LA riots - remixes (vol. 1)

a lot of sick remixes (including the ting tings, the toxic avenger, kid sister, justice ft. uffie, etc) gathered into one dirty, 45 minute mp3. get your next party started right.

LA riots on myspace.

download the remixes vol. 1:


- panda

rx bandits - part I: from the garage (2008)

RXB From The Elizabethen


anything this band does makes me happy. their album will dominate all. catch a little jam on this video.

-grizzly

glassjaw - you think you're john fucking lennon (2008)

1. go to glassjaw's website...or click.
2. wait for it.
3. get completely fucked.


official glassjaw website.


- panda

panda can party - soul of the city demos (2008)

at the start of this year, i began working on panda can party with this collection of 9 demos. i've recently decided to put pcp through some changes musically and aesthetically. in the meantime, i figured i'd give away the collection of songs i started with. get into it if you're into the whole electro thing.

p.s. shots of patron help enhance the listening experience.

panda can party on myspace.

download the soul of the city demos:


- panda

thanksgiving (2008)

we here at wwm are thankful for the following:

1. you, our sexually indiscriminate readers.
2. kanye west.
3. patron and vodka.
4. wall-e.
5. brown skin.
6. meth jokes.
7. hand turkeys.
8. vodka and patron.
9. our families and friends.
10. each other.

that's right.. we're thankful for each other. gobble gobble, bitches!

- panda y grizzly

i suck at life (2008)

my bad alright.. MY BAD. i've been trying to update lately, but i'm literally using the worst computer ever made (it's made out of cardboard and leftover beakers from my meth lab). updates that should take me ten minutes end up taking an hour and half the time my uploads fail or my browser crashes. roshan can vouch for this. between that and the holiday rush at work, it's been really hard to update. i'm old and not in college like roshan.

anyway, i'm getting a new computer in the next week, at which point you'll all start thinking i'm as cool as my fellow bear roshan again. just BEAR with me in the mean time (C WUT I DID THER?!).

- 808's is amazing and if you don't think so.. suck it.
- watch boondocks. a lot.
- wear white shoes that don't have laces.
- a week left in national pomegranate month. go buy some.
- lots of fresh ish coming.
- more meth.

- panduh.

kevin devine - i could be with anyone (2008)

it's kinda odd that i haven't posted about kevin devine before. he's released some of the best acoustic and folk shit in the past few years and is one of the best singer/songwriter around. he shot an exclusive over to guys with record collections and tossed them a new track off of his upcoming tour ep. the goddamn band is on this one, too.


download:

kevin devine - i could be with anyone

-grizzly

concert review: 2k sports bounce tour featuring q-tip, the cool kids and the knux (nov. 21, 2008)

so i got the very rare opportunity to catch some of the best acts in modern hip-hop open for q-tip, who's in a league of his own. to be honest, the man's solo stuff is good (the renaissance more so than amplified) but he will never step from the reign that a tribe called quest had put above hip-hop. seeing q-tip perform tribe songs was truly unreal.

anyway, check the review here, and hit the comments for set lists.

EDIT: the cool kids have been keeping a blog and also posted some pictures from the houston shop, so get up on that.

if this tour is hitting your town, DO NOT MISS IT.

q-tip on myspace.
the cool kids on myspace.
the knux on myspace.

it's always sunny in philadelphia - dayman (2008)

in honor of a completely incredible fourth season of it's always sunny in philadelphia (sans the episode about the shit turd, which for the record, is the only bad episode of sunny in existence), this post is a tribute to charlie.

so please, enjoy this completely epic video clip about dayman. fighter of the nightman. champion of the sun. master of karate and friendship for everyone.

-it's always grizzy in houston

tv review: 24: redemption (2008)

wow. 24: redemption's two hours were single-handedly on par with the entire tank that was season six. the writers really tightened up what they were initially great at doing; action. i'll try not to ruin too much, but hit up the redemption imdb for your plot rundown, characters, etc. i don't wanna ruin anything for you.

this was two of the best hours of television i've seen all year. yes, including lost. everyone that personally knows me knows that my two dudes are kanye west and kiefer sutherland, and sutherland completely delivered. give the dude an emmy. redemption has setup for what seems to be a very epic season seven, in which we'll see the return of my homeboy tony almeida. i knew you weren't dead, tony.

some thoughts:

- wtf? jon voight has a career again.
- cherry jones (seriously) might be a shitty president, but will never be shittier than wayne palmer.
- this prequel was the best idea for the writers. after everyone started to jump ship after season 6, this is a good way to get people back on the hype train
- i am a nerd
- please keep coming back to our blog
- the love for 24 is in no way, shape, or form related to jerome/the panda. he is too busy watching bravo, re-runs of shear genius and jon and kate plus 8. he does nothing manly.
- go cop the dvd in stores this tuesday.
- season 7 premieres on january 11, 2008.

-grizzly bauer

album review: kanye west - 808s and heartbreak (2008)

Artist: Kanye West
Album: 808s and Heartbreak
Record Label: Roc-a-Fella/Def-Jam
Release Date: November 24, 2008

If anyone in hip-hop was going to put out 808s and Heartbreak, it’s Kanye West. West has been known to meddle with hip-hop, manipulating sounds and styles that are out of the ordinary and giving it that mainstream appeal. He intertwined orchestral arrangements with hip-hop on Late Registration, soul samples on The College Dropout and electro and pop on Graduation. So when he premiered “Love Lockdown” at the MTV VMAs this year, everyone knew he was cooking up something different with 808s and Heartbreak.

It’s no secret that Kanye West’s lyrical ability has seemed to dwindle over the years, but is easily overlooked due to his immeasurable production talent and the fact that he knows how to put songs together. Using only the TR-808 drum machine, West has created some of his most ambitious songs to date, abandoning the standard hip-hop beat and rapping for singing and tribal drums, which might be his biggest antithesis’ to hip-hop yet.

On 808s and Heartbreak, Kanye West relies heavily on the auto-tune effect. This may easily push listeners away, as the T-Pains and Lil’ Waynes of the world have already saturated the mainstream with the effect. However, Kanye West hopes to achieve something completely different. He created a voice deemed “Heartbreak,” something West refers to as a “mixed drink with auto tune, distortion and a little bit of delay on it.” He uses this voice as a tool, not a crutch, to express the tribulations he’s faced within the past year, including the death of his mother and the break-up with his fiancée, who is the subject of the overall bulk of 808s and Heartbreak.

“Say You Will,” the albums opener, starts off slow and haunting, with a beat slightly resembling that of a heartbeat. It’s slow pace is somewhat of an awkward start to the album and would be better if placed as a closer or even somewhere in the middle. Despite the placement, it’s one of the highlights of the album. Carrying on this very consistent theme, “Amazing” and “Streetlights” are also slow burners, which will definitely be a change of pace for the standard West fan.

There’s very little rapping on the album. However, it’s still prevalent in songs like “Heartless” and “Welcome to Heartbreak,” the latter of which features up-and-coming Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi. Together, the two sing a handful of melodies that will undoubtedly be stuck in your head for weeks. Other highlights include the Chromeo-esque “Paranoid,” and “See You in My Nightmares,” which features Lil Wayne, who sings what might be one of the best hooks he’s ever worked on.

There’s a few problems with 808s and Heartbreak. Lil Wayne’s verse, much like his verse on “Barry Bonds” on Graduation, falls flat, complete with boring metaphors and trite writing, despite how good the hook is. Young Jeezy is the only other guest rapper on 808s and Heartbreak, and his verse on “Amazing” is completely out of place and awkward, shuffling up the overall theme of the album.

Minor gripes aside, 808s and Heartbreak is a fantastic album, and Kanye West has yet again proved that he is an artist with many talents. This is unquestionably his most polarizing release, and he will alienate a large part of his fan base. However, West doesn’t seem to care, and this further proves that he is in it for the music. His production continues to test the limits of hip-hop, transcending genres and breaking from the mold of your typical producer. This may not be his best album, but it is by far the most consistent and thought-provoking album he’s released. If worst comes to worst and you don’t enjoy the album, sit tight. He’ll be back with a hip-hop release in the summer of 2009.

Grade: A-

kanye west on myspace

-808s and grizzlies

justin timberlake - follow my lead (2008)

JT is slowly creeping back into the spotlight. he just released a new song/single, "follow my lead" up on his myspace. the song's proceeds will benefit the shriners hospitals for children, which provide free care to children. i'll be hittin that up later since i'm at work, but in the meantime, hop to the remix of "can't believe it" with teddy pain in case you've been under a fucking rock in the last 2 weeks.

justin timberlake on myspace.

download:

t-pain - can't believe it (remix) f. justin timberlake

also, did anybody check out justin on SNL? dude is funny as hell. peep the link.


"we're the dancers."

-grizzly

dj benzi and diplo present: fear and loathing in huntsvegas mixtape (2008)

maddecent teamed up with benzi and diplo to put this mixtape out for paper route recordz, some just post-summer lovin' life fun-to-bump kind of shit. you can pay what you want for this one too. definitely recommended.

paper route recordz on myspace.

download:

fear and loathing in huntsvegas from mad decent.

-grizzly gettin' money.

vampire weekend - covers and remixes (2008)

vampire weekend is everyone's favorite (or in jerome's case, most hated) group preppy indie dorks. i think they make some solid tunes and i enjoy them thoroughly. here is a fleetwood mac cover, which rules the planet, some cover of a band i've never heard of, and an extremely addictive chromeo remix of "the kids don't stand a chance."

vampire weekend on myspace.

download:

vampire weekend - everywhere (fleetwood mac cover)
vampire weekend - a plane pour moi (plastic bertrand cover)
vampire weekend - the kids don't stand a chance (chromeo remix)

-grizzly weekend

graham wright - the lakes of alberta (2008)

graham is the keyboardist for tokyo police club and is giving away his solo/side project ep for free (128kbps) or for $5.00 you can take a higher quality. i'll take it for $0.00, please.

download/buy the lakes of alberta here.

-grizzly