Sound Verite'

Sonic Youth at First Ave tonite

2009-07-21T14:33:00.000-07:00

Sonic Youth is touring in support of their new record, the contender The Eternal.

Sonic Youth
with
Awesome Color
July 21st
First Ave.
Minneapolis

Sonic Youth -"Scared Trickster"-mp3

Amanda Blank ft. Santogold -"A Love Song"-mp3

2009-07-20T14:55:00.000-07:00

Philly's Amanda Blank re-visit "I'm A Lady" from the Diplo's Top Ranking-A Diplo Dub mixtape, here it's retitled "Love Song". Amanda brings her rude-girl status back to Minneapolis for a visit to The Triple Rock Sept.10th, her debut I Love You, out Aug. 4th on Downtown Records glook via PMA.

Amanda Blank on tour with The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7/28 Cleveland, OH -House Of Blues
7/29 Philadelphia, PA -Electric Factory
08/01 Albany, NY -Northern Lights
8/04 Toronto, ON -Kool Haus
8/05 Toronto, ON -Kool haus

Amanda Blank on tour with Matt & Kim
8/27/09 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
8/29/09 – Visalia, CA – Howie & Sons Pizza & Beer Parlor
9/01/09 – Arcata, CA – Depot
9/02/09 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
9/03/09 – Vancouver, BC – Richards On Richards
9/04/09 – Victoria, BC – Sugar
9/07/09 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
9/08/09 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
9/10/09 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
9/11/09 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
9/12/09 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
9/14/09 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
9/16/09 – Washington D.C. – Black Cat

Amanda Blank ft. Santogold -"A Love Song"-mp3

Thom Yorke -"The Present Tense (live)"-mp3

2009-07-20T13:20:00.000-07:00

Thom Yorke debuts a new track "The Present Tense" at Latitude Festival, UK, 19 July 2009). No bleeps and glitches just a quite strummer with emotional vocals. Shout out to You Are The Music.

Thom Yorke -"The Present Tense (live)"-mp3
Thom Yorke -"The Present Tense (live)"-video

The Dead Weather - "Treat Me Like Your Mother (Diplo remix)"-mp3

2009-07-20T12:51:00.000-07:00

Jack White's new project The Dead Weather's "Treat Me Like Your Mother" remixed by Mad Decent's Diplo off their debut Horehound.
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The Dead Weather -"Treat Me Like Your Mother (Diplo remix)"-mp3

Beastie Boys ft. Nas - "Too Many Rappers"-mp3

2009-07-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

The first leak off the Beastie Boys featuring Queensnbridge finest Nas on "Too Many Rappers", off upcoming new record Hot Sauce Committee pt.1 which also has a cameo from Santogold out Sept. 15th. It's aiight was I hoping for a banger. peace to NR.

Update:Beastie Boys cancel tour-NEW YORK -- Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (yawk) has what is described as a "very treatable" cancerous tumor in his salivary gland.

An announcement came Monday from the group, which is canceling its tour dates and postponing an album release. A statement says the tumor was found early. It's confined to one area and is considered very treatable. He will need surgery and other treatment, but the statement says his vocal cords will not be affected.

Beastie Boys ft. Nas - "Too Many Rappers"-mp3
Beastie Boys speak -Yauch Announcement-video

Grizzly Bear -"Ready, Able (live on Letterman)"-video

2009-07-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

Grizzly Bear perform my favorite song off Veckatimest, "Ready,Able" with strings on Letterman.

Grizzly Bear
with Beach House
Wed.30 Sept.
First Ave.
Minneapolis

Thom Yorke -"All For The Best"-mp3

2009-07-16T06:23:00.000-07:00

Radiohead's frontman Thom Yorke off the upcoming Mark Mulcahy (Miracle Legion) tribute/benefit album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy. Ciao My Shining Star will also feature contributions from The National, Michael Stipe, Dinosaur Jr., Mercury Rev and Frank Black, out on Sept. 29th. glookin FrankRamz at Pigeons and Planes

Thom Yorke -"All For The Best"-mp3

The God MC Rakim returns with "Holy Are You"-mp3

2009-07-14T17:41:00.000-07:00

The God MC, Rakim returns in stunning fashion with street burner "Holy Are You" the first glimpse from the upcoming The Seventh Seal due in the fall. swiped via 2Dopeboyz

Rakim -"Holy Are You"-mp3

Broken Social Scene -"Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl (Live)"-video

2009-07-14T11:10:00.000-07:00

Broken Social Scene performs "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl (Live)" featuring Emily Haines, Feist and Amy Millan live at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto 7/11/09. shouts to slowacoustic

Broken Social Scene -"Hotel"-mp3

Kyp Malone (TVOTR) makes solo jump as Rain Machine -"Playhouses"-mp3

2009-07-14T10:46:00.000-07:00

Rain Machine, the new project from TV on the Radio guitarist Kyp Malone. Expect a personal, emo-driven self-titled debut produced by Ian Brennan known for his work with folkies Lucinda Williams, Ramblin' Jack Elliot and and Jonathan Richman scheduled for Sept. 22 on Anti-records.

Rain Machine track listing
Intro
Give Blood
New Last Name
Smiling Black Faces
Driftwood Heart
Hold you Holy
Desperate Bitch
Love Won’t Save You
Free Ride
Leave the Lights On
Winter Song

Kyp Malone -"Playhouses-(live)"-mp3

Amanda Blank -"Make It Take It" -mp3

2009-07-13T16:46:00.000-07:00

Potty-mouth hipster Philadelphia's Amanda Blank continues to lay the ground work for her star-studded debut I Love You, on July 14, 2009.

