Between revamping live staple “Bars,” grindin’ and gettin’ a little wet all up on Major Lazer’s “Hold The Line” (blogged about) and remixing TheDeathSet’s “Negative Thinking” for at least the fourth time I have no choice but to continue displaying heavy public affection for our Brooklyn homies of Ninjasonik. Big ups to MИWKA for the release of Darth Baño, a well-timed and stealthy release by Telli “Bathroom Sex” Federline featuring some very legit guest verses by Spank Rock, Hollywood Holt, Blaqstarr, Johnny Nelson, Zakee Kuduro, Theophilus London, Cadence Weapon and other greats with production in the decks of Teenwolf and pals like Curses, Roofeeo, The Blanco Brothers, and way more.
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Initially, the combination of the Radiohead frontman and the metal-faced villain, seems incongruous. Upon closer examination, it’s perfectly natural: two insular, brooding weirdos, whose music reflects a constant, centrifugal tension with the world around them. [via]
It can’t be easy being Thom Yorke. You’re one of the most desired men on the planet by some of the most interesting men and women. Your hair never quite looks the way you want it to. You’re pasty and English but Spank Rock and DOOM are what fuels you, rap is daily substance towards getting through to the next one. Thom Yorke, we love you.
I caught the Death Set’s welcome “home” show tonight at PopGun Booking’s Loose Nukes III party and without a doubt did not expect such a response from tri-city Brooklyn, Baltimore and Philly…it was phenomenal. Naeem Juwan (Spank Rock) showed up early and stayed all night chillin’ on stage alongside Telli Gramz (Ninjasonik). While blazing through To, Worldwide, and an inspiring remix of Daedelus’ “Fair Weather Friends” there may have been more crowd surfers than I saw at the last Matt&Kim show. Anyways, my body is in pain but my mind couldn’t be more satisfied or at ease. You can see it in their smile, the Death Set are insane.
The Death Set plays night two (March 20) of our SXSW party, FMLY: Two Nights In Austin, along with Japanther, Ninjasonik, Honey Claws, The Hood Internet and others. More info to be announced soon regarding our parties. Daedelus plays FMLY’s Booty Shaking party with Free The Robots, [Post-foetus] and Intricate Machines TONIGHT.
We like to keep it cheap, so here’s a treat. Dan Deacon, Thank You, Future Islands, Secret Guests, These Are Powers and USAISAMONSTER will be at The 1896 tonight for the Crooklyn vs Bmore Battle – I’m betting you’ll be seeing Ninjasonik there as well and possibly Spank Rock. The 1896 is on 215 Ingraham street at Gardner Avenue, the show is THREE DOLLARS and the show begins at 8. I can’t make it because I’m DJ’ing tonight, but give double dee my regards and I’ll see you at the Cake Shop tomorrow night.
So it’s a Thursday night and you want to get your pre-weekend party started right, right? Well luckily it’s the 25th anniversary of a very special film, Wild Style, and to celebrate Todd P is throwing one viscous party with director Charlie Ahearn and his brother Joe at the Danbro Brewery Warehouse. Features from the film will be there in the flesh as well as modern day torch bearers. Curated by the Ahearn’s expect to see Spank Rock, Busy Bee, Grand Master Caz, Grand Wizard Theodore, Double Trouble, the Rub djs plus surprise guests. For more information please visit Danbro here or Todd P here.
The 2008 MTVu Woodie Awards are upon us and it’s time to vote. This year’s nominations include No Age, Simian Mobile Disco, Vampire Weekend, Santogold and more. You have until the end of the month and then some so there’s no rush, voting goes down here. The video above is me, my roommate, some friends and some strangers on stage at last year’s Woodie Awards with Santogold, Spank Rock, Benny Blanco and XXXChange for Spank Rock’s “Rick Rubin,” I later introduced The Shins and met Annie Lennox as well as Tom DeLonge…the Woodies are an interesting night.
So L.A.’s event is not quite as balls out as N.Y.’s but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to have a good time! No offense to those drumming next Friday, I’m volunteering, but nothing trumps Animal Collective, TV On The Radio, XXXChange and the rest of the Williamsburg crew. I’ll show you both lineups to put our scenes in perspective. Don’t forget, the night of it all is 8/8/08, the music begins at 8:08, goes for 88minutes and the 88 drummers will be led by The Boredoms as well as Hisham Bharoocha of Soft Circle. Be there or be bored.
