Bote, Diosque Independiente, Argentina Rating: 77 by Carlos Reyes “You’re one of those people who likes to stare at accidents” says the punching opening line in Los Punsetes’ brutally visceral, “Accidentes.” Argentine composer Juan Roman Diosque strikes me as one of those people. Through his music, he defies the proportions of a bird’s-eye elevated view to instead observe its subjects at a depraved proximity. There’s something very neurotic about an anti-panoramic songwriter (e.g. Marco Antonio Solís), especially when the short distance devotion hints early symptoms of voyeurism and, even more fascinating, paraphilia. But Diosque’s condition ...

I was a little hesitant on compiling a list of my favorite non-electro heavy tracks for 2011. It seemed like most blogs had the gist of what mine would look like and, for the most part, I didn't have too much to add. But I decided to sack it up and do it anyway because (1) I wanted to keep track for future reference and (2) I did manage to find some real gems in here. View Full Article » [Audio clip: view full post to listen] No related posts.

We're pretty much against most remakes. But Gist but an interesting twist on this Watch The Throne track for Martin Luther King Day.

PropertyOfZack is stoked to welcome in Tom Falcone as our newest Contributor. Tom is a well-known touring photographer that has worked with bands like All Time Low, Mayday Parade, and We Are The In Crowd. Considering that Tom is still a full-time college student, we thought it’d be a great opportunity to bring on a Contributor that divides up his time between learning and touring. Tom’s first blog is a little introduction on himself and showcases the difficulties between being on the road for so long at a time while having other priorities.   Read up and enjoy, there ...

Filed under: News facebook.com Swedish hardcore icons Refused are set to reunite for this year's Coachella festival in Indio, Calif. The band will be performing on Friday, April 13, along with the Black Keys , M83 , Explosions in the Sky , and many others. Also performing at the famed two-weekend event , which takes place April 13-15, and April 20-22, will be At the Drive-In , so that's more than enough reason to head to the So Cal desert this April. Refused, whose 1998-issued 'The Shape of Punk to Come' is considered a landmark release in the hardcore world, broke up ...

Twitter-happy rapper Kanye West went off via tweets again. He rapid-fire talked about DONDA, a company he is assembling. He posted (and this is not chronological, we're trying to give you the gist of it): "DONDA is a design company which will galvanize amazing thinkers and put them in a creative

Patriotic themes are, for better or worse, universal, at least in the nation they're being patriotic about. And, as artists from Bruce Springsteen to scruffy Massachusetts electro-pop brats DOM have found, sometimes a song with a vaguely patriotic-sounding lyric can turn a few heads even if the actual gist of the lyrics happens to be critical, sarcastic, or, as in the case of Lana Del Rey's newly surfaced "National Anthem," almost a total non sequitur. "National Anthem," according to All Music set to be the closing song on Del Rey's forthcoming Born to Die , has more in ...

I have always been more of a fan of Skrillex’s more melodic parts of his songs than the heavy womps that come with it, so it was nice surprise to hear yh and Hollidayrain take the junk out of his latest single. This Electro-trance remix serves as Hollidayrain’s parting gist to 2011. Big things coming [...]

The audio is horrible but you can get the gist of it. Props: Ashley Previously: David Banner ft. 2 Chainz & ASAP Rocky – Yao Ming

The audio is horrible but you can get the gist of it. Props: Ashley Previously: David Banner ft. 2 Chainz & ASAP Rocky – Yao Ming

As mentioned yesterday , Madonna has signed a three-album label deal with Interscope. New details emerged today, via a press release, about The Walking Tradge's upcoming music — the gist being that the LP will be out at some point in March, while her single "Gimme All Your Luvin" arrives in late January, just ahead of Madge's Super Bowl performance (on February 5). The timeless songvulture songbird also landed a Best Original Song Golden Globe nomination today, for her W.E. ballad "Masterpiece." The film, which was directed by the screen legend Madge, also earned another nod for Best Original ...

Aaron Matthews isn’t American, but he gets the gist. Among popular rappers, Emimem’s sense of self-awareness is rivalled by only Jay and (arguably) 50 Cent. On his ’97 song “Low Down, Dirty,” he imitates a backpacker critiquing the Slim Shady EP: “Slim Shady, his tape is dope, I love it/It’s rugged, but he needs to… Continue reading »

After having caught my attention with an email promo request, the bio of France's Glorior Belli suddenly had me drooling with this snippet: "...It's also dangerously violent and fast, yet at the same time really dark with all the Americana/stoner/blues elements that we cherish...." My initial thought was, "stoner black metal? What a novel concept!" I racked my brain for similar bands, and I couldn't really think of any. Nachtmystium came to mind, but there's has sometimes been a more psychadelic form of black metal, not so much doom-oriented. Before checking out their newest ...

A week of DiS, as a playlist...you should probably have the gist of what this weekly digest is by now. A Spotify playlist + amongst the blathering below you'll find links to the best bits of this week... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com

The gist on Clyfford Still, one of the most celebrated Abstract Expressionist artists in American history, is that for over three decades, nearly his entire body of work has been sealed away somewhere far from public and scholarly view. Part of the agreement stipulated in his will was that none of his individual works were to [...]