Street Index: April 2009

Apr 30, 2009

Its That Symbol Again... Now Throw your W's up!

Brand New Video from Raekwon The Chef featuring Ghostface Killah & Method Man - NEW WU [Wu Ooh] "New Wu" is the First Single from Raekwon's Highly Anticipated Only Build For Cuban Links 2 [OB4CL2] In Stores August 11, 2009.

Support that REAL Hip-Hop!!

The NEW WU Video Features Cameos from MoeRoc, Mad Linkx, Alchemist, Kay, Poppa Wu & Ice Water.

Black Lips vs. GZA

The Lips and GZA are working together. This odd pairing got its start onstage at the SXSW fest this year but now the two are teaming up in the studio where GZA lays down a guest verse on their recent album's single, "Drop I Hold".

"[It's a] bad idea," the Lips' Jared Swilley tells Spinner of rap/rock combos. "It's led to some of the worst music of all-time. It can be done tastefully, but there is a very fine line to be tread." Good luck with that, guys, but what inquiring minds really want to know: What would your Wu-Tang alias be? "Elvis' Pelvis," he says.

check it...

Black Lips (feat. GZA)- "The Drop I Hold"

SlotMusic, #52

--->Empire Of The Sun- "We Are The People" (Golden Filter Mix)<---

Music video for the Golden Filter single, "Solid Gold" via vimeo...
Empire of the Sun via myspace...

Apr 29, 2009

-- Teengirl Fantasy --

Reppin' the NCAC/ small OH liberal arts midwest colleges myself, I feel I've got to post on these guys even though I don't know much about them. Collegiate trance-pop duo Teengirl Fantasy hails from Oberlin, OH, and pretty much puts the cornucopia of angst and shiftlessness that dwells in every other person residing in the midwest, lacking in ambition or incentive, into a beautiful rainbow of sound. They've got gigs lined up opening for Marnie Stern, These Are Powers, and Telepathe, a 7-inch out now on Merok Records, and just recently released this free four track EP. The duo's TGIF EP is available for download now at Pukekos. Get some!

Teengirl Fantasy- "Portofino"

Teengirl Fantasy- "Now That's What I Call Volume 2"

Tour dates are as follows...
Apr 30 - The ’sco w/ THESE ARE POWERS, Marnie Stern Oberlin, Ohio
May 1 - Strawberry Fest 09 (daytime show) NYU, New York
May 1 - Market Hotel w/sewn leather, dj dog dick, nonhorse (nighttime show) Brooklyn, NY
May 2 - 248 McKibbin w/ strange shapes, beautyfeast, feather+folly Brooklyn, NY
May 6 - The ’sco w/Lucky Dragons, S.S.P.S (of excepter) Oberlin, Ohio
Jun 2 - Middle East Upstairs w/Telepathe Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jun 3 - II Motore w/Telepathe Montreal
Jun 4 - El Mocambo w/Telepathe Toronto
Jun 5 - Empty Bottle w/Telepathe Chicago, Illinois
Jun 6 - 7th Street Entry w/Telepathe Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jul 24 - Sound Fix Presents at Rooftop Films Brooklyn, New York

[photo by edan via TGF]

SlotMusic, #51

--->Marina & The Diamonds- “Obsessions" (Gold Panda remix)<---

Marina's solo effort currently previewed/reviewed on the Street Index...
He Produces some sick stuff so check out more from Gold Panda...

More Faces on More Public Places

The Parisian artist JR works with portrait photos which he puts up on walls, bridge pillars or gates. You may have remembered the buzz centered around his work focusing on women living in the slums of Kibera, Kenya. Through the special aesthetics of his photos and the sometimes gigantic formats in which he brings the faces to the city, he directly challenges advertisement posters and gigantic banners in a visual way. The human element is powerful in his work. His newest project takes him to Rio de Janeiro... enjoy!

Whoa! pt 3

Apr 28, 2009

Heart and Soul

Newly signed Stones Throw artist Mayer Hawthorne is straight killin’ it with this song.

Kanye West - LVs & Autotune v.2 (Mixtape)

While I was browsing my mixtape source, I came across this new Yeezy mixtape. Checked the tracklist(found below)and noticed it was basically a collection of tracks from the past couple months. Cool…

SlotMusic, #50

--->Telepathe- "I Can't Stand it"<---

Telepathy live @ SXSW...
Future Tour dates here...

