"Just do it. do it. cause no does it better" (-Lupe)

I may start blogging (again-ish). With spring break less than 19 hours away... and no plans so far besides music/movies/video games... It's time to get back on the grind. Be relevant. Stay relevant. Share relevance. Peace y'all.

This is the most beautiful song I've heard so far in 2010!

I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS. Seriously. It's beautiful. It's amazing. It's pretty much fucking perfect. This is that kind of stuff that truly crosses genres and pushing the limits of music as we know it.

Download: Dan Black featuring Kid Cudi - Symphonies (Remix)

My City's Filthy

"The Town" by Seattle rapper Macklemore.

Lu Myself

Happy Holidays to all!

Hope you enjoy this throwback Lupe Fiasco freestyle. Shits dope.

Track of the Week Vol. 11

This will be the final track of the week for the semester!! The song is "False Alarm" by the band Wooden Birds off of their only LP, titled Magnolia. Wooden Birds is signed to Barsuk Records of Seattle, and the band is led by Andrew Kenny who has worked with Album Leaf, Her Space Holiday, and Arthur & Yu. Enjoy (download HERE!)

Track of the Week Vol. 10!

This weeks's track of the week is a pair of Harvard grad indie rockers that go my the name of Chester French. They started creating buzz over the last few years hip-hop superstars Kanye West and Pharrell Williams both heavily pursued signing Chester French to their respective labels. Chester French ended up signing to Pharell's Star Track Records and released their debut album Love The Future this last April. They produced and engineered the entire album themselves in their college dorm at Harvard.

Chester French - C'mon (download link)

My Top Albums of 2009

1. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End of Day

2. Castledoor - Shouting At Mountains

3. Hockey - Mind Chaos

4. Islands - Vapours

5. Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom

6. Cunninlynguists – Strange Music Volume One

7. Chester French - Love The Future

8. Matt & Kim - Grand

9. Jamie T. – Kings & Queens

10. Champagne Champagne - Champagne Champagne
(No official album art exists for this one)

Honorable Mention:
Tegan & Sara - Sainthood
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Rubik - Dada Bandits
Jupiter One - Sunshower
Cage - Depart From Me
K'naan - Troubadour

Not released in '09, but still top albums I listened to this year:
Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns
Airborne Toxic Event- Airborne Toxic Event
Walter Meego- Voyager
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

The Next "My Girls"?

This song and video remind me of Animal Collective's "My Girls" song and video, with just a little bit toned down acid trip feel to it. Kudos to Kanye's blog for this find.

Track of the Week Vol. 9 (Double Feature!)

Meet Castledoor. They're legit. They're only full album was released earlier this year, it's called "Shouting At Mountains". And it's legit. This CD consumed nearly all my zune's plays for at least a week in the summer when I found out about them. No YouTube preview this week; just download these songs and enjoy them because they're great. Then go and get their album. And then their EPs.

Castledoor- Skipping Stepping Stones (Download Link)
Castledoor- Fifth Tambourine (Download Link)

Fresh old Jay-Z song, Kanye West produced

This song is over a year old and was originally made with the intent to be on Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 album. Somehow it slipped past me, but I really like this: