Kid Cudi – “Day N Nite (Feat. Prince) (Terry Urban & Crookers Re-Edit)
cuyahoga county, we see you! cle native terry urban remixes the remix. mr. urban recently migrated to brooklyn, ny (not oh…booooooo!) but we won’t hold that against him. instead, we’ll offer him a free lunch with us (on his dime) at mama santa’s or sokolowski’s. hell, we’ll hit up that e.4 bullshit (lola? yeah?) as long as we’re not paying! CLEVELAND GO HARD.
rating: 8.5
“Death Bells” features vocals from Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees & Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers, it will be released on Soulsavers third LP Broken due August 18. this track slays.. first heard streaming the airwaves inconspicuously between DJ sets on KCRW, this Mogwai remix has surfaced. ( UPDATE: recently got our paws on the original track as well )
other collaborators to be featured on Broken include Jason Pierce (Spiritualized, Spacemen 3), Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk), and Richard Hawley (Butthole Surfers).
Soulsavers – “Death Bells” (Mogwai Remix)
rating: 9.4
HOW DO WE PARTY WITH THIS GUY?
time to get some of that sweet sweet cash money. the weeks winning numbers..
49, 13, 27, 18, 21, 3
Clipse – “When the Last Time” (Return of Mack Remix)
when the last time you heard a mash-up this ill? putting malice and pusha up on one of the realest backbeats in music history (mark morrison’s “return of the mack”) = genius. so…. we’re just gonna pretend the first couple singles we’ve heard off clipse’s upcoming “til the casket drops” never happened and bang this shit like every weekend really is like mardi gras.
their debut The Broken Side of Time drops September 22 via ATO. we’re stoked. every time a new track comes along from these cat’s, i’m like fook! these guys kick it. “Leave Us And Forgive Us” is a newbie and is available via their website (see link below). “Ramblin’ Home” is from their 2007 EP The Thief & The Heartbreaker.
definitely gotta get us some of this live, after Lolla they hit cleveland burning river festival? cleveland?! will keep you posted.. especially as new tracks surface.. if any southern sounding rockers are gonna get a push from the Kings of Leons’ success, it’s these cats.
Alberta Cross – “Leave Us And Forgive Us”
Alberta Cross – “Ramblin’ Home”
rating: 8
a new supergrass side project produced by nigel godrich of radiohead, beck, travis, McCartney, REM, etc fame that showcases Gaz and Dan recording some of their favorite tunes. and low and behold, it sounds like well… supergrass covering songs. SURPRISE!
now, we like the songs and their version of The Velvet Underground’s “I Can’t Stand It” particularly kills it. and we dig supergrass. but do we like side projects focused on cover songs? well i guess who cares what we like..
The Hot Rats – “I Can’t Stand It”
The Hot Rats – “Drive My Car”
Supergrass – “Seen The Light”
rating: 7.5
Teedra Moses – “To Hell With It”
DAMN GIRL! somebody did teedra WRONG! we love teedra moses. one of the truly underrated singers in the r&b game. teedra has such a powerful sense of phrasing and rhythm …just awesome really. teedra, call us! we wouldn’t do you like homeboy did! promise!
rating: 8.7
here at b3sci, we love chicago and quite right we also love rock and roll, and third we love to get down. so using that scale lets see how the yolks stack up… the yolks are a three piece band from chicago (+1). the yolks play some great fuckin’ rock and roll (+2). and “wandering” is just one of the many tunes on the band’s self-titled LP we can seriously get down to . (+3)
rating: 8.5
Soulive – “Prototype” (Feat. Nigel Hall)
jazz outfit soulive enlist the pipes of portland, maine soul singer nigel hall on this cover of the andre 3000 tune. “prototype” (the song) is well enough that it would be a good look on more or less any competent singer in the genre. but nigel hall’s delivery of dre’s really just flat out gorgeous melody lines really got our attention. props to soulive for seeking out this collaboration.
buy soulive’s “up here” LP
nigel hall on myspace
rating: 7.8
Sergeant – “Counting Down the Days”
Sergeant – “Swiftly Does It”
Sergeant – “K OK”
not that they’re directly changing the face of rock and roll, Sergeant make their subtle impact by simply throwing down on some proper britpop. it’s just brits doing what brits do best. yet when it comes to so many UK guitar bands nowadays, it seems Sergeant take the different path. there’s no bull shit, no fluff, and what everybody else seems to be doing… doesn’t matter. what does matter is what you can hear flowing through their veins… their roots of jangly guitar hooks, melody melody melody and yes… songs. wait, songs?! right.
after their major label conflict a few years back, the lads in Sergeant have since been hard at work on getting new and old material out to the world. “Counting Down the Days” is the new single of several which have been released via various indie’s the past few months. all of which, i can only hope are leading up to an album.. and tour in the states. right? again… eh?
when it comes to new UK artists, i always think about how the britpop explosion in the 90’s happened. for those who haven’t seen it..LIVE FOREVER: The Rise and Fall of Britpop is a brilliant documentary featuring the evolution of britpop from the 80’s to it’s “demise” in the late 90’s. it features priceless commentary on the subject from the gallaghers, jarvis cocker, damon albarn, blahblah soo many more. a great watch! check it below
rating: 8.3
