Kanye West - Power

Kanye West [G.O.O.D. Music] is back. Here's a bangin' track from his upcoming album Good Ass Job which is set for a June release. The track was produced by S1 (Symbolyc One) of the Strange Fruit Project and features a nice sample from King Crimson. I can't even begin to imagine how hard he's going with this album and I don't even know what to expect from the tracks he's conjured up with the likes of RZA, Q-Tip, and Pete Rock.

"I know damn well ya'll feelin' this shit"

Kanye West - Power (feat Dwele)

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Major Lazer & La Roux present Lazerproof

Download @ Mad Decent or zSHARE
Lazerproof has arrived and it's available for the masses, brought to you by Major Lazer (Diplo/Switch) and La Roux. The Mad Decent page went down yesterday morning with about 200,000 people trying to download this mixtape when it was unleashed. Currently on my second spin of the mixtape and I'm uncovering more and more treats embedded within the tracks. Right now standout tracks are I'm Not Your Lemonade + Heroes n Villans Remix, Independent Kill, Tigerlily (DYWHAP Blend), and Cover My Eyes (Costra Nostra Edit). Diplo and Switch have definitely given new life to La Roux's self titled. Another great summer mixtape has arrived so get it before the website goes down, again.

Major Lazer & La Roux - Cover My Eyes (Costra Nostra Edit)

Major Lazer [Mad Decent] Tour Dates:
May 27 Paradiso Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
May 28 Primavera Sound Barcelona, SPAIN
Jun 18 MILK Seoul, KOREA
Jun 19 Dance Republic Jakarta, nvt, INDONESIA
Jun 20 Lush Bar Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM
Jun 23 Pontoon Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
Jun 24 Bed Supperclub Bangkok, THAILAND
Jun 25 Zouk KL Kuala Lampor, MALAYSIA
Jun 26 Zouk ..., SINGAPORE
Jun 30 Luxy Taipei, TAIWAN
Jul 01 Volar Hong Kong Central, HONG KONG
Jul 02 Tokyo Unit Tokyo, JAPAN
Jul 03 Osaka Creative Center Osaka, JAPAN
Jul 16 Camp Bisco 9 - MAJOR LAZER Mariaville, New York
Jul 18 Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago, Illinois
Aug 7 HARD Summer Los Angeles, California
Aug 13 Oya Festival Oslo, NORWAY
Aug 14 Flow Festival Helsinki, FINLAND
Aug 15 SZIGET FESTIVAL Budapest, HUNGARY
Aug 19 Frequency Festival St. Polten, AUSTRIA
Aug 20 PUKKELPOP Hasselt, BELGIUM
Aug 29 Creamfields Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM

La Roux [Polydor] Tour Dates:
May 30 House of Blues Houston, TX
Jun 01 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
Jun 02 House of Blues Dallas, TX
Jun 05 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
Jun 07 Terminal 5 New York, NY
Jul 14 4th & B Concert Theater San Diego, CA
Jul 15 Club Nokia at L.A. Live Los Angeles, CA
Jul 17 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Chicago, IL
Jul 18 Canterbury Park Shakopee, MN
Jul 20 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Maryland Heights
Jul 21 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
Jul 27 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Jul 28 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD
Jul 29 Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
Jul 31 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
Aug 01 The Social Orlando, FL, United States
Aug 03 Czar Tampa, FL
Aug 04 Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL
Aug 06 Mansion Miami Beach, FL

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Rock The Bells 2010 Lineup

via Official Press Release

The headliners of this years Rock The Bells will be performing selected albums in it's entirety: Wu-Tang Clan will perform Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, Rakim will perform Paid In Full, KRS-ONE will perform Criminal Minded, and Slick Rick will perform The Great Adventure Of. Other performers include Street Sweeper Social Club (Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine & Boots Riley of The Coup), Murs, 9th Wonder, Clipse, Immortal Technique, and more. Common has yet to be confirmed but we'll keep you updated.

Rock The Bells Tour Dates:

Aug 21 NOS Events Center (San Bernardino) Los Angeles CA

Aug 22 Shoreline Amphitheater San Francisco CA

Aug 28 Governor's Island New York NY

Aug 29 Merriweather Post Pavilion Washington D.C.

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
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A-Trak - Dirty South Dance 2

A-Trak[Fool's Gold] just released his follow up to Dirty South Dance titled Dirty South Dance 2[via Pigeons & Planes]. To be completely honest I'm not a big fan of the recent mash-ups. If it's a mash-up it better be by 2 Many DJ's or something done with an instrumental vinyl on one turntable and an a capella track on the other turntable. Sure there have been a couple tracks that were pretty cool but those are few in number. Luckily, right from the get go I was drawn into this mix. What better way to start a mix then with Claude VonStroke's song Vocal Chords. He keeps his skratches relevant and necessary just like a master axe shredder filling in the spaces of a song with a few phrases of finger tapping here and a soulful bend of a string there. The EDM feel keeps you dancing and this is no surprise with the inclusion of Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Track Remix), DJ Zinc - Blunt Edge, and Joker - Tron. Another track to note is DJ Craze's remix. I wonder if this is a sign of future productions by DJ Craze and maybe a more production type work with DJ Klever. Deep down inside I wish for a DJ Craze/DJ Klever battle with Plus One/Beni G (Jack Beats). Any hoo, stream/download the mixtape below. It's surely going to be in my regular rotation for the next couple months.

