Das Racist "Sit Down Man"

One of the best hip hop albums I've heard lately, it features an unusual kind of nonsense lyrics (at least it seems so, many of the times). Produce by a great variety of artists (including Diplo here), it has been considered a great achievement by Das Racist, innovating rapping.
These guys are really original, they even did a videogame, which is similar to their videoclip of the song "Who's that? Brooown" [also included on this album]. Click here to play the videogame.
A good example of these "dada" lyrics (like I've seem some people name them) are the ones featured on "hahahaha jk". Even old Das Racist songs like "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" point at this sort of style.

The playlist is the following:
01. wkcr stretch and bobbito show w quincy jones (intro)
02. all tan everything (ft. jay-z) [prod. sabzi]
03. puerto rican cousins [prod. gordon voidwell and alex kestner] ^
04. hahahaha jk? [prod. boi-1da]
05. town business (ft. kassa overall) [prod. kassa overall]
06. commercial [prod. teengirl fantasy] *
07. people are strange [prod. devo springsteen] **
08. luv it mayne (ft. fat tony & bo p) [prod. tom cruz]
09. amazing (ft. lakutis) [prod. keepaway]
10. fashion party (with chairlift) [prod. chairlift] *
11. rapping 2 u (ft. lakutis) [prod. sha-leik]
12. rooftop (ft. despot) [prod. dame grease]
13. irresponsible (ft. lakutis) [prod. like magic + das racist]*
14. return to innocence [prod. dash speaks]
15. julia (the very best remix) [prod. das racist]
16. roc marciano joint (ft. roc marciano) [prod. mike finito]
17. you can sell anything [prod. diplo]
18. sit down, man (ft. el-p) [prod. scoop deville]
19. sit down, people (by dapwell and quincy jones)

executive produced by le’Roy benros for noizy cricket!! & himanshu suri for greedhead entertainment

mixed and recorded by daniel lynas at wonderful studios except where otherwise noted.

I highly recommend this one. Acquire it. Also, check out their official website.
Below is one of my fav songs, "hahahaha jk":

[gig reviews] FAUST live at Teatro Maria Matos, 6th October 2010

FAUST, sometimes referred as the godfather of the krautrock, played in Lisbon on 6th October of 2010. I filmed the entire concert and you can see it live at our new youtube channel, a colab with Vai Uma Gasosa.
Here are some photos [Serotonin Sounds isn't the author of these, it's taken from the blog arte-factos10]:

Caribou "Swim"

While diving deep into this sea of sounds, I realize how Daniel Snaith, Caribou's mastermind, has this peculiar gift of turning every sound into something catchy and audible. Like if most found sounds were turned into a beat taken away from a pop song.
Let's say this album has been reviewed by most music critics, magazines and other "trustful" sources above 80% in average. It's a must.
It is his first new album of material since 2008 Polaris Music Prize-winning Andorra.

The track list is the following:

1. "Odessa" – 5:15
2. "Sun" – 5:44
3. "Kaili" – 4:41
4. "Found Out" – 3:18
5. "Bowls" – 6:20
6. "Leave House" – 5:11
7. "Hannibal" – 6:14
8. "Lalibela" – 2:25
9. "Jamelia" – 3:58

My favourite tracks are: Odessa, Bowls and Jamelia.

Below is Odessa's videoclip:

[gig reviews] Upcoming videos

Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, many things haven't been posted around this blog. These were some of the gigs I attended the last 2 months.
I'll try posting up some videos of the following gigs:
-The Sticks live at The Lounge, Lisbon;
-Sonic Youth live at Coliseu, Lisbon;
-Zeni Geva live at Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon;

[gig announcements] Os Passos em Volta at Groovie Records

This next Saturday, this is 15th of March 2010, the portuguese band Os Passos em Volta are performing for free at Groovie Records (located in Escadinhas do Duque, near Rua da Oliveira and Largo do Carmo).
Courtesy of Serotonin Sounds (including the flyer).

[upcoming bands] Numbers Game

Numbers game is a kind of new DIY aesthetics musical project of Doc Matthews. When I hear his songs, I think of a different Ariel Pink. Like a more audible Ariel Pink with extended tracks, you know. I still don't get why Numbers Game isn't already one of those hype bands. Take this as a fine example: Wavves are an overrated band, so why isn't this overrated too?
I only hope Doc Matthews keeps producing songs like these. Check out his website. He's got free MP3 there too [and flacs].

[gig reviews] Owen Pallett at Teatro Maria Matos, 11th March 2010

A great musician, that currently got the media attention due to his latest release (entitled "Heartland"), Owen Pallett is Final Fantasy. He had to change the well-known musical project's name to his own name since it had copyright issues (the game Final Fantasy didn't allow him to keep going with that name).
I got the chance (for only 5 euros!!) to see him perform at Teatro Municipal Maria Matos (located in Lisbon, Portugal).
He had a great setlist ranging from Heartland themes to old ones (like "This lamb sells condos").
I filmed almost the entire concert by the way. I still haven't had enough time to post all the videos, but here are some: part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5, part 9.
Here are some photos of the gig I found on another portuguese music blog.

[upcoming bands] Black Microwave

Although its myspace exists since 2 years ago, it's relatively recent. Black Microwave consist of a one-man musical project that struggles through many musical seas: experimental electronics, 8bit, [a slow] breakcore, etc. The person behind this project is also playing on the band Kimoameba.
The author has released 3 cd's until now. You can check them out on the myspace.
Here it is the myspace.

Mixtape by Dazzle Ships on Warmer Climes

I was wondering on myspace, with nothing that much interesting to speak about when I found the mixtape made by both members of Dazzle Ships (for those who do not know, I interviewed them a month or so ago).
Here it is the link. They have good musical sugestions over there.