kid sister - family reunion (f. david banner) (2008)

i love her. the music is actually pretty lame but i'm blindsided by how cute she is. oh well. first single off of dream date. features david banner, who i could give a shit less about. song is still my jammmmmm.

kid sister on myspace

download:

kid sister - family reunion f. david banner

-grizzly

the knux - remind me in 3 days (album sampler) (2008)

all aboard the hype train. got my hands on this album sampler for the knux's upcoming album, "remind me in 3 days," which is out october 28th on interscope. (contrary to what the sampler says). these dudes are gonna be picking up a lot of steam in the next few months and if this sampler is this hot, there's no way this album won't deliver. these dudes are gonna have run up on the cool kids' asses for hottest upcoming hip-hop duo.

the knux on myspace

listen to the album sampler here:

the knux - remind me in 3 days (album sampler)

-grizzly

rrrump (2008)

so i'm sure if you clicked on the "le castle vania" tag, you'd notice that we've been on that tip for a second. well dylan (the man behind lcv) has started up a new record label project under the name new always never music in which he'll be releasing some of his friends' music and shit. the first act is a dj collective out of atlanta called rrrump. dude's have put up two songs for you to shake it to.


le castle vania on myspace

rrrump on myspace.

download (these are direct links from his page, so right click, save as):

if you want me

twerk it

-grizzly

shitdisco - 72 virgins (calling in sick remix) (2008)

i haven't heard a banger like this in a minute. someone dropped us this cut in our inbox and it's definitely juicy. i'm not familiar with calling in sick, but they nailed this one.

shitdisco on myspace.
calling in sick on myspace.

download:

shitdisco - 72 virgins (calling in sick remix)

-grizzly

music video: gym class heroes - live set (2008)

still hate gym class heroes? ah, well. got an email about this the other day. it's a short four-song set they did for wal-mart (SELLOUTS) and it's pretty dope. travis should definitely stick to rappin' because live singing sure isn't his forte. but the group has always been tight, and i'll be catching them on the roots tour, even though the houston date is sans the roots. yeah, what the fuck.

don't forget to check out the quilt. great album.

catch the gym class heroes' set at soundcheck here.

-grizzly

jimmy eat world - stay on my side tonight (2005)

why haven't we discussed jimmy eat world until now? they're easily one of my favorite bands of all time, and i know roshan is down. we're failures.. we've failed you all.

anyway, this is an amazing ep. disintegration has to be one of the best songs they've written to date. post-futures, this is a collection of unreleased/reworked demos, a heatmiser cover, and a styrofoam remix of "drugs or me" (which contrary to popular opinion, i happen to like). this was a great way transition/hold fans over until chase this light. it also has an aesthetically pleasing cover.

jimmy eat world on myspace.

download stay on my side tonight:


- panda eat world

music video: the roots - rising up f/ chrisette michelle and wale (2008)

hot shit. i love chrisette michelle. first time i heard her was when she did the hook for "lost ones" on kingdom come. her joint with the game, "let us live", is also one of my favorite songs of the year. here's her killin' it on a roots song with ol' boy wale. spit it.

-grizzly

terminal - how the lonely keep (2005)

so i read this thread on an unnamed forum that i'm hopelessly addicted to and it reminded me about this album. now the circle jerk that's going on in the thread might indicate the best album of all-time, but i don't feel THAT strongly. however, this album is one of the better albums in the genre. straight forward rock with pop sensibilities. travis bryant has a much better range on this project than his latest venture (even though AIWP is one of my fav albums this year) and the fact that a lot of these songs are texas-centric really helps. if you like alive in wild paint and recover circa ceci n'est pas, then you'll love this.

dallas (sorta) in the house!

download:



-grizzly

talib kweli and hi-tek - reflection eternal/train of thought (2000)

this finna' be another classic, bitch. kweli's been a part of some of my favorite collaborations of all time, this one is no different. in a sense, it's good that these one-off's are just that. having a follow-up to something that you're so used to (especially black star) would make me incredible nervous.

either way, this is hi-tek's and kweli's collab. enjoy.

download:



-grizzly eternal

the faint - danse macabre: the remixes (2003)

so we've posted the original, and now here are the remixes. still one of the greatest electro/whatever albums, and this shit was bumpin' 5 years ago and is still hittin' hard. plus, i'm trying to ignore the huge shitstorm that was fasciinatiion.

the faint on myspace.

download:



-grizzly

music video: t.i. - what up, what's haapnin' (2008)

posting this video is an obvious ploy for my own hood status.
either way, RIP shawty lo. jesus christ.

paper trail is DOPE. get on it immediately. i'll probably be reviewing it.

-grizzly trail

music video: the cool kids - delivery man (2008)

top shelf quality of fresh ass shit brought to you by every hipster's favorite rap duo. just in case anyone missed the mp3 the first time, grab that shit here, seeing as someone destroyed our link from the previous post.

-grizzly

kanye west - love lockdown (2008)

seriously, i posted the first mix of this song, and me or jerome have no clue where the fuck that post went. neither of us deleted it, but that shit just disappeared. just in time, i presume, as yeezy dropped an even better and more cleaned up version than before. i'm not convinced that this is the final though, but it sure is a lot doper.

download:

kanye west - love lockdown (mastered?)

-keep your grizzlies locked down

the fall of troy - vomiting winter (2008)

a lot of people shit on this band for reasons unknown to me, but i've pretty much banged my head to anything these dudes have released, and this new cut, "vomiting winter" is no exception. the music sounds like shit straight off of de-loused in the comatorium. yeah...i went there. vocals, however, are in another ballpark.

also, i must say, adding lil wayne to the band's lineup was definitely a plus. dude rips on the bass.

the fall of troy on myspace.

download:

the fall of troy - vomiting winter

-vomiting grizzlies

hurricane ike (2008)

first off, happy thoughts go out to all of the ike victims out in galveston. that sob really did a number and watching the wreckage on tv is surreal.

second off, fuck you ike. this is the first time i've actually experienced or had to "ride out" a hurricane, and surreal is the only word i can think of. driving through my neighborhood the day after was crazy. every other tree is uprooted, and there was debris all over the fucking place. we didn't even get the worst of it. i mean yeah, i whined and bitched about not having lights for 4 days, but that doesn't really scratch the surface much.

anyway, all is well on my end. here's to another 25 years in houston without a hurricane. cheers.

-grizzly