Gorillaz Gear Up for Coachella With New Album, Plastic Beach
With a recently announced headlining spot at Coachella 2010 and details on a new album, Gorillaz is proving again that they’re the world’s premier animated supergroup. Plastic Beach, Gorillaz’s first album since 2005’s Demon Days, will drop March 9, just about a month before they’ll rock the Coachella stage on April 18 in their first U.S. performance in over four years.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAustin City Limits Announces First Hip-Hop Episode, Plus Avett Brothers and More
The first all hip-hop episode of Austin City Limits will premiere on PBS this Saturday, Jan. 16. It features veteran rapper Mos Def and relative newcomer K’Naan, the latter a Somali-born Canadian renowned for his detailed rhymes. This is the first time in the show’s 35-year history that it will air an episode exclusively featuring rap artists.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLou Reed, Mos Def, Many More Contributing to New Gorillaz Album
From Gorillaz, the animated, toothy-grinned band partly conceived by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, listeners have come to expect a fusion of reggae, trip-hop and even Latin music. But as announced recently, the third Gorillaz album will feature one newly announced GPS voice, two iconic frontmen of the ‘60s and ’70s, and more, lending to a contributing line-up as eclectic as the one heard on 2005’s Demon Days.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFall Guide to Good TV: Embedded
Check local listings for time and networks, beginning Oct. 14Join Mos Def as he freestyles through the streets of Osaka, Japan; Death Cab For Cutie’s Nick Harmer as he follows his passion for photography; or Amanda Palmer as she goes thrift-store shopping in San Francisco with Lykke Li. This new series aims to peak inside the everyday lives of musicians like Common, Silversun Pickups, Ben Harper, Thievery Corporation, Passion Pit and The Decemberists. ... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesThe Black Keys Reveal Rap Record
The blues-rocking duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys will soon try their luck in the hip-hop universe. Under the pseudonym BlakRoc, they plan to release a self-titled, hybrid rap-rock record of sorts, slated for a Nov. 27 debut.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMos Def is Ecstatic About His Fall Tour
Hot on the heels of the release of his most recent LP The Ecstatic, actor/rapper/comedian/activist/renaissance man Mos Def is gearing up for a fall tour in August and September, in conjunction with the Garden Grown and Guerilla Union promotional groups. Tickets are now available at the Garden Grown website.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMos Def: The Ecstatic
At this point, you could be forgiven for knowing... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBest Music of 2009 (So Far): Steve LaBate, Associate Editor
To celebrate the half-way point of 2009, this week Paste staffers are counting down their favorite albums and songs of the year (so far). Check out all of our lists here, and share your own favorites in the comments.So much love to give already this year, and it’s not even July. And there’s even more to come later this year with new albums from The Avett Brothers, Pearl Jam, the Beastie Boys, Tom Russell and Calexico, Jay-Z, Os Mutantes, Yo La Tengo, The Black Crowes, Gordon Gano, Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne and The Dead Weather. I’m only supposed to include 10 albums and 10... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayMos Def's The Ecstatic: The T-Shirt
Rather than accept the decline of the physical album as an inevitability, some people are taking active steps to avert it. Case in point: music/fashion impresarios Invisible DJ, in conjunction with LnA Clothing, have designed the first ever "Music Tee" for Mos Def's latest album, The Ecstatic.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsMos Def to drop The Ecstatic in June
After the veritable avalanche of big-name hip-hop releases 2008 saw, 2009 has been a remarkably quieter year on the beats-and-verses front (not counting The-Dream's excellent Love vs. Money.) Dr. Dre, Eminem and Rakim all have albums tentatively in the works for '09, and DOOM's latest comes tomorrow, but rapper/actor/band geek Mos Def has just set down a solid release date of June 9 for his upcoming album The Ecstatic.... read more
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