Posts Tagged: Prince

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19
Nov 09

INTERVIEW: Casxio

INTERVIEW: Casxio interviewPhoto by meik meik
So a few weeks ago, CMJ was happening, and we were all running around like dance crazed party girls. Now that the dust has more than officially settled, we can tell you that some pretty cool shit went down. We talked to some folks. We caught some shows.

One of the people we talked to was Lucas Guerin of electro funk rock band Casxio. Emerging on the scene quite effectively with their EP Seventeen (released on The Hours Entertainment records) the video for the single views like an ode to 80s minimalist serenades to love ala Crying Game. Complete with fog machine, laser lights and the lone female professing her unrequited desire for a certain androgynous individual, it’s brilliant, really.

Casxio played a bunch of CMJ dates and barely had time to breathe, but we managed to get a few questions in. Continue reading →

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14
Oct 09

Quickies

Here are a few quick remixes you should check out. And yep, I’m still roadtripping (hence the lack of updates around here).

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Listen / Live Performances / MP3 / Music / TV Shows / Videos — 5 Comments
31
Mar 09

Prince – Ol’ Skool Company

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Prince Ol Skool Company listenHe’s still got it!

While it’s not a spectacular track, or one that will be all over the radiowaves, Prince’s new track, “Ol’ Skool Company,” is something worth listening to.

Debuted last week on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, “Company” features Prince’s trademark soulful, groovy crooning and mixture of funk and rock that not many artists have mastered. Add that to his as-always phenomenal stage presence, a beastly harmonica breakdown in the middle, and a gospel melody at the end meshed with Prince’s wailing guitar, and you’ve got yourself a great Prince track! Continue reading →

Best of 2008 / Covers / Feature / MP3 / Music — 37 Comments
30
Dec 08

Pretty Much Amazing’s Best Covers of 2008

Pretty Much Amazings Best Covers of 2008 best of 2008

I couldn’t do the whole “Best of 2008″ party without including some of my favorite covers, especially since 2008 was such an awesome year for cover-heads. I have featured all of these covers on Pretty Much Amazing before, you if you’re an avid reader, you might already have them. If you saw them on the blog and DIDN’T download them: shame on you, butthead, these are the cream of the crop and my absolute favorite covers of 2008. Without further adieu, here are my favorite covers of 2008 (in no particular order) Continue reading →

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20
Dec 08

New Prince – Wall of Berlin

New Prince Wall of Berlin listen

Prince premiered four new songs on Jonesy’s Jukebox yesterday, and we finally have some downloadables.

“Crimson and Clover”
“4ever”
“Colonized Mind”
“Wall of Berlin”

A fifth song, “(There Will Never B) Another Like Me” is streaming somewhere, but what’s the fun in that, I’ll try to get a download up on it soon!

Download “Wall of Berlin” after the jump: Continue reading →

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20
Dec 08

New Prince – Colonized Mind

New Prince Colonized Mind listen

Prince premiered four new songs on Jonesy’s Jukebox yesterday, and we finally have some downloadables.

“Crimson and Clover”
“4ever”
“Colonized Mind”
“Wall of Berlin”

A fifth song, “(There Will Never B) Another Like Me” is streaming somewhere, but what’s the fun in that, I’ll try to get a download up on it soon!

Download “Colonized Mind” after the jump: Continue reading →

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20
Dec 08

New Prince – 4ever

New Prince 4ever listen

Prince premiered four new songs on Jonesy’s Jukebox yesterday, and we finally have some downloadables.

“Crimson and Clover”
“4ever”
“Colonized Mind”
“Wall of Berlin”

A fifth song, “(There Will Never B) Another Like Me” is streaming somewhere, but what’s the fun in that, I’ll try to get a download up on it soon!

Download “4ever” after the jump: Continue reading →

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20
Dec 08

New Prince – Crimson & Clover

New Prince Crimson & Clover listen

Prince premiered four new songs on Jonesy’s Jukebox yesterday, and we finally have some downloadables.

“Crimson and Clover”
“4ever”
“Colonized Mind”
“Wall of Berlin”

A fifth song, “(There Will Never B) Another Like Me” is streaming somewhere, but what’s the fun in that, I’ll try to get a download up on it soon!

Download “Crimson & Clover” after the jump: Continue reading →

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8
Nov 08

New Rihanna – Bitch, I’m Special!

New Rihanna Bitch, Im Special! listen

This is a freshly leaked DEMO from Rihanna’s LP4 recording sessions (or something?). I’m sure that with the million-dollar producers Rihanna has at her disposal, “Bitch, I’m Special” can be made presentable. But I do gotta give it to Rihanna — this demo  is loads better than the Prince-sampling “Sexuality.” 

Download “Bitch, I’m Special!” after the jump. Continue reading →

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14
Oct 08

New Rihanna – Sexuality Clip

New Rihanna Sexuality Clip listen

Rihanna completely owned the radio and the digital charts in 2007 and 2008. The little superstar is planning to take over 2009 as well with her fourth album. “Sexuality” is the first clip from LP4 to surface. 

Rihanna is no stranger to borrowing yesterday’s huge hits to make some damage of her own. In the past, she has taken over with singles sampling Michael Jackson and Soft Cell. This time she’s hitting up Prince himself for a hook to what may be a future dynomite hit. “Sexuality” sample’s Prince’s brilliant 1981 hit “Controversy”. 

Rihanna – Sexuality

I’m all for Little Miss Sunshine sampling Prince (or Michael Jackson, or Soft Cell. Especially Soft Cell) because it’s really helping her zero in on that techno-pop/rock sound that she has notoriously revived. In the past, I have gone as far as to claim that Rihanna is, in fact, the Nazarene that will issue the new pop revival pop music has been starving so long for:

Pop Music Revolution Timeline:

1988-90 – The New Kids on the Block

1997-99 – Backstreet Boys, *N’Sync, Britney Spears

2008-??? - 

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