Despite my disgust at not being able to download Chuck D’s No Meaning No, this, Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind), makes me feel a lot better. A group production by a bunch of friends (though they’re not from Newport),it makes…
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Chuck D – No Meaning No (Samples Hendrix’s Foxy Lady)
This isn’t available as a legal download. The world has gone mad. That is all. Oh, Chuck D’s No Meaning No samples Jimi Hendrix’s Foxy Lady (the intro) as well as the rather fantastic Get Out My Life, Woman by…
Tagged with: Chuck D, cover version, hip hop, Jimi Hendrix, rock, sample, soul, The New Apocalypse
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – I Poke Her Face (Lady Gaga Mash-Up)
I have a friend. He shall remain nameless, though I can share his nom de plume with you: Dr Kenneth T. Noisewater. And every so often the good Dr. shares with me the latest mix to emerge from what he…
Pete Kuzma – High & Dry feat. Bilal (Radiohead Cover)
Many moons ago, when I’d not been blogging all that long, I wrote about a Radiohead cover I’d heard on Gilles Peterson’s show. It was a cover version of Just by some hip young New Yorker by the name of…
Tagged with: Bilal, cover version, gilles peterson, jazz, mark ronson, Pete Kuzma, radiohead, soul
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
The Big Society & (Facebook) GroupThink
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H.L. Mencken In the run up to this year’s election David Cameron spent a lot of time talking about Big…
20 Essential 90s Albums
In its ongoing bid to have more sub-brands than any other media owner, Absolute Radio recently launched a new niche-station, this time one tailor-made for those of us currently experiencing the dizzying pangs that come with realising nostalgia isn’t just…
Tagged with: 90s, baggy, blur, Coldcut, Daft Punk, DJ Shadow, Dr Dre, Happy Mondays, hip hop, house, indie, Lauryn Hill, list, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, oasis, paul weller, Presence, Primal Scream, Public Enemy, radiohead, Reprazent, rock, Roni Size, The Sundays, Tricky, trip hop, Wu-Tang Clan
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Vuvuzelas, Jabulanis & World Cup Noise
For the last few weeks much of the world has been talking about football. With the first ever World Cup on African soil there has certainly been plenty to talk about, whether it’s been the noise made by the vuvuzelas,…
Tagged with: Adidas, buzz monitoring, facebook, Holland, Jabulani, Nielsen, Nike, Spain, vuvuzelas, World Cup, Write The Future
Posted in Social Media
Posted in Social Media
Odyssey – Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love
Well, it really is turning into a rather wonderful summer here in Blighty, isn’t it?And so, to celebrate that fact, I thought I’d post a slice of summer gold and was going to do just that with D’Angelo’s cover of…
Angelique Kidjo – Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield Cover)
Whilst it’s probably a manifestation of the reason that England are always shit in international tournaments, I have to say that I found most of the Germany-Spain semi-final rather dull. Yes Spain passed the ball amazingly well, but they seemed…
Tagged with: Angelique Kidjo, BBC, Bono, cover version, Curtis Mayfield, funk, John Legend, soul, World Cup
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Cinematic Orchestra – Lilac Wine (Jeff Buckley Cover)
It really has been far too long since I’ve found the time or inspiration to post, so it’s good that today I was made aware of something that some of my greatest loves: music (cover versions to, ahem, boot), marketing…
Tagged with: Cinematic Orchestra, cover version, Dr Martens, Jeff Buckley, sponsorship
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
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