This Martin Luther King Jr weekend, the man behind the ?uestion mark is gonna throw down a serious BK warehouse party.
If you wanna get up close and personal with the dude who packs stadiums then now’s your chance. ?uestlove will be doing a special DJ tribute to MLK this Sunday (1/17) at The Can Factory in Brooklyn. It will be a night full of sweaty, soulful, baby-making, happy-time, groovin music.
Here are the deets:
The Garage @ The Old American Can Factory
232 Third Street at Third Avenue Brooklyn, NY
limited $12 adv tickets
(Tickets available here: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/3…)
10pm-4am
Here’s a track to wet your lips, Quest on the beat and Thought on the mic, this is when they shine:
I like his style. The album, The Slew: 100%, is tons of fun (seriously get it and just invite people over to drink whiskey with you) and Koala is giving it away for free on his website to get people excited for his tour. He’s playing gigs with the ex-Wolfmother drummer and bassist:
THE SLEW: LIVE TOUR
6 TURNTABLES MEETS THE EX-WOLFMOTHER RHYTHM SECTION
Over the course of 11 days, The Black Keys got together with 11 Hip Hop legends, to lay down 11 tracks in a Brooklyn studio…which will come together to comprise an eargasmic album titled, Blakroc. Get excited because what I’ve seen and heard so far is amazing.
With the help of Damon Dash, the Keys were able to get Mos Def, RZA, Raekwon, Q-Tip, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, M.O.P.’s Billy Danze, Jim Jones, and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard to come rhyme for them (well… ODB didn’t really go anywhere or actually do anything but I’m sure he woulda). Check the teaser video below to see Raekwon the chef reading lyrics off his blackberry… or even better, check the full length trailer at the official website to see the whole process coming together… top moment: Black Keys play a song for Mos Def in a car stereo, a smile creeps across his face and he goes into the studio like a giddie school girl to write the lyrics for “Coochie.” Does mighty Mos ever remind you of a ’special’ kid? Tracklist after the jump.
Kid Cudi’s new single, “Pursuit of Happiness,” helped me fall in love with Ratatat all over again. In honor of funky-electro-beats across the globe, here’s an outrageously trippy new video from Ratatat called, “Falcon Jab” (are they pulling clips from Jason and the Argonauts? I’m no film geek but someone should figure that out):
The boys from Brooklyn just opened their online shop and you can browse the shwag here. You can also catch them on David Letterman THIS FRIDAY, 9/11 performing with Kid Cudi. And last but most definitely not least, they’ve had this FREE mixtape up for grabs for some time, featuring: Bun B, Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Slim Thug, Devin the Dude, Young Jeezy, T.I., Beanie Sigel, Pimp C, Ludacris, Young Buck, Saigon, Juvenile, Z-ro, Memphis Bleek, Kanye West +exclusive tracks from Despot and Beans… Yessss it’s Wednesday kids, get over that fucking hump.
Hipsters, artists, musicians and young Williamsburg families flock to P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center each Saturday beginning July 4th weekend through September 5th for the annual Summer Warm Up series. Just the right mix of leading-edge art, experimental music and innovative architecture create the draw to this museum in Long Island City, Queens. MoMA, in conjunction with P.S. 1, chose a winner each year from their Young Architects Program to design the courtyard in which the main partying takes place. This year’s design “Afterparty” is constructed of silver mesh stretched over aluminum poles to form smoke stack like towers that match the museums industrial surroundings. Not only does it looks cool, but it is cool, since it also acts as a cooling “urban shelter” (that’s what you get from two Yale graduates). DJs spin a diverse mix from new wave, to rap, to acid jazz. Makeshift bars are set up throughout the courtyard offering a narrow selection of delicious micro brews to keep you, er, hydrated while wandering around the museum and dancing in the courtyard.
Summer Warm Up is in full effect, come out and play.
P.S. 1’s Warm Up Music Series takes place every Saturday from 2pm to 9pm through September 5th. Check out the links below for more info, photos and directions
Collaboration of the Year (thus far):
This Atlas Sound/Panda Bear collabo (via Pitchfork) just blew my brains out of my ears. The combination of these two is smoother than PB&J, crispier than a BLT, more fertile than sperm and eggs. Here’s what Atlas’s Bradford Cox had to say about the origin of this little gem:
“I toured for a period in Europe with Animal Collective, whose band dynamic was very inspirational to be around. On the bus, we often played improvised iPod games. We would take turns formulating a theme or unifying concept and then play three songs. The goal would be for everyone to try and figure out the theme. During one of these games, someone played ‘What Am I Going to Do’ by the Dovers. I was amazed at the hook– a weird organ thing with drums and electric bass. I mentioned to Noah [Lennox] that someone should really sample that riff. He agreed and he taught me a little about sampling and matching up beats. This ended up as the collaborative effort ‘Walkabout’.”
Toots & The Maytals – Funky Kingston
Best Discovery of the Summer: I’m gonna dig into the crates for a second here and take it back a few decades, I’m really getting into Toots & The Maytals, who popped out a string of hits in the 60s and 70s (you’ve heard Pressure Drop). If you haven’t heard, give this track a listen and fall in love. And if you are familiar, do like the tagline for The Notebook 2 says and get ready to fall in love all over again.
Ganglians – Voodoo
Amazingest New Shizz:
A friend introduced me to these sillies and described them as “Beach Boys on acid”… although I’m pretty sure the beach boys were on acid. Nevertheless, listen to this song. Ganglians are the latest-greatest on the Brooklyn-based Woodist label, who also gave us these folks: Kurt Vile, Wavves, Woods, Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls and more.
“Ganglians are wild men– they make music that gets fresh air all up in your teeth and gums.” – David Bevan for PF.
Deltron 3030 – Things You Can Do
Old Skool Flava:
Listening to some of that Deltron 3030 lately and can’t get over how head-bouncingly catchy “Things You Can Do” is, which says a lot for a song that’s almost 10 years old. Turns out he’s speeding up opera singers to get that effect. Score one for the fat lady.
“…set in the year 3030…tells of the fight against huge corporations that rule the universe by Del’s alter ego, Deltron Zero. The lyrics were written in less than two weeks and are characterized by extravagant allusions to futuristic outer-space themes in the tradition of Afrofuturist works by Sun Ra and George Clinton.”
Hey broke NY music fans! looking for an awesome way to spend your Sundays? Well I sure as fuck got one. This summer, JELLY is producing 8 FREE shows on at the riverfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 90 Kent Ave btw N8th and N9th St. The shows will all take place on Sundays between the 12th of July and the 30th of August, from 2-8pm. And this isn’t what you’d expect for the free shows, this is the good stuff. I’ll be going to at least half of these, so if you want your picture taken, just lose some clothing and play on the slip n’ slide.
Things they’ll have: “DODGEBALL, basketball, DJ’s, bands, burgers the works!”
Things you shouldn’t bring: Click here (funny ha ha).
In fact, they are alive, awesome and cheap. The Dodos will be putting on a show for $8 at Studio B in Brooklyn. This is part of the Northside Festival, 4 days of music and art going down this weekend all over BK. You can pay for a specific show you’d like to see, or you can buy a “badge” that’ll get you into all of the shows AND everyday of the festival you can drink free Heinies from 5-8pm at certain locations AND you get discount food and drinks at most of the venues. Choose wisely.
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