A-Trak [Fool's Gold] Tour Dates:
May 29 2010 Movement (DEMF) Detroit, Michigan , US

May 30 2010 Sasquatch Festival Quincy, Washington, US

Jun 5 2010 Reset SD San Diego, California, US

Jul 4 2010 Calvi on the Rocks Corsica, FR

Jul 9 2010 Club 75 @ Pacha Ibiza, Ibiza, SPAIN

Jul 10 2010 Oxegen Festival County Kildare, IE

Jul 11 2010 EXIT Festival Novi Sad, Belgrade, SERBIA

Jul 15 2010 OsloLive Festival Oslo, Troms, NORWAY

Jul 16 2010 Dour Festival Dour, BE

Jul 17 2010 Extrema Outdoor Festival Eindhoven, Norway, NETHERLANDS

Jul 17 2010 Melt Festival Gräfenhainichen, Wittenberg, GERMANY

Aug 22 2010 Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, NETHERLANDS

Aug 29 2010 SW4 Get Loaded Festival Clapham, London, UNITED KINGDOM

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Siriusmo - DJ Mix

Stumbled across this mix from Siriusmo a couple weeks ago and it kept me going through late night job searches and resume re-writes. (Let me tell you, this job search thing is dreadfully depressing.) Despite the groans and difficulties of finding full-time employment this mix has kept my mood in high spirits. So far from my research this is Siriusmo's first DJ-mix which originally aired on Shir Khan's Radio Show at Fritz on March 23. It's just plain funky goodness with sprinkles of his own works amongst his favorite tracks spanning multiple genres. I have a tendency to avoid the tracklist in order to be surprised while tasting mixes. But I have to mention the fact that Mo includes tracks from a couple Dank Radio favorites, Yesterday's New Quintet and Stevie Wonder. It's a shame we can't download the track, with summer approaching it would of been a great soundtrack for sun filled festivities. Enjoy!

Siriusmo Radio-Mix by Exploited

Tracklist:

1 discosau - siriusmo - grand petrol
2 morgan geist - lullaby - environ
3 sunset driver - michael jackson - 1978 demo volume2
4 cristalcity - fred falke- alan braxe - culture music
5 wolnosc z nami - sbb - amiga
6 kaiserschmarn - harry axt - grand petrol
7 waves - boysnoize erol alkan - gonzales pianoversion - bnr
8 jacques your body - les rythmes digitales - wall of sound
9 tellyfoam - jan driver - bnr
10 gax - boysnoize - bnr
11 bootyshake - ark - fresh press
12 nonstopcutpaste - sibegg - noodles
13 shugabite - siriusmo - grand petrol
14 rushupedge - the tuss - rephlex
15 do you know squarepusher - squarepusher - warp
16 A-MS 03_B - anstam - anstam
17 did they ever tell cousteau - e.s.t. r.i.p - superstudio gul
18 radio caca - jackson a. h. c-band - warp
19 hun - mr. oizo - ed banger
20 hightogether - siriusmo - monkeytown
22 allthegirls - siriusmo - exploited
23 geniusoflove - tomtomclub - island
24 wow - siriusmo -mdslktr edit - exploited
25 sexgold - tornow - antitone
26 warumrapstdu - kks - warum rappst du? - optik
27 too high - yesterdays new quintet - stones throw
28 sirqüs alfon - babham
29 afrikatape
30 oscar peterson
31 girlblue - stevie wonder - motown
33 deboutiner - modeselektor siriusmo - bpitch

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Playlist: Horns And More - May 1st, 2010

