Song
Portastatic ~ “Some Small History”
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Portastatic started out as a side project for Mac McCaughan while he was in Superchunk. That was back in the ’90s. Earlier this month, Portastatic dropped Some Small History, a double-disk of rarities, b-sides, and other goodies.
Video
Q-Tip ~ “Gettin’ Up”
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Hip Hop can definitely benefit from some quality and positive energy, so it’s nice to hear some new stuff from Q-Tip. Q-Tip’s new album, Renaissance, is due out November 4th. “Gettin’ Up” was produced by J Dilla, and samples Black Ivory‘s song “You and I“:
Shows
The Fratellis, The Airborne Toxic Event, Electric Touch @ Wiltern
DeVotchka @ El Rey & on MBE!
Billy Idol @ House of Blues (Sunset)
Stereophonics @ Music Box
Vampire Weekend @ Glass House
Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, Ty Segall @ Smell
Sarah Borges, Dead Rock West, Mike Stinson @ Spaceland
Baby Lemonade, Velouria, The Black Watch @ Temple Bar
Musiq Soulchild @ House of Blues (Anaheim)
Correatown, Franklin For Short, Marcus Very Ordinary @ Tangier
OCS
Devotchka is playing a set on MBE this morning around 11:20PST. (link)
Lenka appears to be gaining some momentum with a song being used in “90210″ as well as having the iTunes free download of the week. Lenka is playing the Hotel Cafe in 9/18 and 9/25, as well as Largo on 9/27 (Opening for Juliana Hatfield) and Henry Fonda Theatre on 11/18 (as part of Hotel Cafe Tour). Here’s the video for “The Show”:
Bjork ~ “Dull Flame of Desire“(ft. Antony Hegarty)
Check out this clip by Rye Rye and M.I.A. ~ “Tic Toc(Remix)” (link)
GVSB just had a rad post about two really cool artists out of Finland:
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New Ting Tings viceo ~ “Be The One“
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