Mercury Rev Reissue Deserter’s Songs
Deserter’s Songs , the 1998 album from upstate New York orchestral rockers Mercury Rev , was an early taste of the headspun romantic psychedelia that the Flaming Lips would soon push to new heights and a pretty masterful example of the form in its own right. (Mercury Rev member Jonathan Donahue was once a guitarist in the Flaming Lips, and producer Dave Fridmann, who found fame via his work with …
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Listen/Watch: Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, Solange, Twin Shadow Collaborate on Benefit Track
Disco Naïveté points to a video of a song resulting from a collaboration between Grizzly Bear ‘s Chris Taylor, Solange Knowles , and Twin Shadow called “Kenya”. The three artists teamed up to record the song for the Coca Cola Foundation’s Replenish Africa Initiative (or RAIN for short), which “brings together business, local government, NGOs and committed individuals to tackle the problem of …
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New Music: Lil Wayne, Drake Jump On Kanye West’s “All Of The Lights” Remix
They don’t call ‘em “rough cuts” for nothing, and “rough” truly describes the version of Kanye West‘s “All Of The Lights” remix that hit the internet today, thanks to KarenCivil.com. This first draft of the revamped version of the track is clearly unfinished, with large blocks of the song streaming in instrumental only. There’s also […]
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