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Fatboy Slim: That Old Pair of Jeans Video
(16 May 2006) - Fatboy Slim is probably past his peak music-wise, but he's consistently had great videos. His latest premiered on British TV last night, and it's easily up there with the award winning classic videos by Spike Jonze for Praise You and Weapon of Choice. The new video for the single That Old Pair of Jeans features comedian Chris Bliss athletically juggling in time with the...
(16 May 2006) - Fatboy Slim is probably past his peak music-wise, but he's consistently had great videos. His latest premiered on British TV last night, and it's easily up there with the award winning classic videos by Spike Jonze for Praise You and Weapon of Choice. The new video for the single That Old Pair of Jeans features comedian Chris Bliss athletically juggling in time with the...
Chill. Radio
(15 May 2006) - When used to talk about music, chill has been a bit of a dirty word for a while. That ignores the fact though that sometimes, many of us still want to listen to just that. Digital radio is rapidly taking over in the UK, with dozens of stations cropping up all the time. Most choices are provided by the media's big players, but there...
(15 May 2006) - When used to talk about music, chill has been a bit of a dirty word for a while. That ignores the fact though that sometimes, many of us still want to listen to just that. Digital radio is rapidly taking over in the UK, with dozens of stations cropping up all the time. Most choices are provided by the media's big players, but there...
The New Gold Standard
(12 May 2006) - Three years in the business might seem like a too-brief span for a retrospective, but since 2003, Washington D.C.-based quartet the Fort Knox Five founded their own record label (called Fort Knox Recordings), remixed the likes of Tito Puente, Louis Armstrong, And Tower of Power, and collaborated with hip hop's elder statesman Africa Bambaataa—not to mention all the bodies they've got moving on the...
(12 May 2006) - Three years in the business might seem like a too-brief span for a retrospective, but since 2003, Washington D.C.-based quartet the Fort Knox Five founded their own record label (called Fort Knox Recordings), remixed the likes of Tito Puente, Louis Armstrong, And Tower of Power, and collaborated with hip hop's elder statesman Africa Bambaataa—not to mention all the bodies they've got moving on the...
Sonos ZP80
(11 May 2006) - Last month Sonos released their new Zone Player 80 (ZP80) and and I've been demoing the system ever since. The Sonos solution allows you to play your digital music throughout your house without having to run any wires between rooms. Playback can be controlled from software installed on your computer or by using the super intuitive wireless remote. The music remains on your computer...
(11 May 2006) - Last month Sonos released their new Zone Player 80 (ZP80) and and I've been demoing the system ever since. The Sonos solution allows you to play your digital music throughout your house without having to run any wires between rooms. Playback can be controlled from software installed on your computer or by using the super intuitive wireless remote. The music remains on your computer...
Guillemots
(08 May 2006) - When guillemots fly, they look hilarious. A little bit like a cliff-dwelling combination of a puffin and a penguin, they flap their wings like crazy before crash-landing in the sea. The black and white birds are utterly charming, and so is the band that has borrowed their name. Fronted by charismatic singer-songwriter Fyfe Dangerfield, the multinational quartet called Guillemots come from England, Scotland, Canada,...
(08 May 2006) - When guillemots fly, they look hilarious. A little bit like a cliff-dwelling combination of a puffin and a penguin, they flap their wings like crazy before crash-landing in the sea. The black and white birds are utterly charming, and so is the band that has borrowed their name. Fronted by charismatic singer-songwriter Fyfe Dangerfield, the multinational quartet called Guillemots come from England, Scotland, Canada,...
Fabriclive 27: DJ Format
(05 May 2006) - If you started with the general vibe of the Beastie Boys's Check Your Head, updated it with some of the best left-of-center hip-hop out there, smoothed it out with rare tracks from the 60s and beyond, and mixed it together seamlessly, the result would sound something like DJ Format's Fabriclive 27. The funk-infused album features Lyrics Born's smooth California flow, Cut Chemist's turntablist skills,...
(05 May 2006) - If you started with the general vibe of the Beastie Boys's Check Your Head, updated it with some of the best left-of-center hip-hop out there, smoothed it out with rare tracks from the 60s and beyond, and mixed it together seamlessly, the result would sound something like DJ Format's Fabriclive 27. The funk-infused album features Lyrics Born's smooth California flow, Cut Chemist's turntablist skills,...
