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New York MC Vic D, aka. Vic Damone linked up with Juelz Santana on his latest track, ‘Drink It Out The Bottle’.

Take A Listen: Drink It Out The Bottle by Vic D. feat. Juelz Santana

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In celebration of Ze Records 30th anniversary, Strut Records is releasing the compilation album Ze 30: Ze Records 1979 – 2009 in their honor. This collection serves as a snapshot of the influential tunes that came to fruition with the help of the cult record label.

Ze 30: Ze Records 1979 – 2009 features one of the earliest outings by Was (Not Was) ‘Tell Me That I’m Dreaming’, Bob Blank’s short-lived disco supergroup Aural Exciters, and a Larry Levan mix of Kid Creole’s ‘There’s Something Wrong In Paradise’. Other featured artists include Cristina, Bill Laswell’s Material, French experimentalist Lizzy Mercier Descloux and Les Garcons.

The French electronic duo Casino Music also found a spot on the album, with their cover of Sonny and Cher’s, ‘The Beat Goes On’.

Take A Listen: The Beat Goes On by Casino Music

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Prepared in conjunction with Ze Records founder Michel Esteban, the CD and vinyl packages feature a full history of Ze including interviews with Esteban and a number of original Ze artists along with rare and previously unpublished photos. Ze 30: Ze Records 1979 – 2009 is set for an August release via Strut Records.

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Some Ze Records History: After the late ‘70s punk and new wave explosion in New York, Ze became a by-word for the anything-goes culture clashes that typified the Big Apple during the early ‘80s. Formed by French art student Michel Esteban and British journalist Michael Zilkha, Ze quickly created its own unique independent universe, signing artists as varied as Alan Vega’s electronic post-punk pioneers Suicide, trash disco queen Cristina and maverick producer August Darnell a.k.a. Kid Creole. With Esteban’s sharp graphic eye leading the label’s visual identity, Ze hit the New York zeitgeist head on and became supremely hip – in 1982, The Face magazine nominated it “the most fashionable label in the world.” The label’s early success led to a deal with Chris Blackwell’s Island Records, which gave Ze’s releases worldwide exposure and brought worldwide fame to Kid Creole, Was (Not Was) and more. Strut

Video: Stillness Is The Move from Dirty Projectors

‘Stillness Is The Move’ was directed by Matthew Lessner and is from the Dirty Projectors’ album ‘Bitte Orca’, which is available now on Domino Records.

Other Video Credits:
Produced by Justin Lundstrom
Cinematography by Adam Newport Berra
Greencard Pictures

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Tracks Include:
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Eric Church - Smoke a Little Smoke
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
Langhorne Slim - Rebel Side of Heaven
Living Things - Oxygen
The Knux - Fire (Put It In the Air)
The Raveonettes - Dead Sound

I immediately became a fan of North Carolina’s folk trio, Bowerbirds after hearing their charming full-length debut album ‘Hymns for a Dark Horse’ (2007). It’s been quite sometime since I’ve heard new tunes from Bowerbirds, so I was excited to hear about their forthcoming album, ‘Upper Air’, which will be available July 7th via Dead Oceans records.

The band is set to hit the road right after the 4th of July weekend in support of ‘Upper Air’.

Take A Listen: Beneath Your Tree by Bowerbirds

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Video: Kinda Like A Big Deal from Clipse (ft. Kanye West)

Austin based foursome, The Octopus Project, is set to release their forthcoming EP ‘Golden Beds’ on July 14th via Peek-A-Boo Records. ‘Golden Beds’ is the follow-up to their 2007 full-length ‘Hello, Avalanche’, which includes the crowd favorite, ‘Truck’. This is an enhanced EP, which means that unlike batteries, videos will be included. Octopus Project will also be reissuing their first two albums, ‘One Ten Hundred Thousand Million’ and ‘Identification Parade’, on vinyl sometime this summer.

The members of The Octopus Project, Josh Lambert, Yvonne Lambert, Toto Miranda, and Ryan Figg have been playing together for about ten years now and apparently have an amazing, must-see live show.

The band will be touring extensively in support of the ‘Golden Beds’ EP, including a 4th of July performance at Stubb’s Outdoor Theater with Explosions in the Sky and The Wooden Birds. The Octopus Project will also be making a few non-traditional appearances where they will perform “Visual Music” or a unique multimedia experience.

Take A Listen: Wet Gold by The Octopus Project

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Video: Carpetbaggers from Jenny Lewis (ft. Elvis Costello)

Bronx hip-hop artist, The Kid Daytona is set to release his latest album ‘Come Fly With Me’ on June 30th.

On this album, Kid Daytona collaborated with artists such as Kardinal Offishall, Bun B, Mike Maven and Avriel Epps. As for the albums’ production, 6th Sense worked on a large majority of the tracks, but Kid also received a helping hand from Cook Classics, Double 0 and The Government.

Take A Listen: Air Born by The Kid Daytona (ft. Bun B)

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Thee Oh Sees (formerly The Ohsees, OCS, Orange County Sound, Orinoka Crash Suite) began as a way for John Dwyer to release his instrumental, experimental home recordings. Over the years Dwyer dabbled in various forms of music, from death metal to punk, and has been apart of countless music projects (Coachwhips, Pink and Brown, Landed, Yikes, Burmese, The Hospitals, Sword & Sandals, Superpit, The Drums, The Trawgs, and Dig That Body Up It’s Alive!).

As Dwyer focused a bit more energy on this lo-fi, psychedelic project, it evolved into a band with the addition of Brigid Dawson , Petey Dammit and Mike Shoun. Thee Oh Sees released their latest album ‘Help’ a few months ago via In The Red.

Take A Listen: Enemy Destruct

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