Saturday 18 February 2012

Classic Thrift - Home Brew!


How to make your own beer for pennines rather than pounds. 
Click to enlarge the infographic - you know you want to. 

Friday 3 February 2012

Video: Madonna Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj)



Madonna, MIA and Nicki Minaj all packed into one video are they crazy!?!?

Thursday 26 January 2012

Disney Stop Selling Joy Division Mickey Mouse T-Shirt

"....a representative from Disney has said: "As soon as we became aware there could be an issue, we pulled it from our shelves and our online store to review the situation further."
 The wave pattern of the album artwork has been adapted to feature the silhouette of Disney's biggest star Mickey Mouse. A line on the website originally gave a nod towards the band stating “Inspired by the iconic sleeve of Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' album, this Waves Mickey Mouse Tee incorporates Mickey's image within the graphic of the pulse of a star. That's appropriate given few stars have made bigger waves than Mickey!” however this has now been removed." Thanks to Pitchfork!

Remixes: Wall Street" by Gui Boratto Vs "Sweetie & Shag" by The Field


Loving this image, loving this remix battle

Wednesday 25 January 2012

The Polyphonic Spree - "What Would You Do?"


The Polyphonic Spree - "What Would You Do?" (Acetate Video) from Good Records Recordings on Vimeo.


Mega sized choir/band/non-playing musicians are back and on tour with a live show across the US.


Checkout their new track so you know what to expect! 

Friday 20 January 2012

Etta James: Soul legend dies in California


"Etta James, who has died at the age of of 73, had a rich, contralto voice that breathed life into a host of musical genres, from blues to jazz, R&B to soul.

Many top performers cited her as a huge influence on their careers, but she had to wait 40 years before winning major recognition from the music industry.

She began singing in the 1950s, battled substance abuse for the best part of a decade, then bounced back to win a string of awards and bring her music to a new audience." From BBC



Tuesday 17 January 2012

Mos Def's parodies Jay-Z and Kanye - Free Track Download

"Mos Def has changed his name to Yasiin Bey and released a 'reinterpretation' of the Watch The Throne track 'Niggas In Paris'.

In September last year, Mos Def announced that he would retire his moniker and release music under the name of Yasiin Bey.

He said to MTV: 'Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name and it's time to expand and move on. Also, I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.'


Now his first new music has emerged online (still listed by sites as belonging to Mos Def). It's a pretty snarky re-imagining of Jay-Z and Kanye West's sinister Watch The Throne track 'Niggas In Paris'. Re-titled 'Niggas In Poorest', he raps about abject poverty using the beats that previously accompanied Jay and Ye's boasts of fashion, fame and limitless cash."


Article from Music News Website


Download the Track Free from SoundCloud

Jimmy Castor the funk master dies at 64





"Castor's songs have been sampled countless times by artists including Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Bomb The Bass, Coldcut, PNAU, Ice Cube, N.W.A., Ginuine, The Beastie Boys, Kanye West and many many more." Checkout article

Public Enemy announce two new albums


"Chuck D of rap instigators Public Enemy has promised two new albums in 2012." Sound track of my childhood check out post at Music News.

Sunday 15 January 2012

The Vaccines defend guitar bands at Brit nominations

"The Vaccines have defended rock music after record boss Jim Chancellor accused labels of being scared..." BBC

Facebook launches new social music feature


"Facebook has added a new ‘listen with’ feature which allows users to enjoy the same song as a friend via the site at the same time... The new ‘listen with’ buttons are being rolled out across Facebook  effectively allows users’ friends to DJ for them using music services such as Spotify and Deeze" from The Telegraph


Saturday 14 January 2012

Lil Wayne to publish prison memoir



Gone Till November will recount rapper's eight-month stint at Rikers Island jail @mpfreeinfo

Thursday 12 January 2012

Sir Anthony Hopkins: Composer - exclusive album stream


Listen to Anthony Hopkins' album Composer, which will be released by Classic FM on January 16. Daily Telegraph


Jessie J is up for three awards this year

Pop star Jessie J is up for three awards - best female, breakthrough act and best single for her hit Price Tag. BBC