Girl Talk is the shit

Greg Gillis is a maniac. Go see him. You will have more fun than you've ever had at a concert - 2 hours of shake-your-ass-as-hard-as-you-can, balls-to-the-wall, jump around dance music. Unrelenting - like you don't think it's possible to dance so hard, so long and that he can keep putting such fantastic fucking music on that will make you want to keep dancing. Ridiculous mixes. Up on stage the dude was completely engulfed in a mass of sweaty fans for the entire set. There are no words really - just go.


http://www.myspace.com/girltalkmusic

Preemptive Strike

So as summer comes to a close, I've decided to share with you my all time favorite summer jam. For the past 3 months this has been my go to eazy breezy, late night summer tune. The type of song that should only be played after hours. I just got the live version this past weekend while digging through some crates. Holy fuck! If only I had this 3 months ago. This track is better than the studio version for a few reasons.

Reason number 1: Its slower and has a much more relaxed “summer sweaty” vibe.

Reason number 2: The synth riff which is by far the best part of this song is much more drawn out and played with attitude and conviction.

Reason number 3: The piano doesn’t have that annoying out of sync vibrato.

Reason number 4: This song is meant to be played live and the studio version just doesn’t do it justice.

I know the summer is pretty much over, and if I could have posted this back in June I would have. However the weathers still nice, and this song still deserves some play time. Enjoy.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/1844285eb2c006/

MIA - Kala

So I picked this up last week and have listened to it for two straight days now. Gotta say...pretty hot. The album is dense, to be sure, but packed with sounds and verses that kind of make you go, oh that's interesting. There's something about politically conscious hip hop that is usually kind of off-putting to me. Most of the time it's very in your face or the artist seems to be trying to use content to make up for what's lacking in style or skill. M.I.A seems to pull it off beautifully.

The lyrics, the content, are almost more suggestive than explicit. She seems to say a lot without trying very hard. And the beats are pretty ridiculous ("my beats are too evil" yeah). The Timbaland track is so sick...mellow, smooth, the whole thing is on skates. The Clash sample she lifts on Paper Planes is amazing, tweaked and spaced out and sounding not at all like the Clash - using gun shots and cash registers to get the point across (who needs lyrics anyway?). Overall the whole thing is just hard - no other word. The rawness and mix of sounds, from all over the globe, recall an excitement and creativity from the early days of hip hop - experimental, less glossy and stylized - I wish more rappers were so unconcerned.

Plus I just think she's a badass. (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44529-mia-confronts-the-haters)

Kanye West - Graduation

I was pretty disappointed with this at first but its grown on me a bit, though its clear its no Late Registration. The beats are nowhere near as consistent and there's not as many ridiculous quotables as I expect from Kanye. I was so pumped after "Stronger" leaked, but the rest just isn't as original as I'd hoped...especially after listening to Timbaland for the past 6 months straight, which makes about half of this album sound like bad imitations. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying it a lot now, but I'd be really surprised if most people are still listening to this in 2-3 months. Oh, and the album art sucks balls.

What can I say, I'm a hater

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