SlotMusic, #49

--->Yeah Yeah Yeahs- "Rich"<---

Recently announced US tour....All dates are as follows:

Apr 27, 2009

NYC Street Advertising Takeover

Jordan Seiler's incredibly ambitious "New York Street Advertising Takeover" became a reality yesterday, when over 120 illegal billboards throughout the city were white washed by dozens of volunteers.

NYSAT was organized as a reaction to the hundreds of billboards that are not registered with the city, and therefore are illegal. While illegal, these violations are not being prosecuted by the City of New York, allowing the billboard companies to garner huge profits by cluttering our outdoor space with intrusive and ugly ads.

After the illegal spots were white washed, late in the day yesterday over eighty artists transformed these spaces into personal pieces of art. YES!! take that MR. MAN!

Apr 24, 2009

Weekend Jams: vol. 18

Lolla Edition!

Posted commemorating the release of the line up the Street Index brings you preview of a few of the many choice acts coming to Grant Park August 7th 8th and 9th.

Depeche Mode- "Hole To Feed"

The Killers- "Read My Mind"

Beastie Boys- "An Open Letter to NYC"

Kings of Leon- "My Party"

Snoop Dogg (f/ R. Kelly)- "That's That"

TV on the Radio- "Staring at the Sun"

Andrew Bird- "Heretics"

Lykke Li- "Little Bit"

Sound Tribe Sector 9- "Mischief of a Sleepwalker"

Passion Pit- "Sleepy Head"

Bat for Lashes- "Daniel"

Chairlift- "Evident Utensil"

MY, there is a lot of good music signed up this year!! I could go on for ever but go here to check out bios of all bands and listen to an mpfree or two!

[Image via NCVT flicker]

Apr 23, 2009

'Amazing' Video Premiere

Central Park Summer Stage Line Up

And they are…

Friday, June 12, 8pm - Josh Ritter & The New York Pops
Saturday, June 13, 3pm - Smokie Norful, Tye Tribbett
Wednesday, June 17, 7:30pm - Wally Lamb & Zoe Heller
Thursday June 18, 7:30pm - Sharon Olds & Thomas Sayers Ellis
Friday, June 19, 8pm - Comedy CP (Gabriel Iglesias & Pablo Francisco)
Saturday, June 20, 3pm - Definitely Poetry
Sunday, June 21, 3pm - Fete De La Musique, Yannick Noah
Saturday, June 27, 3pm - Istanbulive: The Sounds & Colors of Turkey
Sunday, June 28, 3pm - Ledisi/Esperanza Spalding, Jonathan Batiste
Sunday, July 5, 3pm - Oumou Sangare, Les Nubians
Wednesday, July 8, 7pm - Juana Molina, Curumin & El G (ZZK)
Saturday, July 11, 3pm - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs & Eric Bobo
Sunday, July 12, 3pm - Family Day! (DJ Lance Rock & Brobee, Iza Trapani)
Monday, July 13, 8pm - The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital (Paulo Szot)
Saturday, July 18, 3pm - Q Tip, Chester French, Little Dragon & Benji B
Sunday, July 19, 3pm - Alpha Blondy & The Solar System, Lee “Scratch” Perry
Friday, July 24, 7pm - Bettye Lavette, Budos Band
Saturday, July 25, 3pm - Jerry Rivera & N’Klabe
Sunday, July 26, 3pm - Ginuwine, Joe & Chico DeBarge
Friday, July 31, 8pm - RIOULT & Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions
Saturday, August 1, 3pm - M. Ward & Mike Watt & Nels Cline
Sunday, August 2, 7pm - Cine Fest Brasil
Monday, August 3, 8pm - Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Wednesday, August 5, 7pm - I Am Cuba
Thursday, August 6, 7:30pm - Asbury Shorts: The World’s Best Short Films
Friday, August 7, 8pm - Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Saturday, August 8, 3pm - Boys Noize
Sunday, August 9, 3pm - Jazmine Sullivan, Chrisette Michele & Jon B
Friday, August 14th, 8pm - The Wheeldon Company & M. Wainwright
Saturday, August 15th, 8pm - The Wheeldon Company & M. Wainwright

Those Dancing Days, coming to America!