L.A.:
Hisham A. Bharoocha (Soft Circle) Zach Hill (Hella) Butchy Fuego (Pit Er Pat) Kid Millions (Oneida) Dave Nuss (No-Neck Blues Band / Under Satan’s Sun) Christopher Powell (Icy Demons / Man Man) Aaron Moore (Volcano the Bear) Warren Huegel (Tussle) Dustin Donaldson (Freelance Session, I Am Spoonbender, Link Wray, Thought Industry) Derek James (Entrance) Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse, All Smiles, Black Heart Procession) Tim Soete (The Fucking Champs) Michael Tapper (We Are Scientists) Adam Pfahler (Jawbreaker) Claude Collins-Stracensky Sara Lund (Unwound) Matthew Hartman (Sic Alps) Chris Moore (Negative Approach) Abby Ball Ryan Huber Geoff Soule (FUCK, Tara Jane O’neil) John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees) Shahin Motia (Oneida / Ex Models / Knyfe Hyts) Alexis Garapulos (Arp / Expanding Headband) Katelyn Hall (Mika Miko) David Janik (Company) Michael Henrickson (Smegma / Jackie-O-Motherfucker) Tom Recchion Michael Bulington Trent Moorman (Like a Kite/The Saturday Knights) Brian Dwyer Damon Eliza Palermo (Mi Ami) Michael Catano Vice Cooler (xbxrx / Hawnay Troof) Andy Connors (ex-A Minor Forest / Lumen) Weasel Walter (xbxrx) Adam Baz (Evangelista, Ohioan, Nightwonds) Dave Aron (Koi Pond) Pete Vogl (Koi Pond) Robin Easton Alianna Kalaba (We Ragazzi) Gregory Rogove (Priestbird) Jonathan Holland (Tussle) Brendan Fowler (BARR / Car Clutch) Adam Autry Anthony Petrovic (Ezeetiger / The Drums) Rob Barber (High Places) Dan Rowan Grace Lee (Foot Village) Jason Adam Baker (Necking) Andrew Neuhues Sandra Vu (Midnight Movies) Than Luu (Black Gold / M. Ward / Adam Franklin) Jaiko Suzuki (Electro Putas) Brian Miller (Foot Villlage) Ryan Pritts (Paik / Bolmongani) Gabie Strong Jessica Espeleta Patty Schemel (Hole, Juliette Lewis, Pink) Roy Tatum (Wives) London May (Samhain / Dag Nasty) Wendy Shuey Paul Quattrone (!!!, Modey Lemon, Midnite Snake) Josh Taylor (Foot Village / Friends Forever) Sarah Anderson (Lucky Dragons) James Jolliff (Brother Reade) Brian Girgus (lowercase / Track Star) Yoshi Nakamoto (The Aislers Set) Nora Brank Chris Hathwell (Moving Units) Kevin Stuart (Crystal Antlers) Damian Edwards (Crystal Antlers) Bianca Sparta (Erase Errata) Michael La Franchi (Giant Drag / Let’s Go Sailing) Taylor Richardson (Sunburned Hand of the Man) Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus) Diva Dompe (Black Black) Tennessee Thomas (The Like) Erin Garcia (Brother Reade) Steven McCarty (Dead Meadow) Joachim Cooder Mike Sord Gard (M. Sord) Aaron Sperske (Beachwood Sparks) Sara Diaz Wendy Farina Greg Fox (Pink Mountain / Family of Love)
N.Y.:
Ryan Sawyer (Tall Firs / Stars Like Fleas / Thurston Moore / Eye Contact / Lone Wolf and Cub) Chris Brokaw (Come/ ffffflashlights/ Thurston Moore’s New Wave Bandits) Will Shmee (Knox Dad) Suzanne Rogaleski (Lone Wolf and Cub / Badmittons) Alex Holden (Big Numbers) Brian Mcleod (Modest Mouse / Lights / Love as Laughter) Torbitt Schwartz (Chin Chin / Reverend Vince Anderson) Jaleel Bunton (TV on the Radio / Reverend Vince Anderson) Brian Tamborello (Psychic Ills) Jim Siegel (Ning Nong Radio) Greg Anderson (Oakley Hall / Windsor for the Derby) Dreiky Caprice (Crash Worship) Matt Heyner (Malkuth / No-Neck Blues Band) Joseph Stickney (Bear In Heaven / Rhys Chatham / Paul Duncan) Matt Sweeney (Chavez / Zwan / Neil Diamond) Samara Lubelski (Hall of Fame / Thurston Moore’s New Wave Bandits) Pete Nolan (Magik Markers / Spectre Folk) Abby Portner (Rings / Hex Message) Tom Peyton (Fakers / KGB) John Moloney (Sunburned Hand of the Man) Andrya Ambro (Talk Normal) David Sparks Spencer Herbst (Matta Llama) Timothy Monaghan (J.A.C.K.) Andrew Barker (Gold Sparkle Band) Joseph Noll (My Best Fiend) Dave Witte (Municipal Waste) Nick Lesley (Necking / Gunung Sari) Jim Sykes (Parts and Labor) Michael Evans (God Is My Co-Pilot) Dong-Ping Wong (Necking) Spencer Sweeney Nondor Nevai (Aborted Christ Child) Jonathan Lockie (Sightings) Dave Bergander (Celebration) Jules Scott Key (Metric / Bang Lime) Yuval Lion (Pink Noise) Ronnie Seward (Whooping Crane) Corinne Jones (Effi Briest) Adam Lee (Let’s Go Bowling) Nancy Garcia (Monotract / Thurston Moore) Ben McConnell (Phosphorescent) Pascal Spengemann (Hex Message) Speck Brown (Orphan) Laura Rogers (The Rogers Sisters) Rupert Clervaux (Sian Alice Group) Kyle Warren (Dinowalrus) Adam Marnie (The Mess of New Mexico) Alex Epton (Spank Rock / XXXchange) Otto Hauser (Espers / Bert Jansch / Vashti Bunyan) Nick DeCarmine (Slow Dynamte) Frank Haines (Blanko and Noiry) Brian Deran Marcus Burrowes (Rockersnyc) Avi Cohen (Soiled Mattress and the Springs / Silk Flowers Emmy Miller (Xtreme Violence / The Peppermints) Ryan Tozzi Oran Canfield (Child Abuse) Erik Rappin (A.R.E. Weapons) Matt McCauley (A.R.E. Weapons) Brian McPeck (A.R.E. Weapons) Brian Weitz (Animal Collective) Kyle Simon (Baby Talk) Danny Tunick (Arnold Dreyblatt / Fakers) Leah Moskowitz (Bloody for Me) Joe Wong (Parts and Labor) Nathan Corbin (Excepter) Hamish Kilgour (Clean and the Great Unwashed / Samara Lubelski) Linnea Vedder Shults (LIGHTS) Lacy Lancaster (Durty Nanas) Kathleen Cholewka (Les Sans Culottes / Discovery) Noah Lennox (Panda Bear / Animal Collective) James Buonantuono (Other Passengers / Ruby Glass) Sadie Laska (I.U.D. / Extreme Violence) Keith Connolly (No-Neck Blues Band) Jason Mills James Corrigan (ON?OFF / Wool, Rivers) Miles Levy (Malcolm Mooney / No Doctors) Tommy Rouse (Entrance) Eric Cohen (Caroliner Rainbow) Christopher Weingarten (ex-Parts and Labor) Tim Evans (Bogan Dust Ian Vanek (Japanther) Chris Millstein (Jah Division) Nick Ray (Golden Triangle) Travis Chance (Usurp Synapse) Michael Colin (Aa)
So 2008 has been dominated by two female rappers, Kid Sister and Amanda Blank. They each have strong ties to the “indie music community” as Muscles would put it and they’re each quite talented…but who really is the best?
Name! Kid Sister – born Melissa Young – is a name that a lot of people can relate to, but who is Kid Sister really? Well she’s J2K from Flosstradamus‘ Older Sister which clears up why he performs with her, remixes her, and makes cameos in her vids. Kid Sister may not be the most bangable name in the world, but it’s a name with morals and you gotta respect that; family comes first with her. Amanda Blank’s real name is Amanda Mallory…what? Two first names? It is pretty fucking cute though and Amanda Blank just flows so easily off the tongue. Winner: AMANDA BLANK – when you’re with a girl you don’t want to constantly be thinking about your Kid Sister.
Crew! Kid Sister is J2K’s sister (not to be confused with JFK of MSTRKRFT). She is dating A-Trak who is Kanye’s DJ as well as brothers from Dave 1 of Chromeo. Amanda Blank rolls with Spank Rock and her old pals from Philly and Bmore. Winner: Kid Sister – if her booming career turns into a dud she has plenty of cushion to fall back on.
