What an unexpected surprise! The Intelligence have a new album Males out Sept 7 and today we get our first listen to it!
MP3: Intelligence - Like Like Like Like Like Like Like
Within the first few seconds of this track I knew it would be one of my favorite Intelligence tracks. You can always count on them for a good riff. "Likex7" is catchy, fuzzed-out and fantastic. Thank god, someone's keeping 2010 interesting.
Males tracklist after the break.
The Intelligence - Males
Bong Life
Tuned To Puke
Sailor Itch
The Universe
Like Like Like Like Like Like Like
Estate Sales
Mom Or A Parking Lot
White Corvette
The Beetles
Chateau Bandit
Males [MP3] the Intelligence: “Like Like Like Like Like Like Like”
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
What an unexpected surprise! The Intelligence have a new album Males out Sept 7 and today we get our first listen to it!
MP3: Intelligence - Like Like Like Like Like Like Like
Within the first few seconds of this track I knew it would be one of my favorite Intelligence tracks. You can always count on them for a good riff. "Likex7" is catchy, fuzzed-out and fantastic. Thank god, someone's keeping 2010 interesting.
Males tracklist after the break.
The Intelligence - Males
Bong Life
Tuned To Puke
Sailor Itch
The Universe
Like Like Like Like Like Like Like
Estate Sales
Mom Or A Parking Lot
White Corvette
The Beetles
Chateau Bandit
Males [VIDEO/MP3] So Many Wizards: “Like No Other”
September 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
So Many Wizards hooked me by mentioning that their record was produced by Chris Chu of the Morning Benders. As far as opening lines go, that's a pretty good one. There's a slight Morning Benders-vibe, but that's probably just the shared California background.
MP3: So Many Wizards - Like No Other
[MP3] new Lady Gaga: “Living on the Radio” & “You and I”
August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment
Look, everybody! New Lady Gaga songs, performed live on her latest tour. "You and I" is Elton John meets Hedwig and the Angry Inch, while "Livin on the Radio" leaves Sir Elton at home and keeps the teary-eyed side of Hedwig.
MP3: Lady Gaga - Livin on the Radio (new; live)
MP3: Lady Gaga - You and I (new; live) [MP3s] You Ain’t No Picasso’s favorite songs of August 2010
August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment
August was a pretty fun month. I hit up Lollapalooza, got a sweet set up for my record player and heard a lot of great music. Here's some of the songs that made August such a blast.
You Ain't No Picasso's Favorite Songs of August
MP3: The Drums - We Used to Wait (Arcade Fire) MP3: Sufjan Stevens - I Walked Cee Lo Green - Fuck You (link) MP3: Poison Control Center - Friends in the Band MP3: Pepper Rabbit - Older Brother MP3: Soft Cat - It Won't Be Long MP3: Tom Waits - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (James Brown) MP3: the Arcade Fire - Such a Shame (Jay Reatard) MP3: My Morning Jacket - Circuital (new; live) MP3: Jonathan Richman - I'm a Little Dinosaur MP3: Yip Deceiver - Obnoxia MP3: Wale - the Soup[STREAM] Major Lazer’s “Percolator” remix
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments
I've been curious to hear this one ever since Diplo hinted at it with this silly introduction. Here's Diplo/Major Lazer's remix to Cajmere's simple but addictive "Percolator."
Stream the Major Lazer remix of "Percolator"
And for those of you hoping to learn the "Percolator" dance, this video is absolutely no help at all. Though to be fair, neither is this one. [VIDEO] the Apples in Stereo’s “mind controlled analog synth”
August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
File this under "the coolest thing I've seen today." Apples in Stereo frontman Robert Schneider hooked up his Moog synthesizer to a Mattel Mind Flex game to create a mind controlled analog synth. Maybe the best part of the video is that Robert is so excited about it that it's hard for him to relax enough to lower the pitch of the synth!
Robert says...
As some of you may know, I was working on putting together a mind-controlled Moog synthesizer, allowing you to play the synth with your thoughts, but was having trouble perfecting it. It turns out my Moog MG-1 synth (the first instrument I ever owned, incidentally) has a slider that shorts out, and that was causing me mysterious problems. Anyway, I got the thing working yesterday and have been playing around with it a little:
It is an easy modification to make, to the Mattel Mind Flex game, to connect it to the control voltage (CV) input on an analog synthesizer (the CV is labelled "pitch" on my MG-1). I will post instructions soon, so that others can play their analog synths with their thoughts as well-- an interesting and satisfying feeling, even though it is challenging to control.
the Kanye, Raekwon & Bieber song has become a reality
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Oh man. If you've ever wanted to hear Kanye West, Raekwon and Justin Bieber sing/rap over "Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nothing ta Fuck Wit," here is your chance. | Hear it at Hip Hop Connection
[MP3] the Drums: “We Used to Wait” (Arcade Fire cover)
August 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments
The first post of the day was a cover. The second was for the Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait." So I guess it's fitting that the third post should be a cover of the Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait." This live take trades out the piano for a smart guitar riff and turns the song into something NME circa 2008 would have loved. Unsurprisingly it's also something You Ain't No Picasso in 2010 loves.
MP3: The Drums - We Used to Wait (Arcade Fire cover)
[VIDEO] Arcade Fire: “We Used to Wait”
August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
I'm having a bit of a problem accessing it, but if you head over to thewildernessdowntown.com you can view an interactive video for the Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait." 
