Nas is one of the best rappers alive. I am happy to say I never gave up on him. In fact, I just saw him perform a couple years ago and he killed it like it was 1994. Sure, not everything he’s released since Illmatic has been newsworthy, but if I’m not mistaken, Nas...
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My first exposure to the sisters Söderberg was the tail end of their opening set for Lykke Li at the Ogden Theatre back in November. Regrettably missing the majority of their set, I couldn’t help but think of Neko Case while a girl next to me suggested a female Fleet Foxes. I don’t think...
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ILSUDH2 still prefers to listen to albums in their entirety, which makes it very hard to put together a list of ‘best tracks’ at the end of each year. This year was no exception. Therefore, what follows is a massive soundtrack to the reality show known as 2011. To say these songs represent the...
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It’s hard to believe it has been less than a year since we started talking about the black-veiled songstress Chelsea Wolfe. Since then she has released two albums, performed at SXSW, toured Europe, shared a stage with acts as diverse as Liturgy, How To Dress Well and Julianna Barwick, and now her Zev Dean...
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If you don’t know Chelsea Wolfe by now, you haven’t been following along. By far our favorite female artist of ’11, this dark(er) interpretation of Nick Cave‘s song might promise an open door, but it is anything but inviting. Chelsea Wolfe - I Let Love In (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) @ BOTH,...
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The second leak from Tom Waits‘ upcoming Bad As Me is a ballad called Back in the Crowd and it features the Spanish guitar stylings of Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo.
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If you weren’t convinced after my last post, watch the video below. I cannot stress how much you need to hear this band. If this clip for You Ain’t Alone doesn’t convince you, should stop listening to music altogether.
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Is it the music? Is it these amazing videos she puts together? Is it the 50′s style photoshoots and pouty cigarette smoking lips? Does it really matter? Lizzy Grant aka Lana Del Rey came out of nowhere (because the web has been wiped clean of her previous efforts as Lizzy Grant) and if you...
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In these days when most are too jaded to even waste their time claiming ‘hip-hop is dead’, the Minneapolis-based Doomtree collective continue to put out exciting releases from P.O.S., Dessa and most recently Simms. Today they leaked the first track off their Wugazi project. Joining the likes of Danger Mouse‘s Grey Album and Jaydiohead‘s...
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Who does 2011 think it is? Is it a teenaged, skateboarding gang who wants to shock everyone with stories of murder and rape? Is it a sensitive singer-songwriter trying to create something that can hold up under the weight of legendary stories concerning abandoned cabins and cancer wards? Is it ‘transcendental black metal’ or...
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It’s been a minute since I’ve posted about a single song, but I feel Frank Ocean’s “Novacane” deserves a permanent spot here…he deserves more than a lost Facebook post. Ocean was transplanted to L.A. from New Orleans when Katrina hit and it was there that he hooked up with the Odd Future Wolf Gang...
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