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So Horribly Awesome: Contemporary Edition
This is going to be one of the shorter So Horribly Awesome posts thus far. Not because this song isn’t particularly horrible or awesome. But because there’s really not that much to analyze. I mean, listening to this song raises a lot of questions for me, but there almost all very easily answered.
First, what the fuck is going on here? Easy answer: making money on really bad party music. That’s pretty much been Lil’ John’s main thing since he burst onto the hip-hop scene with the heavy bass and incoherent yelling known as crunk. None of his songs really make any sense. It’s heavy repetition with enough bass and drums to drown out any type of confusion the listener might have. Basically, if you’re listening to any of Lil’ Jon’s bullshit in any setting other than a large party, you’re either a complete tool or just a dude who has no taste in music.
The song in question is called Shots. It’s by a group known as LMFAO. In internet language, that’s laughing my fucking ass off. I really could stop here and you’d get my point. But I won’t. Continue reading…
Anthony Shake Shakir
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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That is all.
Review: Moonface
There’s a fine line between ambition and pretension. And Spencer Krug is an artist who often times walks this line.
Sometimes I imagine what it would be like, sitting next to the little Canadian in some Montreal bar as we got drunk off of Molson and whiskey while listening to his wild ideas. Ideas that range from sprawling synth-driven concept records or forming Swan Lake, the super group that I now lovingly refer to as “the indie music equivalent of the joke Seth Rogen tells in the film Funny People where Tom Cruise, Will Smith and David Beckham smush their penis heads together”. And I know my reaction would probably be about the same each time he pitched to me:
“Dude, you might wanna reel it in a bit.”
And if he were to pitch to me the Dreamland EP: Marimbas and Shit Drums, the latest output from his solo Moonface project, I would respond to him by quoting the great philosopher Dennis Reynolds. “Dreams are like a stack of photographs, unless I’m in them or people are having sex, I just don’t care”. Continue reading…
Simian Mobile Disco – EM
This catchy French duo is back this time with an Essential Mix that will keep you shaking for two hours straight.
Movie Music That Doesn’t Suck
Saw a movie a couple times in the last month, World’s Greatest Dad, written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait aka that comic from the early 90s with the weird voice. I think he was in one of the Police Academy movies. In the most heartbreaking scene in the film (and one of the more heartbreaking scenes I can remember) an Akron/Family track plays throughout, providing the perfect compliment to the action on the screen. I’m not going to spoiler what happens, but shit goes down and Casey wanted to sob like a little bitch.
When so many movies feature shitty fucking music that are obviously record label pimping or that director’s flavor-of-the-month taste barometer, it should be pointed out when a filmmaker obviously takes his time to choose the perfect song for a scene. And not just “Hey, I know that song!” mood music.
Check out the track. Then go watch the movie. It’s the best movie you didn’t hear about last year. And it also provides a lot of proof to add to the theory that Robin Williams is great as a dramatic actor, while he’s terribly unfunny and irritating as a comic lead. Unless you like zany voices and jokes that don’t actually make sense, that is.
Akron/Family: Don’t Be Afraid, You’re Already Dead
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TV on the Radio Hiatus Watch: Week 8
I’m trying to keep this current run of reviewing albums that haven’t come out yet. That’s the point of blogging, right? Break some news or post some tracks that people haven’t really gotten down on yet. At least, I think that’s what it’s supposed to be. Here at Hood Rich City, we just post whatever the fuck we want, which leads to brilliant shit like Disco Dracula from awhile back. So what it’s thirty years old? It’s awesome.
But again, I like the run I’m on with getting some leaks and letting you guys in on it. So let’s keep it going with an album that’s coming out in early February from an artist you’ve probably heard of (or, at least heard). And, based on the guest vocalist on the opening track, it’s entirely appropriate for the Hiatus Watch.
I don’t care if they’re last album was really terrible. Massive Attack has a new album coming out for the first time in 7 years, and that qualifies as newsworthy for those of us who like good music. It’s called Heligoland. And good news for those of us that give a shit: it’s good. It’s not Mezzanine, but still pretty damn good. Continue reading…
Four Tet – There Is Love in You
Four Tet has a new album coming out today, and its amazing. Get it.
He has also recently put out an Essential Mix which is delightful as well.
For those of you who cant afford this album right now, you can stream it for free.
Update: Looks like the album has been removed.
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Review: Surfer Blood
Surfer Blood: Astro Coast
Weezer sucks.
I mean, really, it’s pretty much a scientific fact at this point. Rivers Cuomo has essentially become the Eddie Murphy of the modern rock scene. Take a second to think about it for me. Both artists became huge stars at a young age by riffing on tropes perfected by legends that came before them (while Murphy was making racial observations perfected by Richard Pryor, Cuomo constructed tight garage rock tunes inspired by the Pixies, Wax and Sonic Youth). And both artists have, in the “later stages” of their careers, decided to ditch the fan bases that made them wildly successful in favor of catering to the under twelve crowd. It’s not that I don’t understand their decisions (hell, I’m pretty sure a “comparative bank statement analysis” can prove neither Murphy nor Cuomo are insane), it’s just that both artists’ “later years” have tainted their supposed “classics”. In short, I can’t watch Delirious without seeing the star of Daddy Daycare and I can’t listen to The Blue Album without hearing “Beverly Hills”.
So, needless to say, I was a bit skeptical about giving Astro Coast, the debut album from Florida’s Surfer Blood, a listen when the only bit of buzz I’d read about it was summed up with “very similar to Blue Album Weezer”. But, upon first spin, what I found instead was an incredibly tight set of songs that made me want to shout along at the top of my lungs. Continue reading…
New Writer: Matt
We got a new guy writing some stuff for us at Hood Rich, with his first post to come today. He’s going to be posting some reviews, or columns, or long dissertations on the modern human condition…whatever the hell he sees fit.
Should be here rather regularly. His name’s Matt. Full disclosure: the cocksucker’s my brother. Kidding, of course. About him being a cocksucker. He really is my brother.
First post right after this guy goes up.
