The Liar - Future Roots Vol. 2

Here's a sweet dubstep mix by NYC based "The Liar" (aka. Mike Mazzotta), one half of the duo "Future Sounds of Brooklyn". You can find more info here and pay attention to their parties poppin' in NYC.

Track list:

Shallow - Joanna Newsom (16bit RMX)
Broken - Martyn
Visions and Dreams - Landslide
Expansions - Sigha
Paradigm Shift - Headhunter
Rut - Joe
Walk Through Walls - Untold
Acquarius - Kloke
The Untitled Dub - F
Rain Mind - Giant
Action Potential - Jus Wan
Bon Feat. Zhakee - Von D
Plumes - Kontext (ReLocate MX)
93 Till Infinity - Souls of Mischief (KidLogic RMX)

Get it here

The Beets - Spit On The Face Of People Who Don't Want To Be Cool

Well, thanks to that virus my PC caught courtesy of the PC's in my school I had to reformat my computer and thus erasing EVERYTHING in it, yes painfully including my music, all of IT. So now coming out of a music uploading time freeze and rehashing my music library I want to present to you, The Beets from Brooklyn NY. Found out about these dudes while attending an after party continuing a drunken binge after seeing the migthy Reigning Sound and fellow friends from Davila 666. One of the guys in the band gave a cd to my girlfriend while I was in the bar gettin another free beer and she tryin not to pass out (nice try, bub). Didn't get to hear the cd until we reached PR, while listening to it back in the island i thought to myself "wow, not to shabby in fact not bad at all". Now musicwise these guys have an affinity for garage very noticeable but not your over the top screaming incoheriencies garage they have a more twangy an catchy laid back approach. 

I encourage you to listen. 

Oneida - The Wedding

One of Brooklyn's finest.

"Oneida have become one of the more rewarding groups in experimental music in the mid-2000s, since they're so unfailingly curious about all their detours. Catatonic psych-rock, heavy blues dirge, post-punk, garage, the anxious blipping of a vintage keyboard -- it's all fair territory for them. 2005's Wedding is no different. Hanoi Jane, Kid Millions, and Bobby Matador drop some inventive pop with "You're Drifting" and "High Life," two songs with real melodies that still manage the unlikely instrumentation and the misdirection you've come to expect. A violin punctuates an exalted ending chorus, blurry organs wail, and -- of course -- someone pisses in Prospect Park. Both songs are like more lucid versions of those Eric Gaffney contributions on Sebadoh's old albums. ("Holy Picture" on III being just one example.) But that's only one facet of Wedding. Speaking of violins, the album begins with "Eiger," where the Swiss mountaintop becomes a place for proclamations to pretty German girls and a full chamber quartet. "Run Through My Hair" matches a brittle mandolin to electric guitar stabs and treated drums for some great psyche weirdness, while "Heavenly Choir" is some clammy sewer drain version of 1970s boogie rock, like an alternate universe Edgar Winter Group. None of these tangents sound forced, or made for the sake of being screwy. Instead they're twisty vines off a central root. So when Oneida opens the nearly eight-minute "Beginning Is Nigh" with a light saber warble and some steadily building organ, you know you're in for a ride. Unfortunately, you're not -- there's a guy mumbling, and a guitar making some noise, but nothing really happens. That's okay, though. Oneida come right back with "August Morning Haze," which brings the strings back to match wits with the liquid tones of a Rhodes and some more impressive vocal harmonies. Wedding might not be Oneida's most way-out album, but it's as satisfyingly restless as anything in their catalog. " - Johnny Loftus

Nigh

Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo

One of my favorite hip hop albums in recent years. Spank Rock bust out the party rap (influenced heavily by Baltimore club music) in full effect all while maintaining an underground vibe as well. Naeem Juwan's lyrics are hilarious and ironically raunchy mainly inspired by 2 Live Crew (ex. the chorus of "Coke & wet, bitch, guns, nigga, holla!" on the appropriately titled "Coke & Wet") while XXXChange's production is one of the true highlights of the record. The classically trained producer throws out some incredibly clever beats that never sound repetitive or cliched. Easily one of the best producers right now. Check out their live show as well if you want to have a good time.

Ass-shaking competition champ

Gang Gang Dance - God's Money

I was having trouble coming up with something to write about this album so I asked a few friends what they thought about it. Here were their opinions:

Arnaldo (AJ Davila, Maxine Hi-Fi, ext..):

"Papiii la demenciaaaaaa."

Jose (revkunin):

"Drum music for hipsters instead of hippies." (note: It may not sound like it but Rev does like the album.)

Kemuel (Sandunga Cat):

"The Residents meet Buffy St Marie on a tiki hut."

If you still don't have an idea what this sounds like just listen to it and figure out for yourself.

Para Fernando y Danny

Gang Gang Dance live in Paris.

  

A recent performance by one of Brooklyn's finest. The song is "Egowar" off their great album "God's Money".

More info here.