3OH!3

Usually nothing screams gangsta like two white, becostumed, hipster, suburbanites, but Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte are just about as hard-core as it gets. Their synchronized dance moves whip crowds into frenzies, their low-budget videos are a web-sensation, their brash lyrics make the girls' panties drop (Shush girl, shut your lips. Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips), but it's all in a days work for the boys as the represent their beloved 303.

3OH!3's musical stylings are as hard to define as their audience is to describe. The electronica-punks have opened up for such legitimate rap-acts as Snoop Dogg. The emo-crunkers have also gained some national exposure on the Warped tour in both '07 and '08.

Their official bio aims at pin-pointing their uniquely unexplainable style like this: head-rattling wordplay, skronky electronic experimentation and bowel-loosening beats.

In any case you will find their full-length debut Want to be fantastically dance-tastic.

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3OH!3 - DON'T TRUST ME (DL)
3OH!3 - PUNKBITCH (DL)
3OH!3 - HOLLER TIL YOU PASS OUT (DL)

p.s. fans of 3OH!3 may also enjoy Grand Buffet

Carmensita

Nightworm (Mikey) and Courtnakovia have a dance-off to Devendra Banhart's new jam Carmensita.



...and here's the real viddy:




Devendra Banhart - Carmensita (DL)



...and I thought the reason I wasn't dating Natalie Portman was because I wasn't attractive enough.

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Ra Ra Riot

Main Entry: rhumb line

Function: noun

Etymology: Spanish rumbo

Date: 1669

1: a line on the surface of the earth that follows a single compass bearing and makes equal oblique angles with all meridians —called also loxodrome

2: debut full-length album from Ra Ra Riot, one of the most talented and energetic young acts going —called also just plain fun

From what I hear this fun little outfit from Syracuse, NY puts on one hell of a live show. I look forward to checking them out when they come through TX later in the fall.

I have also just learned that The Rhumb Line will be available on special edition orange vinyl here starting Sept. 2nd.

...and while you're waiting for your vinyl to come in enjoy these mp3's

Ra Ra Riot - Dying is Fine (DL)
Ra Ra Riot - Each Year (DL)
Ra Ra Riot's WOXY Lounge Act Session (courtesy of WOXY.com)

(on a side note, you can subscribe to woxy's Lounge Act Session podcasts via the iTunes music store, or subscribe to the RSS feed here.)

Ra Ra Riot's tour dates -check em out!

SEPTEMBER:

3 Lambi (Montreal, QC)
4 Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, ON)
5 Mojo's (Jamestown, NY)
6 Bug Jar (Rochester, NY)
7 Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
9 The Basement (Columbus, OH)
10 Case Western (Cleveland, OH)
11 Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
12 7th Street Entry (Minneapolis, MN)
14 Jackpot Saloon (Lawrence, KS)
16 Hi Dive (Denver, CO)
17 Kilby Court (Salt Lake City, UT)
18 Neurolux (Boise, ID)
20 King Cobra (Seattle, WA)
21 Media Club (Vancouver, BC)
22 Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR)
24 Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco, CA)
25 The Echo (Los Angeles, CA)
28 The Casbah (San Diego, CA)
29 Modified (Phoenix, AZ)
30 Plush (Tucson, AZ)

OCTOBER:

2 The Loft (Dallas, TX)
3 Stubb's (Austin, TX)
4 Rudyard's (Houston, TX)
7 The Social (Orlando, FL)
8 Club Downunder (Tallahassee, FL)
10 Drunken Unicorn (Atlanta, GA)
11 Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
12 Black Cat Backstage (Washington, DC)
14 Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
15 Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia, PA)
16 Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
17 Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY)
18 Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge, MA)

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Khusara Khusara

I realize Best of Bellydance seems like an odd choice for album of the week I think if you give it a chance you will find some hot grooves in there. But don't just take my word for it, Timbaland loves this album as well (as you can tell from the Khusara Khusara clip below).





and also here in this Enta Omri clip





...and because I found this amusing I will share Wayne&Wax's Timbaland/Hossam Ramzy mashup Big Khusara, in which he proved to me once and for all that copyrighting your music is a big waste of time and money.

