has an amazing post of their 150 favorite tracks of 2007. all tracks appear to be downloadable. good song overload. it’s mostly songs with beats. busdriver is #1.

our excellent buddies meanest man contest are playing a show in los angeles this saturday (01-19-08) with languis. the dublab soundsystem will spin records between sets. triple awesome! details are below!

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live at (325 glendale blvd., los angeles, ca 90026)

saturday, january 19, 2008
9PM
$5 donation

music provided by the soundsystem

mp3: languis – “maxie flowers” (from split by meanest man contest and languis)

you may be aware of the new wu tang . it’s fine. pretty good, actually. the one track that i love, though, is an old dusty track that they dug from the vaults and put on the album. it’s that irresistible good old sound.

wu tang clan “16th chamber feat. o.d.b.”

here’s part 1 of a documentary featuring , the pioneering british composer who did music for the tv series. he created one of the first electronic music studios. he says that he couldn’t collect royalty payments for his electronic compositions because the performing rights society told him “it wasn’t music”.

digital downloads are killing off record sales? radiohead has a strong argument against that, as the this week. as you remember, radiohead put this album out digitally a couple months ago for a “pay as you please” price. proving the concept on the first attempt, don’t be surprised to see a large shift in the way other major artists release their works…

heelarious. directed by .

(thanks, djhd)

our ultra good friend, , let us know about this genius competition/art project he worked on. it’s called the and it’s described thusly:

the crate digger death-match is an audio experiment wherein 12 different musicians attempt to create an entire album in under 12 hours using only $12 worth of cds, records, vhs tapes, or children’s toys as their instruments.

now it’s time to vote for a winner. pick your favorite .

here’s a song from bomarr’s entry. bomarr “jack, the story of a cat”

is a great blog that covers all kinds of music. it runs a recurring feature called “i used to love h.e.r.,” in which musicians and writers talk about their favorite hip-hop records. was written by sneakmove’s best, best, best friend eriksolo (from meanest man contest) and is about redman’s classic whut? thee album. check it out!

i found a list of artists and bands that got dropped by their major label last year. some real suprisers. no not really. bo bice?! of course he got dropped! but some of these other people i’ve never even come close to hearing of. stacie orrico? hedley? phase 9? check the list

there a cool video of , former drummer, playing drums. the man’s sense of rhythm is pretty amazing.

fela ransome-kuti and nigeria 70 “ako”

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