aside 27 Nov

Com Truise – Karova

Com Truise`s “Karova” featured on “Komputer Cast Vol.2″

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Buy “Karova (Bonus Track)” on: AmazonMP3,iTunes, eMusic
This sounds like the kind of music aliens probably cruised to in the early 80′s.  This is synthesizer chillout with a retro vibe, flipping the name of everybody’s favorite 80′s Scientology star who is still somehow significantly wierder than this music.  Enjoy throwing this in the tape deck of your space cadillac before your next intergalactic road trip!
aside 15 Nov

Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit

Artist: Nirvana

Buy:Buy “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on: AmazonMP3, iTunes

Music video by Nirvana performing Smells Like Teen Spirit. (C) 1991 Geffen Records

Is it too soon?  I know this is probably the most played out song and video of all-time, and I too rejected it for the better part of two decades.  But really, it is a great song and video.  It transformed the direction that popular music was heading forever and put an end to the dreadful hair band years.  True Nirvana fans would eventually loathe it’s existence for the fact that people that weren’t true fans could only name this single hit.  The time for shunning this gem has surely passed, it truly is the anthem of a generation, my generation.  I haven’t watched the video in some time and I have to say it looks better than ever.  It takes me back to my basement and bedroom bands that would always fall back on this cut because everybody knew it and everybody could play it.  That’s the true genius of this classic!

aside 15 Nov

Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar

Artist: Aloe Blacc

Buy:Buy “I Need a Dollar” on:iTunes, AmazonMP3

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Official video for Aloe Blacc’s “I Need A Dollar” from the album Good Things (Stones Throw)
This is Aloe Blacc’s video for his smash hit I Need A Dollar.  Aloe is on one of my favorite labels, Stones Throw Records, owned and run by Peanut Butter Wolf.  Anyone looking for some real vintage soul music being made today and tomorrow, should check out Stones Throw Records for your soul and hip hop fix.
aside 15 Nov

Tristen – Baby Drugs

Artist: Tristen

Tristen has been causing a stir with her premiere album called Charlatans At The Garden Gate.  Her dysfunctional lyrics delivered with pop charm on Baby Drugs, show that she is going to be hard to categorize, but sure to inspire intrigue among people who aren’t satisfied by the tried and true formulas shoved down our throats everyday on the radio.  So what if you don’t approve of the lyrics, does it make the song any less beautiful?  I don’t think so, but you’ll have to decided for yourselves.  I can’t wait to hear more from this Nashville songwriter.

 

aside 14 Nov

Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock

Artist: Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force

Few tracks could ever be as influential as this one by one of the original and most recognized hip hop dj’s Afrika Bambaataa.  Bambaataa took a sample from Kraftwerk’s Trans Europe Express and added an American urban flavor to it and the rest is hip hop history.  This song will still make people get up at a party over 20 years later, it’s still relevant and makes everyone wish they could breakdance even though sadly most cannot!

aside 9 Nov

Eddie Vedder – Rise

Eddie Vedder has put together some of his finest work in the absence of the band that he became famous with.  I like Pearl Jam, but his solo work has really hit me, showcasing just how talented this grunge rock front man truly is.  Eddie did the soundtrack for a movie called Into The Wild.  This video features scenes from that movie as well as a truly beautiful song!