NARAS's flirtation with attempting to matter in 2009 went alright last night. There was so much promised we had Videogum come over to help us log our reactions across as many internet platforms as possible, and even with all that... CONTINUE READING THE 2009 GRAMMYS: JUST THE GOOD PARTS»
Posted on February 9, 2009 in (41 comments)
Tags: Alison Krauss | Coldplay | Estelle | Grammys | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Lil Wayne | M.I.A. | Popo | Radiohead | Robert Plant | T.I. | U2
Welcome to the Grammys 2009, which promises to be a very special night in which Radiohead will perform with the USC marching band (proof!) and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will win all the awards. Of course with all the... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2009 GRAMMYS»
Posted on February 8, 2009 in (348 comments)
Tags: Alison Krauss | Coldplay | Dave Grohl | Death Cab For Cutie | Foo Fighters | Grammys | Jay-Z | Justin Timberlake | Kanye West | Kid Rock | Kings Of Convenience | Lil Wayne | M.I.A. | Paul McCartney | Radiohead | Real Estate | Rihanna | Robert Plant | T.I. | U2
For the third year in a row, we've turned to master bootlegger team9 to take some of our favorite songs of the year and mash them together. On Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice III you'll hear familiar blog hits from... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM & TEAM9 PRESENT... MYSPLICE III»
Posted on December 16, 2008 in , , (56 comments)
Tags: Albert Hammond Jr. | Arcade Fire | Beck | Ben Folds | Bloc Party | Blondie | Britney Spears | Crystal Castles | Cyndi Lauper | Extreme | Guns N' Roses | Kanye West | Katy Perry | King Creosote | Lil Wayne | Lykke Li | Naughty By Nature | of Montreal | Regina Spektor | Rihanna | Rolling Stones | Stone Roses | T.I. | team9 | The Breeders | The Killers | The Sound | The Three Craws
Last year's Clash-sampling, terror-ific "Paper Planes" found a second life this summer, thanks to Pineapple Express and a bunch of hot rappers. Maya tells Rolling Stone, "The way human beings hear stuff, it's like, suddenly a song sounds better to... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. GETS MASHED-UP BY DIESEL, REMIXED BY JAY-Z»
Posted on October 13, 2008 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Jay-Z | M.I.A. | N.E.R.D. | Pharrell | Rye Rye | T.I.
Feel like wishing you were at Diesel's 30th Anniversary blowout in Brooklyn? Try this live stream of the party -- which has included a set of Hot Chip with Chaka Khan, and M.I.A. + T.I. + Franz Ferdinand -- at... CONTINUE READING WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE DIESEL XXX PARTY»
Posted on October 12, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Chaka Khan | Franz Ferdinand | Hot Chip | M.I.A. | Nine Inch Nails | T.I.
With the Western world's financial system crumbling, it's notable that our nation's #1 single is T.I.'s ode to getting his girl high priced tequila and bottle service all night long (among other things). The irony's not lost on me, and... CONTINUE READING NEW "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC - "WHATEVER YOU LIKE"»
Posted on October 8, 2008 (9 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Liars | T.I. | Weird Al Yankovic
The new official release date of 808's & Heartbreak is 11/25. That comes straight from the mouth of Kanye onstage at Key Club in L.A. this weekend, which is an even more primary source than his blog considering his blog... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST - "HEARTLESS" (LIVE IN L.A.)»
Posted on October 6, 2008 (10 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | T.I.
"Swagger Like Us," a leaked track from T.I.'s forthcoming Paper Trail, samples M.I.A.'s similarly fibrous "Paper Planes" then throws Jay-Z, Kanye, and Weezy into the mix. T.I.'s clearly bummed about the early appearance of the West-produced track, telling MTV he's... CONTINUE READING T.I., JIGGA, YEEZY, WEEZY SAMPLE M.I.A.»
Posted on August 25, 2008 (10 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Kanye West | Lil Wayne | M.I.A. | T.I. | Titus Andronicus
