Fitz and the Tantrums live

After seeing this clip, I've decided to buy a lotto ticket this week, and when I win a gazillion dollars, the first thing I'm gonna do is buy a plane ticket to Los Angeles and go and see Fitz and the Tantrums play live. These folk are phenomenally good. (Source)



Free download of their tune Moneygrabber...

Fitz and The Tantrums - Money Grabber by The Clothes Hangar

Tally ho!

Sounds interesting... "A discussion on the future of music distribution, particularly in relation to the possibilities of the online environment, will take place at the Adam Art Gallery in Wellington next Wednesday September 1 (6 - 8pm). Speakers include Roger Shepherd of Flying Nun Records, Annabel Youens and Jeff Mitchell from MusicHype, music critic Simon Sweetman and several other Wellington-based independent music agents. The event will workshop ideas and provide practical tools to consider the role of the record label now." Via NZ Musician.

Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington
Gate 3, Kelburn Parade. Next to the Student Union Building
Wednesday 1 September 20106-8pm. Refreshments provided.

Guns of Brixton

The downside of affordable technology is mediocrity - Don Letts, from The Guardian - This Much I Know. Few excerpts...

Everything I learned about my culture came through reggae. The first time I heard about [political activist] Marcus Garvey was through music, not school.

I gave a lecture last week and the kids in the audience said, "Don, you sound like an angry old man." I said, "It's because you kids aren't bloody angry enough."

Hat tip to P-Money for the link via Twitter.

Ring The Alarm playlist, BaseFM, Aug 28

Love Unlimited orchestra - King kong -Danny Krivit edit
Speedometer - Work it out - Beatfanatic remix
Shannon - Let the music play
Colman Borthers - She who dares - lounge mix
Seu Jorge and Almaz - The model
Augustus Pablo - Aquarius rock
Prince Jammy - Interboro dub
Brando - Conquering lion - Binghi riddim
Steven Stanley feat Skully - Dub version - Binghi riddim
Dark Angel - People come to
Jay Z at Studio One - Dirt off the shoulder
Jean Jacques Perrey and Luke Vibert - Ye olde beatbox
Sola rosa - Lady love - Bigga Bush version
Phillip Cohran and the artistic heritage ensemble - New frankiphone blues
Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics - Cha cha
Pharoah roche - Sun of a beach - London mix
Fitz and the tantrums - Money grabber
Belleruche - 56% proof
Gil Scott Heron - Lady Day and John Coltrane
Johnny Hammond Smith - Fantasy
Reverso 68 - Piece together - Todd Terje mix
Shad - Yaa I get it
J Rawls - Lee Morgan story
Joi - Hurts sometimes
Piero Umiliani - Truck driver
Freddie Kruger - Something good

Skateboarders from hell!

Spotted this mad clip on legendary photographer Glen E Friedman's blog  - also go read his post on the mosque protesters in New York and how he and his friend Russell Simmons put up some controversial posters to counter them.... "This was warrented by all the insanity surrounding the proposed building of a new Muslim mosque about six blocks away from "Ground Zero" (never mind that there is already a mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero already, for 40 years)..."

Money grabber

Fitz and the Tantrums hail from Los Angeles, and serve up a healthy dose of Motown shimmer and soul swagger. Their debut album has just dropped, check this....



Get the album "Pickin' Up The Pieces" here: http://www.fitzandthetantrums.com/store
AND there's a free download of Moneygrabber on their site here. Check out some more info on the band (audio, videos) at Flavourwire.

Here's the band playing live...

Happy birthday!

My blog turns seven today. Wow.

Open Souls get cheesy

The Open Souls drop a mad-ass 80s remix of their tune Dollars, off the latest album from this splendid kiwi combo, Standing In The Rain. Not a million miles away from the choice dance sequence in the film Boy....

Rock the casbah

Stumbled on this while looking for Todd Terje edits, as you do...  really nice edit of Rock the Casbah by The Clash, lotsa percussion and sax. Check it here

Bonus points - Mustapha dance (the original instrumental mix of Rock the Casbah)

Edit by Mr Krivit

Danny Krivit discussing the art of the edit. Can't wait to hear the new Strut comp from him - Edits By Mr. K Vol. 2 (out Sept 14) Track lists looks killer too.