kimbo slice

i don't watch mixed martial arts fighting, but if i did, this guy would be my favourite.

tv on the radio

is it just me or does the new tv on the radio album sound like the david bowie movie labyrinth?



it's a good record so far. bob boilen from http://www.npr.org/ mentions prince and bowie when describing it, and i can definitely hear that.

Shad

When I listen to a rap record and don't hear curses, I know one of two things has happened.

1. Somebody slipped me a copy of "Big Willy Style" again, or

2. I've managed to get my hands on a new gospel rap album.

I really had no idea what I was getting into when I procured the new record by Shad. The Rwandan born, London ON raised Polaris Prize nominated emcee has his new video on Much Music. He does a cute little homage to the Fresh Prince.



My favourite thing about this track is the inventive little piece just before the last verse when the beat breaks down and the producer is like "what's going on?" and Shad is like "Oh, I couldn't afford the whole beat."

The rest of the record is OK. Nothing groundbreaking which makes me wonder if it's me, or Polaris that's losing it's edge. There's something about this "holy hip hop" that makes the beats and lyrics seem more fresh on the first listen, but the sheen wears off after a while.

There's an Eminem influence, as well as a Fresh Prince influence, other than the video.

All in all, it's an OK record, but nothing I would be running around heralding.

word up.

Zune Update

So, I was talking to somebody at work about my Zune the other day. She was telling me all about her iPod and how it plays games! I didn't know iPods did that. But apparently they do. So I was bummed out. That night I went home and there was an update for the Zune software and a firmware update for the machine itself which gave me TWO GAMES!! HEXIC and TEXAS HOLDEM. They kill the battery, and they make my shuffle songs go in alphabetical order, but whatevs! I have games!

Now I need somebody to tell me their iPod allows them to download cheeseburgers.

kings of leon

oh shit!!! i just got my grubby little mitts on a copy of the new KoL! it's called "only by the night".

two songs in and it's my favourite record of the year.


also, who knew but there's a new mitch hedburg out called "do you believe in gosh?" the track headless horseman is pretty awesome. you can check out that track at you ain't no picasso

i've got a review of the new shad record lined up, too so hold tight, sweethearts.

michael james

so, because i'm a "blogger" and i have a myspace account, i get spammed with a shit ton of new bands pretty much every day. most of them i'll listen to at least a bit of one tune, and if it sucks the monkeys nuts, it's gone. this seems to be the case in most situations. until yesterday.

this shithead comes out of nowhere and "drops some new canadian rock and roll" on me.

and ya know what? it's pretty fuckin' good. if you're familiar with mayor mcca he sounds a bit like him in some places.

he was smart and put the really good songs at the top of the list. it starts to get a bit too NORMAL near the end. but the tune "he do work" is fucking stellar.

peep that shit.

word.

rage against the machine

I’m not political. I never really have been. I don’t have the time or energy to really follow all that’s happening be it in my own country or in the country that shares our border. That being said, I know of some injustices. Peltier, Mumia, etc. The common thread of all these things that I do know about is that I learned about them listening to Rage Against the Machine.

I’m not going to say anything new here. RATM were in Minneapolis this weekend for the National Democratic Convention. They were supposed to play a show. The police wouldn’t them.

Fuck you. I won’t do what you tell me.