Govenors Ball 2013

 

If you have a lot of free time, money and love music, then the 2013 Governors Ball is right for you. With acts such as Kanye West, Kings of Leon and The XX, it's safe to say its going to be the greatest three days since Woodstock.

Gutter Gaunt Gangster

    
If you have a thing for rock, cigarettes and twins, then you have to listen to the Weeks. After falling in love with their music back in 2008 with Comeback Cadillac I decided, in anticipation of their new release Gutter Gaunt Gangster, to trek down south to Nashville from NYC and watch them play. Although I couldn't have stood out more, I sat in the back of 12th and Porter in a pink collard shirt drinking whiskey neat and loving every minute of the music, skinny jeans, cigarette's and beards. These guys are incredible and although you can hear a little of Caleb's southern twang in some of there lyrics they have a cool new sound and its refreshing. I'd say they're in the Aha Shake Heartbreak phase of their music... hopefully they keep it coming. Please, if you do anything for yourself today check out their album. It's streaming on RDIO by clicking the photo above.

Radiohead Decade Album

Radiohead's In Rainbows came out on 10/10/2007, 10 years after OK Computer, and there are 10 letters in the names of both albums. Additionally, OK Computer's original working title was Zeroes and Ones, or "01," (the mirror image of "10" ... obviously). Even that last part alone is enough to make Radiohead fans start looking for a crazy conspiracy, as you're probably aware if you've ever had to spend a long car ride sitting beside one. The scary part? This time they'd be totally right.

This is what doing a whippet on the highway looks like.

There's a way to combine the tracks from OK Computer (hereinafter referred to as 01) and In Rainbows (hereinafter referred to as 10), to form one huge mega-album. As Puddlegum explains, "To create the 01 and 10 playlist, begin with OK Computer's track one, "Airbag," and follow this with In Rainbow's track one, "15 Step." Alternate the albums, track by track, until you reach "Karma Police" on OK Computer, making "All I Need" the tenth track on the 01 and 10 playlist." It's not that they sound nice together; it's that these songs were definitely meant to make us shit our pants when played like this. In the way that "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight" and "The End" all flow into each other on The Beatles' Abbey Road, these songs all flow into one another as well, as if they were all recorded in one big session.
Don't believe us? Just listen to it. To get the full effect, you need to set your player with a 10-second crossfade between tracks (more 10s!), but you can notice most stuff without doing that. Then shit your pants.

Is Thom York moody, or is he acting like he just crapped his pants
as a really subtle clue?

This blogger points out that the song "Nude" (10 album), starts with the reverb from "Subterranean Homesick Alien" (01 album) still lingering, and the beats at the end of "Airbag" (01) set the tempo for "15 Step" (10). There's nothing unusual about that ... except when you consider that those songs were written and recorded 10 years apart. The pants-shitting synchronicity also applies to the lyrics. Puddlegum gives some examples and says: "There appears to be a concept flowing through the 01 and 10 playlist. Ideas in one song [are] picked up by the next." In fact, one of the songs from In Rainbows was originally written for OK Computer and not used for 10 years, and the title of another seems to sum up the whole thing: "Jigsaw Falling Into Place."

Alternate way to sum it up.

Remember all that "10" stuff we mentioned up top, about the date, the time between albums, the number of letters in the titles and whatnot? Want more? Radiohead themselves announced In Rainbows only 10 days before it came out (which is rather unusual), and the announcement was followed by a series of 10 cryptic messages posted by the band on their website. That's nothing new: Cryptic messages might be the only way alternative rock musicians know how to communicate. But then Radiohead fans, being Radiohead fans, noticed that the messages emphasized the letter X (one image was titled "Xendless Xurbia"). And, say, isn't "X" the Roman numeral for 10? Plus, let's take a look at this cover art real quick.

Oh, look, two 10s. Huh.

The band has never officially confirmed any of this, though Puddlegum claims Thom Yorke was annoyed by how long it's taken people to figure it out. Come on, dude -- not all of us are insane alien geniuses.

check it out - http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/radiohead-ultimate-album/id464682696

spotify

Doesn’t it always seem like those Europeans get everything first?! No wait, that’s the Japanese and by everything we were thinking tech gear and oddly flavored snacks. One thing those guys over the pond and beyond (side note – good name for a pond store) did have was the awesome power of Spotify. Now that we’re getting our shot here there is definitely a reason to be excited. Basically think of Spotify as a jukebox that happens to be the size of a city.  You can listen on your computer to almost any track at any time you want.  Make a playlist and share it with friends and never have to keep hunting down music and doing something as silly as paying for it. You can upgrade to Premium for $5/month and have the ability to use Spotify on your phone & even listen offline to your playlists—oh and you’ll cut the line and get it first and then tease your friends who are waiting.

Jay Z and Kanye West: Watch the Throne

When we go hard as a motherf*@ker, it normally results in a day off of work to recover from a mild case of alcohol poisoning, nurse our wounds and potentially pray to the porcelain gods. When Jay Z and Kanye go H.A.M. together, legends are born. We’re not trying to downplay anyone’s (including our own) ability to get shitfaced, but these two icons just take it to another level. Watch the Throne is their forthcoming, as-of-yet-unreleased album. Other than the previously mentioned (and released) H.A.M., the only thing anyone knows about the album is the tracklist and that there’s a dope cover designed by Givenchy’s creative director. With Kanye and Jay Z’s names on it, is there any way it could suck? $12+

A Turntable That Will Make Your Head SPIN

Do you crave great sound no matter what the cost? Well I for one do, and so through my search for great sound quality I actually traveled back in time when music was less portable, and when I emerged from the past this machine is what I found. It's known as a turntable and it plays vinyl records, except this one is a very special turntable. It's actually famous not just for having the highest price tag, but it's also known for having the best sound quality available with the right speakers and head. This amazing product called the Reference II will have only twenty five units made at ($300,000) a pop.

Unmatchable Sound at a BETTER Price

Have you ever wanted unmatched sound, incredible volume with zero distortion in a sexy shell?

Well, the Beolab 5 is the speaker for you. A couple of weeks ago I got a chance to check out these sexy speakers. I thought basically they were just over priced speakers at first. However, after sitting down and listening to airplanes, by B.O.B, I realized that these speakers didn't just "say something about you," instead I realized that they are completely worth their ($16,000) price range. They are amazing and I suggest them to anyone looking for speakers and can afford them.

Head Phones and what are the BEST

Do you have a considerable yearning for an amazing sound with absolutely no worry on price?

Well these four head phones are for your consideration. (from left to right) The Sennheiser HD 800, The Grado PS-1000,The Ultrasone Edition 8 and the HE-5 headphones are among the greatest and most advanced listening devices in the world. The He-5 ($600) is by far one of the greatest pair of headphones I have ever used, and it's price makes it the cheapest pair of headphones in the bunch. The use of wood for the outer cups allows the headphones to have zero sound distortion unlike most metal models. the other three starting at ($1,300-1,700) are another viable option for you money spenders.