gorillaz - phase III (2009)

smokeYYY (another birdie) shot me these links. damon albarn (yep) guest dj'd at a radio station and premiered three new gorillaz tracks. i can see jerome's eyes lighting up from across interstate 45 right now.

gorillaz on myspace.

courtesy of that real ish.

download:

gorillaz - phase III

-grizzly

love between equals (2009)

a little birdie dropped this off in the mailbox to share. i'm diggin the beats, but the vocals in "young love" are a little shifty. "get it in" is definitely the jam. judging by the titles of the songs, you should know what to do when you bump these.

love between equals on myspace.

download (right click, save as):

young love
get it fit

-grizzly

video: pharoahe monch - ondaspot freestyle (2009)

this video is making the blog rounds, but woooooooooooooow. absolutely.

courtesy of nahright.

- panda

24 - season 7 (2009)

ohhhhhhh god damn. jack's definitely back. four episodes in, and the writers of 24 have seemingly reinvented themselves completely. definitely a very action-packed premiere that has laid foundation for what seems like an epic season. they've turned away from the things that brought season 6 down and have used criticism from the past to turn the show around. anybody who used to be a fan of this show should definitely catch up to the first four episodes on fox's website. must-see.

now i'm just waiting on flight of the conchords and LOST.

i love this time of year.

-grizzly

tera melos - idioms vol. I (2009)

i first caught these guys open for the fall of troy a few years back and they completely blew me away. one of the most technical and craziest live bands. very reminiscent of hella, and the likes. anyway, the dudes released a brand new covers ep. definitely not the best part. it's free. so head over to their site and download it.

tera melos on myspace.

download:



-tera grizzly

skins - the official skins soundtrack (2007)

so jerome watches about 6 show total it seems, so whenever he starts raving about one, i end up watching it. considering i watch about 100 tv shows, it's usually no problem to add another. i just wrapped up season one of skins, and what jerome said about it is pretty much dead on. it's the UK's answer to the OC, only it's believable and has a lot more debauchery and drug-use.

watch episodes of skins here. (IE is required)

download:


*download is courtesy of popjuice.

-grizzly

music video: b.o.b. - i'll be in the sky (2009)

one of the many hot acts coming out of the ATL (like that's a surprise). b.o.b. has popped up on some incredibly dope joints like t.i./luda's collab "sitting on top of the world," and also did "im dat nigga" with t.i., both which are some of my recent favorites. he's been on his mixtape grind as of late and this track is on "who the fuck is bob, available here. this is also his first single off of his upcoming album,the adventures of b.o.b., due out in 09 at some point.

anyway, peep the video and hit up his myspace for the rest of his mixtapes.

music video for i'll be in the sky:



-grizzly

n.a.s.a. - the spirit of apollo (2009)

north america south america (n.a.s.a.) are a duo out of california, who have lined up one of the biggest collaboration projects in quite some time. the spirit of apollo is due out feb. 17, and features the likes of chuck d, kanye west, tom waits, lykke li, santogold, and a shit load of other people i can't name off the top of my head.

here are two of the tracks, so bump these till the album drops.

n.a.s.a. on myspace.

download:

gifted f. kanye west, lykke li and santogold
whachadoin f. m.i.a., santogold, spank rock and nick zinner

-grizzly

kid cudi - man on the moon mixtape (2009)

an unofficial mixtape courtesy of hiphop update.

features some cuts you know or you may not know, but it's definitely worth the grab.

read the reasoning behind the mixtape and download it here.

-grizzly

movie recap: slumdog millionaire (2008)

slumdog millionaire follows the story of jamal, a young boy who grew up in the poorest of neighborhoods in mumbai, india. he's currently one question away from winning the indian version of 'who wants to be a millionaire' and has been arrested for cheating, the reasoning being that he grew up in said impoverished neighborhood. seeing as that there is no way someone like jamal (see: slumdog, most similar to an untouchable) could know all this information. jamal then tells his story, which the viewer sees through perfectly executed flashbacks, which end up piecing the story together.

i was a bit hesitant about watching this, considering the fact that i grew up with bollywood films. i mean the standard flick consists of a forbidden love story (with no kissing!), some songs sung in a choreographic fashion either in a meadow or with rain, some violence and usually runs anywhere from 3-4 hours in length.

this was a very well-crafted and overall incredible movie that anyone should be able to enjoy. and fyi: it's about 70% english, 30% subtitled hindi, so it shouldn't be TOO hard to follow. the movie did a seamless job in terms of working with the language barrier, i'd say.

slumdog millionaire is still slowly getting added to theaters across america, so keep an eye out for your local spots. i saw it about two weeks ago and forgot to post about it, but it's definitely a must see.

p.s. hit up the sound rack for SM, as it features a new MIA cut, among others. i'm pretty sure if i posted it, this post would be axed by blogger in no time.


grade: B+

-slumdog grizzly

young love - new songs (2009)

keyes dropped two new tracks ("black boots" and "one to ten") off of his upcoming album, one of us, due out in early april. one to ten uses the same young love formula found on their debut, but black boots is a little more on the rock side. both of them sound good on my end. my biggest beef with YL is his lyrics, but the songs are usually catchy enough for me not to give too big of a shit.

listen to the new songs.

-young grizzly

soonsoonsoonsoonsoonsoon

in the next week, the wordpress edition of weworemasks will be ready, and quite possibly even weworemasks.com. sit tight, you know we're lazy as hell.

xoxo,
the bears.

idle warship - try it on (howwedoitoverhere) (2009)

god bless idle warship (talib kweli, res, and graph nobel) and god bless this instrumental/beat. put the two together = win.

idle warship on myspace.

download try it on (howwedoitoverhere).

and in case you slept on this video and epic track:

download steady.

idle warship takes over your party video/mini doc:


this shit is so live. get ready for the mixtape. '09 off to a great start.

- panda warship

shawn hewitt

if i had this entire album, i would go back and edit my end of year list and this would be in my top 5. this dude is absolutely incredible. AND I CAN'T FIND HIS FUCKING DEBUT ALBUM ANYWHERE. literally the only place i could find it online is amazon and it's a 22 dollar import. i may suck it up and order it today, cause this is seriously one album i don't want to be without any longer than i have to.

after reading a lot about shawn yesterday, i noticed comparisons ranging from (mostly) radiohead/thom yorke to rufus wainright to stevie wonder to maroon 5 and tv on the radio. none of which are without their merit. he's really managed to find a niche somewhere between indie and soul. and it's an amazing, amazing sound.

shawn hewitt on myspace.

download two tracks from spare hearts:
keep them at bay
one on one

video for try:


video for one on one:


- panda

music video: kid cudi vs. crookers - day 'n' nite (2009)

i'm dumb. i never saw the video he ranted about, so i took it down. don't need cudi yelling at me in all caps. you can still grab the remix here, and the only reason i kept this post was to have an excuse to put up a fly picture.

-dear cudi, don't send grizzly any hate mail.