Who doesn’t like fun.? Seriously how can you not, especially my AZ peeps who loved The Format back in the day. Here’s one more reason to love fun., their new track “We Are Young” featuring the insanely talented Janelle Monae. I heard them perform this the last show I attended but damn does it sound great now.
He was one of my favorite performers at Bonnaroo and now that he just signed to Glassnote Records, Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover is already dropping some new tracks. Give a listen to “Bonfire” and hear for yourself. Also I don’t know if it’s just me but at times the beat sounds like Lil Wayne’s “6 Foot 7 Foot.” Can’t wait for the album!
One day closer to pandemonium in Las Vegas and two nights of Deadmau5 concerts at The Cosmopolitan. Check out this video I shot at Lollapalooza last month to see what you can expect from his new stage setup (apologies it has taken me so long to upload and share this). Fair warning the audio is terrible but the visuals are worth it. Also about two minutes in Sofi comes out.
Enjoy!
What a glorious new music Tuesday it is with O.A.R. dropping their new album King. You can grab it on iTunes HERE.
Less than a month until O.A.R. releases King and August 2 can’t come soon enough. Here’s another track off the upcoming album, “Taking On The World Today” which has now become my latest music obsession. I also listened to the live version the band played at the Dave Matthews Band Caravan a couple weeks ago in Atlantic City and yeah, WINNER!
Another band from across the pond that has grabbed my attention is To Kill A King. There is not much to go off of right now but the folk-rock quintuplet from London do have a single out, “Fictional State.” Give a listen.
Putting the finishing touches on what should be a killer summer playlist and I figure why not tease it a little with this new track, “Can You Feel It” from Sublime with Rome featuring Wiz Khalifa. Also Sublime with Rome are getting set to drop their album Yours Truly, July 12.
Southwest Airlines has really pulled a fast one on customers this time. The airline recently announced in honor of its 40th birthday they would be giving away a 40 song playlist for FREE. Not even a week after announcing and launching this has Southwest pulled the promotion and only saying “We apologize, but due to popular demand the free playlist is no longer available. Check out the artists we love on iTunes below.”
This is wrong in so many ways but I mean what did they think was going to happen; people weren’t actually going to download the music because they haven’t heard of most if not all of the artists? For many people their favorite four letter word is FREE. Was this a deal rigged with iTunes to try and get people to purchase the songs and some sort of revenue generator? Who really knows the truth but what a lame and pathetic job by Southwest.
Something that could have been such a positive has become a negative very quickly. And you know what; I bet those artists would have loved for millions of people to be introduced to their music.
Looks like no cake will be served at this anniversary party.
Do You Hear The Music? 