Big Khusara (DL)

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I Got Me A...

If you live in or plan on visiting the Austin area I would recommend checking out local-talent Ryan Young. Catch the multi-instrumentalist and his brand of country/blues/indie-rock/funk at the following:

8/26 - Jovita's - 8pm
8/26 - The Thirsty Nickel - 9pm
9/16 - Clementine's - 9pm
9/19 - Cafe Mundi - 7pm
9/30 - Kick Butt Coffee - 9pm
10/3 - Thunderbird Coffee - 8pm

...and don't forget to download his upcoming ep The Daylight EP in September.

Ryan Young's MySpace

Ryan Young - I Got Me A... (DL)

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New Metallica

Metallica-The Day That Never Comes (DL)

As everybody knows Metallica has been in the studio working on their 9th studio album. This will be their first album to be released after firing long-time producer Bob Rock and teaming up with guru Rick Rubin (credits include Slayer, System of a Down, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Audioslave, etc.) See footage of the master at work below:



The album to be released in September will be called Death Magnetic. The official track listing was realeased earlier this week and will be as follows:

• That Was Just Your Life
• The End Of The Line
• Broken, Beat & Scarred
• The Day That Never Comes (DL)
• All Nightmare Long
• Cyanide
• The Unforgiven III
• The Judas Kiss
• Suicide & Redemption
• My Apocalypse

And now FYE, Mikey and Me listen to/discuss the new Metallica track via Gmail Chat:

=w=: omg, metallica's new album has a song called unforgiven III
mikey: bahhh hahaha
Sent at 2:21 PM on Friday

=w=: ..because you're unforgiven threeeee
mikey: i'd like to see how they're gonna work that one in the lyrics
Sent at 2:24 PM on Friday

=w=: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puQeXKGLJjY
how u feel about the idea of new metallica
Sent at 2:27 PM on Friday

mikey: good start so far
=w=: without hearing the song i mean, like how do u feel about them continuing on
like after st anger and jason gone and rick rubin, etc
mikey: it's like and justice instrumentation with load lyrics and vocals
well, they'll never be the same
that's for sure
but then again i don't want them to stagnate in their career or in their creativity
=w=: right, but st. anger was just that to me, it was really really forced
mikey: yeah, st. anger was a strain
everyone's waiting for this one though
=w=: if they keep doing that with no passion then it taints all the good legendary stuff the built up
mikey: yeah, true
=w=: the solos and stuff at the end of this song are pretty good
mikey: just hit the midway mark, they're rockin out now
master of puppetsesque
=w=: it def. ends with a huge bang
i'm decently impressed
i'm hoping in a way that this is not the best song on the album and that it really blows me away
Sent at 2:34 PM on Friday

mikey: i wonder how kirk hammett feels about everything
Sent at 2:35 PM on Friday

mikey: what an ending!
intense
=w=: i bet he likes getting to do solos on this album unlike st anger
Sent at 2:37 PM on Friday

=w=: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsPzTbi1Jj8&NR=1
Sent at 2:40 PM on Friday
mikey: you mother fucker
=w=: will it ever get old?

mikey: i'm still watching it Sent at 2:43 PM on Friday
=w=: damn, i just clicked it again by mistake
hmm, this version is the pop-up video version Sent at 2:51 PM on Friday
mikey: hahaha
=w=: tha bartender showed up to the set extremely drunk
did not know that

GZA - 0% Finance

GZA/Genius - 0% Finance (DL) -New track from his album Pro Tools.


..and just in case you're interested you can go here and re-design the album cover for a chance to win some Stanton DJ equipment.

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No Deliverance

With all the Brett Favre drama going down this summer it may have overshadowed the other big, um... un-retirement - the Toadies. After playing a handful of dates throughout the summer, including Lollapalooza earlier this month, the band has released it's third full-length studio album No Deliverance.

