This video is related to the terror caused by the menace that is Joseph Kony. Appropriately timed while interest is very high because of the Kony 2012 project, this video is about the mothers of the children stolen and forced to kill in Kony’s army. They are hoping to reach their children via radio broadcasts by calling and singing to them to let them know they are forgiven and to please come home. There is NO other way for these mothers to get messages to these kids in the jungle.
The Voice Project raises money to build the radio towers throughout and around the jungle. Please watch this video (actually made by Invisible Children co-founder Bobby Bailey, who shot a lot of Kony 2012). It encourages people to buy a scarf with the money going to build the towers.
Please share the video. This project coupled with any efforts to actually stop Kony could yield real results for the first time in over a decade.
Escort has been setting dance floors ablaze with their disco-infused beats, irresistibly catchy hooks and seductive live show since releasing a series of 12” singles in 2006. Those who have not had a chance to experience the band’s energized live show will have several chances to catch the band at SXSW including the outdoor stage at SPIN Magazine’sshow @ Stubbs. The band will also play a special Last.FM “Live In NYC show on March 23.
For an early taste of the 17-piece disco party powerhouse, check out the brand new “Why Oh Why” video, created by Marisol Baltierra.
Escort Tour Dates
3/16: SXSW @ Stubbs, (SPIN Party), 1:30pm
3/16: SXSW @ Empire Automotive (Keep A Breast Foundation, Official Showcase), 1am
3/17: SXSW @ Malverde (Bond Showcase), 7:30-8:15pm DJ SET
3/23: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl w/ DFA DJs, Last.FM “Live In NYC”
Escort’s highly anticipated self-titled debut record has received acclaim from New York Times, The New Yorker, Pitchfork, WNYC Soundcheck, The Village Voice, RCRD LBL and more. The seventeen-member “disco orchestra”, founded by producers Eugene Cho and Dan Balis, and fronted by lead singer Adeline Michèle, features an incredible cast of musicians who have played with everyone from indie-rock titans Arcade Fire to avant-classical luminaries Alarm Will Sound. Steeped in the venerable tradition of club-land’s holy trinity, New York, Chicago, and Detroit, Escort’s self-titled new album pays homage to mutant-pop luminaries such as Kid Creole and the Coconuts & Ian Dury.While embracing the legacy of these forward-thinking but classic acts, Escort has managed to create something strikingly new.
Featuring the theatrical masterpiece “Caméleon Chameleon,” the piercing horns and silky smooth vocals of “A Bright New Life” and “Makeover” which effortlessly explores the lost possibilities of another era the album also includes versions of their 12” DJ releases remixed, re-mastered, rearranged, and re-recorded specially for the LP, completing the album as a sonic experience from beginning to end. Escort’s long-awaited debut LP was released January 31st on vinyl and CD as well as iTunes and all digital retailers through Escort Records.
Fedde le Grand returns with his first track of 2012, the Deniz Koyu & Johan Wedel collaboration “Turn It”. Check out the cool video above that makes the viewer feel kinda like they’re in on a part of the whole collaboration.
After FIVE Beatport no.1 hits last year alone, the world has been on tenterhooks to see what Fedde unleashes as his first production of the new year – and from the first listen it’s safe to say “Turn It” totally smashes it.
Classic le Grand with an electric Koyu and Wedel twist, the track has unsurprisingly proved a hit with the biggest EDM artists throwing their considerable support behind it.
Fedde le Grand, Deniz Koyu & Johan Wedel – “Turn It” is released through Flamingo Recordings and available exclusively on Beatport from March 19th.
“Watching You Watch Him,” the first single from Eric Hutchinson’s upcoming album Moving Up Living Down, tied with Coldplay’s new single for Most Added in its first week at Triple A radio, where it has since rocketed into the Top 20. “Watching You Watch Him” is already Top 50 at the Hot AC format and was heard in the opening minutes of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy season premiere.
Fans who purchase the single on iTunes will instantly receive a free download of the teaser video for “Breakdown More.” Originally included on his independently released live EP Before I Sold Out, “Breakdown More” has been a fan favorite, so Hutchinson at last included it on Moving Up Living Down.
Hutchinson, a Warner Bros. Records artist, will kick off a headlining tour at Denver’s Bluebird Theatre on April 17th, coinciding with the release date of Moving Up Living Down. Moving Up Living Down is the follow-up to Hutchinson’s full-length debut album, Sounds Like This, which entered Billboard’s Heatseekers chart at No. 1 and featured the Triple A No. 1 singe “Rock & Roll.”
From its first single “Watching You Watch Him,”which Perezhilton.com likened to “a happier version of Adele’s ‘Someone Like You,'” to the reggae lilt of opener “Talk is Cheap,” and a smoking celebration of classic soul music entitled “The Basement,” Moving Up Living Down taps a spectrum of influences that includes Paul Simon, the Beatles, and Stevie Wonder and integrates them into a truly Hutchinsonian whole. Moving Up Living Down makes good on the promise of Sounds Like This, which Popmatters.com hailed as “refreshingly inventive and uniquely soulful” and The Washington Post praised for its “clever songs, quirky grooves.”
Hutchinson was selected as a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist and performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Happy Friday! Here’s two cool vids for ya. (Disclaimer: These two videos are in no way alike. So, if you don’t like one, maybe you’ll like the other….or be like me and like both.)
“…music that shimmers like a sky full of fireworks” – NME“
catchy and anthemic indie-dance” – The Guardian
“UK reverby rockers” – BrooklynVegan
Perseverance and dedication are two things that the members of Zulu Winter are very familiar with. The four guys from Oxfordshire, England came together in their teens over a shared love of music and have been collaborating ever since. Now, twelve years after their first practice as a band, Zulu Winter is gearing up to release Language, a debut album that has the immediate appeal of pop while at the same time packed with emotional insight. Inspired by everything from 19th century literature to obscure ‘60s electronica, Language will be released in North America on June 19th via Arts & Crafts.
Language is a collection of multi-dimensional songs that bleed with sentiment and syncopated dance beats. The album opens with “Key To My Heart,” a sincere message of love that showcases the depth and richness of the band’s sound with layers of swirling instrumentation. The upbeat “Silver Tongue” is driven by an energetic bass line that leads to a danceable chorus. “Bitter Moon” is an emotionally charged track hinged on a powerful chorus, inviting listeners to experience a vulnerable side of the band. “We Should Be Swimming” is a melancholic pop-song running over a compelling rhythm. Zulu Winter released a chilling video for the track, and today they have released the song as a free MP3 download.
Having played sold-out shows across Europe alongside acts like Friendly Fires and The Horrors, Zulu Winter is ready to bring its energetic live show to the US. The band will be hitting the road for a string of US dates this month, including multiple performances at SXSW. Be sure to catch Zulu Winter live in your city!
3/14: SXSW @ The Mohawk (Eat Your Own Ears & Laneway), 3:30pm
3/15: SXSW @ Cedar Street Courtyard (Filter Magazine party), 1pm
3/15: SXSW @ Latitude 30 (Clash Music UK party), 3pm
Swedish native Soso will release her debut album That Time I Dug So Deep I Ended Up In China, May 1, 2012. Today Soso releases the companion video to her power pop version of cult legend Cody ChesnuTT’s song “My Women My Guitars” which PerezHilton recently noted has “hints of Lauryn Hill and Amy Winehouse”.
“This is soooooooooooo good!!!” – PerezHilton
“Soso shifts from an Adele-brand of defeatism to Beyoncé’s confidence in just a few chords.” – Interview Magazine
“Soso is Swedish superpower composed of Monica Belluci’s face, Robyn’s voice and Adele’s heartbreak.”– RCRD LBL
That Time I Dug So Deep I Ended Up In China features single “Who’s Gonna Love Me,” a slow-building pop gem that battles intimate issues like insecurity and abandonment, with a “fuck-you” attitude. “Happy People” is a soulful and bittersweet song evoking an earlier time, when life was simple and free from complication. “Joaquin Phoenix” is a one-take-love-song to the decadent actor that Soso recorded impulsively after watching his mockumentary “I’m Still Here” in 2010. The record is also cut with a number of lush preludes and semi-instrumentals, including “Sab Lackath,” on which Soso recorded herself crying and edited it into rhythmic beats. It is clear that within the parameters of her technique, Soso truly invites us to her inner most private places.
I just listened to this 5 times in a row. I love it.
According to Kate, Hand Me My Bow And Arrow, was a difficult second album to make, but not for the usual reasons of writer’s block or procrastination. Instead, the Townsville songstress was beset by a series of battles throughout the writing and recording process, beginning with family breakdown, and followed up by lost jobs, discarded boyfriends, unpaid rent and being evacuated from her house to escape a cyclone.
“The album came together surprisingly easily”, Kate explains, “I wasn’t exactly short of material to write about.” Candle Burnin’ Wax Drippin’ is about the relationship that are you know will fail from the start, but you stay in it regardless.
Hand Me My Bow And Arrow will be released through Shock Records on March 23.
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