New Santigold Music Video: Big Mouth (Directed by Cody Critcheloe aka SSION) + Free MP3!
Santi-land continues! Check out the music video for Big Mouth, the first single from Santigold‘s upcoming album Master of My Own Make-Believe directed by Cody Critcheloe of SSION (who also directed MNDR’s #1 in Heaven). Be sure to check out my reviews of Santigold’s first two gigs of 2012 featuring brand new material here: Monday 1/16 and Tuesday 1/17!
Visit Santigold.com for more updates and your free MP3 of Big Mouth!
Santigold Shines at Second Sold Out Brooklyn Show With A Little Help From Karen O.! [Video]
By now you already heard me gush about Santigold‘s first show of the year on Monday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in which she debuted brand new material from her urgently-anticipated upcoming album Master of My Own Make-Believe. Well, Santi’s second 2012 warm-up gig last night was just as perfect (Monday’s show was added due to overwhelming demand), especially if you take Karen O.‘ s added special appearance on Go into consideration.
Santigold is back full-throttle and beyond ready to unleash this album, you can tell by the way she beams onstage when performing the new tracks. It truly is exciting to see and you should all prepare yourselves for what is about to come, it’s going to be MASSIVE. Check out a few more videos I snuck from last night’s set below including Karen O’s cameo! More videos HERE.
Setlist for 1/16 & 1/17:
Go // LES Artistes // Lights Out // God From The Machine // Get it Up // Hold the Line // Starstruck // Anne // Say Aha // Disparate Youth // Creator // Freak Like Me // Unstoppable // Brooklyn Go Hard // Shove It (w/ Spank Rock) // Fame // Big Mouth // B.O.O.T.A.Y. (w/ Spank Rock)
Fame:
Stream: Santigold – Unstoppable by diplo
New MNDR Music Video: #1 In Heaven
I should have waited a few hours for that last post! Here it is, the music video directed by “Cody Critcheloe aka SSION and styled by M.I.A.’s /\/\ /\ Y /\-era stylist Haley Wollens. ” Check out the full feature on SPIN.
Stream: MNDR – I Go Away
LISTEN UP: MNDR’s #1 In Heaven
Over the past couple of weeks @_VFILES has innovatively debuted original tracks from the likes Lemonade and MNDR via their 1-855-MYV-3800 hotline. The pre-recorded telephone service debuts one new track a week and clues in callers on “What’s Hot” in fashion, along with a list of the hottest NYC parties. Last week I dialed in to hear MNDR‘s latest #1 In Heaven, which is actually the studio version of a song Sheena Beaston and I have long referred to as Send My Greetings/”the Patti Hearst song” as once described by MNDR in conversation.
MNDR has been performing this song live for quite some time, which makes it especially exciting to hear the mastered version in all of it’s glory. Stream the track below and stay tuned for her upcoming Ultra Records debut, along with the music video for #1 in Heaven directed by Cody Critcheloe aka SSION and styled by M.I.A.’s /\/\ /\ Y /\-era stylist Haley Wollens. Check out my interview with MNDR from 2010 and this V Magazine piece.
Stream: MNDR – #1 In Heaven
Santigold Debuts New Material at Music Hall of Williamsburg For 2012 Warm Up Show! [Video]
I was so bummed out when the Afro-Punk Festival was cancelled back in August as a precaution for Hurricane Irene (which was all hype). The stellar line-up included Janelle Monae, Cee-Lo Green, Res, Ninjasonik, Das Racist, Kenna, and Santigold. This was also to serve as my Santi fix for the year in anticipation of the new material, and my first time seeing her live since Lollapalooza ages ago in 2009!
Fast-forwarding to last night, the first of two sold out consecutive last minute warm up shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Santi looked and sounded 100% on top of her game and truly excited to be onstage again. Her dancers, band, costume/prop designer, and the person in the horse costume (?) also deserve just as much attention for their theatrical performances which rounded out the dazzling 17 song set.
