Music for Perfect People

Phish has announced through their website that there will be a three day festival around Halloween! A site for the concerts  has yet to be determined (even though rumors of the Manchester, TN site where Bonnaroo is held OR somewhere in CA have been circulating) but the dates are set!

The message from the band is as follows: ““Save the Date: A 3-Day Festival 10/30, 10/31, 11/01.”

Click Here to view the splash page ..

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You can get the internet stream of the entire latest release/compilation, Chamber Music  – Vol. 1, under the Wu-Tang Clan name by CLICKING HERE.

1. Redemption
2. Kill Too Hard [feat. Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Ace]
3. The Abbot [feat. RZA]
4. Harbor Masters [feat. Ghostface Killah, AZ and Inspectah Deck]
5. Sheep State [feat. RZA]
6. Radiant Jewels [Raekwon, Cormega and Sean Price]
7. Supreme Architecture [feat. RZA]
8. Evil Deeds [feat. Ghostface Killah, RZA and Havoc]
9. Wise Men [feat. RZA]
10. I Wish You Were Here [feat. Ghostface Killah and Tre Williams]
11. Fatal Hesitation
12. Ill Figures [feat. Raekwon, M.O.P. and Kool G Rap]
13. Free Like ODB [feat. RZA]
14. Sound The Horns [feat. Inspectah Deck, Sadat X and U-God]
15. Enlightened Statues [feat. RZA]
16. NYC Crack [feat. RZA]
17. One Last Question…

The project is reportedly designed to pair Wu-Tang Clan core members like Ghostface Killah, U-God and Raekwon with major ’90s influences and peers like AZ, Kool G Rap and Masta Ace. The work features a combination of new beats and live instrumentation by Brooklyn Soul band The Revelations (all supervised by RZA). [HIPHOP DX]

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Beck has apparently been enjoying working with other peoples tunes since he has decided to launch a series of self-made DJ mixes that he will post up on his website each week .. the name of the project is Planned Obsolescence. The first mix is titled Autobahn Hologram and  is described as “a laminated miasma colliding on the bavarian trans expressway with american analog and voicemail emeritus… alabama nukes, rhineland jukes, pony tailed arch dukes, and the anatomically correct scapegoat…” and can be heard by CLICKING HERE.

Make sure to check back to Beck.com each week for updates.

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I’ve never checked out enough tracks by the Dirty Projectors but this song is quite interesting .. I am also a fan of whoever decided to put the llama in the video ..

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Check out the videos below for some wonderful art + videos from Portugal. The Man.

Each video is a different song preview from their upcoming release “The Satanic Satanist.” I have been lucky enough to listen to the new album before its release and let me tell you .. it is absolutely amazing. The band has really put together an album that blends so many sounds together .. the lyrics are beautiful and will haunt your brain for a long time after listening. I really cant urge you enough to go check these guys out live and contiue to SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC by buying albums and merch.

If you like what you hear, GO BUY THE ALBUM! This will be one of 2009′s top albums for real ..

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Mayer Hawthorne is finally pushing out a full length album on September 09, 2009 through the Stones Throw label. The name of the album is A Strange Arrangement.

Check out some barber shop quartet featuring Mayer Hawthorne ..

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see ya later June .. hello July!

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Get yourself tickets. Ill be at the July 30th and July 31st shows ..

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Bonnaroo has been a festival that I have always wanted to be a part of but due to school, funds, work, etc .. I was never able to make the trip  .. that is of course until this year. Finally, after years of waiting, I made it to the 4 day music festival in the Manchester, Tennesee that took place between Thursday, June 11th and Sunday, June 14th. A lot can be said of the festival that kicks music off at noon and ends at 6AM the following morning .. sleep was for the weak, food + shelter were for the prepared .. and then there was the crew I was with. There is no reason for me to explain  the campgrounds, vendors, walking around, etc .. this can all be checked out at Bonnaroo.com. I will, however, give you the list of shows that I saw and a blurb about each ..

Thursday, June 14th

5:45 – 6:45 PM, The Other Tent – JANELLE MONAE

I had heard about Janelle Monae a few months back and really dug her powerful voice and the sweet beats that accompanied her .. being that this was the first show at the Roo I got to see, I was quite excited. Ms. Monae hit the stage and the dance party could finally begin. Her band consists of one DJ, a drummer (whose robot stare into the crowd + fancy drumstick maneuvers WOWed the crowd,) and a guitarist (who certainly looked like Katt Williams.) The set consisted of almost every song off her release Metropolis.

6:45 – 7:45 PM, This Tent – WHITE RABBITS

The White Rabbits, hailing from Brooklyn by way of Missouri, have been cranking through my speakers for some time now. Once the music video for Percussion Gun came out, I was hooked. I was especially excited to see these guys perform with two drummers on stage. While I may not have been as close as I would have liked, the energy from the band rung all around the open field surrounding the This Tent. From the outside, it appears everyone was having fun .. band and fans alike.

8:30 – 9:30 PM, That Tent – Portugal. The Man

I’m not going to lie .. Portugal. The Man performing at Bonnaroo was one of the deciding factors in my attendance to the festival. While they may not be a HUGE, high publicized band (yet) .. their live show and energy was just too much for me to back down. Upon arriving at the Tent, I found that I was not the only one who shared these feelings regarding the band .. there was hundreds of folks there all pumped to see this Portland/Alaska rock outfit perform. The sun had gone down, the lights were cranked, and finally .. P.TM arrived on stage. The band moved through songs from all three of their released albums AND even gave us a treat with a new song, “People Say” — Right as the band was winding down their set, the skies could hold no longer and they opened up and rained some cold H2O onto the sweaty bodies that were once shaking for Portugal. The Man.

