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Roadburn 2009 Now Streaming
by Ozgur Okter on May.16, 2009, under downpicks
Malleus is the man
Roadburn 2009, curated by Neurosis, was a spectacle that I am still kicking myself for missing. If you are like me and were unable to make it over to Holland for the good times, fear not! Holland’s major media network Vpro 3voor12, has started posting full live sets from Baroness, Ufomammut, Saviours, and Amon Duul to name a few. Plug in and tune out.
Nathan “Flutebox” Lee and Beardyman @ google
by Brooks Rocco on May.09, 2009, under downpicks
Here’s some morning mash for your ears!
Nathan ’Flutebox’ Lee, the UK’s preeminent ‘fluteboxer’, has been flowing his hip hop and ragga infused styles all across the country as of late, and recently hit up the Google camp down in London.
Check this video, which also features fellow lip slapper, the refreshingly unbearded Beardyman, who’ll slam you with a killer drum n’bass beatbox and Nina Simone mouthmix, if that’s your sort of thing.
If not, then glaze on, slappy sailor!
Dinosaur Jr. new, free mp3, wicked sick album cover
by Brooks Rocco on May.01, 2009, under downpicks
Get out of my dreams.
Download: Dinosaur Jr. – I Want You To Know (mp3)
Dinosaur Jr. may have just won the album cover award for 2009. And that’s no small feat, considering how good the art has been for both of the reviews below. But as this one is so obviously inspired by a few of my favorite things – the Lord of the Rings, dystopian ideals of the future, and of course, the magic herb - J’s newest has the edge.
The song isn’t bad either, though it has a pretty serious case of the Death Magnetic Flu, making it a little difficult to listen to. Come on people, quality over all!
“Download “I Want You to Know,” the first mp3 from Dinosaur Jr’s new full length “Farm,” due out on June 23 in the US and Canada via Jagjaguwar, and June 22 in the UK and EU via PIAS.”