While Deliverance might not be considered the best of the Toadies' records, its still sounds very Toadies -a refreshing fact after the very forgettable sophomore release of Vaden Lewis' other band Burden Brothers in 2006.

And unlike it's title the Toadies' new album really delivers. The anger that fueled the first two Toadies records is back for the new disc. The opening track So Long Lovey Eyes (arguably the best song on the disc) was written during a fight between Lewis and his wife, and sounds reminiscent of Quitter off of Rubberneck.

Overall it is a very solid record from one of the last pure rock and roll bands we have left, and although it might not be their best release, any Toadies is better than no Toadies at all.

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So Long Lovey Eyes (DL)
Quitter (DL)

Toadies Tour Dates:

08/21 - Tyler, TX - Click’s
08/22 - Dallas, TX - Palladium
08/23 - College Station, TX - Northgate Music Fest
08/26 - Shreveport, LA - The Warehouse
08/27 - Baton Rouge, LA - The Varsity Theater
08/29 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
08/30 - Corpus Christi, TX - The Pavillion
08/31 - Graham, TX - Possum Kingdom Lake
09/03 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre
09/04 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre
09/05 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre
09/06 - Odessa, TX - Dos Amigos
09/08 - Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse Theater
09/09 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
09/11 - Los Angeles, CA - Roxy
09/13 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
09/14 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
09/16 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
09/17 - Sacramento, CA - Boardwalk
09/19 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
09/20 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
09/21 - Boise, ID - Big Easy
09/23 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
09/24 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater
09/25 - Lubbock, TX - Lonestar Events Center
09/26 - Amarillo, TX - Midnight Rodeo
10/07 - Little Rock, AR - Revolution Room
10/08 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge
10/09 - Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theater
10/10 - Nashville, TN - Exit Inn
10/11 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s
10/12 - Louisville, KY - Headliner’s
10/14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel
10/16 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
10/17 - Detroit, MI -The Majestic Theater
10/18 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
10/19 - Chicago, IL - Metro
10/21 - St.Paul, MN - Station 4
10/22 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
10/23 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club
10/24 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
11/05 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
11/06 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
11/07 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
11/08 - Boston, MA - Paradise
11/09 - Providence, RI - Living Room
11/11 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11/13 - Richmond, VA - The Canal Club
11/15 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
11/16 - Columbia, SC - Headliner’s
11/18 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
11/19 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit’s
11/20 - St Petersburg, FL - State Theater
11/21 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
11/22 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
11/25 - New Orleans - House of Blues

The Ropes and The Fucking Most Pleasant Mix...Ever!

I was recently turned on to a pretty decent electronic-pop duo from New York called The Ropes. The first song of theirs I checked out was I Don’t Like to Get Dirty from their Cry to the Beat EP. "You can all go fuck yourselves/You can all go burn in hell" Sharon Shy gently croons in the song’s opening lines and I am immediately taken aback and sucked in at the same time. The song later picks up, "The only reason I haven't put myself in the ground already/Is I don't like to get dirty." –brilliant lyricism on what is maybe the most upbeat song about severe depression ever.

I don't know what it is about acoustic guitars or gentile balladry that makes the F word sound even more abrasive and yet somehow strangely amiable at the same time. It gave me the idea to make "The Fucking Most Pleasant Mix...Ever". Enjoy.

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The Ropes – I Don't Like To Get Dirty
Liz Phair – Fuck and Run
Dynamite Hack - Boyz in the Hood
Tenacious D – Fuck Her Gently
Get Set Go – I Hate Everyone
Get Set Go – Die Motherfucker Die
Lilly Allen – Fuck You Very Much
Ben Folds – Bitches Ain’t Shit
Bloodhound Gang – Fire Water Burn
Lightspeed Champion – Stay The Fuck Away From Me
Martha Wainwright – Bloody Mother Fucking Ass-hole
Mason Jennings – Bullet

See Cool Kids....FOR FREE

Cool Kids this Thursday August 21 at the Granada in Dallas. No cover, but you have to register HERE to get in. Don't say you weren't warned!

