Oh vey. Skyzoo got Chi Ali on the Remix for Jansport Strings which is anode to how Skyzoo was inspired as a child to see a young rapper like Chi Ali out there living the dream with the Native Tongues Crew. The Jansport String narrative goes that Skyzoo got into Hip Hop because of this inspiration which helped keep him out of trouble. Interesting irony, as Chi Ali eventually ended up on America’s Most Wanted for murder despite being reared in the D.A.i.S.Y. Age. A mixture of factors exist in the world. Well, Ali is back out of jail and on Skyzoo’s song. It must be noted that Ali expressess remorse for the killing on this remix. It’s also a pleasure to listen to 2 people that are this delighted to be on a Hip Hop track together.
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The latest video off Detroit Hip Hop everything House Shoes’s“Let it Go” album has Self Says & drummer Fat Albert Einstein teaming up for Roller Coaster. Click on Self Says name if you like what you hear.
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The Cheater Slicks will release a new studio record Reality is a Grape on October 31st. It will be their first full on studio record since 2007’s Walk Into the Sea. They recorded and mixed it at CDR on 100% analog gear. The record was cut from tape at Musicol and pressed there. Made by hand in Columbus, OH w/ no digital processing whatsoever.
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In the above Slumerican tour video Yelawolf does various activities that people value. Let’s rate them. He is really good at skateboarding. Like so good that he makes me feel like I should never type about skateboarding again because it seems fake. He also watches his friend eat shrooms. He seems like he is good at that. Yelawolf busts a handstyle. Not so good. But not terrible. Yelawolf also plays with a gun. Yelawolf does not shoot himself or his friends so although he is friends with Eminem the Slumerican rapper is no Cheddar Bob. Yelawolf performs to a sell-out crowd. He brings a 12 year-old on stage and also stage dives from a balcony. So he is good at pleasing his fans and being exciting.
Yelawolf is playing Skully’s in Columbus on October 26th. Rittz, Trouble Andrew, DJ Vajra and Path are also on the bill. Tickets are available at Dreadful Sounds, Roots Records & online here.
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OCTOBER Mon, 10/1:
Julia Holter, Hundred Waters @ Wexner
Langhorne Slim, River City Extension @ Ace of Cups
Hume, Comrade Question @ Kobo
Slug Guts, Pink Reason @ Double Happiness
Tue, 10/2:
The Aggrolites, Forest & the Evergreens, Matter of Planets @ Kobo
I Was Totally Destroying It, In Silent Movies @ Tree Bar
Wed, 10/3:
Bassnectar, Gramatik & Gladkill @ LC
Corin Tucker Band, R. Ring @ Wexner
Jack of Heart, Petula Clarck and Koonda Holaa @ Ace of Cups
The Ladybirds, Dag Nammits, Jag @ Double Happiness
Taj Mahal Trio @ Stuart’s
david leib hart, treasure fleet, tweenz @ Carabar
Indigenous @ Rumba Continue reading →
I am super looking forward to Ty Segall’s new album TWINS which comes out on Drag City October 9th. Drag City just sent out a commercial that pairs footage from the Chicago Film Archive with songs called LAWNMOWER MAN 2:BEYOND CYBERSPACE, WHITE CHICKS and THE STUPIDS. This commercial was assembled by Kent Lambert so we can peep put the record. Watch it above. Tour dates after the jump.
Turbo Fruits, Wooly Bullies (Cleveland) and Dirty Biscuits (Columbus) perform at Ace of Cups on Friday night. Doors at 9, $5 cover.
Jonas Stein got his start in the music biz as a guitarist in Be Your Own Pet, a noisy, indie rock band made up of Nashville teenagers. As a kid with a head full of music ideas, Stein started Turbo Fruits as a side project and then made it his full-time gig once BYOP disbanded in 2008.
Earlier this month, Turbo Fruits released their third album, Butter, featuring the killer opening track, “Where the Stars Don’t Shine”.
Before kicking off the Butter tour, Stein answered some questions I sent him via email.
Turbo Fruits is often called a “garage rock” band. Have you ever actually practiced, recorded or performed in a garage?
Hmmm we don’t generally practice in a garage nor do we record in a garage but yes we have played many garages and garage-type places! We love playin shows like that when the time is right!
I read a review where somebody said, “Turbo Fruits are what Kings of Leon would sound like had their dad worked in a liquor store rather than been a traveling preacher.” (Okay, I didn’t really read that – it’s how I described your sound to a friend recently). I know your dad is connected to the music biz. Did his record collection have any influence on you or did you discover music through friends/siblings/on your own?
Nice description! My Paps was pretty involved in the country music business while growing up. My influences came from a totally different direction. My older brother, Adam (RIP), gave me my first albums when I was 11 or 12 – Led Zeppelin II and some Bob Marley album. That definitely had an influence on my musical tastes. I grew up a musical outcast amongst a lot of my friends. They were always listening to Blink 182 and Sum 41 and other shit that I couldn’t get into. I was always like “this shit sucks! let’s listen to some fucking rock n roll!” Continue reading →
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Tennis on the heels of their pulchritudinous Patrick Carney produced album Young & Oldrecently covered Television’s “Guiding Light”. This coincides with the announcement of tourdates via facebook.
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