Posts Tagged ‘Jay-Z’
Run This Town
Some heavy hitters join forces for this track off the much anticipated Blueprint 3, due out September 11.
Actually, it’s exactly what I would expect if these three got together to make a song.
Jay-Z ft Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town
YOF Approved
Summer’s almost over and it seems like everyone is going back to school. So rep these tracks and reminisce about the good, bad, and sweaty.
Summer Anthems:
U-Tern Feat. Kutcorners – Disco Sizzurp
Jensen Sportag- Jackie (Van Helder Remix)
Jay-Z – Jockin Jay ( Rob Low Throwback Remix )
the interview show: Isis
Isis has been described as “the thinking man’s metal band.” Others say the band has a Tool-lite, post-metal sound. This is a pretty easy comparison—since the band are friends with Tool— and I am not sure if I would agree. However, Isis does have a sound that is hard to pin down, and their music easily defies genre conventions. The band also draws praise because it draws from literary influences like Don Quixote and philosopher Jeremy Bentham.
When I asked Clifford Meyer and Aaron Harris from the band how something in their recent life did not live up to their expectations—alluding to Quixote—both of them deftly sidestepped any personal answers and talked about music. Meyer was disappointed in the Jay-Z American Gangster record. And Harris didn’t feel that Radiohead ’s In Rainbows lived up to the hype. There is just something great thinking about the guys from Isis listening to art rock and hip hop. (Note, more true to expectations, Meyer was reading the dark 90s indie comic book The Maxx.)
Isis is celebrating 10 years in the game. Not many post-metal bands make it that far, and both of the guys were happy to share pieces of their journey.
Next week, we return with Swedish indie-electronic act Lo-Fi-Fnk!