The Street Index strongly urges you the reader to catch them live at 1,2, or all 3 of the venues below...

--- My Tiger My Timing ---

My Tiger My Timing was formed in south east London in early '08 by siblings James Vincent and Anna Vincent and joined by Jamie Harrison and Gary Drain. This young four-piece layer exposes itself as a eloctro pop at its most exposed. Like a mix between Chairlift and Foals irresistible rhythms and melody to create a hypnotic dark yet whimsical form of pop music. The debut single by My Tiger My Timing was released April 6th 2009 through Silver Music Machine. Check them out!

My Tiger My Timing- "This is not My Fire"

Apr 22, 2009

Happy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!

-Benny V

Kid Cudi

Download this ablum and you won't be disapponted

Are you Board?

In Thai, Buamai translates to ‘are you bored?’ The very interesting web page was created by Michael Paul Young with the intention to become a massive image library (in due time) that would eventually kill time when anyone is bored. It is full of images or digital art, wtf pics, artistic photography among plenty of other funny and wacky stuff. For now, the people posting images on Buamai is a closed collective, but it is very likely that they will open the flood gates in the future. And if you have an iphone... "there's an app for that"... So, if you are ever bored, click away!

SlotMusic, #48

--->Dizzee Rascal vs. Armand Van Helden- "Bonkers"<---

The Official video 4 the brand single from Dizzee's new album Tongue In Cheek...
Check out more on Myspace...

Apr 21, 2009

Matt & Kim debute new video

Enjoy "Lessons Learned" below...

Lollapalooza Official 2009 Lineup...

Holy smokes! What a year! Tickets are on sale now so check out more at the official web site...

Featured performers at Perry's include:
Bassnectar
MSTRKRFT
Simian Mobile Disco
DeadMau5
Boys Noise
KiD CuDi
Crookers
A-Trak
Hercules and Love Affair (DJ Set)
The Bloody Beetroots (DJ Set)
LA Riots
Kaskade
The Glitch Mob
Hollywood Holt
Rye Rye
He Say, She Say
Car Stereo (Wars)
Dark Wave Disco
Moneypenny
Yello Fever
Animal Collective (DJ Set)

Apr 20, 2009

SlotMusic, #47

--->Clipse “Kinda Like A Big Deal” f/ Kanye West<---

Producer: DJ Khalil - FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album, Till The Casket Drops

Passion Pit debutes Music Video 4 " The Reeling"

[Via MTVU]

-- Neon Indian --

April Showers bring may flowers but what do may flowers bring? hint, they killed all the "Indians" (Native Americans)... That was a horrible segway but here's my point... the collaborative internetz duo (a boy from Brooklyn and a girl from Austin), Neon Indian.

You may ask me, what are 3 words to describe their musical niche? 1) Drowsy 2) Lo-fi 3) Groovy. The song below is called “Deadbeat Summer”... it sounds like an MGMT record deformed by the intense heat of the sun and then played on a very old phonograph at the wrong rpm.

They are preparing to release an EP titled Psychic Chasms, and this wasted piece of washed out groove is likely to appear on it. Check it.

[photo via Neilkrug]

The Amazing Machine

Extract from composition:
'Glide' recorded and filmed at Gasworks winter 2008
www.felixsmachines.com

Happy 420

Enjoy the Art work via this flicker pool while you listen to some chill jams below...

Bob Dylan- "Rainy Day Women"

Phish- "Stash" (Live)

Three 6 Mafia- "Bin Laden"

Bone Thugs 'n Harmony- "Weed Song"

The Streets- "Blinded by the Light"

Toubab Krewe- "Wassoulou/Bani" (reprise)

Wu Tang- "CREAM"

Sublime- "Garden Grove"

Keller Williams- "Freaker by the Speaker"

Bob Marley- "Easy Skanking"

Apr 19, 2009

Consequence (ft Kanye West) "Turn Yaself In" X Chiptunes

I'm A sucker for anything chiptune... But you mix a Hip Hop song with 8-bit, Just miraculous...

New Harry Potter Trailer

The wait is killing me...

Apr 18, 2009

Saturday Night Music Vids

SlotMusic, #46

--->Hot Chip- "Boy From School"<---

Check out the Music vid on u2b...
Get on that young webpage...

