Demoville!
August Darnell (Kid Creole and the Coconuts) is giving away a ton of demos on Reverbnation. Very cool stuff. Grab em here (requires signup to Reverbnation)

One for the vinyl junkies
A1 Records, downstairs in the vaults. Damn!



The Belly of the Beat from Gasface on Vimeo.

Don't believe the hype
From the Village Voice, The decade in music genre hype, explained. Electroclash, Mashups, Blog house, Glitch, Underground hiphop, Grime, Freak folk, Hipster metal, and more get cut to shreds. Very entertaining. Try this...

"DANCE-PUNK...

Hype Cycle: 2002–2005

Key Artists: The Rapture, Radio 4, !!!

What It Was: A mix of early-'80s dance-y post-punk bands like A Certain Ratio . . . and early-'00s posturing about how you own an A Certain Ratio record.

Creative Peak: The Rapture, "House of Jealous Lovers" 12-inch [2002]

Typically Effusive Praise at the Time: "Bands like the Rapture have sent their message: The rock show was not meant to be a collegiate study. We have all stopped caring what snotty academics find acceptable, because now there is real, true, palpable fun, and it is the greatest liberation." —Pitchfork, 2003

What Happened?: Franz Ferdinand figured out how to get real money, so dance-punk's coolness sputtered to a halt once it spawned watered-down major-label cash-ins (the Bravery), watered-down indie-label cash-ins (Bloc Party), and super-glossy pop cash-ins that still defy all logic (Ashlee Simpson's 2005 single "Boyfriend").

Rare Augustus Pablo
Spied via Stink Inc, this looks good... check it here Unreleased bootleg CD recorded 1977?
Produced by Everton Da Silva. All dusty dub tracks and two vocal cuts by Delroy Williams.

The Revival - Women in hiphop doco.
"The Revival gives a candid glimpse into the first meeting of legendary Hip-Hop pioneer Roxanne Shante and veteran Philly emcee Bahamadia, as they trade stories of their struggles and triumphs in the industry over their long careers ... This short documentary, a collage of performances and behind the scenes footage, was filmed by Invincible while on the road in Europe as part of We-B Girlz all women independent Hip-Hop tour.."


THE REVIVAL from EMERGENCE Media on Vimeo.

From Potholes in my Blog, also, here's their Top 10 Hiphop albums for 2009.

Ring The Alarm, BaseFM, Jan2 playlist
Nuffwish - Loaded chalice
Dubblestandart - Pre-emptive dub (Sly n Robbie remix)
Serge Gainsbourg - Des laid des laid
Various - Got to be at that party
Beat pharmacy - Ghost ships feat Space ape
LV - Globetrotting feat Errol Bellot
Sister Nancy -Aint no stopping Nancy
Derrick Morgan - Fat man
AIFF - Let it roll
Romanowski -Train song remix (DJ Sureshot)
Roy Ayers - Funk in the hole (PPP remix)
William Bell - I forgot to be your lover
Sharon Jones and the Dapkings - Giving up
Open souls - Hold you close dub
Michael Rose - Sailor gone a sea
Taxi gang and Lenky - Soul limbo
Sly n Robbie - Ballistic squeeze
Noiseshaper - This is not as gunthing
King midas sound - Meltdown
Jimi Tenor and Kabu Kabu - Me I say yes
Kokolo - Magnificent seven
Material w Nona Hendryx - Bustin out
B52s - Planet Claire
Guts - And the living is easy
Mike Zoot feat Labba - Spread love remix
Afrikan simba - Power in the word
General Levy - Monkeyman