Recently Buzzed Music
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Video: Young Jeezy [ft. Kanye West]: "Put On"
In which the fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis hits hip-hop. Though not, apparently, the lavish feel of big-time summer hip-hop singles. Young Jeezy's new one with an Auto-Tuned Kanye West, "Put On"-- peaking so far on the Billboard Hot 100 at #36, a couple of slots above New Kids on the Block (?! etc.)-- is a grandiose, cruising-ready anthem built on a mix of horn-like synths and UFO-like synths, an eerie keyboard riff, and stuttering bass drums. The producer, Drumma Boy, invests the track with some of the sweeping urgency he gave The Inspiration's "The Realest", though with more of that recent trancey Florida feel than its predecessor's rock-flavored instrumentation. "I'm high as a satellite/ I see those flashing lights," sings West in his cybernetic guest spot, after Jeezy rasps about his jewelry, his car, his gun, his weed. Though it's a great-sounding track, the duo's "man the top sure lonely" stance cont
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Video: Radiohead: "House of Cards" (Updated with link to hi-res QuickTime version)
Well, it's here, and it does not disappoint. Check the Pitchfork news story that ran last week for details on how this thing was made, then check the video itself-- it's something. Update: This weekend, while we were busy at our festival, Thom Yorke posted this to Dead Air Space: "so as you may know we have completed a video for the song- it has been in the land of google, and now also if you want to download a higher quality version without the internet streaming pixellation squash and enjoy it on whatever screen appliance, click here to download. it was a strange experience, sitting in front of a lazer in the dark, then emailing back an forth with James the director as he sat in front of computers for a whole month with the amazing technicians who processed the data etc.. but it says something about the song and came out better than i had dared hope.
Thom"It's a zipped file containing an 86MB QuickT
New Goldfrapp - "Little Bird" (Animal Collective Remix)
Animal Collective's balmy, colorful headlining set was a Pitchfork Festival highlight. On Goldfrapp's "Caravan Girl" digital single, they sprinkle a thimble full of tropical fireworks onto Seventh Tree's "Little Bird." It's an interesting, pretty overlap -- Alison Goldfrapp's smeary, plaintive vocals and AC's percussive magic spiraling into an extended (and understated) coda swirl. It's the best use of Goldfrapp this year. Also, this goes without saying, but Alison appears (dramatically) on the single's cover photo.
New Animal Collective - "Lion In A Coma" (Live)
Weaving through the thousands swarming the A stage to dive into the photo pit for Animal Collective's headlining set at P4K Fest this weekend was trippy; not because AC drew thousands to their set (seen it before), but because it was a reminder that a band as offbeat as Animal Collective has arrived in full on festival headlining fashion. The set was a weekend highlight for most who saw it, and the trippiness didn't end with the walk over: cue the Coldplay light towers and a still Deakin-less AC intent upon experimenting and hypnotizing rather than freaking and folking. Those who saw it also received a first listen at whooshing new tun "Lion In A Coma." Now you can join them.
New Beck - "Vampire Voltage No. 6"
This b-side to the "Chemtrails" 7" is born of the very same, psychy Modern Guilt sessions as its a-side, but the last minute sounds more like the '60s beloved by Black Mountain than the '60s revisited by Dan Snaith. It really needs to be at least two minutes longer and whoops there go the Black Mountain similarities. Grab "Vampire Voltage No. 6" at Covert Curiosity (via Vulture).
Modern Guilt is out now and is highly enjoyable.
All the Buzz About Music*
*Artists are ordered by Descending BuzzRank
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Green Day 93
Muse 92
Nirvana 92
The Killers 92
Radiohead 91
Disturbed 91
U2 90
Placebo 87
Led Zeppelin 87
Metallica 85
Pink Floyd 84
Coldplay 82
Linkin Park 79
Foo Fighters 78
Korn 71
Snow Patrol 66
Slipknot 66
Portishead
