The Tape

Wanna See A Magic Trick?

Written by lupethefiasco on Thursday, 24 of July , 2008 at 5:45 pm

I decided I would post a bunch of songs I’ve been listening to a lot lately, but have not found their way onto a post. This post is in honor of a fantastic move, The Dark Knight. In its honor, we are going to begin the mix with a track from the score. Enjoy!

The best song ever!
Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard- Aggressive Expansion

The biggest band in London have found their way onto my Itunes, and I really enjoy this song. They haven’t released an album but the hype is surrounding them.
Glasvegas- Flowers and Football Tops (Demo)

Not that different from the original, but its SebastiAn; by the transitive property we are required to like it.
The Who- Baba O’Riley (SebastiAn Remix)

Every song these guys put out, I like. It’s electro hip-hop, but good.
Meanest Man Contest- Throwing Away Broken Electronics

My favorite song on his new mixtape.
Kid Cudi- The Prayer

The re-issue of this album is absolutely fantastic. Plus, Taylor Hawkins is one of my favorite drummers.
Dennis Wilson- Holy Man (Taylor Hawkins Version)

Zach from Rage has a new solo project. Still more excited to see Rage at Lollapalooza, though.
One Day As A Lion- Ocean View

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Category: Miscellaneous

Forward, Russia! (Only one exclamation)- Life Processes

Written by lupethefiasco on Tuesday, 22 of July , 2008 at 10:30 pm

The first thing I noticed about Forward, Russia’s! latest disc is that they have eliminated the first upside-down exclamation from their name. Now they’re just Forward, Russia! The second thing I noticed is that these songs have names. A strange concept? For them it is, because all of their previous were numbered in the order they were written. The third thing I had noticed was that this album is really good. I am easily impressed, but I generally don’t listen to a whole album straight through. I pretend I have to much stuff to do to achieve that. But this album really kept me interested the whole time. As I was writing this, I just noticed something strange about the album art. On the cover, the two exclamations are feature but oddly under the artists name, they are nowhere to be found.

I really don’t know what kind of genre this band fits in, just because it’s so different. Some of the stuff is so heavy, but so melodic it really makes it hard to pin a label on them. I’ve mostly heard the word post-punk thrown at them, but I think thats inaccurate. His voice is too melodic and an instrument to be considered punk. I’m not saying that punk singers don’t have good voices, they just don’t use them as instruments like singer Tom Woodhead does. When I picture this band in my head, I think of an 8 piece crazy circus with everyone jumping around. I was surprised to find out there are only four members. The different noises they get with just four members makes me wonder what the point of a large band is. Anyways, I highly recommend this album, along with their first. Enjoy a couple of my favorite tracks from the new album. These files are too big for the websites server! Yousendit or Mediafire? I’m in a Medifire mood tonight.

Forward, Russia!- Some Buildings

Forward, Russia!- Gravity & Heat

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Category: Reviews

Jens Lekman Covers Paul Simon

Written by pistachionut on Tuesday, 22 of July , 2008 at 7:19 pm

Jens is a beautiful man. With a beautiful voice. Good thing he puts it to good use. Enjoy.

Jens Lekman - You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon Cover)

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Category: Miscellaneous

Ben Sollee

Written by gzabriel on Tuesday, 22 of July , 2008 at 2:01 pm

Ben Sollee is a cellist/musician from Louisville, Kentucky and on his new album “Learning To Bend” he has succeeded in crafting a compendium of lyrically sharp, melodically moving, overall powerful set of tunes. The songs are acoustic works of art shifting from the simple and dry desire for honesty in “A Few Honest Words” to the bouncing tune of “Bury Me With My Car” it’s all there. I regret to inform you that I can’t summarize this album with 2 or 3 mp3s and leave it at that; you need all of this album and the piece in its entirety. This album is fantastic.

Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words

Ben Sollee - Panning For Gold

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Category: Rock, gzabriel

Guilty Music #23

Written by lupethefiasco on Monday, 21 of July , 2008 at 4:01 pm

First of all, let me say that I am a huge Rhymefest fan. Blue Collar is a fantastic album and he’s a fantastic rapper. He hasn’t put out an album in a long time, or any new music for that matter. So as I was blog scanning today, I came across a post on Fake Shore Drive, that was from a guy that “stole” Rhymefest’s Ipod. Now some of the songs on this Ipod are from Rhymefest’s upcoming album, El Che. This album has been in the works forever, and kept on getting pushed back. So I decided to download the two songs supplied by this mystery robber. I am very against pirating music, and while I do consider this some type of pirating I will still buy the album. I feel very divided when listening to these two songs. One half of me saying that he hasn’t done anything to put out this new album, go ahead and listen. Then there is my other side saying that he is one of my favorite rappers, just wait until the album comes out even though that might be a long time. I in no way find Rhymefest a guilty pleasure, I am proud to enjoy his music but this situation is guilty.

