
First single, “We Movin,” produced by Statik Selektah, from AZ’s highly anticipated Doe or Die II LP.

First single, “We Movin,” produced by Statik Selektah, from AZ’s highly anticipated Doe or Die II LP.
Australian post-punk band the U.V. Race played Ace of Cups last Wednesday. I am not going to front like I know their catalog from front to back or have a collection the band’s frontman’s Marcus Rechsteiner (pictured above) belly button lint.But I have peeped the trailer to the band’s foreign movie Autonomy & Deliberation and listened to their last album Racism. Before UV Race came on there was a discussion going on about Kevin from Pink Reason talking about killing cops, and in general promoting anti-social and anti-government thought during his bands set. I listen to rap music so I believe that the only way to make good art and understand the complex aspects of the world is to wish to join the CIA and sell cocaine so I am undecided about my opinion on anti-social behavior that does not turn a profit. This is not true but it got us this far.
The UV Race came on next. I posted the picture above with Marcus wearing his shirt because the easiest narrative to describe how fun the show was is to talk about how a bigger dude came onstage and got the crowd hype while disrobing periodically until he was down to some gray briefstyle undergarments. Continue reading
Kanye West premiered the video for the song New Slaves off his upcoming album on the side of 66 buildings throughout the world.
It will be interesting to see where this song fits in the sequencing of the album because of it’s minimal, drumless but epic production. As far as a music moment; this is 100 percent successful.
Kanye is grandiose, concise and angry in a manner than inspires you to be like, “yeah, I am sick of everything. Where is my sex, money, wicker chair, beret, and shotgun?”