DANK RADIO / Aziatik Rhythmz presents: Horns And More


Dank Radio on KPFK
Live Broadcast: May 1, 2010
Horns & More - Click to Download

Tracklist:
MoShang – Weeping Willow (Original Mix) [Lemongrassmusic]
Common – Time Travelin’ (Reprise) | Like Water For Chocolate [MCA/Universal Records]
The Roots – Make Em NV | Dilla Joints
Slightly Stoopid – 2 AM | Chronchitis [Stoopid Records/Controlled Substance Sound Labs]
Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5 | Butter [Warp Records]
RX Bandits – In All Rwanda’s Glory | Progress [ Drive-Thru Records]
Mad Professor Meets Mafia & Fluxy – Spaceman Skank | From Mars with Dub [Soyuz Music/Ariwa]
OutKast – Funkin’ Around | Big Boi and Dre Present… OutKast [Arista Records]
Earth Wind & Fire – Serpentine Fire | All ‘N All [Columbia Records]
Streetlight Manifesto – Hell | 99 Songs of Revolution Vol. 1 [Victory Records]
Chase Long Beach – We’ve Got Pockets Like Nobodies Business | Gravity is What you Make it [Victory Records]
Save Ferris – Under 21 | It Means Everything [Epic Records]
J Dilla – The Diff’rence | Donuts [ Stones Throw]
Weather Report – Teen Town | Heavy Weather [Columbia]
Radiohead – The National Anthem | Kid A [Parlophone/Capital]
Kill The Noise – Perfect Combination [Slow Roast Records]
Karsh Kale – Tour Guide (Original Mix) | Realize [Six Degrees]
Mayer Hawthorne – The Ills (Instrumental) | A Strange Arrangement Instrumentals [Stones Throw]
Dr. Octopus – Step Right Up | This Time We Fight [Phantom]
Rebelution – Dubzilla | Bright Side of Life [87 Music/Controlled Substance Sound Labs]
Young Jazz Rebels – Ancestors | Slave Riots [Stones Throw]
Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit | Cosmogramma [Warp Records]
TOKiMONSTA – Glaring Lights | Cosmic Intoxication EP [Brainfeeder]
D’Angelo – Spanish Joint | Voodoo [Cheeba Sound/Virgin]
Incubus – Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) | S.C.I.E.N.C.E. [Immortal]
Katchafire – Love Letter | Say What You’re Thinking [EMI]
Arthur Verocai – Presente Grego | S/T
Erykah Badu – Agitation | New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh [Universal Motown]
Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only a Child Again | Back To The World [Curtom]
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar | Good Things [Stones Throw]
Roy Hargrove – Dream Traveler | Habana [Verve Records]
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Jealousy | Timeless: Suite for Ma Dukes
Pete Rock – Pete’s Jazz | Petestrumentals [BBE Records]
Mandrill - Chutney | Mandrill [Polydor]

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Special Thanks to the following for supporting this show:
TOKiMONSTA: http://www.tokimonsta.com/
Kill The Noise: http://www.killnoisekill.com/
Chase Long Beach: http://www.myspace.com/chaselongbeach
Havana @ Stones Throw Records: http://www.stonesthrow.com/
Chris @ Silverback Management|Controlled Substance:http://www.silverbackmusic.net/
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Rebelution - Lazy Afternoon

It's just one of those afternoons when I really don't feel like doing anything. I'm sure you all have those every now and again. For me it's common place to happen on Sundays after a nice lunch. You throw on a mellow record, lay back, and let your thoughts wander. I've had Rebelution - Lazy Afternoon playing on repeat for a good 30 min. or so. It's the perfect song for these moments.

Rebelution - Lazy Afternoon

So after you've played the track a few times you'll have the chorus stuck in your head and you'll want more. Download their FREE iPhone app to stream additional tracks from their latest release Bright Side of Life or purchase the album at iTunes. These fine gentlemen from Santa Barbara will be coming through town on May 4th and 5th playing shows at House of Blues Sunset with Zion I, Tribal Seeds, and Blaze Mob.

Rebelution [87 Music/Controlled Substance Sound Labs] Tour Dates:

MAY 04/10 House of Blues (18+) MAKE UP SHOW w/ Zion I and Tribal Seeds - West Hollywood, CA

MAY 05/10 House of Blues (ALL AGES) MAKE UP SHOW w/ Zion I, Tribal Seeds and Blaze Mob - West Hollywood, CA

MAY 06/10 Arlington Theatre - Santa Barbara, CA

MAY 08/10 Dr Greenthumb Spring Festival - San Bernadino, CA

MAY 15/10 Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (21+) - San Diego, CA

MAY 29/10 Summer Camp Music Festival - Chillicothe, IL

JUN 03/10 Wakarusa Festival June 3-6 - Ozark, AR

JUN 05/10 Rockin Roots Festival - Bakersfield, CA

JUN 12/10 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - Manchester, TN

JUN 13/10 Harmony Festival - Santa Rosa, CA

JUL 04/10 Red Rocks w/ Blues Traveler - Morrison, CO

JUL 10/10 All Good Music Festival - Masontown, WV

AUG 07/10 Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL

AUG 27/10 Blackwater Music Festival - Live Oak, FL

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Horns And More - May 1st, 2010

DANK RADIO / Aziatik Rhythmz presents: Horns And More

Friday Night (Saturday Morning)

May 1st, 2010

4:00am - 6:00am

KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles

KPFK 90.7FM San Diego

KPFK 98.7FM Santa Barbara

KPFK.org Streaming Worldwide

For this edition of DANK RADIO we will be enjoying a musical selection focused on beautiful brass instruments and associated means of musical dispersion. Songs including but not limited to will contain the trumpet, tuba, trombone, french horn and others will be showcased. We'll be spanning the genres of jazz, rock, ska, house, funk, and whatever your minds/hearts can imagine.

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Special Thanks to the following for supporting this show:

TOKiMONSTA: http://www.tokimonsta.com/

Kill The Noise: http://www.killnoisekill.com/

Chase Long Beach: http://www.myspace.com/chaselongbeach

Havana @ Stones Throw Records: http://www.stonesthrow.com/

Chris @ Silverback Management|Controlled Substance:http://www.silverbackmusic.net/

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