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MuthaWit - Waiting For My...
Per MTV Iggy:
New York’s MuthaWit is a multicultural/multitalented musical collective that has been led by composer Boston Fielder since 1989. The group’s sound runs from jazz experimentation, to avant garde musical theater, to indie rock.
Their latest album, men & women (la Revenge de Uncle Baldy), is a complex brew of African-American musical traditions (basically, all of them), pop, and classical arrangements. It’s done in a way that reveals the connections between supposedly disparate elements like the blues and, say, minimalist composers.
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KING - The Story
KING is a soulful, organic trio of young women here to bring a fresh creativity to music and change the world through their art.
THE STORY began on an August afternoon in Los Angeles, or in a winter rehearsal session in Boston, or in April 1986 in Minneapolis, depending on how you define destiny.
Twins Paris and Amber Strother began their musical journey by listening to favorites of their parents together from the crib, and once they were able to crawl found their way to the piano. Amber nurtured her gift for singing by absorbing everything musical around her, and in turn developed an intricate, magical tone and one-of-a-kind voice, as well as a unique skill for composition and songwriting. Through exploring a melting pot of artists, genres, musical ideas and movements, Paris found her own personal voice for the keys. The twins spent years unknowingly ripening their craft of writing together until they parted ways and left Minneapolis, with Amber to pursue studies in Chicago and Paris to enroll at music school in Boston where…
A chance meeting with a young woman with a golden voice and incredible ear changed her life. Los Angeles native Anita Bias had fallen in love with music and art as a young girl, and spent years cultivating her voice, imaginative and vivid songwriting, and creative styling. Their Boston encounter stayed fresh in the minds of both, and when fate brought Paris to California and reunited them years later at a club in Los Angeles, they knew it was the start of something special.
You have no idea how happy KING makes me.
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Raphael Saadiq - "GOOD MAN"
Chad Coleman (Cutty from The Wire) & Yaya DaCosta (America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3) dramatize "Good Man", the new music video from Raphael Saadiq.
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SXSW Trailer for indie film "blacktino"
blacktino is a dark teen comedy written and directed by Aaron Burns. This independent film centers around Stefan Daily, an overweight half-black, half-hispanic nerd.
Opening Night of the SXSW Film Festival
March 11, 2011
9:30 PM
The Paramount Theatre
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film
independent
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Def Sound (feat. Novena Video) - Up.is.The.New.Down.
Nerd fashion.
Hood heist.
Vintage rides.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute. Was is this even about?"
Spontaneous combustion.
And a pink bunny suit.
// Up.is.The.New.Down.
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James Blake x 2: Limit To Your Love + The Wilhelm Scream
I was having a discussion on Twitter a few days ago about the state of dubstep and the scarcity of consistent artists. Electronic music is a funny business. And it seems anyone can luck up on a blippity hit. But what does the future hold for dubstep? James Blake's genius cover of Feist - Limit To Your Love is one example.
James Blake is banking on a type of dubstep fusion, if you will. Well-sung soul lyrics that are often chopped up and scattered over a staccato dubstep beat.
Could be the future of pop music. Or could be a fluke. Either way, you'll be hearing lot about James Blake in 2011. Check out the James Blake album sampler on YouTube. Debut album on eMusic and Amazon MP3.
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