the culture of methe culture of mei'm what you would consider an obsessive consumer of pop music. i write about pop culture with opinions and without any objectivity in mind. i buy music with the money i should spend on food. my name is that dude jeff and this is the culture of me. Articles
Emerging: Björn Kleinhenz
2008-05-13 18:28:00 Oh, the sweet sweet land of Sweden is beckoning the culture of me yet again. Is there nothing you'd like more (just like us) than to spend some time enveloped in the music scenes of that country? Seriously, we can't...
Parties: XXXChange, DJ Wool (The Glass) rock a dim sum joint this Saturday
2008-05-13 17:36:00 After a desperate search of the perfect place for our nefarious sessions, we landed upon... naturally... Chinatown. By day, 88 Palace is a popular dim sum restaurant at the top of a mini mall, with jostling carts, shouting servers, and... More About: Rock , Parties , Saturday , Glass
Video: Tokyo Police Club - "In A Cave" + remaining dates
2008-05-13 16:20:00 After releasing the video for "Tesselate" earlier on, the Canadian "saviors of rock" (ugh, we hate that whole thing like mad) in Tokyo Police Club have put out this latest clip for "In A Cave". What do you all think... More About: Video , Dates
Stream: new CocoRosie - "God Has A Voice, She Speaks Through Me"
2008-05-13 00:05:00 New CocoRosie. Yay! Stream the track by clicking here!!! As we noted last week, July 8 will mark the PHYSICAL release of a limited-edition 7? picture disc that will feature the single of ?God Has a Voice , She Speaks Through...
mp-FREE: Banger of the summer, Estelle's "American Boy" gets the Lazrtag re
2008-05-12 22:50:00 Okay, so points off because the track features Kanye "Cry Baby" West on it, but we still love this one. Estelle is hot like fire right now and this remix proves why. Her wonderful sophomore record, Shine, is out now.... More About: Summer , Free , American
Video: The Kills - "Last Day of Magic" + on East Village Radio
2008-05-12 21:06:00 Midnight Boom is easily one of the culture of me's top 20 so far for the '08. Alison and Jamie prove that hypothesis quite easily with this, the video for new single "Last Day of Magic ", a Blake & Amy... More About: Video , Radio , East , East Village
News: Press release says The Funky Bunch to return without Marky Mark
2008-05-12 18:54:00 Filed under "great moments in press release history", news is now breaking that the group that redefined what it meant to be funky (oh my God, we totally just wrote that) is getting their act back together, though in less... More About: News , Press Release , Press , Release , Return
CONTESTS: Remix/make a video for Lightspeed Champion
2008-05-12 18:26:00 (photo by Daisy Hatami) Holy moly mega-contest you guys! If you've been itching to remix Dev Hynes or make your own awesomely bizarre video for him, now's your chance. You could win money, fame, women and booze. Well, maybe just... More About: Video , Remix , Contests , Make , Champion
Web: Andrew Bird blogs for The New York Times
2008-05-12 16:46:00 (photo by Cameron Wittig) In "Measure for Measure", the paper's column about songwriters and the recording process, Andrew Bird takes us into The Loft, Wilco's home turf, giving us a brief look into his own recording processes, microphone sounds and... More About: New York , Blogs , York , New York Times , Times
Emerging: The Spolkestra
2008-05-12 16:30:00 These are the members of Scotland avant-chamber-pop collective, The Spolkestra, in no particular order: Tone, Bourge, Sio, Boru, Col, Nat, Grace, Emily, Jackeroo, Cat Price, Amy Moar, King Hal, Caz Bleiman, Mike, Anne, Sam, Jordan, Brendan. If those names don't...
mp-FREE: Neon Coyote's Summer '08 mix
2008-05-12 01:39:00 It's not even June 21 yet, and still, the boys of Neon Coyote are already hitting the ground running to own the season. Will (whose 19th birthday totally just happened on Friday), sent us the email and we're already jumping... More About: Summer , Free
Death Cab for Cutie talk Narrow Stairs
2008-05-12 01:05:00 Here's how the concept of "iNterview" works, according to the guys over at Hobnox: "we prerecord interview questions on a MacBook and ship it to an artist. The artist then records their video responses, and we edit both together." Ben... More About: Talk , Death , Cutie
Emerging: Old Money
2008-05-11 21:59:00 If all you have as a primer of Old Money , a hip hop crew from Gotham, is a single quote, than let it be this one. In a recent interview with Impose magazine, one of the group's MCs, Cambridge, when...
