The Yeah Yeah Yeahs just relesed their new music video for "Skeletons" online today on Babelgum. It is hard not to love anything they do. Watch it here.
Always on the grind and on the road, Killola toured through Austin again as they always do. The first stop was at the annual Southby Southwest Music Festival (SXSW). The most recent stop was in September, so that led me to believe they were touring again to support a new album. I soon learned I was only half right. They are performing new material, but the new untitled album is not out just yet. I caught up with Johnny (bass) and Lisa (vocals) backstage at Emo’s to see what I could find out about the new album, the crazy new video and whatever else is coming up in the following year for Killola.
Austin Indie band, Quiet Company, has slowly seeped into my Ipod without me knowing. Their latest album, Everyone You Love Will Be Happy Soon, has a little bit of Ben Folds and a hint of Cold War Kids. I am not into either of those bands really, which I was surprised I liked some of what I heard from Quiet Company.
I hate to admit this to the world, but I find most hip hop to be stale and cookie cutter these days. Everyone seems to be using the same producers and the art of story telling has gone the wayside. In the large field of copy cat rappers and whack MCs, only a few can catch and hold my attention. Last year I fell in love with the sounds of 88 Keys and The Cool Kids. This year I think Canadian MC, Shad is taking over. His new album, The Old Prince, helped me rediscover what I love so much about hip hop.
It's cool that Austin, TX did it's part in celebrating the 2nd annual Record Store Day on April 18. It's even cooler to know that the editors over at Spin ranked Austin's own Waterloo records as one of the top 15 indie record stores in America. Double Stereo gives props to these stores. We love em'.
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