Rhymefest- Real Ni**a Quotes (Prod. By DJ Premier)

Rhymefest- Bring It Back

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Category: Guilty Music Monday

Remixes Galore Part 2

Written by lupethefiasco on Sunday, 20 of July , 2008 at 11:31 am

Welcome back children… The conclusion to this wonderful remix extravaganza includes a Mr. Gaspar remix, a K.W. remix, a DJ Ayres remix, an Ocelot remix, and finally a Telemitry remix. Enjoy!

Apologies, but these are all too big for our server so we have to host them through Mediafire.

Lil Wayne feat. Static- Lollipop (MR GASPAR Remix)

Rihanna- Don’t Stop The Music (K.W. Remix)

Paper Route Gangstaz- Rollin (DJ Ayres Remix)

Muse- Knights Of Cydonia (Ocelot Remix)

Bloc Party- Mercury (Telemitry Remix)

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Category: Remix

Remixes Galore Part 1

Written by lupethefiasco on Saturday, 19 of July , 2008 at 11:36 pm

Once again, a two part series of music. We’ve fallen behind recently, so we apologize and are going to get back on track immediately. The first part includes James Rutledge remixing MGMT, an up and coming mash-up duo by the name of Super Mash Bros., an Unkle remix, and three Santogold remixes. Enjoy.

MGMT- Electric Feel (James Rutledge Remix)

Head over to Lazerwolf.com to get a really fun mash-up album by duo Super Mash Bros.

Super Mash Bros.- Future Dads (Platinum Edition)

Unkle- X-Files (Unkle Remix) (Mediafire)

Santogold- L.E.S. Artistes (Grahm Zilla Remix) (Mediafire)

Santogold- Shove It (Boy 8-Bit 3hr Mega Mix) (Mediafire)

Santogold- Starstruck (Diplo Remix)

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Category: Remix

Really Really Awesome Video

Written by caz4mack on Saturday, 19 of July , 2008 at 11:52 am

We Found this on fader a little while back, check it out.

“Luke Fishbeck aka Lucky Dragons has a lot of wires that he knitted colorful coozies for, and connected braided tin to the end of. When you hold one of the wires in your hand and someone else holds one and you touch each other, it makes noises.”TheFader.com

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Category: Miscellaneous

Charles Hamilton

Written by lupethefiasco on Saturday, 19 of July , 2008 at 11:27 am

One of my favorite young rappers, Charles Hamilton found his way onto the LA Times Calendar Section this morning. There aren’t many young rappers talented enough to achieve this because the spot is generally reserved for more popular artists, but Charles Hamilton deserves it. One of my favorite lines in the article is this: But Hamilton, who loves the color pink and video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, says he doesn’t claim to to any particular genre. “Don’t call me a pianist. Don’t call me a guitarist… a bass player,” Hamilton says. “Call me a musician because I communicate via music. And if there’s a word for somebody that communicates with sound, I’d be that.” I think this describes him perfectly. Anyways you can download his mixtape from his website. If that isn’t enough for you, here is the link to his Myspace.

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Category: Hip-Hop

Bringing Back So Many Memories

Written by lupethefiasco on Thursday, 17 of July , 2008 at 8:50 pm

Seeing a similar post on Pretty Much Amazing! reminded me to post this. Feist and Sesame Street is a brilliant combination for success. I grew up watching Sesame Street; in fact I grew up with autographed pictures of Elmo and Big Bird in my bathroom. Sesame Street was a big part of my childhood, and now I get to re-live it with this outstanding version of 1234.

Feist- 1234 (Sesame Street Version)

FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES, A MUPPET SHOW THEME + MP3

Muppets- The Muppet Show Theme

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Category: Miscellaneous, videos

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The tape is a project conceived by Gabriel Gutierrez (gzabriel), Macklin Casnoff (caz4mack), Tristan Rodman(pistachionut), Asher Kaplan (ashkap) and Willie Schube (lupethefiasco). All songs featured on this blog are for promotional use only. If you dig a track, go out and buy it! If your song is featured on this blog and you would like it taken down, or if you would like to have your song featured just click the contact form below.