Video: Gnarls Barkley - "Going On"
2008-05-11 03:19:00 We've come to a very simple decision about the relationship between Gnarls Barkley and groups like Outkast. We know that we're creating a lightning rod (a fairly large one at that) by even including both these groups alongside each other... More About: Video
mp-FREE: more tracks from Buffetlibre's "Rewind" project
2008-05-11 00:45:00 Ah, the 80s. Long live borrowed nostalgia for acid washed jeans (yeah, we had them) and Club MTV-style bass lines (we loved them). Long live Buffetlibre, and thank goodness for this project. We expect to be hearing these tracks in... More About: Rewind , Free , Project , Tracks
mp-FREE: new Bonde Do Role
2008-05-09 22:36:00 While this may be what Bonde Do Role look like now, taking into account Marina Ribatsky's departure and the addition on 2 new female vocalists in her stead, what Bonde Do Role sound like now is still not completely deciphered.... More About: Free , Bonde do Role
Live: Adele adds 2nd NYC date at Highline Ballroom
2008-05-09 19:34:00 Full disclosure on Adele . We can't understand more than a dozen words this 19 year-old South Londoner says in conversation. Ever. But when she sings, oh man. She's one of the most honey-voiced songstresses we here at the culture of... More About: Live
Fashion: Lupe Fiasco designs limited edition tees
2008-05-09 18:14:00 None of the above are designed by Lupe , but we wanted to give you the idea of what to expect the Chicago hip hopper to throw your way. The limited edition tee shirts, from Enstrumental, look like this. Pick one... More About: Fashion , Tees , Lupe Fiasco , Limited
Web: the culture of me does Songkick profile and New York show listings
2008-05-09 17:25:00 We're so proud of ourselves, we're typing with one hand and patting our backs with the other. Don't get any nasty thoughts. God, you guys. A while back, we'd been approached by this upstart called Songkick about doing some write-up's... More About: Culture , New York , Show , Listings , York
mp-FREE: The Ting Tings - "Shut Up And Let Me Go" (Bulimiatron remix)
2008-05-09 03:20:00 It's probably not safe to say that Bulimiatron is LA's hardest working DJ. We know that it's a total gateway for other Cali heads to argue all about who does what better than whom, but, whatever. We don't care. Regardless,... More About: Remix , Free , Shut , Shut Up , The Ting Tings
mp-FREE: exclusive Neon Coyote tracks
2008-05-08 23:36:00 Blah blah we love blah blah blah these guys are great blah blah blah. Just fucking listen already. Hate on us for always posting about how ridiculously fresh Neon Coyote are. We'll take it. (mp3) Amy Merideth-Running (Neon Coyote Remix)... More About: Exclusive , Free , Tracks
Fights: Ninjasonik vs. Miss Info
2008-05-08 22:50:00 Things in New York City just got a whole lot more interesting for fans of hip hop. One of the most crucial and independent DJ/MC teams as of late, Ninjasonik (whose devout following will destroy you) just got hated on... More About: Fights , Info , Miss
News: British Sea Power on WXPN Friday
2008-05-08 21:52:00 Guys, we like rock music (sorry!). We also like British Sea Power 's brand of rock music, the kind of vibe you get when you mix Joy Division and a not-so-dry sense of humor. We mean, they are from England, so... More About: News , Friday , British Sea Power
Video: Cobra Starship - "Guilty Pleasure"
2008-05-08 20:10:00 We're not going to lie. We really really really enjoyed this song and the accompanying video. It's [Cobra Starship ] the evolution of bubblegum in tight pants and high tops. There's no better way to think of it than that. Either... More About: Video , Pleasure , Guilty
Tours: Matmos do Europe
2008-05-08 16:32:00 Supreme Balloon just dropped in stores this week, so pick it up. All synthesizer, no filler. The boys from Baltimore (where has that city failed in producing greatness?) will be taking on the US in July, so watch out for... More About: Tours , Europe
Tube: Alkaline Trio appeared on "The Hills"
2008-05-08 00:51:00 Seriously? We mean, fucking seriously? This is a long, LONG way since the boys in Alkaline Trio were drunken bike messengers from Chicago when we met them in 1999. Holy dirtbags. "The Hills "? Wtf? Please tell me that this exposure (now into their sixth album) won't be the actual breaking point for this band to become famous. That would just be too ridiculous to have to chalk that newfound listener base up to some shitty (though very well-edited) MTV reality show. Shut up, Lauren Conrad. Shut. Up. (mp3) Alkaline Trio - Fire Down Below Godspeed! More About: Tube
Live: The Black Keys play "secret" show in Cleveland for MySpace
2008-05-07 21:53:00 A little bitty part of us just died while writing that title. The Akron, OH duo (best viewed in grainy black & white, of course) known as The Black Keys are unleashing tunes from Attack & Release, their new record from Nonesuch and some probable standards to any 13-year-old girl who lines up early at Beachland Tavern in Cleveland. Deets below. TODAY! Wednesday, May 7FREE! ALL AGES! Doors @ 8:00 PMBeachland Tavern15711 Waterloo Rd.Cleveland, OH 44110 **Admission is on a first come, first served basis. So get there early and stay in line. (mp3) The Black Keys - I Got Mine Godspeed! More About: Myspace , Play , Show , Live
News: Doherty out of jail. Says he didn't like it much.
2008-05-07 16:10:00 (photo by Dylan Martinez, Reuters) Oh really? You don't say dude. You don't say. Doherty, after being released yesterday, had this gem of a quote to say, "Prison was hard. I don?t want to think about it too much now... More About: News , Jail
mp-FREE: Meho Plaza is the future looking at the past
2008-05-07 15:48:00 This is what independent music is supposed to sound like. Angular, jerked-out, completely infused with melody and anti-melody (trademark), LA's Meho Plaza come from the wild pedigree known as Better Looking Records, home to acts like Tristeza, The Album Leaf,... More About: Future , Free , The Future , Past
Live: Designer Drugs in Mexico
More articles from this author:2008-05-07 03:56:00 Michael and Theo aka Designer Drugs are a ridiculously genius team of producers. We say this with straight faces, of course. They're totally taking over the genre, pushing its boundaries. And buttons. Oh yeah, and since we're totally done kissing... More About: Mexico , Live 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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