Monthly Archives: March 2012

Earl Sweatshirt Performs in NY, Does First Interview

Earl Sweatshirt is back and if you didn’t believe the original reports about his return, we now have much more concrete evidence. First off, Earl just participated in his first ever interview, sitting down with Hot 97’s Paul Rosenberg to talk about his return alongside Odd Future members Tyler and Taco.

Perhaps what is even more exciting is the fact that Earl made his live debut tonight at Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom. With the entire Odd Future crew by his side, Earl performed key cuts from his discography, including “Orange Juice”, “Assmilk”, and “Kill”.

Below, you can watch the Rosenberg interview, as well as an impromptu music video for OF Tape Vol. 2‘s crew cut “Oldie” that was filmed by Lance Bangs at a photoshoot with Terry Richardson.

Odd Future – “Oldie”:

Download: King I Divine & ScienZe – Divine ScienZe

A few days back, the producer-rapper duo of King I Divine and ScienZe dropped off their collaborative mixtape Divine ScienZe for free download over at 2DopeBoyz. All the tracks are produced by Queens native King I Divine, who gives the entire project a unique boom-bap sound that meshes really well with ScienZe’s sharp rhymes and smooth flow. To top it all off, the duo enlisted the help of a hard-hitting supporting cast that includes features from rising artist Sene, West Coast legend Blu, and more. If you’re a fan of old school hip hop, then these two will definitely find a regular spot in your headphones. You can download the mixtape for free below and if you’re not already convinced, you can also preview two songs, one of which includes guest verses from Sene, Blu, and Britain Parker.

DOWNLOAD: King I Divine & Scienze – Divine ScienZe (Mediafire)

MP3: King I Divine & ScienZe – “Happiness Is (feat. Sene, Blu & Britain Parker)”

MP3: King I Divine & ScienZe – “Hero”

Spring Break Hipster Trash Mix

As spring break rolled around this year, I realized that I would be stuck in the car for hours upon hours while visiting faraway relatives. To prepare myself and to make the trip much more fun, I compiled a short mix of songs that are almost appropriately considered “hipster trash.”

Enjoy, if your into that kind of stuff.

Titus Andronicus Releases Mixtape

Titus Andronicus has just released a new mixtape titled Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol. 1. They posted it on their tumblr, where you can download the mixtape for free and view the tracklisting and a short description for each song. Click here to download it directly. The mixtape includes a covers, demos, live tracks, a new single, and more. Be sure to check out the mixtape as they have been writing a lot of new material recently. The band is planning to release an album sometime later this year. The picture above is Patrick Stickles performing with the band at SXSW who recently shaved his beard.

Andrew Bird Visits Stephen Colbert

To promote his new album Break It Yourself, singer-songwriter and whistling virtuoso Andrew Bird made an appearance on Stephen Colbert’s show last night. After a hilariously one-sided chat with Colbert (well, what did you expect?) about his fanbase, his music, and more, Bird gave the audience a fantastic peformance of his new song “Eyeoneye”, as well as an exclusive web performance of “Danse Caribe”. Even while flanked by a full band, Bird handles multiple roles, switching between vocals to whistling to playing guitar to playing violin. You can watch the interview as well as the two live performances below.

Interview:

“Eyeoneye”:

“Danse Caribe”: