Saturday 5 December 2009

If we wasn't so original then we'd be criminal


So Wale teamed up with Somalian rapper K'Naan and Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio to make this wicked tune -"wittily" called TV in the Radio. They basically just rap about how original they are - but the horns and beats elevate some pretty good lyrics into an absolutely awesome tune, proving once again that TVOTR are absolute legends and can do no wrong. As if you didn't know that already.

Tuesday 1 December 2009

Never mind what anybody else done




I know I've been a little MIA recently... hopefully you've been tuning into my radio show, Pet Sounds on Pulse, (Tuesdays 2-4pm GMT) as most of my energies musically have been going into that.

Aside from that however, the one thing you can't do very easily on the radio is videos, and one video that defnintely been garnering some serious blog-inches is the vid for the new Yeasayer song, Ambling Alp. Yeasayer, you may remember, are the perpetrators of the fabulous, new-year themed 2080, but if anything, they've topped themselves with Ambling Alp. Heartfelt, joyous, dance-able, but with some awesome Middle-Eastern/African inspired beats, this is sure to make many best-ofs for this year

Their video, however, is something else. Utterly bizarre... but really really good I think, combining face-melting with cults with horses with deserts. Check it out below - but be warned, if you're watching it in a public place, there's some pretty interesting naked dancing going on at the end, so you may get some odd looks, I know I did...


Download Ambling Alp here.