Appearance!
[Kid Sister at Coachella]
[J2K hollerin' at Amanda] Winner: Well the winner is obviously Amanda Blank, she’s bringing the sexy back into dirty. I’m not sure if her and J2K are still dating, I’m sure that they are. Weeeiiiirrrdddd crossover, right? Anyways, Kid Sister was much hotter as a blonde in my opinion.
Videos!
Kid Sister: Beeper (feat. The Count and Sinden)
Spank Rock: Loose (feat. Amanda Blank)
Winner: Yeah, I do think that Loose is a much better video, but it’s not Amanda’s and she, believe it or not, has no official videos of her own. I’m gonna have to give this one to Kid Sister.
I’m not even going to begin to analyze rapping style from both women, so this is where we end our contest. But who will be crowned the queen? Well…looking back at the scoreboard it looks as though we have a tie.
The Winner Is…
SANTOGOLD! She’s beautiful, smart, witty and check out her rap stylings in Spank Rock’s B.O.O.T.A.Y. along with Illivia.
If you don’t agree with the outcome, please attend Rock The Bells this year and let me know what you think.
So there have been a couple of things that I’ve failed to report on today assuming that I didn’t need to. Then I realized that there is ALWAYS need to!
Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter III is set for release in June. The cover art features Weezy F. Baby as a…baby? Yeah, it’s actually a Lil’ Wayne baby photo. Expect this to be in the running for album art of the year – it is on our end.
FMLY fav, MC Spank Rock, has been hospitalized. If you went to Coachella hoping to find Naeem more fucked up than ever and ready to grace an audience with his over-the-top hypersexualized dance-hop like I was, then you were sadly disappointed to find that he had been replaced with a 30 minute Devlin and Darko DJ set followed by a 20 minute Amanda Blank set – both of which you could easily see on a nearly weekly basis in NYC. What happened is that Naeem was rushed to the hospital only an hour before he was scheduled to appear, “you know Spank Rock is always ready to party but this time the party got him,” says partner in crime and apple of my eye (along with Santogold), Amanda Blank. Whatever happened to him must be serious because he underwent some type of surgery on Monday and is still in a Palm Springs hospital. Our thoughts are with you Naeem, you’ll be pounding Smirnoff and blowing rails onstage again in no time!
“This year’s Pulitzer Prizes in honored two musical innovators who tend to reject categorization: A special citation went to singer-songwriter Dylan, and the annual music award went to composer and Los Angeles native David Lang.” [Chicago Tribune, thanks BV]
and…
Probably my most visited venue, Studio B, is opening a rooftop garden. What better way to celebrate than a show with Brazilian Girls, Spank Rock, Roxy Cottontail and The Rub on May 2?
Have you heard…? It’s true. Studio B is opening a rooftop garden on May 2, just in time for Spring! To celebrate the event we’re planning a blow-out, throw-down featuring Brazilian Girls, Spank Rock, The Rub, DJ Roxy Cottontail and more tba! Tickets on sale today. So come join us as we unveil our Greenpoint oasis.
Thank You Come Again
Lady Bird Lake Trail
March 20, 3PM
w/ dead gaze, easyboy, mistlefinger, big whup + pizza!, white fang, jonesin', tempo no tempo, dream panther
FMLY Group Hug
Dominican Joe, 515 South Congress
March 20, 8pm
w/ MillionYoung, Truman Peyote, Michael Parallax, Wampire, Idiot Glee, I Am The Dot, Magic Man, Philip Seymour Hoffman fbook event
Los Angeles
Kria Brekkan & Drawlings
McWorld
March 24th fbook event
Evan Voytas, WAMPIRE, Battlehooch, Pizza! + Afterparty for Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) and The Hood Internet
McWorld
March 25th Fbook event
FMLY RIDE
April 3rd 2010
Dinowalrus, Tempo No Tempo
May 1
Santa Cruz
FMLY RIDE
April 3rd 2010
Pacific and Water
Boston
FMLY / Breakfast of Champs Fest
PPALMM's Chinatown Loft
April 16
New York
FMLY / Breakfast of Champs Fest
April 18
Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) & Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Knitting Factory
April 24 fbook event
IcyDemons, Truman Peyote, Trouble Books
Glasslands
May 2
San Francisco
Thank you Come Again
The Neighbors, Wes Leslie, Shaw, Maus Haus, Mistlefinger, Goliath the Giver
March 21st
Dolores Park f book event
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