August 28, 2009
M.I.A. Pissed, But Bags New Ring
TOP DOG
M.I.A. went bananas this week upon discovering that Tenacious D will be replacing The Beastie Boys at the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco, where M.I.A. is slotted to perform. The Beasties have postponed touring and the release of their new LP, Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 until Adam Yauch’s cancer recovery. Maya twitted in ALL CAPS that she’d pull out of the fest except that she’d be sued. Instead, Maya’s Cali trip will be drowned in Jack Black crooning “Fuck Her Gently.”
Immediately after this latest Twit-fit, Maya posted that she scored some new thrift bling. I hope it makes her feel better since there is a lot of M.I.Hate out there. Watch out girl!
In other news, M.I.A. became a mommy earlier this year and her writing is still annoying to look at; in fact I’d recommend she take up writing for Hipster Runoff. From her website: “SUNDAY NITE I CA M E HOME FROM THE GRAMMY’S STILL IN THE MOOD TO PARTY , I COUDA EASILY GONE OUT BUT I WENT HOME INSEAD , LUCKY I DID!! COZ MY EARLY STAGE LABOUR KICKED IN AROUND 2 AM .” Enough Maya, enough!
by Thomas Wilk
LIVE JOURNAL
JezebelMusic.com @ Cameo Gallery
July 7, 2009 | Das Racist, Spanish Prisoners, Soft Black
photo by Jeffrey Lenowitz
Sunday night’s show at Cameo Gallery, featuring Soft Black and Das Racist, placed me in Williamsburg during the first true weekend of summer. Brooklynites were swarming on Bedford Avenue, thick with the smell of charcoal and beer. I was reluctant to leave the sunlight for the cement austere of Cameo’s space, but I had primarily come to see if Das Racist was all they are – or aren’t – hyped up to be. Yes, that Das Racist: the geniuses and jackasses behind the noxiously infectious “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.” (Admittedly, I also came for the happy hour $5 PBR/Bourbon shot combo).
The night kicked off with Soft Black, a Brooklyn-based trio whose opening two numbers reminded me of what an unearthed mix-tape of early Kings of Leon might sound like – a wavering trip of self-discovery that can’t decide if the vocals or the music are driving. From then on, the boys completely off-roaded, one moment channeling the rolling guitars of early America, the next moment throwing the words “I’m an animal” violently into the microphone. Like most bands in their infancy, Soft Black is in the throes of a musical identity crisis, but at least they play with enough energy to make you believe they could find their way eventually.
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