Dear Korn...

...this is a great song!! I am fangirling so hard today!! I feel 16 again!! WEeeeeeee. This is Korn's new single "Never Never". They have a new album coming out in October The Paradigm Shift. I'm definitely looking forward to this one.

Album Review: Nine Inch Nails "Hesitation Marks"

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If you know me, you KNOW I love me some Nine Inch Nails. They are my absolute favorite band. So I will try to contain myself as I try to type together a concise, well thought out review of the latest project Hesitation Marks. So here it goes: OH MY GAHHHD THIS ALBUM IS F@##$$% AMAZING!!! The End. No but really, it is. In 2009 after the Year Zero era, Trent announced the NIN was pretty much over. The touring stopped, he got wifed up (lucky broad), had some kids, won this thing called an Oscar, yeah NIN fans pretty much knew it was over. Then earlier this year news came out that they were going tour AND coming out with new album!? THANK YOU YEEZUS!! Finally this past week the album was released. I have to say that IMO this is NIN's best album since The Fragile, which is my personal favorite album. I believe that this album takes elements from every project release and even some surprises like the pop-punky "Everything". I also think that is very interesting that Trent is coming back in an era where Electronic Dance Music is king. Its amazing how many DJ/producer's take notes from Trent's repertoire. Its like Trent's coming back on the scene like "I'll show you how to do this son!". So my summary on the album: OH MY GAHHHD THIS ALBUM IF F@##$$% AMAZING!!! The End. Really this time

The Song For Your Weekend

So my former lover Mayer Hawthorne is coming out with a new album soon, which is very exciting. (there is so much good music coming out/out, its a bit overwhelming in the best way possible). The single that dropped a couple of days ago "Her Favorite Song" will no doubt be your favorite song guuurl, if your a bad mama jamma. So download this, drive around at 7 o'clock this evening with your windows down and thank Gawd you don't have to deal with work for at least a little while. P.S I told you we were lovers....at least for an hour...in my head.

Album Review: Kid Cudi Indicud

Hello all, it has been a ridiculously long time since I last wrote on this thing. Quite a few things have happened but I will get to that on another post (well, maybe). This post is about one of my husbands (in my head) latest album. So far April has been an amazing month for music. Tyler, The Creator with Wolf and Depeche Mode with Delta Machine . Both albums I will be purchasing in the very near future. The album that I was most excited about was Kid Cudi's Indicud! This is technically Cudi's fourth album but his "rock" album WZRD, although ballsy, was just not good. And that's coming from not only a super Cudi fan, but a fan of rock music. Sorry boo, it just wasn't good. So people were excited to hear that Cudi was getting back to Cudi. Not only that but he announced that he will be producing all the tracks himself. Personally I was a bit afraid, this is the first album that Cudi's previous production partners Pat and Emile, who shaped the "Cudder" sound would not be involved in. Long drawn out album review short, this album is pretty amazing. Although Cudi's production can be a bit clunky or busy, there is beauty that can be found in this. One great example is the song "Young Lady" where it literally sounds like 2 songs going on at once, somehow, it works. There is also an element of surprise with the totally random and amazing collaboration with Micheal Bolton MICHEAL BOLTON! The song "Afterwards (Bring Yo' Friends) is giving me 90s R&B club infused realness. Simply put I am throughly impressed with this being Cudi's first full foray into producing and this is the result. I'm happy to be a Cudder fan since the beginning as seen in this post from '09. I LOVE YOU CUDI!

Odd Cypher

Here is a recent Odd Future cypher while at famed photographer and famously creepy dude Terry Richardson;s studio. As usual Wolf Gang never disappoints when it comes to pure entertainment. Also they are embarking on a big tour this upcoming late summer/fall and their first stop is in Norfolk! I was going to buy tickets the day the went on sale last Friday but I had some other monetary priorities to tend too (being a grown up blows) hopefully I would be able to get those tickets next week. Betsta believe my old a$$ would be way up in the balcony. I've learned my lessons, I'm getting to old for that pit sh!t.

Say Whaaaa!?

So I was catching up on my Yelawolf news today and I seen that he hurt his spleen but has since recovered, he is working a new album (YES) and also news of a new tattoo of his. Yeller has a vast collection of body ink but his most recent one raised a few eyebrows. On the side of his head he has a portrait of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash with the name Fefe intertwined. Hmmm Fefe? I know you ain't talking about Fefe Dobson. Wait, you are? Giiiirrrl what's the tea on that! Now I know Mr Wolf was married with 3 kids and now he's dating Fefe Dobson. How random, but also cute. Not cute that he and his wife aren't together anymore but you know that ain't nobody's bidness but their own. And I ain't one to gossip so you ain't heard that from me. All I care about is that he is making another album because Radioactive is dope as hell. I also hope he makes his way round here for show soon.

