TAG: Blur

Jan25

Stone Roses, Blur, Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers Headline Coachella 2013

The line-up is out for the 14th Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and there’s a lot of reasons for music fans to be excited, especially those obsessed with early-’90s UK music. Friday night will feature co-headliners Blur and The Stone Roses, two seminal UK acts that have reformed in recent years, much to brit-pop lover’s delight.

Saturday proves it still possible for newer bands to hit massive success, with French indie-poppers Phoenix handling headlining duties, followed by UK phenoms The xx. Sunday offers veteran fare with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, two acts who have been making music since before the average Coachella camper was born.

Other highlights include Resident Advisor’s #1 DJ of 2012, Seth Troxler, the recently reformed LA hip-hop legends Jurassic …

Aug22

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble “Bulletproof Brass” EP Preview

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble proudly present their new release titled “Bulletproof Brass,” a 6 song mini album showcasing this family band’s unrivaled musicianship and universal appeal.

Spring 2011 saw the group reform (like Voltron) in their native Chicago to record a selection of many new songs they have written over the past few years touring and recording. Mesmerizing melodies and pulsating rhythms that sound from another world are like a remedy or tonic to the listener in this digital age of over produced music. Bonafide, raw, and unadulterated; HBE’s music grips the listener and brings them on a trip to another world teaching the true value and meaning of music.

Bandleader Hudah explains:
“The EP ‘Bulletproof Brass’ is part of the next mission for HBE. The stage in our quest for completely …

May11

Damon Albarn’s Gonna Give You Seven Inches (of Blur)

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To all those North Americans who never even got a chance to grab a copy of Blur’s fantastic Record Store Day seven-inch, here comes at least a couple more chances. Front-man Damon Albarn has confirmed that all four members of the band are back together in the studio, and are “definitely going to do a few more of those seven-inches.”


Dec03

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Scrabble (Inspiration for ‘Fuck The Police’ – J Dilla (Video)

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The Sounds of VTech / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble by Mochilla

This is a video re-cap from a recent live performance in Los Angeles from the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, featuring an arrangement by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (Suite for Ma Dukes), in their cover of Rene Costy’s “Scrabble,” a song sampled by the late great hip hop producer, J Dilla for his song “Fuck the Police.”

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are a family, literally. Born in Chicago, these 8 brothers are all sons of their father Phil Cohran, who was a songwriter and trumpeter for Sun Ra. With a heavy upbringing in the jazz tradition, the brothers also started listening to hip …

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Nov30

Blur “No Distance Left to Run” Trailer (Video)

Blur’s official reunion documentary, No Distance Left To Run, is slated for theaters on January 19th. I hope this comes stateside, not sure yet, but here is the trailer:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iYxdghpJZY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the film trails the band from rehearsals to comeback shows in Colchester and at London’s Goldsmiths College, Glastonbury, T In The Park festival, Hyde Park shows, and promises firsthand insight to the innermost workings of the band.

[NME]

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