Gnarls Barkley: "Crazy" Video
(27 April 2006) - After two years in the making, the collaboration between Grammy-nominated artists Cee-Lo and Dangermouse (aka Gnarls Barkley), St. Elsewhere debuted this week in the UK and comes out 9 May 2006 stateside. Already breaking records, Dangermouse blends diverse genres including soul, gospel, funk, and post-punk, with Cee-Lo's impressive vocals that hint at seminal crooners like Stevie Wonder. The upshot falls somewhere in between Sly...
(27 April 2006) - After two years in the making, the collaboration between Grammy-nominated artists Cee-Lo and Dangermouse (aka Gnarls Barkley), St. Elsewhere debuted this week in the UK and comes out 9 May 2006 stateside. Already breaking records, Dangermouse blends diverse genres including soul, gospel, funk, and post-punk, with Cee-Lo's impressive vocals that hint at seminal crooners like Stevie Wonder. The upshot falls somewhere in between Sly...
HiM: Peoples
(26 April 2006) - With a bandleader like Doug Scharin, whose other stints include June of 44, Codeine, Rex, and Direction in Music, it's no wonder that HiM's multivalent sound is as easy to compare to wildly experimental groups like Animal Collective as it is to call it postmodern Serge Gainsbourg. Eclectic African-infused instrumentation commingles with violins, dreamy melodies, funk-inflected horn sections, and intense, rhythmic vocals, making for...
(26 April 2006) - With a bandleader like Doug Scharin, whose other stints include June of 44, Codeine, Rex, and Direction in Music, it's no wonder that HiM's multivalent sound is as easy to compare to wildly experimental groups like Animal Collective as it is to call it postmodern Serge Gainsbourg. Eclectic African-infused instrumentation commingles with violins, dreamy melodies, funk-inflected horn sections, and intense, rhythmic vocals, making for...
Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings
(25 April 2006) - San Francisco-based Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings's exceptional debut, "Freeze-Die-Come To Life," adeptly moves from pastoral melodies and harmonies to more intricate chamber-style orchestrations—all in the course of an album recorded by Wolfking members and friends of Talbott's, Scott Hirsch and MC Taylor of the Court and Spark. The result of a year in the studio, the finely-wrought instrumentation has a late-Beatles feel, incorporating...
(25 April 2006) - San Francisco-based Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings's exceptional debut, "Freeze-Die-Come To Life," adeptly moves from pastoral melodies and harmonies to more intricate chamber-style orchestrations—all in the course of an album recorded by Wolfking members and friends of Talbott's, Scott Hirsch and MC Taylor of the Court and Spark. The result of a year in the studio, the finely-wrought instrumentation has a late-Beatles feel, incorporating...
Lilly Allen
(24 April 2006) - This is Lily Allen and there's a good reason for that knowing wink as she's highly likely to be the next musician to follow the Artic Monkeys' template and turn a buzz on MySpace into much wider success. The 20-year-old daughter of actor and sometime booze-hound Keith Allen, her voice is as effortless, sexy and enigmatic as Martina Topley-Bird, but her lyrics are as...
(24 April 2006) - This is Lily Allen and there's a good reason for that knowing wink as she's highly likely to be the next musician to follow the Artic Monkeys' template and turn a buzz on MySpace into much wider success. The 20-year-old daughter of actor and sometime booze-hound Keith Allen, her voice is as effortless, sexy and enigmatic as Martina Topley-Bird, but her lyrics are as...
Versionfest
(20 April 2006) - Chicago's 4th annual Versionfest is 18 days of experimental art, guerrilla graphics, indie music, political activism, and technology, opening today, 20 April 2006, and running through 7 May 2006. For the Urban Gardening and Exterior Decorating Show, artists painted and appropriated neglected spaces around the city into "charged public spaces." Opening night features a ‘kunsthalle’ and on Thursday 27 April, 2006, the festival hosts...
(20 April 2006) - Chicago's 4th annual Versionfest is 18 days of experimental art, guerrilla graphics, indie music, political activism, and technology, opening today, 20 April 2006, and running through 7 May 2006. For the Urban Gardening and Exterior Decorating Show, artists painted and appropriated neglected spaces around the city into "charged public spaces." Opening night features a ‘kunsthalle’ and on Thursday 27 April, 2006, the festival hosts...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Nugroove v1: Ellis and Arnold Live
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Welcome to the first episode in our new CH Video series, Nugroove—an exploration of musicians who are able to expand both what we hear and think.
This episode focuses on two critically acclaimed Detroit musicians; Jeremy Ellis and John Arnold. Ellis and Arnold have been playing together in an experimental live electronic format for over a decade.
