Created by non-profit organization New Orleans Airlift in collaboration with 25 artists including international street art star Swoon, The Music Box is a musical installation comprised of purpose-built shacks and miniature houses that contain instruments, or have instruments built right into their

Frivolous - Cadenza Podcast 021 (Cycle) Today's Cycle podcast comes from Frivolous, one of Cadenza's more eccentric family members. Cadenza fans will know Frivolous from his debut album 'Meteorology', which was released on Cadenza in February 2011 complete with its club hits 'Wasting Time', 'Back Into The Deep', and 'Cryin''. Many will also know him from his live club spectacles, which features live keyboards and vocals, as well as a number of his own homemade devices/instruments including the Frivolous Patented Electromagnetic Knife, the Broken-Ruler Music Box, and the Double Cable-Tub Bass." D o w n l o a ...

All hail the Internet as Fuse recently unearthed a rare clip of The Notorious One and Jigga on stage together performing at a party held for Video Music Box creator [...]

“Ralph McDaniels talks about his 30 years hosting the hip hop show “Video Music Box” and the birthday party where Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z serenaded him with “Money">Get Money.”” via ottn

Today, we bring you the latest episode of Pitchfork.tv's  "Pitchfork Weekly" . In this week's installment, J. Spaceman of Spiritualized answers fan questions , Killer Mike talks about his new album R.A.P. Music , and Liars give us a sneak preview of theirs.  Subscribe  to Pitchfork's YouTube channel and stay tuned every Friday for new episodes of "Pitchfork Weekly." Other new Pitchfork.tv episodes on our YouTube channel this week included the  Danny Brown documentary "Detroit State of Mind" , the full Doug Aitken "SONG 1" Happening , a "+1" with Vincent">St. Vincent , a "60 Seconds Left" with ...

This is truly an epic moment in hip-hop! While Jay-Z had yet to drop his debut album Reasonable Doubt , Biggie Smalls was already solidifying his legend with Ready To Die . PHOTOS: Jay-Z Dons All Black Everything At "Men In Black 3" Premiere! In 1996, at Video Music Box creator Ralph McDaniels ' birthday celebration, Jay joined Biggie live on stage as a hypeman for "Money">Get Money." Even though, the two Brooklyn natives traded verses on "Brooklyn's Finest" and were good friends, even attending the same high school, the two rarely performed together - making this piece of footage all the ...

Beach House Bloom [Sub Pop; 2012] by Rowan Savage Rating: It’s been argued — perhaps wishfully — that the philosophical obsession with language as a fundamental category will soon be swept away, cyclically, by a return to the issue of time. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose . Apropos of time, the central concept of Miranda July’s 2011 film The Future (apart from a cat who narrates from an ambiguous point somewhere beyond the grave) was the idea that the moment before a personal catastrophe could literally be suspended in time. And when Beach House’s “Master of ...

In part four of Kris Needs Fifty Outiders list for Clash magazine's Outsider issue we look at The Residents, The Slits, Larry Levan, Arthur Russell, Throbbing Gristle and others. 31. FLAMIN’ GROOVIES San Francisco’s Flamin’ Groovies were spitting high-energy rock ‘n’ roll with punky attitude during psychedelia then, when punk exploded, donned Beatle suits to homage the British beat boom. 32. LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY Texan psychosillybilly pioneer Norman Carl Odam donated space-fixated name and out-there agenda to Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust master-plan, his cacophonous ‘Paralyzed’ single dominating World’s Worst Records lists. 33. THE RESIDENTS For nearly forty ...

Koala">Kid Koala “Space Cadet Headphone Experience” Irondale Center; Brooklyn, NY [04-04-2012] by Nat Towsen on 05-15-2012 It is unclear if the show has started yet. The audience wanders a U-shaped balcony full of carnival games (“Turn your face into an asteroid and win!”) and articles of interest (sculptures of plants from a fictional planet). The walls are lined with covers of old science fiction records with names like Bobby and Betty go to the Moon and etchings from Space Cadet , the graphic novel/album around which this “immersive experience” is centered. Beneath the balcony lies an auditorium, its floor ...

Off Stage Music Video New Clips of Favorite Artists It's been a wild year of being discovered by audiences coast-to-coast for David Lamb (guitar, banjo, percussion, vocals) and Morganeve Swain (fiddle, cello, upright bass, vocals) of BROWN BIRD . Their reputation as one of New England's finest folk artists may no longer be adequate in describing their accomplishments these days. A scalding set at last year's Newport Folk Festival , a series of howling, inspired, foot-stomping performances at SxSW (including a magical set at The Outlaw Roadshow assembled by RSL and the Counting Crows' Adam Duritz) and they even ...

Liars have their new album WIXIW coming out just around the corner on June 5. We've already seen the video for the lead single, "No.1 Against the Rush," but now it's time for the big news. The tour. Yes, Liars will be coming to play the states, kicking off a series of shows with a show at New York City's Webster Hall on June 20. The full schedule is below. Liars tour dates: 6/20 – Webster Hall – New York City, NY 6/22 – The Music Box – Los Angeles, CA 7/5 - The Filmore – San Francisco, CA ...

Catch ‘em at: 6-20 New York, NY – Webster Hall 6-22 Los Angeles, CA – Music Box 7-5 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore 7-7 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge 7-8 Seattle, WA – Neumos 7-9 Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret 7-11 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge 7-13 Denver, CO – [...]

Photo by  Zen Sekizawa Liars have announced a tour in support of their upcoming record  WIXIW , out   June 5 on  Mute . The dates span June and July and travel Europe and North America . Check them out below. Watch the video for the album's first single  "No. 1 Against the Rush" , out May 29. It comes backed by remixes from Matmos and Vince Clarke of Depeche Mode/Erasure/Yaz/VCMG and the B-side "We'll Never Learn". Liars: 06-02 London, England - Field Day 06-07 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino 06-08 Utrecht, Holland - Tivoli De Helling 06-09 Brussels, Belgium - AB Club 06-10 ...

Excitement for the new Liars album WIXIW is at more of a fever pitch than the days leading up to the premiere of the 2005 Drew Barrymore/Jimmy Fallon vehicle Fever Pitch , with less than a month until the album’s June 5 release date on Mute. People want Liars bad . TMT even started up a Liars-specific section called Liars Beat , which had to be shut down after a piece of Angus fan fiction crippled our servers in minutes. Though there’s nothing we can do about the album release date, we do get a 12-inch single for album track ...

“Vinyl, thats all I know. Thats all I want to know! I’m very much into vinyl, a ‘vinyl junkie,’ someone once said.” “How did it all start… My parents gave me their music box when I was a kid which had a tape deck, turntable, and radio tuner (that got me hooked). I’d spend hours stacking the [...]