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On Friday May 4th Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys passed away at the age of 47. 47 is way too young to die but he led a life of purpose. Music, Art and Activism was his game and he played it well. I'm going to post one of my personal favorite Beastie Songs "So What Cha Want"

Watch This!

This is a really cool documentary put together by Heartless Creativity about a group of people putting on for the 757 (that is the Hampton Roads area in Southeast Virginia for those of you who aren't down with the area code lingo, proceed) musically. I am honored to know the guys of A New Born Thriller, they were guests a couple of times for the Urban Metal Music Festival shows that I used to put on in Radford. And I also remember going to one of the "Beechmont" rehersals waaay back in the day. And the guys of Teleport Team [they will ALWAYS be Frontside to me, sorry guys :)] are a couple of my really really good friends from high school. The other artists featured are BEEF and the Dope Dreamerz whom my brother and myself had the pleasure to see perform and was really in awe of them. In this doc they talk about things like how they all came to know each other and the struggles of trying to get noticed outside of the 757. It is a really good watch, please enjoy!

Dark, Dark, Dark

If your into random, dumb and kind of gross out humor, you should check out Loiter Squad on Adult Swim. From the makers of Jackass and members of Odd Future this 11 minute show is a good time filler. This is one of my favorite clips from the show. This was on the premiere episode from a few weeks ago.


This is another of my favorite clips, also from the first episode.

Spitta Back At It

I love Curren$y, but being a Curren$y fan can be exhausting. I swear every week this kid is coming out with like complete albums. His work ethic is crazy, but although its so much quantity, its all quality. This is his new joint with Wale "What It Look Like" from his upcoming 450th album The Stoned Immaculate. I like the track, Wale provided a nice simple hook and also provides a verse. As always Curren$y is like butter on a track while Wale always seems to attack a track, Curren$y always melts into it becoming a part of the music. Anyways here's the video.

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Schewitz Swag

So Drake just released the video to his current single "Take Care" ft Rihanna. I don't like the song (i always skip it when listening to the album) and I don't like the video. This post is not about that. This post is about the gem that I found over on OVO's Vimeo page. Just hours ago they released the video to "HYFR" ft Lil Wayne, and this video is super Jew Swag to the max. I don't think anyone (well yeah there's Matisyahu and the Beasties, but have you seen them pop Manischewitz in a video?) has ever repped my Jewish homies as hard as Drake does. I love that. I love this video. Watch.

Drake ~ HYFR Feat. Lil Wayne from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.

A$AP Rocky Concert

This past Thursday my brother and I made the trek up to Richmond to catch ASAP Rocky at The National. This was my first time at The National and its a pretty cool venue, a lot smaller than I expected but whatever. Now Tyrone and I vowed that we WILL NOT end up in the front for the show, and that's exactly where we wound up. I guess we just wanted to see how long we can last up there. So around 8:15 the opening act comes out, this dude named Joe Threat who's from Richmond. The beginning of his set had some promise he kicked an acappella at the beginning and the crowd was kind of rockin with him a little bit. By the the third or fourth song the crowd starting chanting "ASAP! ASAP!" and throwing ice at him. About 20 minutes into his set he was booed off the stage and the venue cut off his mic and closed the curtains on him (damn homie!) So after all that the crowd was hype cause it's all like ASAP will be out here in no time. NO! It took ol boy OVER AN HOUR to get out to the stage. Sure I was still hype by the time he came out but I was also kind of over it. Especially cause during the first song I almost lost my driver's license, debit card and camera. Tyrone and I went up the balcony and viewed the rest of the disappointingly short set from there. Aside from all that ASAP Rocky puts on a really good show, he has stage presence, great interaction with the crowd, good with the in-between banter, and he played all my favorite songs so I was good. After the short set it turned into a kind of impromptu dance party with his DJ playing some throwback tunes, but by that time Tyrone and I peaced out cause we had an hour drive back home. The highlight of the show to me would be me purchasing the ASAP crewneck seen above and a really good screwdriver I had at the beginning of the night. The main thing that I got out of this show, a conclusion that I have been coming to for a while is that I'm getting old. I'll be 27 years old next month and its become alarmingly clear that I have to move my old a$$ up to the balcony for now on. Being down on the ground level "in the pit" is for the young bucks and that just aint me anymore. :sigh: but i'll always have memories of all the great shows I've been to in my lifetime. The end.

