It's Wednesday, have you picked up your edition of City Pages yet? Don't worry, you don't actually have to go outside and hunt down your nearest neighborhood coffee shop, restaurant, or street corner newsstand to find out what we are covering this week. We've got everything waiting for your perusal online, including the music content from today's print edition. Here's a rundown of what you can find this week:
It's Wednesday morning, which means we are in the process of infiltrating the entire Twin Cities metro area with fresh copies of this week's City Pages. But don't worry -- you don't actually have to leave the house to find out what's in this week's issue. Here's a quick rundown of the music articles that ran in today's print edition of the paper:
Are you as excited about this show as we are? We've already gotten a great response from our readers about the Gimme Shelter: A Benefit for Haiti show coming up on Saturday, February 6, at First Avenue, and tickets are now on sale. To avoid the Ticketmaster fees, we recommend purchasing your tickets at one of the many local outlets that stock First Ave tickets (including record stores like the Electric Fetus, Treehouse, and Fifth Element) or in person at the First Avenue box office.
You can also purchase the tickets through Ticketmaster on First Ave's website.
It's Wednesday morning, which can only mean one thing at Gimme Noise headquarters -- it's time to put down our blogular machines and stop clackety clacking for a moment so we can direct your attention to our print edition. Yes, the print edition, that old fashioned tangible paper copy of our blog, which is distributed to newsstands across the Twin Cities today. We've got a big issue this week, with three full-length music articles and a CD review, starting with an interview with Doomtree crew member-turned-solo songstress Dessa -- who, we should add, has already hit number 11 on the iTunes rap charts with her new solo release.
Did y'all know that every Wednesday we take a brief respite from our blogging to put out a real, honest-to-God newspaper? One that you can pick up from a street corner newsstand to hold, flip through, and smudge up your hands with ink? Weird thought, I know, but bear with me. In this weekly bundle of papers titled City Pages, we often run features on one or two local bands, a CD review, and some show recommendations picked out just for you. Even devout readers of this blog might not see these pieces as they come out each week, so we'd like to interrupt your daily schedule of blog scanning to direct your attention to this week's print edition.
Gay Beast get ready for first European tour By David Hansen With a new 7" under their belt (Charm), noise rock trio Gay Beast are getting ready to embark on their first tour abroad. We sat down to interview them about their upcoming expedition.
The Guthrie's production of Romeo and Juliet opens this weekend, and to celebrate City Pages is in the midst of holding a songwriting contest for local musicians. The assignment? Compose and record an original song inspired by the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. We received quite a few submissions, and have narrowed it down to five finalists -- and now we need your help.
Head over to the Rock Out Romeo contest page to listen to the top five songs and cast your vote. The winner receives a great prize package, including tickets to the production, an electric guitar, studio hours at McNally Smith, mastering services, and tickets to shows at First Avenue.
In this week's print edition of City Pages (also known as Gimme Noise: The Dead Tree Edition), freelancer Ty Forve wrote an in-depth profile of dance party promotors Kind Beats, led by Hmong DJs Ville Thao and John Vang. In addition to providing descriptions of their dance nights and a history of Thao and Vang's immigrant families, Forve talks about the segregation that exists in the Twin Cities dance community, despite "white parties" and "asian parties" playing essentially the same type of music at the same type of clubs.
It's a little late in the year to start releasing zombie-mashups, but combining Nirvana and Michael Jackson kind of seems like something that fits within the context of any month of the year. DJ Moule did just that this past week, bringing together the two less-than-alive acts, while tossing in some of the German electronics of Digitalism to boot.
Andrew Stockdale's presence on stage is neurotic, tireless, burgeoning with mysterious creativity - and effortless energy -- a persona that was that on display Saturday night when the skinny jean-clad frontman led his Aussie counterparts on a trip down Amplified Highway.
DC emcee Wale broke out this week, releasing his first official album following a steady string of acclaimed mixtapes. The Hood Internet was there to get in on the Attention Deficit festivities, blending the airy background of electro-hippies Black Moth Super Rainbow with Wale's homage to A Tribe Called Quest, "World Tour." Don't forget: the Hood will be performing with Solid Gold at First Avenue tonight.
Word came this week that the Kleptones will be delivering a new album before the year is out. Trust me, this is good news. Potentially the UK group is best known for its album A Night at the Hip Hopera, a mix between hip hop (obviously) and Queen's A Night at the Opera which Blog Critics called, "This is a brilliant album, and a further condemnation of why the music biz can't find its own ass with both hands." Until the new album is complete you can download ANatHHhere and a "beta version" of new a track combining the Prodigy, Pendulum and the Beastie Boys at the link below.
This week Chicago's Hood Internet hit their 300th mashup & celebrated by autotuning Biz Markie and mashing "Just a Friend" with Phoenix and Classixx. For those interested in more of the Hood, ABX & DJ STV SLV will be dropping their fourth mixtape November 9.
Regardless of whether or not you're a fan of mashups, or just want something fresh for your jam-box, this taste-test from the new Fleetwood Mac Mashed album should sit well with you. The first track from the mix debuted this week (as did the entire album) at A plus D's monthly Bootie Top 10 mix; here's what they had to say,
"We've been waiting forever for Radio Clash's Fleetwood Mash album to come out, and this "Bootie Exclusive" from Bootie Boston's DJ BC has helped fast-track its release ... finally! We've been spinning this in our early sets for months now, and are so glad to not have to keep it to ourselves anymore -- we can now happily share this awesome track with you!"
Technically this probably lands closer to a remix than a mashup, but considering the source it's not a stretch to include it in this week's post. The Hood Internet was recently asked by Wu-Tang's GZA to put a spin on Mando Diao's "Dance With Somebody" in order to appropriate the track for some fresh lyrics he wanted to lay down. Edmonton's poet laureate Cadence Weapon jumps in for a few bars, capping off what is definitely a contender for mashup, er... remix of the year.
After a few weeks of crapping it up, lobsterdust nailed a remarkable mix this week, utilizing a track from Queens of the Stone Age layered within some fresh Air. Though the song isn't built on material from Air's most recent release, Love 2 (which is highly recommended, by the way), it retains the French duo's leisurely approach to electronic ambiance.
Twin Cities News: -- In The News and MN Daily interview Brother Ali. -- Culture Bully features new music from Zombie Season. -- Brooklyn Vegan previews Bob Dylan's fall tour. -- The Current is streaming a studio session from Yo Lan Tengo.
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