Posts Tagged ‘ mgmt ’

National Public Radio used to sound so uncool. With cable news and satellite radio, the idea of a publicly funded radio station in the 21st Century is like a saltine cracker competing for attention with the KFC Double Down (revolting). Few people even know what frequency NPR is on their radio dial, figuring it...
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I’m not usually a fan of mash-up artists. While there are exceptional people who can craft a masterful song from existing work and truly make it their own, the bulk of mash-ups tend to become a little too dependent on the original pieces for my taste. In most instances I would simply prefer to...
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A while back, Thor brought some attention to Beck’s Record Club, where he and various musicians meet up and reinterpret a classic album, recording the entire record in a day. Contributors have thus far included the likes of Devendra Banhart, MGMT, Wilco, Feist, and more. The first record done was The Velvet Underground’s Velvet...
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Hate is a strong word and since there seems to be some sort of agreement among all music blogs to only comment positively, and with a certain positive enthusiasm, on stuff, I will try to make this as fair a post as humanly possible. It seems as though hip(-hop)ster Kid Cudi has had great success...
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‘Breakfast At Sulimay’s’ is a regular Web show in which older folks weigh in on popular music. In the latest episode they judge the music video “Kids” and it does not go well. I must admit I felt kind of the same way the first time I saw that video… Then again they hated...
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Record Club: Songs Of Leonard Cohen “Suzanne” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo. With Record Club Beck gathers his musical pals to cover a classic album in one day, then offers tracks for download. The way I imagine it is like a typical 80’s soap opera where random musicians drop by Beck’s house, and they just...
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