TAG: Very Best

Oct02

Very Best, The – Warm Heart of Africa (Review)

Very Best, The

Warm Heart of Africa



For every one person that takes pride in spewing vitriol over Vampire Weekend's unabashed cribbing of West African song structure, there's a thousand more who, on a very basic level, simply love what they do. The argument over relatively privileged Westerners appropriating the sounds and rhythms fostered in widely impoverished nations is a valid one. And while Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit's debut LP as The Very Best May not be the wrecking ball to barriers of Western guilt, it makes a very strong case that cross-cultural pollination ...

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Aug25

New M.I.A. and The Very Best (MP3)

Harvester of all that is cool, MIA, joins the african-influenced trio of Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya (aka The Very Best) on a track called “Rain Dance”, off TVB’s album titled The Warm Heart Of Africa. The album, which can be bought HERE, also features an awesome collaboration with Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend. Check out the song below:

DOWNLOAD: “Rain Dance,” The Very Best feat. M.I.A.

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The Very Best Mixtape (MP3)
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Review: Pitchfork Music Festival

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Jul20

Review: Pitchfork Music Festival

Pitchfork is not perfect. In fact, the music festival located in the gritty Union Park of Chicago was chocked full of mistakes- just about everybody was behind schedule, there was a sound problem at almost every performance, and the food vendors kept running out of french fries (well the last one is a personal issue…what can I say, I love fries.). Grizzly Bear’s performance was full of equipment glitches as a fault of the sound guy, who looked like he woke up that day and decided to be a sound guy (never thought I’d think those guys were intimidating, but after seeing how pissed off they were, I’ve changed my mind); Doom- yet again- sent an impersonator to perform in his place, and Matt & Kim’s keyboard became unexpectedly unplugged midway …

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Feb01

Chicago bets a feast, Indy bets Neil Sedaka

The moment I'd been waiting for since the Bears and Colts locked up their Super Bowl spots has finally arrived. The two week layoff provided ample time to ponder whether the Bears' defense can slow Peyton Manning, or if it'll be good Rex or bad Rex on the field Sunday. But ever since the game was set between my hometown and our kindly neighbors to the south, I've wondered just what cultural bounty Naptown would have to offer against the bounty of artery-clogging eats we boast of in the land of the Super Fans.

As expected, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley stepped up first and boy did he go big. Our city's Boss put up the expected pizza, ribs, burgers, nachos, cheesecake, hot dogs, Italian beefs and sausages. (No word if their from Hot Doug's but if he really …

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