Below is the setlist from their electric set (unfortunately I missed the band’s acoustic set on Friday morning) and a video of their first two songs at the Roo.

SETLIST

Jam/Church Mouth/One
Lay Me Back Down
And I
New Orleans
Bellies Are Full
People Say
My Mind
Horse Warming Party
1989
AKA M80 The Wolf

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Friday, June 12th

2:45 – 4:00 PM, Which Stage – Animal Collective

I have never been able to get into this band. Saw them live once down at the South Street Seaport and couldn’t dig it. Bonnaroo was no different.

I’m not hating. I’m just saying.

3:45 – 5:00 PM, What Stage – Galactic

5:00 – 6:00 PM, Which Stage – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

6:00 – 7:30 PM, What Stage – Al Green

This man still has some of the swankiest moves. He was hitting all these high notes and handing out roses to the ladies in the crowd. Come on .. that’s classy ladies and gentlemen.

8:30 – 10:00 PM, What Stage – Beastie Boys

The party could finally start on this long Friday once the Beastie Boys hit the stage. The band rolled through a ton of their hits, graced us by hopping on to their instruments of choice to play some funk jams, AND invited out Nas to perform a track off their upcoming release HotSauce Committee.

11:00 PM – 12 AM, What Stage – Phish

2:15 AM – 4AM, This Tent – Paul Oakenfold + That Tent – Girl Talk

I was kinda excited to finally check out Girl Talk .. I have never listened to any of his albums completely but I figured at 3AM, a dancy [party was exactly what I was lookking for. While the dancing was going off, Girl Talk was not firing on all cylinders .. this made my move to see Paul Oakenfold a tad easier. Girl Talk had some moves .. but NONE compared to the rave party that was happening at Oakenfolds set. There were bodies of the tired strewn all over the fields outsdie the tent and a mass of glowsticks and bodies moving with each other on the inside.

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Saturday, June 13th

5:15 – 6:30 PM, This Tent – Of Montreal

Of Montreal was a solid way to start the day .. at 5:15 in the evening. The day before burnt me out pretty hard so I stayed at the camp site where I could escape the sun. I have only heard good thing about this band’s live show and I can now see why people have so much fun. They wear ridiculous outfits, dance around a lot, and just seem to have fun. I can’t really say much more due to the fact that I couldnt barely see what was going on the stage .. it looked like there were dancing midgets .. (?)

7:15 – 8:45 PM, Which Stage – The Mars Volta

I have seen the Mars Volta numerous times at this point but I still had to go see them. Who wouldnt wanna check out Thomas Pridgen wail on the drums, Omar Rodriguez Lopez shred on the guitar, and Ceddrix Bixlar-Zavala squeel through the microhpoheon and gyrate all over the stage? They put on a solid set which contained tracks from all their albums. Cedric’s douchebaggery shined through as per usual with his banter to the crowd ..

1:00 – 3:00 AM, Which Stage – Nine Inch Nails

I have never listened to any NIN songs before going to see this. The group I was with was all about getting as close as possible and I am really glad they forced me to move up with them. NIN put ona  hell of a show with lights that were so bright I really think that I am now partially blind .. According to Trent Reznor, this was the band’s last set in the United States .. EVER. We shall see if this is true ..

2:15 – 3:45 AM, That Tent – MGMT

MGMT on record are not that bad .. or atleast werent that bad when I first listened to their album. MGMT live, in my opinion, are pretty awful. The crowd seemed really into their vibes but I for some reason was not impressed. It could have been the fact that NIN just blew my mind and MGMT jus werent kicking at that hard .. or that I had slept 8 hours in 3 or 4 days and have had the diet of a starving child. MGMT did perform a new track off an album slotted to be released in 2010 according to the band.

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Sunday, June 14th

6:00 – 7:30 PM, What Stage – Snoop Dogg

Come on .. its the motherfucking Snoop D – O – double G .. Snoop Dogg kicked it out a bunch of his hits and then brought out the lovely Erykah Badu for a song or two. Sunday was the most relaxing of the days at Bonnaroo .. laying in a field listening to Snoop was just awesome.

8:30PM  – 12:00 AM, What Stage – Phish

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Overall, Bonnaroo IS an experience .. the best description I saw was scribbled in one of the porta-pottys .. it said “Welcome to Bonnaroo .. the closest to freedom you will EVER be .. “

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Del the Funky Homosapien (whose free album can be found here) returns to the Gorillaz lineup to throw in his two sense ..

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Good Morning all you perusers of all things on the interweb .. my apologies for my lack of updates since Bonnaroo. I will be posting some serious nonsense (oxymoron?) within the next day or two .. the man is bringing me down .. I return from Bonnaroo and he hops onto my back right away with work ..

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Farewell friends .. I am about to begin my 17 hour (approx. by google maps) trek to Manchester, TN to attend this year’s Bonnaroo festival.

I will not be updating the site for the next few days but will be sending updates and photos of the events through my twitter account.

Follow the twitter action by CLICKING HERE.

Music for Perfect People shall return sometime next week!

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