Entries For: December 2006
12/06/2006
Jay-Z "Lost Ones"
Jay-Z does his best Batman impression behind the wheel of the impressive and Batmobile-esque Maybach Excelero Coupe in his new video, 'Lost Ones' featuring Chrisette Michele.
The Dr. Dre production can be heard around the world on this track. The video opens with the intro from Kingdom Come, "The Prelude," and it seems that, for the time being, the King MC and Def Jam CEO seems to be back on top. Jay-Z's "sensitivity" is the story behind the video, since the artist has been disparaged by the hip-hop community for coming back with a so-so album, with mostly "sensitive" tracks.
12/04/2006
Polytechnic - Man Overboard
Haunted by the howling of backup vocals and the repetitive pulse of the piano, this new track from the UK band Polytechnic has been named NME’s track of the week. The popular UK music mag NME describes Man Overboard as “a hypnotic marching anthem for dreamers on woozy prescription pills.”
With their album dropping in UK stores today, the Polytechnics' new track sounds a bit like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah with a raging hangover. According to Stockard Channing of Stereogum, “the first time we bumped into Manchester's Polytechnic, we just couldn't get over just how much Clap Your Hands Say Yeah came through in the band's sound. It wasn't just in the nasal, Alec affectations; it was in the use of bass as melody mover, the simple, snare and closed-hat indie beats.”
Regardless of the song's inspiration, this video is beautifully traumatic and we love the dapper sparrow. With the urban sprawl devastating the half-man-half-bird's very being, the ink-on-paper animation style is as gritty as it is mesmerizing.
