Sunday, June 28th, 2009
You won’t see too many posts this week due to the fact that I’m in New York. So here’s a Summer Themed Hip-Hop playlist to tide you over until I return on Monday. I usually don’t post much hip-hop but I don’t really listen to it until the weather warms up…so yeah.
Enjoy!
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Can’t Front on Me
Camp Lo – Luchini AKA This Is It
Little Brother – Not Enough ft. Darien Brockington
Zion I – Doin’ My Thang
Black Milk – Give the Drummer Sum
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Pluckin’ Cards
Blackalicious – 4000 Miles
Lyrics Born – Do That There [The Young Einstein Hoo-Hoo Mix]
Jurassic 5 – Monkey Bars
Dela – Work It Out (Remix) (feat. Q-Tip)
Jay Dee – Sometimes (Remix) (Feat. Brand New Heavies & Q-Tip)
The Cool Kids – If It Rocks, Let It Knock
Cut Chemist – What’s the Attitude
DJ Vadim – Feat Feats Feat. Emo And Syrus
P.O.S. – Low Light Low Life
The Knux – Cappuccino
Oh No – My Luck
Tags: Black Milk, Blackalicious, Camp Lo, Cut Chemist, Dela, DJ Vadim, Jay Dee, Jurassic 5, Little Brother, Lyrics Born, Oh No, p.o.s., Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, The Cool Kids, The Knux, Ultramagnetic MC's, Zion I
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
I’m seeing Grizzly Bear Today!
If you haven’t already immersed yourself in their newest album, Veckatimest, you need to do that right now. I’m serious, this is no joke, Veckatimest is one of the better albums released this year. If you’re already on the Grizzly-train and in the Bay area, you probably already have ticket to their Sunday and Monday shows at The Fillmore. It’s going to be a special night. Oh and I’m hearing great things about the opening act, Here We Go Magic. So show up early.
If you’re not attending the GB show tomorrow night, check out post-metal giants Isis and Helms Alee at The Blank Club in San Jose or at The Great American Music Hall on Tuesday. Also going on Monday is an early performance by non-other than Elvis Costello at Amoeba Record in San Francisco. It’s at noon, so those of you who don’t have to work, you’re in luck!
Tuesday brings post-rock spoken word act mewithoutYou with prog-rockers The Dear Hunter (no, not that one) at Slim’s and electro-pop band Starfucker hits up the Bottom of the Hill.
Wednesday has folk artists Papercuts and Port O’Brien at The Independent, Canadian indie rocks Sunset Rubdown at the Rickshaw Stop, and synth-pop act Deastro (Kuestionnaire on Tuesday) and Tempo No Tempo at Bottom of the Hill.
Yanni in Oakland at the Oracle Arena on Thursday!!! I didn’t even know he was still around. You can also check out noise-pop act Sugar and Gold, Castledoor, and Music For Animals at the Rickshaw Stop and The Karriem Riggins Virtuoso Experience Tour with special guest DJ Pete Rock.
I will be in NY for this but …
…if it’s not already sold out (probably is though), The Grand Ballroom At the Regency Center is hosting Phoenix, Boys Noize, DJ Vadim, Diplo, Amazing Baby, and a monsterload of Bay area DJs for this year’s Spectrum Festival on Friday. Meanwhile, David Byrne and DeVotchKa brighten up the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, funk-trnoica act Major Lazer hit up San Francisco’s Amoeba Records at 6pm, and Wilco and Okkervil River will be at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga as well as the Greek Theatre on Saturday.
Saturday also bring one of the most soulsucking tours in recent memory, Vans Warped Tour 2009. What used to be a celebration of individuality for young kids quickly turned into a Monster Energy Drink sponsored shitfest. There are (very) few exceptions though. Prog-metal act Thrice, indie rockers Dear and the Headlights, and brutal hip-hop artist P.O.S. light up the line-up…but only a little.
If I were not in NY on Saturday, I would see Cursive and Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band at the Great American Music Hall or the heavy metal onslaught of YOB and Will Haven at Slim’s. But I won’t…oh well.
See you out there!
Sunset Rubdown – Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – Cheer For Fate
Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader
Dear and the Headlights – Talk About
Major Lazer – Hold The Line (DJ Edit)
Tags: amazing baby, Boys Noize, Castledoor, Cursive, David Byrne, Dear and the Headlights, Deastro, Diplo, DJ Vadim, Elvis Costello, Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic, Isis, Major Lazer, mewithoutyou, p.o.s., Phoenix, Starfucker, Sugar and Gold, The Dear Hunter, The Fillmore, The Karriem Riggins Virtuoso Experience Tour, This Week In Bay Area Live Shows, Thrice, wilco
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