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Quick BK Update

Ben Kweller recently announced on his website that his Changing Horses LP was finally finished and should be out some time in Jan. 2009. To hold fans over he is putting out a e.p. How Ya Lookin' Southbound? Comein... "the Highway themed EP will include a few cuts from the album as well as some unreleased nuggets and outtakes..." It can be picked up at venues on his upcoming tour (dates below).

Sep 25 2008 Pontiac Garage, Dallas, TX (inside the House of Blues)
Sep 26 2008 Walters On Washinton, Houston, TX
Sep 27 2008 University of Oklahoma Union, OKC, OK
Sep 30 2008 Club Congress, Tucson, AZ
Oct 01 2008 The Glass House, Pomona, CA
Oct 02 2008 Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
Oct 04 2008 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA
Oct 06 2008 Wow Hall, Eugene, OR
Oct 07 2008 Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
Oct 10 2008 Bluebird, Denver, CO
Oct 11 2008 Slowdown, Omaha NE
Oct 13 2008 The Varstiy Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Oct 14 2008 Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
Oct 16 2008 Paradise, Boston, MA
Oct 17 2008 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
Oct 20 2008 Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 21 2008 Rock And Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
Oct 22 2008 The Grey Eagle, Ashville, NC
Oct 23 2008 Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
Oct 24 2008 The Earl, Atlanta, GA
Oct 25 2008 Workplay Theatre, Birmingham, AL
Oct 27 2008 The Social, Orlando, FL
Oct 28 2008 Crowbar, Ybor City, FL
Oct 29 2008 Club Downunder, Tallahassee, FL
Nov 02 2008 Antones, Austin, TX

DL- Ben Kweller - Wait (Beatles Cover)-mp3

DL- Ben Kweller - Wantin' Her Again (Live Demo)-mp3

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Vampire Voltage

Am I the only person disappointed by Beck's latest release Modern Guilt? Beck + Danger Mouse somehow doesn't equal the sum of their parts in my book. The B-side to Chem Trails far surpasses any of the album cuts and serves to redeem Beck in my eyes. The psychadelic-punk riffs from the second half of Vampire Voltage are pure Sabbath. This is one track Danger Mouse didn't soil.

DL Vampire Voltage mp3

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Id Engager

of Montreal's follow up to their 2007 manic depressive oeuvre Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? is not scheduled for release until this October, but you can whet your appetite with the latest single Id Engager from their upcoming lexicon-expanding, electro dance pop masterpiece Skeletal Lamping.

oM's frontman and mastermind Kevin Barnes shares his thoughts on Lamping here.

One of the things (besides the rampant double bass guitar parts) that I love most about of Montreal is the combination of dance lesson and vocabulary lesson that comes with every album. As a fun exercise I decided to list the words from the last few albums that required me to pull out the old dictionary; anathema, antediluvian, opalsecent, deliquesce, coquet, somnolent, vicissitudes, and lysergic.




p.s. Did anybody else notice there were no nipples in this publicity shot, though it should have between 3 and 4.5?

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One Day as a Lion

If there was any question before where RATM's rage came from, then question no further. Using just his keyboard, vocals, and a drummer (Mars Volta's Jon Theodore) Zach de la Rocha is more rage than Audioslave ever was.

"One Day as a Lion is both a warning delivered and a promised kept"

And while their repertoire might be a little too narrow to pull of a full-length album, their 5 song e.p. definitely holds its own.




One Day as a Lion's Myspace

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Street Fight!

Round two of Man Factory's Street Fighter 2 based rock opera should be coming down the pike in the very near future, but until then here's the link to ROUND ONE!!

Catchy hooks, witty lyrics, and some twinges of familiar guitar hooks will have you digging through the attic looking for your old Sega Genesis/Super NES.

Man Factory's MySpace

YOGA FIRE, YOGA FLAME!

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