Cold Beer and Hot Music: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Pitchfork's Surprisingly Good (8.0) Review of Flockaveli

Flockaveli is for people who find M.O.P. too polite, Silkk the Shocker too relaxed, and Blaq Poet too introspective. Waka Flocka Flame is an unrepentant street-rap hardhead-- as much a descendant of New York aggro-thugs like DMX or Screwball as early 2000s southern club rappers. Producer Lex Luger provides most of Flockaveli's thunderous accompaniment, while a parade of no-name/street-fame character-rappers (plus, inexplicably, Wale) give the album the chaotic tone of a street brawl. But at the record's violent core, Waka Flocka Flame stands as a gangsta rap giant whose lack of range is more than made up for by his grizzled bark.

Anyone coming to this record expecting wordplay, or criticizing it for its lack thereof, is missing the point completely: Flockaveli thrives on Waka's fresh approach to the same generation gap-widening narrative that's driven street rap since before N.W.A. That doesn't mean he can't rap; instead, Waka sells on the way his personality bleeds through his vocals and phrasing, the way his voice rolls, "I'ma die for this, shawty, I swwweartogod," on "Hard in Da Paint", imprinting his vocals in the most memorable possible way: "Mizz-ayy management, shit, that my motherrr."

Read full review at Pitchfork.com

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@robynkonichiwa - Indestructible [Video]

New video for @robynkonichiwa's single "Indestructible". I know some nice Dubstep remixes will be comin from this one.

Pixies Give Away 2004 Coachella Performance

Reunited alt-rock pioneers Pixies are relaunching their website, and to mark the occasion, they're giving away a free live show recording. It's a doozy: The band's triumphant set atCoachella 2004, an early example of the band in post-reunion fighting form. You can download the 20-song, hour-long set at this website.

The band will upload new live show recordings every week to their site, which will be available for purchase. Right now, in addition to the Coachella set, you can buy a show from 1988 in Manchester, England, as well as the band's first reunion show, which took place April 13, 2004 in Minneapolis. To help keep the series and the rest of the website going, the band is asking fans to share their own photos and videos of Pixies shows on the website.

Courtesy of Pitchfork.com

Krist Novoselic and Butch Vig to Appear on New @foofighters LP

In an interview with Radio 1's Zane Lowe, former Nirvana drummer/current @foofighters leader Dave Grohl revealed that his ex-Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic will guest on bass on the new Foo Fighters record. The band is currently at work on the album, recording inGrohl's garage. Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana's Nevermind, is behind the boards. That means we've got three of the four people most responsible for Nevermind, all on one record together. A few days ago, the Foo Fighters' Twitter posted a photo of all three together (shown above).

The Black Keys to Release Box Set

On Black Friday, November 26, Ohio blues-rockers the Black Keys will release a special limited edition, numbered box set version of their 2010 album Brothers. The set includes the album in two formats (CD and double 45-rpm vinyl), a bonus 10" record with six previously unreleased live songs, and a limited-edition poster.