Vincent Black Shadow “Wooden Kimono”

Since their debut record came out in 2005, Vincent Black Shadow has: gotten a new bassist, gotten kicked out of their own SXSW showcase, been picked up and dropped by a now bankrupt UK label (Alan McGee’s Poptones Records) before their record even came out, gotten banned from at least one if not many clubs […]

Mickey Hart “Udu Chant” & “Dance of the Hunters Fire”

Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart’s innovative Planet Drum CD convened some of the world’s finest drum talent for a collaboration that won the very first GRAMMY for world music. Shout! Factory recently reissued the album, and you can listen to a couple of tracks off of it:

The Dino 5 “Dino 5 Theme”

Some of the most respected names in hip hop have joined forces for a new album, due out April 1, featuring Chali 2na (Jurassic 5), Prince Paul (Stetsasonic, De La Soul), Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets) Scratch (the Roots), and Wordsworth (eMC). This all-star cast makes up a quintet known as The Dino 5, and their […]

Anthony David “Words” feat. India.Arie

India.Arie musical partner and R&B sensation Anthony David will be the first artist to release an album under the new Universal Republic Records label SoulBird Music, with his much anticipated major label offering, Acey Deucey, scheduled for in-store release on June 17th. Here’s the track “Words,” featuring India.Arie, from his last album, The Red Clay […]

Langhorne Slim “Rebel Side of Heaven”

Langhorn Slim is a busy man. He’s getting ready to release a new self-titled album, and leading up to that he’s going on a two month long tour of the US, including a few dates with Josh Ritter. On top of all that, the poor guy has to suffer a spot on the Late Show […]

Noel Gourdin “The River”

Regarding his single “The River,” Noel Gourdin has this to say: “Both my grandparents lived in Mississippi about 3 hours from Biloxi and I spent every summer with them, so I really soaked up that atmosphere and history. My grandfather had just died and I was really thinking about him, and in the Deep South […]

Katy Perry “Ur So Gay” video

Equating “gay” with “unsatisfactory” really irritates me. I wish that slang would die a horrible death. Meanwhile, we have Katy Perry’s new video for “Ur So Gay”:

Kate Walsh “Tonight”

UK-based singer/songwriter Kate Walsh (not the Grey’s Anatomy actress of the same name) is preparing for a May tour in the US. Listen to her song “Tonight”: