TAG: Sunshine

Jan31

New LP from The Sea and Cake

Lazy photoshopping aside, news of a new album from The Sea and Cake is making us incredibly jazzed. Their seventh full-length and first in four years will hit stores on May 8 on their familiar Thrill Jockey home. Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, John McEntire and Erik Claridge's beautiful brand of pillowy pop has been the staple of lazy mornings, simultaneously capable of exhaling sunshine on sunny days and absorbing the cold dampness of rain when the sky is gray.

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Jan31

Mark Ronson-Rhymefest-Wacko Jacko mixtape

Rhymefest has released a new free mixtape for download, produced by Mark Ronson and featuring all samples from MJ and the Jackson 5.

01 The Cipher (Rhymefest & Michael Jackson)
02 Can’t Make It (Rhymefest)
03 “Thriller” Skit
04 Get Up (Rhymefest ft Wale)
05 Dancin’ Machine (The Jackson 5 ft Rhymefest)
06 Flip It Skit
07 Never Can Say Goodbye (Rhymefest ft Talib Kweli) (download)
08 Mike The Mentor (Rhymefest ft Michael Jackson)
09 No Sunshine (Rhymefest)
10 Caught Up Skit
11 Foolin’ Around (Rhymefest ft Dres)
12 Set The Mood
13 Breakadawn (Rhymefest ft Daniel Merriweather & alpha.)
14 Windbreaker Skit
15 Higher Intro
16 Higher (Rhymefest)
17 Mark vs. Mike
18 All That I’ve Got (Rhymefest ft …

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Jan25

Beck, Pulp directors belles of Sundance ball (nullus)

The long-time rock video directing team “Hammer & Tongs” (Garth Jennings & Nick Goldsmith) responsible for classics like Beck's “Lost Cause,” Blur's “Coffee & TV,” and Badly Drawn Boy's “Something to Talk About,” have set Sundance on fire. The team was previously responsible for the pretty-good Mos Def-starring Hitchhiker's adaptation, but in Son of Rambow, a coming-of-age story about a boy who discovers the magic of cinema in the 80's, picks up a camera, and sets about shooting his own sequel to First Blood, the guys seem to have found their masterpiece. The picture received rave reviews and wild receptions at the screenings, and now has sold to Paramount Vantage (their Miramax wannabe) for a whopping $8 million. Last year's similar darling was Little Miss Sunshine, which ended up doing huge …

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