Amanda Blank -"Make It Take It"-mp3
Amanda Blank -"Might Like You Better"-mp3

The Dead Weather - "Treat Her Like Your Mother"-video

2009-07-13T16:22:00.000-07:00

Jack White and friends debut clip for "Treat Her Like Your Mother" directed by Jonathan Glazer. Horehound out tomro July 14th

MCAD artsist showcase tonite

2009-07-08T12:13:00.000-07:00

The homie Christina "C-Rocka" Rimstad is among the artist showcasing their work at MCAD 6-8pm

Digitata -"Weak Teeth"-mp3

K'naan with Muja Messiah & M.anifest at Fineline, Wale ft K'Naan -"Um Ricka"-mp3

2009-07-08T07:39:00.000-07:00

Somali activist, MC and poet K'Naan returns to Minneapolis tonight at The Fineline. K'naan has been touring in support of the ambitious new record Troubadour. K'Naan will be one of the only guest on the Nas & Damian Marley project Distant Relatives. Exclaim! has a great cover story The Beautiful Struggle. shouts to PMA.

K'Naan
Muja Messiah
M.anifest
Fineline
Wed. Jul. 8th

K'Naan ft. Mos Def -"America"-mp3
Wale ft. K'Naan -"Um Ricka"-mp3

Arctic Monkeys - "Crying Lightning"-mp3

2009-07-08T07:25:00.000-07:00

At one time the Arctic Monkeys where the saviors of Brit-pop, here's first track off upcoming Humbug, produced by Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age).

Arctic Monkeys -"Crying Lightning"-mp3

The Clipse -"Warning"-mp3

2009-07-08T07:09:00.001-07:00

Another new track from Virginia's finest The Clipse ft. Rock City, produced by The Synth (Ben Hazlegrove and Alex Botwin) not on their upcoming Til The Casket Drops.

The Clipse -"Warning"-mp3

Atmosphere - Leak At Will -ep

2009-07-04T07:39:00.000-07:00

Rhymesayers Atmosphere is feeling generous again, on New Years Eve 2007 they gave away the 13 track full length, Strickly Leakage, now they gave away another collection of new material on another holiday, July 4th, a 7 track ep Leak At Will, including Slug's interpretation of the De La Soul classic "Milled Pulled A Pistol On Santa". shout out Shake.

Atmosphere -Leak At Will-ep
Atmosphere -"Millie Feel Off The Fire Escape"-mp3
Toki Wright ft. Bro. Ali -"The Feeling"-mp3

Beck - "Sunday Moring (Velvet Underground)"-video + mp3

2009-07-03T08:32:00.000-07:00

Beck's Record Club goes in on The Velvet Underground with friends.

Beck -"Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground)"-mp3

Feist -"Nothin In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl (Kinks)"-mp3

2009-07-02T17:41:00.000-07:00

Feist does the Kinks. glook Rollo & Grady

Feist -"Nothin In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl (Kinks)"-mp3

Jay Electronica - “Exhibit A (Transformations)” -mp3

2009-07-02T14:35:00.000-07:00

New school abstract king and Erykah Badu's boo, Jay Electronica has been kind of a big deal since dropping the epic "Eternal Sunshine", he's played Rock The Bells, produced the intro to Nas' latest, and now will be touring this summer with The Mighty Mos Def. Mos Def's new opus The Ecstatic reviewed at Culture Bully.

Mos Def
Jay Electronica
Sat. Aug 1st
First Ave

Jay Electronica -"Exhibit A (Transformations)"-mp3
Mos Def -"Supermagic"-mp3

Bloc Party -"One More Chance" - video + "I Would Die For You (Prince)"-mp3

2009-07-02T13:22:00.000-07:00

The new track from Bloc Party , "One More Chance" now has a video, the song has received an incredible amount of unrelenting blog-hate, fuck'em, it's sweet, especially the house-style piano break. Below is a snippet of there version of Prince's "I Would Die For You" live at the Reading Festival 2008.

Bloc Party -"I Would Die For You (Prince cover)"-mp3
Bloc Party -"Your Visits Getting Shorter"-mp3

Franz Ferdinand -"Can't Stop Feeling" video

2009-07-02T13:05:00.000-07:00

Swanky dressers, Franz Ferdinand 3rd video from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.

Nas & Damian Marley at First Ave tonight -"Be Worried"-mp3

2009-06-30T14:47:00.000-07:00

Nas -"It Ain't Hard To Tell"-mp3
Nas & Damian Marley -EPK
Nas -"Be Worried"-mp3

Wu-Tang ft RZA -"NYC Crack"-mp3

2009-06-30T07:46:00.001-07:00

The almighty Wu-Tang's RZA goes solo on "NYC Crack" off Wu' Wu-Tang Chamber Music out today. shouts to Ear, Eye,Nose candy & NR.

Wu-Tang ft RZA -"NYC Crack"-mp3
Raekwon ft. Ghostface & Crooked I -"Yes Sir"
Raekwon -"Wu Tang Still Rhyming"-mp3

Dirty Projectors -"Stillness Is The Move" -video

2009-06-30T07:36:00.001-07:00

Brooklyn's art-deco Dirty Projectors video for "Stillness Is The Move", directed by Matthew Lesserner. glook youaintnopicasso

Dirty Projectors -Stillness Is The Move"-mp3