The new songs: Go, God From The Machine, Disparate Youth, Freak Like Me, Fame, and Big Mouth were catchy, entrancing, unique and anthemic. I cannot wait to own them, the album needs to drop ASAP! Santigold plays Music Hall of Williamsburg again tonight (I’ll be there with a better camera this time) before joining the west coast leg of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers tour.
Stream: Santigold – Go (Feat. Karen O.)
New Sleigh Bells Track “Comeback Kid” + Tour Dates!
This morning Sleigh Bells shared the first single aptly titled Comeback Kid from their sophomore album Reign of Terror. Check out a stream of the track below along with the first round of 2012 tour dates. Reign of Terror will be released on February 21st, 2012 (pushed back a week from Valentine’s Day sadly).
02/16 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
02/17 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
02/18 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
02/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Music Box
02/23 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
02/24 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at Market
Tanlines Announce Debut Full-Length Album “Mixed Emotions” and Share New Track “Brothers”
Earlier this week Tanlines announced the long awaited release of their full-length debut album Mixed Emotions due on March 20th, 2012. They also shared an excellent new song via their Facebook page titled Brothers which you can stream below. I’m staying pressed for tour dates, especially as their Ps1 gig over the summer was one of the best of 2011!
Mixed Emotions Tracklisting [pre-order]
1) Brothers
2) All Of Me
3) Green Grass
4) Abby
5) Yes Way
6) Not The Same
7) Lost Somewhere
8) Real Life
9) Rain Delay
10) Cactus
11) Nonesuch
Stream: Tanlines – Brothers
Madonna In The Studio With M.I.A. For Two Songs On Upcoming Album M.D.N.A.
Last night worlds collided when Madonna and M.I.A. (two of my favorite pop stars) appeared on primetime television for the 20/20 interview heard around the world. Madonna sat down with Cynthia McFadden for a very frank interview discussing everything from her upcoming film W.E., her Superbowl halftime performance in February (of which both M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj will appear), her pun-tastic upcoming album titled M.D.N.A. and of course taking a jab at Lady Gaga. Amazing!
Also during the interview, we got to hear a clip of a second reported duet with my girl Maya in addition to Gimme All Your Luvin with Nicki Minaj, titled Happy Birthday. Cannot wait! Below is a picture of Nicki and M.I.A. that was tweeted out in December on the set of the music video for Gimme All Your Luvin and clips of last night’s interview.
Stream: M.I.A. – Teqkilla (Remix Feat. Nicki Minaj)
Coachella 2012 Line-up Announced!
The internet exploded this afternoon with the announced reunion of post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, followed by the announcement of punk band Refused’s reunion, followed by the Coachella lineup of which both bands would play!
My Coachella wish list from the full line-up above is as follows: Pulp, Mazzy Star, M83, Cat Power, Girls, The Rapture, The Horrors, Frank Ocean, Yuck, WU LYF, Radiohead, The Shins, Bon Iver, Miike Snow, Feist, SBTRKT, Flying Lotus, Azealia Banks, A$AP Rocky, Laura Marling, The Big Pink, Jacques Lu Cont, We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Vaccines, Florence + The Machine, La Roux, Beirut, The Weeknd, Girl Talk, Calvin Harris, Modeselektor, Santigold, araabMUZIK, First Aid Kit, Oberhofer, Lissie, Metronomy, Wild Beasts. Phew!
Which brings me to the question I ask every year: Who wants to by my plane ticket to Coachella?? Please?
Zola Jesus Remixed By David Lynch + Sonaxus Tour Dates
Surrealist icon David Lynch hand selected In Your Nature from the #3 Best Album of 2011 – Conatus for the upcoming collaborative 7-Inch Vinyl single (February 21, 2012). Somehow the 65 year old filmmaker/musician/jack of all trades has managed to transform this key track from Conatus into something even more beautiful than the original. It truly is a match made in heaven, given Zola Jesus‘s fascination with the theatrical and cinematic (read: TLC vs. Zola Jesus: Beneath the Layers).
A feast for the ears, enjoy the stream below courtesy of Sacred Bones. Tickets for ZJ’s Sonaxus Tour are on sale now!
Zola Jesus – In Your Nature (David Lynch Remix) by sacredbones