SlotMusic, #45

------> Rain- "Forever Young"<------

Apr 17, 2009

Weekend Jams: vol. 17

What up fam... Drums of Death + Peaches = Party ... DoD has presented us with some new material for what we can only assume will be on her new album. Yeah, this is a pair that could do some real damage. DoD put together a mixtape working his magic on some new and old tracks.

This is the Weekend Jams, kids... click once and fuck the pain away...

[Via Big Stereo]
[Art via Lady Aiko]

Whoa! pt 2

Philips Carousel - Adam Berg a short film from Adam Berg and Stink Digital

Apr 16, 2009

3 new songs from Mike Skinner

Whoa! some one put the brakes on! actually don't. This bloke produces some killer shit.
3 new tracks from the streets via Mike Skinner...

The Streets- "David Hassles"

The Streets- "Trust Me"

The Streets- "I Love My Phone"

What a treat...

-- X-Wife --

What a way to kick off spring in Chicago, the flowers are not blooming, the grass is brown and the birds are still south for the winter. Lame. Anyway here is a band that's been around for a bit of time now but is just making its way through the American blog-o-sphere and when I listen to them they make things look green outside (not really). I read via bigstereo that Soulwax called X-wife the most underrated band in the world. It may of been a rumor or a twisted tale of some fanatic's crazed mind but either way X-Wife is catchy as hell. X-Wife is a rock band from Portugal. Current members are: João Vieira (vocals/guitar), Fernando Sousa (bass), Rui Maia (Synthesizers/ drums/drum machine). Hopefully they come stateside to perform but as for now they are still making the European rounds promoting their new album Are you ready for the blackout?... until then get over to itunes and get the album...

X-Wife- "On The Radio"

X-Wife- "Fireworks"

X-Wife- "Summertime Death"

Miniture action whao (mardi gras edition)!

BSS x Lykke Li

Lykke Li- “Dance Dance Dance" (BSS Remix)

Buraka Som Sistema is gonna be at Coachella then kick off a mini N. American tour all the dates take place in April...

17 Indio, CA Coachella
21 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
23 Portland, OR Rotture
24 Vancouver, BC Biltmore
25 Seattle, WA Nectar Lounge
28 Chicago, IL Sonotehque
29 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
30 Montreal, QC Zoobiziarre

Thunderheist x Eli Escobar

The 1st track on Thunderheist’s self-titled debut album gets the alternative track treatment from electronic producer/remixer Eli Escobar.

Thunderheist- “Sweet 16" (Eli Escobar remix)

Apr 15, 2009

SlotMusic, #44

--->Nas ft. AZ- "Life's A Bitch" (Jugg Remix)<---

Listen to more samples from The Far East Project Here...

Nouveau clip du groupe français, Phoenix

Tres Bon!

All dates are as follows for the Phoenix N. American Tour:

6/12 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
6/13 - Chicago, IL @ Park West
6/15 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theater
6/16 - Montreal, Canada @ Les Saints
6/17 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
6/19 - NYC, NY @ Terminal 5
6/21 - Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
6/23 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
6/25 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird
6/27 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Center
6/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern

Daft Punk: The Game

This game is amazing...

Animation/Artwork/Code by Shane Brouwer
Based on a project by Gary Rosenzweig

Apr 14, 2009

Sliimy- "Wake Up"

This is a fun music vid! Check out the French pop sensation on the myspace...

Apr 13, 2009

SlotMusic, #43

--->Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero (Animal Collective Mix)<---

Over the weekend, they performed on SNL. But NBC is too bogus to post it on the tubz.
Check out their myspace...

Happy Birthday

This is Ben. Today is Ben's Birthday. He is 20. Have a good Birthday buddy!!

Digital tagging

Here is some sweet short footage from the final presentation of WiiSpray: 2nd edition. Oh technology how I love thee...

Crystal Castles: Live at the Bottom Lounge x DJ set at Sonotheque

At the moment i'm at a loss for words that described catching the CC live show then hopping in a cab to a unnamed night club to catch their after hours DJ set. All around it was one hell of a night, which came to an amazing end. I want to begin by saying that all images and videos are not mine bc i'm to cheap to buy a camera at this point in my life, so all vids courtesy of Jamozvan. Anyway, Sitting in anticipation at the bar of the Bottom Lounge waiting for the doors to open was the most excruciating, drawn out event in my lifetime, besides waiting to hear back from grad school. Considering CC has been a huge auditory staple in my life since its humble emergence in the punk-electro scene, I felt as giddy as a boy waiting for a candy store to open- or some some other expected or longed-for, good event, combined with the irritation at having to wait. Bc they rarely do interviews, I've heard only third party accounts of their live shows which added another element of excitement to the night knowing that through the doors lay the unknown, added crazy feeling of anxiety. However seconds to minutes, minutes to about 2 hours till CC took the stage.

