Well said, EJ. Unfortunately, hip hop has been misaligned due to mass media, but to appreciate it as an art form is to also appreciate words and flow of words. When you hear a good MC, you can have awesome pictures in your mind from how they enunciate a word and the context they use it in.

Metaphors, character, stories, etc... are all part of decent hip hop and the Gorillaz have used awesome lyrical masters like Deltron 3000 and De La Soul as well as other great artists (from a variety of genres) intertwined with Albarn's vision to create new styles and sounds for thirsty ears.

If you thought that Johnny Cash's posthumous career has started to slow, it is time to guess again.

The last week has seen the release of another new album - American VI: Ain't No Grave. It debuted at US #3 - the highest of any new album released this week.




Richard Kingsmill (Triple J FM): "Do you mind if we throw to a song by your old man?.
Duncan Jones (Bowie's Son): "Oh God ... if you have to ... OK ... but have a look at Nick Armstrong and The Thieves"

Also, according to Rick Rubin, it's the last album of the bunch.

Still, nice to see the ghost of Johnny Cash haunting the american top ten.

It's worth checking out the new album by the Broken Bells. self titled album.

the single is The High Road

TWAT.

I'm glad to see that the legendary Cash is still topping the charts.

In a press release, Apple announced that its iTunes Store had topped 10 billion song purchases and downloads.
The 10 billionth song was Johnny Cash's "Guess Things Happen That Way,"


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Groove Armada's new album Black Light features an excellent cameo from Bryan Ferry, doing his usual Bryan Ferry thing. The rest of the album I can take or leave (it'll get a few more spins before I know for sure), but this song... man.

Watch HERE.

Pavement have a best of coming out this week. Called "Quarantine the Past". Despite not having any new material on it, I still predict it will be the most adventurous, original and refreshing guitar-orientated alternative record of the year.

I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me.

The new Beck album "Oar" is pretty weird stuff. It's a cover of an old album by a dead man, this is what pitchfork.com said about it a while ago:

"Beck got together with Wilco in L.A. to record their version of the 1969 cult fave Oar by onetime Moby Grape/Jefferson Airplane member turned acid casualty Skip Spence. Beck's long been a public admirer of Spence; he covered Oar's "Halo of Gold" on the 1999 tribute album More Oar. We are good and excited to hear what happens when Beck and Jeff Tweedy, the owners of two of rock's most evocatively weary voices, sing on the same track."

I haven't been able yet to decide wether I like the album or not, but in any case it is definitely worth checking out. The original is unknown to me but the Beck /Wilco (and Feist) collaboration is certainly interesting stuff. It has some weird tunes and noises on it, which make it as far from the mainstream as I am just able to cope with - and then again it has some very cool drum loops and vocals which are not far from radio friendly pop.

This is not a comfortable listening experience, but an interesting one nevertheless. Probably even more so for those who have ever heard the original by Skip Spence.

Tracklist:

01 - Little Hands (Skips Spence cover feat. Feist, Wilco and Jamie Lidell)
02 - Cripple Creek (Skip Spence Cover feat. Wilco, Feist, Jamie Liddel)
03 - Diana (Skip Spence Cover feat. Wilco, Feist & Jamie Lidell)
04 - Margaret-Tiger Rug (Skip Spence feat. Wilco, Jamie Lidell, and Feist)
05 - Weighted Down (Skip Spence Cover feat. Wilco, Feist and Jamie Lidell)
06 - War in Peace (Skip Spence cover feat. Feist, Wilco and Jamie Lidell)
07 - Broken Heart (Skip Spence Cover feat. Wilco, Feist and Jamie Lidell)
08 - All Come To Meet Her (Skip Spence Cover feat. Wilco & Jamie Lidell)
09 - Books of Moses (Skip Spence Cover feat. Wilco, Jamie Lidell and Feist)
10 - Dixie Peach Promenade (Skip Spence Cover feat. Wilco, Jamie Lidell, and Feist)
11 - Lawrence of Euphoria (Skip Spence Cover feat. Wilco, Jamie Lidell, and Feist)
12 - GreyAfro (featuring Wilco, Jamie Lidell & Feist)

TW GOD OF FOOTBALL

Here's one band with teh retro new sound..

The Phenomenal Handclap Band with their song Baby


TWAT.

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Well MGMT have an album coming soon.

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They've released a track, and a second one's been leaked: http://www.nnm.cl/2010/03/09/nnm-premiere-nuevo-single-de-mgmt/

"Perhaps if I dressed like a bat none of this would have happened"