Baraat By Rude Mechanical Orchestra

The Rude Mechanical Orchestra killed it last night at the Matt & Kim show, upstaging even secret special guest Spank Rock who was trying out some new material. You may remember RMO from this post. They are "radical" -- as in they support feminist, queer, labor, environmental, social and economic justice, peace, and other progressive causes. Speaking of which, RMO have a gig coming up at The St. Pat's for All Parade (43rd St and Skillman Ave, Sunnyside, Queens) on Sun Mar 01 @ 2 PM. Listen to them play one of their trademark songs, the title track to the 2001 film Monsoon Wedding.

Downloadable: "Baraat" (box.net mp3) (composed by Mychael Danna)

Streamable: "Push It (Salt-n-Pepa Cover Live At Honk! Festival)" (youtube)

Myspace page is here.
Donate to RMO here.
Props to RMO for telling people about this fucking insane story.

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- Royal Bangs perform new track "Who Am Kong" for Daytrotter... here.

- Cadence Weapon sets up a Radiohead/NIN/GirlTalk/Saul Williams-style payment system for his new electrohop record Separation Anxiety... here.

- Burning World posts a kick ass Pixies boot... here.

STREAM: Cheated Hearts (Yppah Remix) By Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Clicking around the internets I found this here streamable Yeah Yeah Yeahs remix by downbeatdj Yppah. Dig it.

Streamable:

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Also, according to the YYY's the new record is, well.... "NEW RECORD? NEW RECORD!! NEW RECORD IS GETTING CLOSER TO BEING DONE DONE DONE!" More of that... here.

More Yppah? Check out a streamable mixtape @ Nacho Pancho... here.

Ninjatune is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Imeem page is here.
eMusic page is here.
Old GT posts are here and here.
Day Of The Woman myspace page is here.

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- Essential Life Skills: Open a beer bottle with a piece of paper... here.

- Random REPOST: "Sharks" (box.net mp3) by Cadence Weapon

- This week in FORKCAST:
(Nick Cave interviewed)... here or here.
(New Titus vid)... here.
(New arstyfartsy Beck vid)... here (if their link doesn't work try here).
(New Los Campesinos mp3)... here.
(New Brendan Canning vid)... here.
(Mp3 from CMJ 2008 darlings DRINK UP BUTTERCUP)... here.

No Tempo By Boo And Boo Too

Lawrence KS indieartrockers Boo And Boo Too's new album (entitled No Tempo) comes out next week. It looks like this:



Their free mp3 from Iron Paw Records builds and builds and has this whole wall of noise thing going on, check it out...

Listen: "No Tempo" (iron paw mp3)

Preorder No Tempo here.

NYC/CMJers -- Boo And Boo Too have three CMJish shows coming up @ Death By Audio and Knitting Factory and Less Artists More Condos.

Myspace page is here.
Iron Paw is here.
Chop Womp is here.
Boo And Boo Too blogspot is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
Old ptw 'single file' posts are here and here.

"Oldie" BONUS: "Every Day I Saw You In Egypt" (iron paw mp3)

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- Royals Bangs banged out a Lounge Act for WOXY. Dig it:

Listen: "Royal Bangs On WOXY" (woxy mp3)

Tracklisting:
"Who Am Kong"
"Maniverse"
"Broke Calculator"
"Brother"

A Picture from the WOXY flickr:



- Speaking of WOXY, Takka Takka's Lounge Act has been cut up into individual mp3s @ The Futurist... here.

- This week in Forkcast!
(No Age on Late Late)... here.
(Dept Of Eagles perform "Herring Bone")... here.
(Fuck Buttons Live from Juan's Basement)... here and here.
(New Atlas Sound, "Coffin Trick")... here.
(Cadence Weapon sells some video "Real Estate")... here.

The Monkey & Apes Mini Mix

The Contrast Podcast is all Monkeys & Apes... here. And because I did not contribute this week I thought I would share the tracks that were in consideration. I give you The Monkey & Apes Mini Mix.

Downloadables:
"Monkey" (box.net mp3) by Low
"Monkey Trick" (box.net mp3) by Jesus Lizard
"I Love That Party With The Monkey Kitty" (box.net mp3) by The Spinanes
"Gorilla Girl" (box.net mp3) by Dead Milkmen

Previously Posted BONUS: "The Gorilla Is For Sand Racing" (mp3) by Cadence Weapon

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- Celebrate Sub Pop's 20th Anniversary with Bradley's Almanac and a massive amount of live mp3s... here.

- Perhaps the best altfolk remix since the Girl Talk remix of "Knife"??? "White Winter Hymnal (Dj Doc Rok Remix)" by Fleet Foxes. More DJ Doc Rok... here.

- Oh, the people who tell you that the new Beck album sucks either have ridiculously high expectations or are just haters. Don't listen to them. An elbo.ws artist search is... here. Purchase the album on mp3... here. Preorder the vinyl... here.

- Watch Man Man perform in a Black Cab:

Kicker Of Elves By Guided By Voices

90's Nostalgia Nook

This here is a new feature that will explore the music of the 1990's.

