Archive for the ‘Music’ Tag
xx’s Islands
One of the best songs on the xx’s latest album has a great video as well:
It has spawned a cottage remix industry, too. My favorite might be the Chllnger version but Delorean’s take is also awesome.
Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) – The xx
Islands (Chllnger Remix) – The xx
The Temper Trap Remixes
As noted by people smarter than me, today is a great time to be a consumer of music. For example, the internet has created a viable avenue to quickly distribute remixes, and subsequently spawned fan base for them. I’ve been digging these two remixes of “Sweet Disposition” this week:
Sweet Disposition (RAC Remix) – Temper Trap
Bolivian Hip-hop
Filed under: Bolivia, Music | Tags: Bolivia, El Alto, Music
Leave a Comment Here’s a video of political hip-hop in El Alto, the Aymara capital of the world and a largely indigenous city that looms above La Paz on the Altiplano plateau. (Via El Duderino)
Song of the Day: Auto-Tune The News
T-Pain finally makes an appearance in the latest Auto-Tune The News.
Now Can I Get An Encore
I mentioned how Marc Lynch analyzed The Game’s challenge to Jay-Z’s hegemony in rap through the lens of IR literature. It hit the (relative) big-time with NPR doing a segment on the subject this morning.
Jay-Z and the Plight of the Hegemon
Marc Lynch has a great post analyzing Jay-Z and the battle for rap supremacy through IR theory. Spencer Ackerman runs with the idea and examines how, by attacking auto-tune, Jay-Z may have overreached with his latest hit song in typical hegemonic fashion.
Ridiculousness Canceled
Filed under: Music, Travels | Tags: Cochabamba, Music, Reggaeton, Swine Flu
Leave a Comment I had a ticket for the Daddy Yankee concert this Friday in Cochabamba. It was canceled due the swine flu and the medical mask trend shows no sign of abating. The reaction to swine flu is really something here. For example, the public university, San Simón, has been closed (and classes cancelled) for the past two weeks. Anyways, some reggaeton for everyone:
