Sunday, June 28, 2009
When I Come To The Hood
Just when i think im done with hip hop along comes Dj Premier with that Real Shit. Blaq Poet totally kills this. Between this and the new Torae/Marco Polo album NYC be running things baby. Peep the remix ft Mc Eiht giving the west some love.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
IZ THE WIZ RIP
One of the kings of NYC Graffiti has just passed away. Damn sad indeed. Peep Wildstyle if you don't know about this man. I think its sad that so many great artists like IZ are largely unknown outside the graff world. RIP
Thursday, June 18, 2009
MOS DEF PT2
Okay i wrote a review for mos def's new album the Ecstatic but apparently along the way i infringed on some copyright so bogspot pulled the entire post and not just the offending link. So here's the quick rundown of the album in point form.
*There is never going to be another Black Star album so get over it.
*Mos Def is back on point with his BK swagger.
*Better Than the disappointing True Magic and the New Danger
*Production by Oh No, Madlib, Dilla, Chad Hugo, Perseverance and Mr Flash
*Mos is one the few people taking hip hop forward in 09
*Slick Rick is on this album. Slick Rick people what more do i need to say !
*Learn to save drafts on hard disk before publishing.
*Mos is good
*Infringing copyright is bad
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Hardcore Tuesday Pt 2
Okay time for some more punk/hardcore related posts
First up is All You Can Eat or AYCE for short. I think i first heard these guys because they did a split coloured 12" with sydney band Lawnsmell. After that i went and picked up their album En Ouef. These guys are so cool. So much fun they just didn't really take shit that seriously. They toured a few times but i was too young to get into the gigs. At a backyard gig in Melburn with One Inch Punch, Devon the singer climbed up on the roof of the shed and fell through. He was always doing crazy shit live. Try and find Barcode The World on VHS for some footage of them playing live in the now defunct Phantom Records.
FYP were one of those bands that hid some great talent through some we don't give a shit playing. Harsh as they were they also had strange moments of harmony. I was always looking for new bands and FYP were recommend by some friends of mine and i was hooked from the get go. Ah the sound of youth ha ha
Wow Propagandhi, Where to start with this one. I picked up their first cd on fatwreckchords (big props to fat mike for puttting some like this out) at the local music sho, Leading Edge music or Eagles or what ever the fuck it was called back then. I didn't know shit about the group but the cover and the band name intrigued me. Also the shitty mug shot photos of the band members gave me a fair idea of what kind of music they played. What i didn't realise was the politics of the band. Total anarchist, vegetarian, pro feminist, gay friendly and anti fascist. I could write a novel on how this album changed my life and perspective on things but thats a whole another post. Suffice to say it blew my fifteen year old mind.
Gonna change it up a little with some classic shit from Operation Ivy. Solid band outta Berkeley in Cali. They fused ska and punk really well. They also had the cool logo of some mod guy with a mohawk. Their self titled album on lookout records ( yes the home of green day) was rinsed out back in the day and was the soundtrack for many a drinking and skanking session. Half of the band went on to form Rancid.
Spazz was one of the founders of the movement called power violence. They were hardcore before it was cool.
They did a split cd with sydney punk kings Subversion. They are heavy as fuck. They also used to use funny ass kung fu samples in their music. Enjoy. Did i mention they are heavy as fuck ?
First up is All You Can Eat or AYCE for short. I think i first heard these guys because they did a split coloured 12" with sydney band Lawnsmell. After that i went and picked up their album En Ouef. These guys are so cool. So much fun they just didn't really take shit that seriously. They toured a few times but i was too young to get into the gigs. At a backyard gig in Melburn with One Inch Punch, Devon the singer climbed up on the roof of the shed and fell through. He was always doing crazy shit live. Try and find Barcode The World on VHS for some footage of them playing live in the now defunct Phantom Records.
FYP were one of those bands that hid some great talent through some we don't give a shit playing. Harsh as they were they also had strange moments of harmony. I was always looking for new bands and FYP were recommend by some friends of mine and i was hooked from the get go. Ah the sound of youth ha ha
Wow Propagandhi, Where to start with this one. I picked up their first cd on fatwreckchords (big props to fat mike for puttting some like this out) at the local music sho, Leading Edge music or Eagles or what ever the fuck it was called back then. I didn't know shit about the group but the cover and the band name intrigued me. Also the shitty mug shot photos of the band members gave me a fair idea of what kind of music they played. What i didn't realise was the politics of the band. Total anarchist, vegetarian, pro feminist, gay friendly and anti fascist. I could write a novel on how this album changed my life and perspective on things but thats a whole another post. Suffice to say it blew my fifteen year old mind.
Gonna change it up a little with some classic shit from Operation Ivy. Solid band outta Berkeley in Cali. They fused ska and punk really well. They also had the cool logo of some mod guy with a mohawk. Their self titled album on lookout records ( yes the home of green day) was rinsed out back in the day and was the soundtrack for many a drinking and skanking session. Half of the band went on to form Rancid.