I have no memory of the set list, but from song #1, Ethan pumped out his signature sick ass, low-res electro beats while Alice, with all her darkness and mystery defiantly stole the show, crashing the party coming out with a bottle of Kettle One poring it into the mouths of the front row. She came out, round one, fulfilling everything I had hoped the show would be. Crowd surfing while raging while being held up by the crowd, bringing her darkness to each and every song, never backing down, consistently pounding us with her raw energy and bad assness. Shouting through heavy distortion and the raging, nasty bitcore, supported by the LIVE pounding drum kit of the backing track, I have to say, they are the single most powerful live set i've ever seen. I was in middle center front, and by the feel of it, the entire space was turned into a mosh pit, fueled by strobes and the want to catch alice when she jumped into the crowd. I was a fan of the album and a few of their remixes, prompting me get excited about a live show and the want to dig further to truly experience what they are all about. The totally raw and unadulterated nature of the show was something that I had not experienced ever.

And now some live footage via u2b to simply attempt to capture just how amazing the live set was...

-- Alice Practice --

-- Yes, No --

-- Reckless --

-- Baptism --

-- Crimewave & Air War --

Their presence in the states is far too few so with the live show ended, with some new friends from Madrid, we hulled it over to the after hours bar in hopes that we could cram as much CC into our systems as possible before the night was done. After waiting inline in front of a non-descript building front in the freezing cold for close to an hour we were admitted. Ethan came on minutes later flexing his DJ skills, playing remixes of original work as well as other songs. we were able to get right up against the dj booth and Alice was seen leaning in and mixing a few minutes herself from time to time, but most of the time it was her kneeling on top of the mixing board leaning up against the glass with a bottle in one hand and a cig in the other, rocking out.

Warning the post is about to get gossipy as hell but here it goes:
The pinnacle of the night came about 20 min after the bar officially closed. We were waiting around to close the tab/ finish drinks when Alice Glass herself walked out from the DJ booth. Holy shit. I don't know why but I was starstruck. Shes got so much presence and power that its overwhelming. I was standing at the bar, and said fuck it, and went up to her and said 'great show' she said 'thanks' and then I was like fuck what do I say now so I looked at her and said the stupidest line ever... 'I totally got shit on tonight' after a 'huh?' I said 'figuratively, your show fucking rocked, it was raw as hell and probably the best time ive had at a show, ever.' But I made alice glass wince, who does that?! After a few more exchanges with my friend and I the bouncer came up to us and said to alice 'are they with you?' she totally said 'yes'. For the next 2 min we were chilling, shooting the shit, drinking beers with fucking alice glass, the most elusive person in indie rock. She hardly even does interviews so we had no idea what to expect. Looking back I was surprised I didn't exit that conversation with a punch in the face or being spit on, both which would have been amazing. Giving Ethan a swift hand shake and acknowledgment on the way out of the bar, I fell into some sort of a euphoric haze. It was crazy enough of a night but meeting Crystal Castles after all that was just fuckin crazy.

As soon as my friend, Megan, over at Parle a ma main uploads some pics i'll get some links up.
In conclusion If you have the chance to see Crystal Castles Live, do it, you will not regret it.

Video: Zion I- "Geek To The Beat"

A white rabbit riding bmx + dancing women in tutus + some heavy 808s and dope lyrics = Zion I's new video. Here is the OKP world premiere for Zion I's Alice In Wonderland themed video, "Geek To The Beat" (dir. M.A.Y.O.). Zion I's new album, The Takeover is in stores now.

Apr 12, 2009

Happy Easter

Oh No Mr. Chocolate Bunny!

Click the pic on the left for three ways of melting a chocolate hare from artists Sander Plug and Lernert Engelberts. or click HARE for an interview about their inspiration.

Some Easter themed Street Art from ABOVE...