King Megatrip continues his A Year In The Soul Society series with the March installment, lots of quality tracks to listen to. Here are some of the songs on this month’s mix:
Ohmega Watts-Triple Double
Marva Whitney-Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear
The Metros-Since I Found My Baby
Don Covay-Yo Yo (Pt. One)
Mike Snow-Animial (Mark Ronson Remix)
Mr. Chop-Shut Em Down
Young MC-Know How (Gutter Remix)
For the full track listing, and the link to download, click here. If you missed the first two installments in this series, click there.
Together, they are The Residents, and when they released the album Open House in Japan last year, fans of both of them were wondering when it was going to come out stateside. Through Domination Recordings, they are making the album available as a free download. Open House features Rob Swift, Understanding, Edo G., Cadence and Ohmega Watts among others.
There is a slight tie-in, since the cover art for Open House seems to be based on the homes from the intro to the 1980’s ABC sitcom, Full House, which was based in San Francisco:
Cloud Nothings is a one man band in the studio, the “group” identity of one Dylan Baldi. His 2009 debut album was released last year on Bridgetown on CD and cassette. Today (February 23rd), Turning On makes its vinyl debut through Speakertree Records (order here.) The vinyl version features one extra song not on the CD/cassette version, and comes with a download code so you can have the entire album as MP3’s.
Cloud Nothings is keeping busy with a brand new 7″ 45 on the Group Tightener label called “Morgan”/”Another Man”, with “Another Man” being a non-LP B-side (nice). Only 250 copies of the 7″ have been pressed. You can download “Morgan” as an MP3 from the Gorilla vs. Bear blog.
K-Beta is coming out with a new album called Inglorious Beta on April 1st. If you’re unfamiliar, check him out here. If the video moves you, you can download the song here (9mb).
Manifesto is not only Inspectah Deck’s forthcoming album (due out March 23rd), but his fifth solo album is also the third for his own label, Urban Iconz. Those who still respect the Wu-ness will be happy to know that the album features Raekwon and Cappadonna, along with Cormega, Planet Asia, Termanology, Kurupt, and Billy Danze of M.O.P. among others. The Rebel INS once again gets to display his production skills, with additional contributions from The Alchemist, MoSS, Lee Bannon, and more.
If that doesn’t get you going, here’s something that will, “Serious Rappin‘” (Free MP3 download, 4.69mb), featuring Termanology and Planet Asia.
The 3-song EP is called Heart Like A Wheel (Vice), and the group shows how much they’re going to rip it out no matter what anyone says. You can download and listen to it now by clicking here.
Lullabye Arkestra are also going to head on the road, with a number of dates featuring labelmates Pierced Arrows. Here is where you’ll be able to catch them:
March
05 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge *
06 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s *
07 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine *
09 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie *
10 Washington DC @ DC9 *
11 Baltimore, MD @ Golden West Cafe *
12 Pittsburgh, PA @ Modern Formations Gallery
13 Columbus, OH @ Scion Rock Fest RSVP
16 Denton, TX @ Rubber Glove *
17-21 Austin, TX @ SXSW
23 Tempe, AZ @ Sail Inn *
24 San Diego, CA @ Bar Pink *
25 Costa Mesa, CA @ The Detroit Bar *
27 Los Angeles, CA @ Redwood Bar *
30 San Francisdo, CA @ Bottom of the Hill *
31 Portland, OR @ Dante’s * April
01 Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse *
03 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
06 Edmonton, AB @ Brixx
07 Calgary, AB @ Republik
08 Regina, SK @ Exchange
09 Winnipeg, MB @ The Albert
13 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
14 Hamilton, ON @ Casbah
15 St Catharines, ON @ Level 3
16 Toronto, ON @ the Garrison
17 London, ON @ Call The Office
28 Peterborough, ON @ Red Dog Tavern
29 Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo
30 Ottawa, ON @ Café Dekcuf May
01 Kingston, ON @ AKA * with Pierced Arrows
The last I heard of Clutchy Hopkins was with the album he did with Lord Kenjamin, Music Is My Medicine (which I reviewed over at Okayplayer.) Mr. Hopkins is back with what he calls The Story Teller (Ubiquity), and the mysteries about this audio wizard continues to grow.
Someone asked me if I was Hopkins, and sadly I had to say no, but I’d love to collaborate with him or her. Until that happens, the new Hopkins album will be released on CD and the trusty vinyl format on April 13th. You can have a brief hint of the album to come by downloading “No Contact…Contact” (5.82mb).
If you watched yesterday’s Super Bowl XLIV, you may have caught a commercial featuring The Who’s “My Generation” but heard in a different fashion. The co-vocals in that mix was done by none other than will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. What you may not have known was that the song also featured guitarist Slash. While the new version is sure to upset purists, it was not bad at all.
The new mix, created by will.i.am with approval from The Who themselves, has now been released as an MP3. All proceeds will be going to the Oxfam America’s Haiti Earthquake Response Fund, a charity selected by will.i.am himself.
Last month, King Megatrip started the first of twelve different mixes he will be putting together and releasing each month of the year. He now presents a mix for February, you can look at the track listing and download the mix by clicking here.
Mudkids appeared on WZPL Radio (Super Z 99.5) in Indianapolis, Indiana this morning, where they were able to perform “Do It Again (Go Colts)” live for all to hear. Now you can hear it by clicking here.