Spazz was one of the founders of the movement called power violence. They were hardcore before it was cool.
They did a split cd with sydney punk kings Subversion. They are heavy as fuck. They also used to use funny ass kung fu samples in their music. Enjoy. Did i mention they are heavy as fuck ?
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
DELTA Album Launch Sydney
Okay dial up has still got me on my sorry ass. Made me realise that Im addicted to this internet game like crack. So Hardcore Tuesday is on hold for now. Instead Im going to let you good people know about DELTA's Second Story album launch this Saturday 13th at Hermanns. DELTA will be joined onstage by STAEN 1 and MOJO. Supports by BINGETHINKERS, HERB, DJ OLOGY, DJ DIAZ and 2BUCK.
This is going to be an ill show. Do not miss out.
Monday, June 8, 2009
BLU and EXILE hit SYDNEY
Okay im stuck on dial up right now so things are a little slow. The good news is that i've been ripping a ton of vinyl in between the time that it takes for my pages to load. Even better news is the fact that two of the most interesting cats in hip hop today are hitting up Sydney this friday. BLU of (CRAC and JOHNSON and JOHNSON fame) is here to promote his album Beneath the Heavens. and EXILE (formerly one half of EMANON) who produced Beneath the heavens and a whole ton of other dope stuff) is his DJ.
Catch then @ the CIVIC UNDERGROUND this Friday 12th June supported by ASSEMBLY LINE from Perth
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Hardcore Tuesday
Okay im either reliving my teenage years or im feeling a little rowdy either way here's some classics that you need in your life.
I had this on tape. Still do some where. Great song i vaguely remember trading something for this. Gotta love albums that have seventeen songs and clock in around the 30 min mark.
Minor Threat were so ill. Its a shame so many idiots latched onto their philosophy and turned some great ideals into a stupid elitist scene. I had some people in my life back then that i always thought about when i played this song.
I flipped out when i first heard MDC. Their music and politics were on some take no prisoners shit. Total hardcore. I mean their name alone throws down the gauntlet Millions Of Dead Cops. They used to change it up for each album. Some where along the way my Shades of Brown album went missing. Any one got it ?
I always liked the 80's US hardcore bands better than the 70's UK punk scene. The US just didn't fuck around where the UK seemed more about fashion. Black Flag was the leader of the pack for me. A no bullshit let's go approach to music and attitude.
This guy i went to Tafe with back in the day lent me a cd of this. It was a double album Wild In The Streets backed with Group sex. Funnily enough it all fitted on a single disk. Love that Cali Punk sound. Thanks Ben.
Ben had a brother Andrew. One night after having watched some bands at The Phoenician Club (fuck Bob Carr for closing it down) and heading back northside on the train we were going through a bunch of records that he'd bought at the show. One of them was Bouncing Soul's The Good The Bad The Arglye. Being the inquisitive guy i am i asked him what it sounded like. So he lent it to me. I took it home and was blown away. It became my favorite album for years to come.
I could keep going on and on but i think i'll save it for next tuesday. So I'll leave you with some screeching weasel without which of course there would be no such bands as blink 182 and fall out boy who all suck anyway ha ha
I had this on tape. Still do some where. Great song i vaguely remember trading something for this. Gotta love albums that have seventeen songs and clock in around the 30 min mark.
Minor Threat were so ill. Its a shame so many idiots latched onto their philosophy and turned some great ideals into a stupid elitist scene. I had some people in my life back then that i always thought about when i played this song.
I flipped out when i first heard MDC. Their music and politics were on some take no prisoners shit. Total hardcore. I mean their name alone throws down the gauntlet Millions Of Dead Cops. They used to change it up for each album. Some where along the way my Shades of Brown album went missing. Any one got it ?
I always liked the 80's US hardcore bands better than the 70's UK punk scene. The US just didn't fuck around where the UK seemed more about fashion. Black Flag was the leader of the pack for me. A no bullshit let's go approach to music and attitude.
This guy i went to Tafe with back in the day lent me a cd of this. It was a double album Wild In The Streets backed with Group sex. Funnily enough it all fitted on a single disk. Love that Cali Punk sound. Thanks Ben.
Ben had a brother Andrew. One night after having watched some bands at The Phoenician Club (fuck Bob Carr for closing it down) and heading back northside on the train we were going through a bunch of records that he'd bought at the show. One of them was Bouncing Soul's The Good The Bad The Arglye. Being the inquisitive guy i am i asked him what it sounded like. So he lent it to me. I took it home and was blown away. It became my favorite album for years to come.
I could keep going on and on but i think i'll save it for next tuesday. So I'll leave you with some screeching weasel without which of course there would be no such bands as blink 182 and fall out boy who all suck anyway ha ha
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