On Friday 24 March 2006, during the Winter Music Conference week in Miami, Arnold and Ellis performed an eclectic set of sounds that touched nearly every style and taste—in one improvised set they manifested a sonic tour through jazz, soul and funk to latin, rock, techno, electro, breaks and hip hop.
The show took place as part of CO-OP MIAMI, an event organized by Goya Music and Amalgama at The District in Miami's Design District.
Soil & Pimp Sessions
(19 April 2006) - Gilles Peterson's Worldwide show is always spot on for a bit of inspiration. My ears pricked up when this jazz came on that was tight and tuneful, yet played at dizzyingly frenetic pace. Turns out it was by Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, a six-piece group from Japan who have just released their second long-player, Pimp Of The Year. It looks like it's only available...
(19 April 2006) - Gilles Peterson's Worldwide show is always spot on for a bit of inspiration. My ears pricked up when this jazz came on that was tight and tuneful, yet played at dizzyingly frenetic pace. Turns out it was by Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, a six-piece group from Japan who have just released their second long-player, Pimp Of The Year. It looks like it's only available...
Little People: Mickey Mouse Operation
(19 April 2006) - Like others schooled in hip-hop who make electronic music, UK-based Little People (aka Laurent Clerc) is like a soundtrack to an operatic cartoon. In fact, Clerc scored films and theater before coming up with the tracks that range from atmospheric and haunting to more bouncy beats and breaks on his debut instrumental album Mickey Mouse Operation, due out 8 May 2006. The upshot is...
(19 April 2006) - Like others schooled in hip-hop who make electronic music, UK-based Little People (aka Laurent Clerc) is like a soundtrack to an operatic cartoon. In fact, Clerc scored films and theater before coming up with the tracks that range from atmospheric and haunting to more bouncy beats and breaks on his debut instrumental album Mickey Mouse Operation, due out 8 May 2006. The upshot is...
The Vines: Vision Valley
(17 April 2006) - Three years after the debut of Highly Evolved, a 2004 release that barely registered, and frontman Craig Nicholls' diagnosis wth Aspergers, the Vines have a new album that came out this month called Vision Valley. Haters can say what they like, sometimes good old pop-infused rock that does little more than validate the originality of their influences just feels good. Vision Valley is full...
(17 April 2006) - Three years after the debut of Highly Evolved, a 2004 release that barely registered, and frontman Craig Nicholls' diagnosis wth Aspergers, the Vines have a new album that came out this month called Vision Valley. Haters can say what they like, sometimes good old pop-infused rock that does little more than validate the originality of their influences just feels good. Vision Valley is full...
The Streets: When You Wasn't Famous
(11 April 2006) - I'm not famous, per se, and like most unfamous people I get annoyed by celebrities that go on and on about what a drag it is. But the Streets' Mike Skinner has finally given us a concrete reason for why it sucks: It's all those fucking camera phones. On When You Wasn't Famous, the bouncy, paranoid first single from the soon-to-be-released new Street’s record...
(11 April 2006) - I'm not famous, per se, and like most unfamous people I get annoyed by celebrities that go on and on about what a drag it is. But the Streets' Mike Skinner has finally given us a concrete reason for why it sucks: It's all those fucking camera phones. On When You Wasn't Famous, the bouncy, paranoid first single from the soon-to-be-released new Street’s record...
LCD Soundsystem: Introns
(11 April 2006) - In a watershed year for the remix album, LCD Soundsystem's latest drop, Introns, a collection of b-sides, remixes, and other rarities, is a fresh spin on the breakout success of their 2005 self-titled release. With some of the biggest names in electronic music onboard, well-known tracks like the siren-heavy "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Soulwax Shibuya Mix)" get high-energy updates for the...
(11 April 2006) - In a watershed year for the remix album, LCD Soundsystem's latest drop, Introns, a collection of b-sides, remixes, and other rarities, is a fresh spin on the breakout success of their 2005 self-titled release. With some of the biggest names in electronic music onboard, well-known tracks like the siren-heavy "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Soulwax Shibuya Mix)" get high-energy updates for the...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: M3 Summit
(10 April 2006) -
Ringtones. Wallpapers. Flavor for your phone.
(10 April 2006) -
Ringtones. Wallpapers. Flavor for your phone.
Hobart Smith: In Sacred Trust
(31 March 2006) - On this album of never-before-released work, mountain music virtuoso Hobart Smith, plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and piano as well as singing, clog-dancing and reminiscing. All of the songs were taped shortly before Smith died in 1965 and they take you on a personal journey back to the lost era of old time Appalachian music. The album includes well known pieces like "Black Annie" and...
