le castle vania - zero machine (2008)

dylan's got his shit on lock. i don't think he's done a remix or a track that hasn't been better than most of the generic electro shit that is pumped out of whatever blog on a daily basis. with "zero machine," he gets his genre-bending on and samples smashing pumpkins' "zero." so good.

le castle vania on myspace
always never entertainment

download (right click, save as):

le castle vania - zero machine

-le grizzly vania

movie recap: nick and norah's infinite playlist (2008)

so i finally managed to get into a movie theater (twice in one week!) and i ended up catching nick and norah's infinite playlist on opening night. yes, i realize i'm a little late, but that's just a part of being a contributor to this blog. aside from the inevitable "overrated" tag that this movie is going to get, it was a solid movie.

completely entertaining, not too long, decent cast and of course, a typical indie-based soundtrack to cater to the wannabe pitchforker's out there. the premise is your standard run of the mill teenage heartbreak-turns-confusion-turns-sad-turns-bitter love story between cera and his ex-girlfriend, which ultimately leads him to his musical soul mate, kat dennings. dennings was a mediocre choice for the role, and to be honest, ellen page would've nailed this. unfortunately, that would be retarded...you know, with JUNO and all.

if you liked juno and its dry humor, you'll probably like this one. nick and norah pales in comparison to juno, as far as flicks with michael cera go. he's a cool dude, but from the looks of it, he's been typecasted into this certain role for a long time. he has a lot of potential, but until that breakthrough falls into place for him, i don't see many more movies coming from him. i really don't care though. HE WAS GEORGE MICHAEL ON ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.

the soundtrack rules for the hipster douchebag in all of us. from vampire weekend to devendra banhart to band of horses, the soundtrack definitely has a fair share of credible namedrops.

but to sum up, the movie is entertaining and cute enough to bring a lady along for a date.

grade: C+

p.s. am i the only one who wishes where's fluffy? was real?

p.p.s. here's vampire weekend's (sorry jerome) brand new track, featured on the soundtrack:

vampire weekend - ottoman


-grizzly's infinite playlist

music video: kanye west - love lockdown (2008)

dude can pull off boat shoes. nuff said.

-grizzly

scion presents: fool's gold remixed (2008)

here's the thing. i love this record label. and truly, i love i heart comix. but something's wrong with franki chan. the label gave out FREE copies of their last mixtape/sampler, yet when blogs posted them up for download, he had them take it down. am i not understanding something? whatever. so to avoid getting stabbed, hacked or robbed by franki chan, i'll just point you over to IHC's website to download four remixes of fool's gold records artists for your listening pleasure. especially to the latter two.

i'm sure i'll end up with a box of 200 samplers one day, except instead of samplers, it'll be some sort of explosive courtesy of franki chan and iheartcomix.

*THESE ARE NOT MY LINKS*

download DIRECTLY FROM FRANKI CHAN (right click, save as):

jokers of the scene - baggy bottom boys (jots remix)

nacho lovers - acid life (surkin remix)

kid sister - pro nails (rusko remix)

kid cudi - day n nite (jori hulkkonen remix)

-r.i.p. grizzly

music video: atmosphere - you (2008)

panda's not a co-signer on slug, but i personally love the football jock from minnesota yelling his raps at me at a different (much louder) frequency. i kid i kid. but seriously, when life gives you lemons...is a regular bump on the ipod, and it was pretty shady not to catch atmosphere's show last monday (even though it would've been free). i mean sometimes, i actually study and go to school.

but seriously, don't ask jerome about slug or atmosphere.

atmosphere on myspace.

-grizzly

mstrkrft - bounce (a-trak remix) (2008)

a-trak has done it again. even if 5,000 people remix the same song, then a-trak can remix it and put them all to shame. shit's heat. now i'm just waiting on him to do a remix to love lockdown. seriously.

a-trak on myspace

download:

mstrkrft - bounce (a-trak remix)

-grizzly

music video: common - universal mind control f. pharrell (2008)

fresh fresh fresh video for common's new track "universal mind control". dope video, but i wish pharrell was in it. diiiiiig.


- universal panda control

spotlight?

sorry about the lack of spotlight artists. i'll talk to roshan so we can get on something. if you think there's artists we should be featuring (or just joints we should be posting about in general).. let us know via the shoutbox, aim, email, myspace, cell phones, love letters written in blood, knocking on our windows at 3am, etc. wlu.

- bearz

p.s. bad music = no.

video: justice - a cross the universe teaser (nsfw) (2008)

epic. epic. epic. epic.

trailer for justice's upcoming (nov. 24th) documentary/live cd/dvd. get ready.

- panda

p.s. LOLOLOL @ the video capture.

shad - the old prince (2007)

you might remember shad from my earlier post about his first album, when this is over. well the poetic emcee is back with his 2007 follow up, the old prince.

shad's ability to ride a beat with his impeccable flow shines even more than on his debut, and his word play is definitely on point. all you common, talib, and phonte fans need to be dropping this dudes name in threads on your favorite forums. just be sure to tell em who sent ya.

shad on myspace.

download the old prince:


- panda

pollen

pollen were one of the last truly talented bands to release an album through fueled by ramen (and contrary to most fueled by ramen bands, there's a huge lack of photographs of them on the interweb). sounding like texas is the reason, gameface, jimmy eat world, and the descendants started an all star power pop group, pollen released four albums before disbanding in 2000. fans of newer-school bands like the get up kids and hot rod circuit would also certainly be into this. huge guitar riffs, insanely catchy choruses, and an intricate rhythm section to boot.

drummer/principal songwriter/lyricist bob hoag has gone on to record some of your favorite bands (including little compass, dear and the headlights, the format, the bled, and the first band i ever sang for.. heist at hand) at his flying blanket studios in arizona. he was also recruited as keyboardist/pianist for the ataris on their last album/tour.

flying blanket studios.

fan run pollen myspace.

download chip:


download peach tree:


- panda

video: kanye west - heartless live in L.A. (2008)

obviously this video is making the blog rounds, and i'm sure many of you have seen it.. but what kind of bears would we be if we didn't report on our boy?

short video of ye performing the second single from 808s at T.I.'s myspace show:



word is the album has been turned in and is set to be released on november 25th. kanye on the 25th and hov a week later???! greatest. birthday. week. ever.


- how could you be so pandaaaaaaa?

RJD2 - since we last spoke (2004)

rjd2 knows how to make music. he knows how to make incredibly diverse music. yet he goes under so many people's radars it's criminal. take one part wax tailor, one part gorillaz (minus the novelty), one part dj shadow, and add in a lot of musicianship and soul.. that should help give you an idea of what's going on here. i've had this album since it came out in '04, and it still sounds as fresh as it did the day i first heard it (especially "making days longer".. incredible). put this one on in your car at night, roll the windows down, and let rjd2 take you on his ride (and don't forget to come back here and thank me). safe.


rjd2 on myspace.

download since we last spoke:



- panda

music video: the knux - bang bang (2008)

man this album is going to be a sleeper this year. hopefully enough hipsters get on this tip immediately. i'm loving what i hear. anticipation building.

-grizzly

t.i. - paper trail b-sides (2008)

this album had A LOT of hype and is just overall one of the best hip-hop releases all year. i can't stop bumpin this shit. no filler on this album. here are some b-sides. the first two are itunes bonus tracks, and propane (yes, t-pain even teams up with t.i.) is off of a mixtape or some shit.

listen to paper trail.

download:

collect call (itunes)

i know you missed me (itunes)

propane (f. t-pain)

-grizzly trail