING NEW COMMON (FEAT. LILY ALLEN) VIDEO - "DRIVIN' ME WILD"»
Posted on August 27, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Common | Jeremy Piven | Kanye West | Lily Allen
Lily lends her voice for yet another collab, and it ain't bad. Last time she was getting grimy with Dizzee, and here she sings along to Chicago hip-hop good guy Common on "Drive Me Wild," from Com's forthcoming LP7 Finding... CONTINUE READING NEW COMMON (FEAT. LILY ALLEN) - "DRIVE ME WILD"»
Posted on July 20, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: 30 Rock | Animal Collective | Common | Grizzly Bear | Kanye West | Lily Allen | The National
Hey sports fans, don't expect too much stage-sweeping pelvic activity from the Purple One on Sunday. This report filed by ESPN, going above and beyond and giving us the health condition of the halftime entertainment:Reports surfaced about a year ago... CONTINUE READING SUPER BOWL INJURY REPORT: PRINCE MAY BE HALF AS HIP»
Posted on February 2, 2007 in (18 comments)
Tags: Common | Kanye West | Prince | Super Bowl