The gods in heaven bestowed upon us a new BSS song after five long years. World Sick is exactly what I need right now – a dramatic feel good type of song. Their new album, Forgiveness Rock Record is due out on May 4th with US and European dates already lined up.

Check out a free World Sick download on Stereogum.
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Gorillaz is coming out with a third album called, Plastic Beach featuring R&B singer Bobby Womack’s, as well as rapper Mos Def who will play an animated character named, Sun Moon stars.

“Gorillaz has established a penchant for recruiting an eclectic mix of artists to cameo on their albums, from Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth on Gorillaz to De La Soul, Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder and actor Dennis Hopper on Demon Days. Plastic Beach continues that tradition with Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Lou Reed, the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, Gruff Rhys and the Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon all making appearances throughout the album.”

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Rocky Rivera aka EyeASage
Friday, March 5th
Fresh Café | 831 Queen Street
Doors open at 8PM

Filipinas represent, Hawaii!
This event is not to sleep on..

Rocky Rivera aka EyeASage is a Pinay emcee born in Angeles City, Philippines, and raised in San Francisco. Her love affair with the spotlight began as a young Hip-Hop dancer in the early 90s, armed with a Salt N Pepa cassette tape and a recurring role as the youngest b-girl in the crew. As she grew older and the path of Hip-Hop took a more aggressive turn into Gangster Rap, she struggled to continue her love of music and still find a place for a young woman to be herself.

It wasn’t until she entered San Francisco State as a journalism undergrad that she began to appreciate Hip Hop again as an active participant, giving up the choreographed dance routines for a microphone and a chance to make up for lost time. She began learning about her culture through ethnic studies classes, organizing with the League of Filipino Students, and reclaiming her identity through her writing. While organizing, she met Irene Faye Duller aka Shorty Rocwell of the 8th Wonder crew, and along with fellow organizers Valerie Francisco (Sho Shock), Natasha Pineda (Sola), and Liezel Rivera (Zelstarrr), they formed the Rhapsodistas in 2004.

Growing weary of Hip-Hop’s direction, she decided to fill the void and make music that balanced her city upbringing with social commentary. She’s been featured on the Native Guns Stray Bullets Vol.2 Mixtape, Bambu’s I Scream Bars for the Children, Roscoe Umali’s I Love My DJs street album, and Hopie Spitshard’s “The Diamond Dame”. Her first mixtape, Married to the Hustle, was released on February 14, 2008, and she is now working on her solo debut album, Rocky Rivera, to be released in 2010.

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Fantastic interview with Ladylike

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Yes of course I’m going to do a Vampire Weekend post. This album is good and you know. It’s consistent is what it is – They just can’t do no wrong! BTW Who is that lady on the cover?

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Efterklang is the name of a Danish rock group formed in December 2000.

They have released albums on the British/American record label The Leaf Label, but also have their own record label called Rumraket (the Danish word for space rocket). The Rumraket roster includes one of my favorite bands, Grizzly Bear.

Their new album, Magic Chairs comes out February 22, 2010.

The second is a magical video of Efterklang peforming their song Cutting Ice to Snow with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra in Copenhagen.

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Stornoway is a British alternative indie pop band from the Cowley area of Oxford that consists of singer and guitarist Brian Briggs; singer, guitarist, cellist and keyboardist Jon Ouin; singer, guitarist and bassist Oliver Steadman; and drummer Robert Steadman. Named after the Hebridean town on the Isle of Lewis, which appears on all UK televised weather reports and shipping forecasts, the group incorporates string instruments and keyboards, supported by a typical pop backline of guitar, drums, and bass guitar.

The band released their first single “Zorbing” in July 2009. Their second single “Unfaithful” was released on 28 September 2009 on CD, 7″ vinyl and iTunes digital download. The launch concert for this single was held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

The band consists of an ornithologist, a rusty russian translator, and a South African brotherhood. They were first united in a snow-encrusted garage in Oxford, where they instantly attracted the attention of Dr & Mrs Killjoy the neighbours.

P.S. the bass player and drummer are brothers and they’re quite cute.

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“We don’t want to get called a Radiohead rip-off band. I think Radiohead is a lot closer to my natural tendencies as a songwriter than a band like, um, Jethro Tull. I listen to way more Jethro Tull than I do Radiohead these days, but I could write 10 Radiohead songs before I could write one Jethro Tull song. I want to sound more like Jethro Tull, but I just can’t. That’s a big struggle.”
—Tim Smith of Midlake

It must have been difficult for Midlake to top Van Occupanther – Midlake’s new album, The Courage of Others sounds more organic and folk inspired and less Fleetwood Mac. I dig it.

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Beach House is an American dream pop and indie rock duo formed in 2004 in Baltimore, Maryland, consisting of French-born Victoria Legrand and Baltimore native Alex Scally. Their self-titled debut, Beach House, was named the 16th best album of 2006 by Pitchfork.

Their third album, Teen Dream is their Sub Pop debut comes out January 26, 2010. Their first single is titled, Norway.

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Menomena has a new album coming up for 2010. You can find this video on Pitchfork and on Menomena’s myspace. I hope they come back to Hawaii soon.

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Menomena Live in Honolulu:

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD MP3s OF OUR ASCENDING MELODY 7″ FOR FREE FROM OUR WEBSITE DIRTYPROJECTORS.NET. TWENTY RANDOM PEOPLE WHO DOWNLOAD IT WILL GET A FREE PHYSICAL COPY OF THE 7″.

THESE SONGS ARE FROM THE BITTE ORCA SESSIONS. THEY ARE AWESOME BUT THEY JUST DIDN’T FIT WITH THE VIBE OF THE ALBUM. KINDA LIKE SOUL TO SQUEEZE ON BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK .
LOVE,
DIRTY PROJECTORS

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