Ninja’s Man-Dog Faces off with Yolandi’s Cat-Woman The absurdity of zef ambassadors Die Antwoord reaches new levels in the video for “Pitbull Terrier.” Directed by frontman Ninja, the clip finds the MC done up in some grotesque pit-bull makeup and follows the man-dog as he escapes from his owner and runs around town mauling (and
READ MOREAndrea Iacopini, a.k.a. ClassyMenace, has always had impeccable taste. Armed with a London audio degree and a worldliness stemming from his Italian heritage, he started making waves on the S.A. remix scene back in 2011 with a trio of choice Goldfish remixes – “Crunchy Joe”, “Humbug” and “Woman’s A Devil” – that turned him into
READ MOREGuesting on a Yoko Ono LP has become like getting cast in a Woody Allen film: an artistic validation and New York City-branded rite of passage. It’s also clearly a hoot: see “Bad Dancer”, a giddy club anthem for the proudly graceless, with surviving Beastie Boys Mike D and Ad-Rock (who also appear alongside Questlove
READ MOREIt’s sleek and sinewy like Little Willie John’s foundational 1956 “Fever,” and it’s got a strutting four-on-the-floor like the Bee Gees’ “Night Fever.” But the first offering from the Black Keys’ Turn Blue (out now) gives its vintage rock & roll theme a garage-psychedelic fine-tuning, collapsing decades of history into music that still feels forward-moving.
READ MOREStream the album – Live and Loud Veteran folk-rocker Neil Young is set to release a CD, digital album and a Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set of his recent vinyl album A Letter Home on Reprise Records on May 27th. The box set is a beautifully packaged expanded version of the vinyl edition first released on April 18th
READ MOREFrontman riffs on his bands, the solo album, potential soundtracks and the art of shredding Hailing from Pretoria, five-piece rock outfit Feed The Wolf – Donovan Borne (vox), Jako Loots (drums), Illimar Neitz (lead guitar), Juan Le Roux (guitar) and Jonathan Georgiades (bass) – pride themselves on their primal and “original sleaze rock anthems”. Turns
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