Men that I Love: Robbie Laughlin

I was watching "Family Matters" early yesterday morning and it was the episode where the science lab blew up in school and Steve Urkel was accused of doing it because of his science experiment. The school had a mock trial with Laura Winslow defending Steve and his nemesis Dexter Thornhill playing the prosecutor. As I was watching the episode the actor playing Dexter Thornhill looked familiar. I was saying to myself 'that looks like Robbie Laughlin' and after watching him and his big mannerisms I was convinced it was him. After extensive and painful research (read: google + imdb) I found out it was in fact him! I freaking love Robbie Laughlin! You can currently see him and all his fabulousness on E! during the who wore it better segments. He is also Giuliana Rancic's (whom I also love to pieces) gay husband. I want Robbie to be my gay husband!!! Here is what Robbie had to say about his appearance on "Family Matters":
"I was Steve Urkel's school nemesis, Dexter Thornhill. It was supposed to be a recurring role and I was really happy. It was really funny and I had such a great time doing it. Rumor has it Jaleel White, who played Urkel, was a little jealous of the attention I got and I never recurred again. The writer who wrote my part was fired as well, from what I understand. That's what folklore says. Jaleel and I have never talked since."

Jammie

If you don't already know, I luh me some Yelawolf. I've been a fan for a while now and Yeller finally unleashed has Shady Records debut Radioactive late last year (which is super dope by the way). Here is the second single from the album "Let's Roll" featuring one of the OG white boy rappers turned...country superstar? Kid Rock. I like how the video goes from Yelawolf's hometown in Alabama to the birthplace of Hip Hop more specifically the Bronx (woop! woop!) Enjoy.

Get This.

One of my faves Yelawolf released his debut album Radioactive and boy Catfish Billy did not disappoint. Yelawolf and his team of producers including Will Power, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Diplo and even Eminem crafted an album that is radio friendly without abandoning the underground that Yela has been a part of for many years. The album has features from Fefe Dobson, Kid Rock, Pooh Bear, Gangsta Boo and of course Eminem as well as a few others. You can listen to this album from front to back without skipping. My personal faves are "Good Girl" "Animal", "Everything I Love The Most" and "Hardest Love Song In The World", but dude the whole album is really good. I'm proud of Yelawolf, I've been a fan for a little while and I hope that he has a lot of success. Word.

Jammies

These are a couple of my current jammies. Up first is Machine Gun Kelly's first official music video for the song "Wild Boy" ft Waka Flocka Flame


Up next is a new project from the OFWGKTA camp. The Internet is the combo of sole lady of OF Syd the Kid, Matt Martians of the Super 3 and Left Brain of Mellowhype. This song is "Cocaine"

Maniac

After months of waiting Kid Cudi let loose the short film "Maniac" featuring Cage aka Cage Kennelz aka Chris Palko directed by my ex boyfriend Shia Labeouf. The short film is pretty cool and gory just right for halloween which has come and gone. My only gripe with it is it did not feature the actual song "Maniac" at all which I think at some point would have been great soundtrack for all the maniac-ness that takes place. Doh well.

Obsessions Are Healthy

My new obsession over the past week has been Machine Gun Kelly. I've been hearing his name here and there over the past year. This summer he signed to Bad Boy, yes Bad Boy. And while people express their opinions about that decision or MGK in general I think this kid has a lot of talent. Once you hear his story and see his personality shine through you can't help but really like the kid and just hope that he ends up winning. And yeah...sure...he's hot. He just released his current project Rage Pack(<---download) and its a pretty dope project. Here is some vids to introduce you to Kells.

Nevermind.

Yesterday September 24th was the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's classic album that rocked a generation Nevermind. Im quite sure all week people have been sharing their Nevermind stories about the first time they heard it how it changed their lives etc. So I'm going to tell you MY Nevermind story....I don't have one. Yep that's right. I do not have a nevermind story. I was six years old and have not yet embraced rock music, or music as a whole really. I think I just learned how to tie my shoes (which was difficult for my because I was a lefty). However I do remember seeing the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video tons of times on MTV ( dude remember when they played videos!? 0_0) Although I may have been to young to grasp the cultural significance of Nevermind, I remember falling in love with the song "Heart Shaped Box" from their third and final studio album In Utero. Then of course not too long after that I along with millions of others watched in shock as Kurt Loder has an MTV News flash about the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Even then I still didnt understand what I was watching or listening to or hearing. As the years went by and I not only truly embraced music as a whole but rock music especially that I began to understand just how monumental Nevermind, Nirvana and "grunge" as a whole was. I often wish I was the age I am now back in 1991 (okay maybe a little younger :-/) to fully be a part of the whole "Gen X" thing. Rock music is not at all what it used to be, its all dance based now which isnt bad, but its not ROCK. I'm quite sure there are great bands still making great music somewhere and we can all find them somewhere on the internet, but the energy is not the same, the radio is not the same, MTV is definitely not the same. Although I was too young to really understand it, I'm glad I was old enough to watch it. Now I'm not going to leave you with a song from Nevermind rather I'm going to leave you with a song I've been playing on repeat for like 30 hours now "Sappy" from the With The Lights On-Box Set jank. Cause this is not only a celebration of an album, its the celebration of a movement and a man.

Insert Sad Face Here

Word is David Cross is engaged to that Amber Tamborine chick. This makes me sad cause I've had this very weird crush/fascination with David Cross for years, I really don't get it. But you know good luck to them and all that.