(31 March 2006) - On this album of never-before-released work, mountain music virtuoso Hobart Smith, plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and piano as well as singing, clog-dancing and reminiscing. All of the songs were taped shortly before Smith died in 1965 and they take you on a personal journey back to the lost era of old time Appalachian music. The album includes well known pieces like "Black Annie" and...
M3 Summit 2006
(29 March 2006) - Already in its third year the M3 Summit is beginning to take shape as an informative, energetic and eclectic festival. It is the ideal alternative to shivering through late March in New York. M3 in sunny Miami Beach makes you feel like you are cheating on winter with spring. This past weekend the Surf Comber and National hotels on Collins Ave in Miami Beach...
(29 March 2006) - Already in its third year the M3 Summit is beginning to take shape as an informative, energetic and eclectic festival. It is the ideal alternative to shivering through late March in New York. M3 in sunny Miami Beach makes you feel like you are cheating on winter with spring. This past weekend the Surf Comber and National hotels on Collins Ave in Miami Beach...
Jun: Always Loving You—Love Songs in 5 Languages
(29 March 2006) - Add a little international flare to your romantic dinner with Japanese singer Jun's album of love songs. Born on a farm in Japan, Jun began singing along with Japanese and American pop songs he heard on the radio before he could walk. After a career as a caberet soloist in Japan and appearances Off-Broadway in NYC, he has recorded Always Loving You—Love Songs in...
(29 March 2006) - Add a little international flare to your romantic dinner with Japanese singer Jun's album of love songs. Born on a farm in Japan, Jun began singing along with Japanese and American pop songs he heard on the radio before he could walk. After a career as a caberet soloist in Japan and appearances Off-Broadway in NYC, he has recorded Always Loving You—Love Songs in...
The Trip
(29 March 2006) - This is a very early heads up, I admit, but trust me, it's worth it. The Trip has been one of the best-conceived compilation series of the past couple of years, allowing as it does a choice number of DJs and musicians to let their many and varied tastes run wild over a double-album. Eclectic is an understatement. Of the seven releases so far,...
(29 March 2006) - This is a very early heads up, I admit, but trust me, it's worth it. The Trip has been one of the best-conceived compilation series of the past couple of years, allowing as it does a choice number of DJs and musicians to let their many and varied tastes run wild over a double-album. Eclectic is an understatement. Of the seven releases so far,...
Ministry of Sound's Minibar
(23 March 2006) - Fifteen years since the original club opened in London's Elephant and Castle, Ministry of Sound has evolved beyond all recognition into a truly global brand. These days, it doesn't just sell dance music of all shades, but also the audio equipment to listen to it on, and even clubbing holidays to places like Egypt. Ministry's latest off-shoot is the Minibar, which aims to be...
(23 March 2006) - Fifteen years since the original club opened in London's Elephant and Castle, Ministry of Sound has evolved beyond all recognition into a truly global brand. These days, it doesn't just sell dance music of all shades, but also the audio equipment to listen to it on, and even clubbing holidays to places like Egypt. Ministry's latest off-shoot is the Minibar, which aims to be...
Simon Joyner: Beautiful Losers
(21 March 2006) - You know that weird musician friend of yours that would be huge if he wasn’t such an asshole and didn’t smoke so much pot? Simon Joyner strikes me as that kind of guy, only he got a few breaks along the way and achieved a small celebrity among a group of artists who shun the limelight (a patch that includes Mountain Goats and Will...
(21 March 2006) - You know that weird musician friend of yours that would be huge if he wasn’t such an asshole and didn’t smoke so much pot? Simon Joyner strikes me as that kind of guy, only he got a few breaks along the way and achieved a small celebrity among a group of artists who shun the limelight (a patch that includes Mountain Goats and Will...
SXSW Highlights
(21 March 2006) - SXSW is:...Southern sui generis, like this sign reminding people not to forget their cowboy hats or oil boom-era cell phones in their rental car. ...finding the way out of a labyrinth movie theater with help from Rachel McIntosh, who won an award at SXSW for her charming pop-up book-based music video called Don't Fuck With Love by The Sad Little Stars. Turns out the...
(21 March 2006) - SXSW is:...Southern sui generis, like this sign reminding people not to forget their cowboy hats or oil boom-era cell phones in their rental car. ...finding the way out of a labyrinth movie theater with help from Rachel McIntosh, who won an award at SXSW for her charming pop-up book-based music video called Don't Fuck With Love by The Sad Little Stars. Turns out the...
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