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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Poolside – Harvest Moon (Neil Young Cover)

When we were strangers, I watched you from affar…” Neil Young’s Harvest Moon is just one those incredibly beautiful songs that captures the absolute essence of love. We get older, we go through some good relationships and some not so great. When things go bad many of us develop a guard and walk around with [...]

Beyonce vs. Beastie Boys – Girls on Girls (Captain Cuts Remix)

Take an unstoppable force like Beyonce already mixed with something as dancey as Major Lazer, and then throw some Beastie Boys in there. Two songs that already have a knack for getting stuck in your head, placed together to give you the beauty that is a modern day mash up with all the right ingredients. [...]

Crystal Fighters – I Do This Everyday

It’s a full house here; my roommates just returned from traveling. One of them returned from the Benicassim Festival in Valencia, Spain. She came back not only raving about the beach/festival experience, and she couldn’t stop praising a Spanish band  called Crystal Fighters. Chrystal Fighters are a noteworthy group because, at least in this album, [...]

Gene Chandler – Does She Have A Friend For Me (Zimmer Edit)

Back when I was producing Hip Hop I used to spend endless days digging through old records, finding the most random but amazing music. One of the songs I came across was this incredible live performance by a dude named Gene Chandler. Now Gene had two pretty big hits in the 60′s and was a [...]

ASAP Rocky – Get High / Peso / Purple Swag

It’s been a while since Harlem put out something like this so you know I has to rep big… The hip hop nation is in geopolitical disarray. Its biggest emerging stars of recent years — Drake andWiz Khalifa — are from Toronto and Pittsburgh, respectively, while the city that birthed it barely registers as a blip on the [...]

EMPT Presents – S U M M E R : a n t i – w i n t e r 2A by Ryan Radler

Last week we experienced some major player hating from The Man that eventually led to a subpar release of anti-winter 3A. If you haven’t heard or downloaded that one yet check out last weeks post here and spread the word, the kid Ryan Radler is bringing nothing but heat and something that good should not [...]

Electric Zoo Festival 2011 – Preview

There’s a lot to say about the third year of Electric Zoo Festival in New York City. It’s a big deal for us northeast coasters, because it is the biggest electronic music festival to happen on our side.  This year, for three whole days on Labor Day weekend, youngsters and oldsters alike will come together [...]