Have you been engaging in 90's nostalgia? I know I have. This track from Bee Thousand always brings me back.

Listen: "Kicker Of Elves" (box.net mp3)

Official site is here.
Myspace page is here.
Robert Pollard is here.
Matador page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
eMusic page is here.

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- Who The Bloody Hell Are They? posts Cut Off Your Hands doing a Sonics cover... here.

- Cadence Weapon fucks shit up at Daytrotter... here.

- Sub Pop posts part one of their Grunge Summit 2008. It features Bruce Pavitt and Jack Endino... here.

- The Music Slut has some live video of Health @ After The Jump Fest 2008... here.

April 2007 Mix

It's time to look back and reflect again... Let's look back one year to April 2007.

The Downloadable: "April 2007 Mix" (box.net zip) (mirror: sendspace)

Artists Featured:
Aa (a/k/a BIG A little a)
The Big Sleep
Black Lips
Cadence Weapon
Dead Kennedys
DeVotchKa
Hot Gossip
Love Of Diagrams
Low Scores
The Muggabears
Peel
The Ponys
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Pterodactyl
Sleater-Kinney
Slint

The Playlist:


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- Straight outta Lawrence, Kansas, it's Boo And Boo Too @ I Rock Cleveland... here.

- 20 Jazz Funk Greats was very disturbed by Gary Numan's Newport Folk Festival moment... here.

- Algebra Of Need gets Built On A Weak Spot... here.

- Pyschpop it up with The Young Sinclairs and their new mp3... "Canceled Flight" (mp3)

- Teh Songs Of Teh Day @ My Music it has a flavor are by Cut Copy... here.

The Sad Businessman By Company

Oneida's record label (Brah) is putting out Company's new record next month. It is entitled Old Baby. What is Company? I hear they are "a songwriting collective and rock band rooted in folk, punk, country, and psychedelic traditions."

Take a listen to the new one: "The Sad Businessman" (mp3)

Or listen to some older material:
"In The Jaws Of The Lion" (mp3)
"Red Army Blues" (mp3)
"Lantern" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Jagjaguwar page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Preorder Old Baby here.
More mp3s here and here.

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- David Byrne covering The Fiery Furnaces?? Fluxblog has it... here.
- Matador signs Jaguar Love. It's about time. More about that here (with mp3) and here (without).
- Marble Valley put a new non-album track ("art pistols") up on its myspace... here.
- AOL's Spinner posts some "House Music" (mp3) by Edmonton's own Cadence Weapon... here. More Cadence Weapon: "Black Hand" (mp3) and "The Gorilla Is For Sand Racing" (mp3)
- The Oranges Band has some new old tracks for download... here.
- No more Rapidshare for reals?? Oh Noes!!
- Have you heard that new Gnarls? Are you ready for the backlash? Can you listen to St. Elsewhere yet without cringing a little bit? Click then listen... here.
- Speaking of backlash... Stereogum talks Vampire Weekend backlash... here. Listen to Vampire Weekend's Daytrotter session... here.
- Damn Hubris! "Pride" (mp3) is the new Contrast Podcast.
- Meant to post some Mofongo a while ago, but I never got around to it. Listen: "Tumbao" (mp3) "Loco" (mp3)

Untitled (Daytrotter Session) By The Cave Singers

OhBoyOhBoyOhBoy...

GT faves The Cave Singers featured on GT fave Daytrotter with a new (still untitled) track.

Listen: "Untitled (Daytrotter Session)" (box.net mp3)

Download the whole damn session: here

Myspace page is here.
Matador page is here.
Emusic page is here.

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- new new new Cadence Weapon over at p'fork. Downloadable: "In Search Of The Youth Crew" (mp3). More... here.
- The Raveonettes are also getting mucho hypo with this... Downloadable: "Aly Walk With Me" (mp3). Understandable, I guess.


(source: flickr)

Sharks By Cadence Weapon

What I know about Cadence Weapon.

1. He is a rapper.

2. Canadian.

3. His beats sound like... "bleep blorp bloop".

4. Downloadables:
"Sharks" (mp3) (source: insound)
"Black Hand" (mp3)
"The Gorilla Is For Sand Racing" (mp3)

5. And he also likes remixes:
"Hustlin' Hustler (Cadence Weapon Hi-Speed Edit)" (mp3) by Rick Ross vs. Simian Mobile Disco
"Blah Blah Blah (Cadence Weapon Remix)" (mp3) by Lady Sovereign
More remixes here.

Myspace page is here.
Stream the vid for "Sharks" here.

Unrelated BONUS links:
- New Contrast Podcast... "Kings And Queens"!
- Watch MC Nuts drop some rhymes... here.
- MOKB has posted a Cheeseburger mp3 plus the Born Ruffians' cover of Grizzly Bear's "Knife" (original version: insound mp3)... here.
- Free Little Ones songs over at Daytrotter... here.
- New/Old Dino. Jr. over at Chromewaves... here.