The Black Keys recruited quite a crew for their Damon Dash-spearheaded hip-hop project Blakroc. Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Jim Jones, Raekwon, Ludacris, and the ghost of ODB all appear. Hear a cut and look for the LP 11/27 AKA Black... CONTINUE READING NEW BLAKROC - "AIN'T NOTHING LIKE YOU (HOOCHIE COO)"»
Posted on September 15, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Blakroc | Damon Dash | I'm In You | Jim Jones | Ludacris | Mos Def | Ol' Dirty Bastard | Pharoahe Monch | Q-Tip | Raekwon | RZA | The Black Keys
Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words at the Reading and Leeds fests in the motherland, Golden Gate park... CONTINUE READING OUTSIDE LANDS 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in , , (0 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Atmosphere | Band Of Horses | Bettye LaVette | Black Eyed Peas | Built To Spill | Calexico | Dave Matthews Band | Fergie | Heartless Bastards | Jack Black | Jack White | John Vanderslice | M.I.A. | Maserati | Mastodon | Matt And Kim | Os Mutantes | Outside Lands | Pearl Jam | Q-Tip | Tenacious D | The Dead Weather | The Dodos | The Duke Spirit | Thievery Corporation | Tom Jones | Vau-De-Vire-Society | Ween
Microblogging service Twitter has signed up countless celebrities in recent months, and among them are some of our favorite musical artists: Trent Reznor! Colin Meloy! Ed Droste! Diddy! Stereogum Tweets too! But who can keep up with all that lunch... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE WEEK'S 50 BEST ROCK STAR TWITTERS»
Posted on March 24, 2009 in , , (50 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Amanda Palmer | Beach House | Calvin Harris | Coldplay | Damien Jurado | Dave Matthews | Dave Navarro | Diplo | Glass Candy | Islands | Jane's Addiction | Lost | Mandy Moore | Neil Diamond | Nick Thorburn | Peter Bjorn And John | Q-Tip | Robin Pecknold | Saul Williams | Solange | Sonic Youth | SXSW | Ted Leo | Thom Yorke | Tricky | Yoko Ono
I remember a bunch of years ago while I was still on my world (educational) tour, before I moved back to New York, I'd be nonstop asking my artisty friends for stories of their NYC encounters with the people on... CONTINUE READING Q-TIP SINGS THE HOOK ON "WE FIGHT/WE LOVE" FOR ELLEN DEGENERES»
Posted on February 5, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Ellen DeGeneres | Jay-Z | Paul McCartney | Q-Tip
Kamaal plays the part of (well dressed) train car preacher in the clip for "Manwomanboogie," one of The Renaissance's many clip-worthy cuts. Overtop a track nodding to "Aspectacle" from Can's self-titled '79 LP (Can he kick it, yes he and... CONTINUE READING NEW Q-TIP (FEAT. AMANDA DIVA) VIDEO - "MANWOMANBOOGIE"»
Posted on January 16, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Amanda Diva | Can | Q-Tip | Ted Leo
The Woodies happened, I was there, you didn't miss too much. This year's performance roster was interesting though, particularly for a couple of onstage collaborations. Vampire Weekend's "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" with Chromeo was previously announced and a... CONTINUE READING WATCH THE WORTHWHILE MOMENTS OF THE WOODIES »
Posted on November 20, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Asher Roth | Bjorn Yttling | Jarvis Cocker | Lykke Li | mtvU Woodie Awards | Peter Bjorn And John | Q-Tip | Santigold | The Cool Kids | Vampire Weekend
This slinky funk, sample-stitched new song from Q-Tip is pretty much the jam. "Life Is Better" features Norah Jones, she of cool covers and platinum wigged fame, singing the track's main motif as if she's already years deep in the... CONTINUE READING NEW Q-TIP (FEAT. NORAH JONES) - "LIFE IS BETTER"»
Posted on November 3, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: Norah Jones | Q-Tip | The Thermals
