Last fall Diesel celebrated its 30th birthday in Brooklyn with a concert by N.E.R.D., Franz Ferdinand, T.I., and a very pregnant M.I.A. So expectations for last night's Diesel:U:Music event and its promise of very special guests were high (like planes)... CONTINUE READING DIESEL:U:MUSIC FEAT. CLIPSE, KANYE, LYKKE LI, ROOTS, PASSION PIT @ WEBSTER HALL, NYC 7/30/09»
Posted on July 31, 2009 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Clipse | Cobra Starship | Esau Mwamwaya | Heartsrevolution | Kanye West | Lykke Li | Passion Pit | Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt | The Flaming Lips | The Noisettes | The Roots | Theophilus London
Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya, aka the Very Best, made their NYC live debut in the Village on Saturday night. The guys didn't get started until sometime after 1AM, so you actually could have made it from Siren to Le Poisson... CONTINUE READING THE VERY BEST @ LE POISSON ROUGE, NYC 7/18/09»
Posted on July 20, 2009 in , , (2 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Ezra Koenig | Jay-Z | Radioclit | The Very Best | Vampire Weekend
Earlier today we posted a link to "Ntende Uli," the first single Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit's post-mixtape debut full-length Warm Heart of Africa. A few hours later, here's the album's title track, featuring Ezra Koenig. Of course Koenig and his... CONTINUE READING NEW VERY BEST (FEAT. EZRA KOENIG) - "WARM HEART OF AFRICA"»
Posted on June 18, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Ezra Koenig | Radioclit | The Very Best | Vampire Weekend
Following up on last year's hailed mixtape, Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are releasing a proper debut LP titled Warm Heart of Africa, featuring Ezra Koenig and M.I.A. Hear the infectious first single here. ... CONTINUE READING NEW VERY BEST - "NTENDE ULI"»
Posted on June 18, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Mastodon | Radioclit | The Very Best
Malawian-born, London-based singer Esau Mwamwaya teamed with European production crew Radioclit on the highly enjoyable mixtape The Very Best, a global brew straining various forms of African music into original tracks, covers, and remixes, the likes of which include blogger... CONTINUE READING NEW ESAU MWAMWAYA & RADIOCLIT VIDEO - "KAMPHOPO"»
Posted on January 6, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Architecture In Helsinki | Esau Mwamwaya | Grizzly Bear
Mwamwaya will soon release a collab LP with Radioclit, featuring the likes of M.I.A., Santogold, and Ezra and the Vampires. Hear the Malawian's appropriation of Vampire Weekend's Afro-pop appropriation by heading to MySpace. While you're there, listen to everything on... CONTINUE READING ESAU MWAMWAYA REWORKS "CAPE COD KWASSA KWASSA"»
Posted on September 5, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Kurt Weisman | Vampire Weekend
