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Jeri-Jeri with Mbene Diatta Seck – Mbeuguel Dafa Nekh (2012)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:21:50 +0000

Filmed in Kaolack, Senegal and Prince Arts studio (formerly Xippi) in Dakar, also featuring Laye Lo (drums), Assane Ndoye Cisse (guitar) Paul Diouf (keyboard), Abdourakhmane Fall (bass), Fatou Mboup and Sidy Diop (dancers). [Source]

[via Sebastian Gullach Büttrich on Diaspora]

Public Image Ltd – Deeper Water (2012)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:48:43 +0000

Storied post-punk band Public Image Ltd are readying their release of THIS IS PiL, the group’s first new record in 20 years. Recorded in the U.K. last year at Steve Winwood’s studio, “Deeper Water” is a forceful track featuring frontman John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten)’s quivering yells and tortured pleas. “It was an improv, done in one take. We made it up as we went. But there is a great deal of thought that goes in before you do that,” Lydon tells Rolling Stone. “It’s about bad influences, bad information, bad leadership. There’s ‘bristled bastards that will lead you to the shore, dash you on the rocks.’ Don’t follow the liars. It’s a very difficult thing for me to trust people.” THIS IS PiL is set for a May 28th release date through PiL’s own label, PiL Official. [Source]

[via Armin Schulz]

The Supremes – My World Is Empty Without You (1966)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:01:53 +0000

Written and produced by Motown’s main production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song’s slow tempo accompanies a somber lyric which delves into the feelings of depression which can set in after a breakup; instrumentally, this is showcased with a gothic and dramatic musical arrangement and use of harpsichord, in tow with the trend of baroque pop during the mid-1960s. “My World Is Empty Without You” was one of the few songs written by the team for The Supremes that didn’t go to number one, peaking at number five on the US pop chart for two weeks in February 1966 and at number 10 on the R&B chart; the single failed to chart on the UK Singles Chart. The group performed the song on the CBS hit variety program The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday, February 20, 1966.

Diana Ross & The Supremes – Someday We’ll Be Together (1969)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:54:54 +0000

In 1969, Johnny Bristol was preparing a cover version of “Someday We’ll Be Together,” to be recorded by Motown act Jr. Walker & the All-Stars. Bristol had already recorded the instrumental track and the background vocals by Maxine Waters and Julia Waters when Berry Gordy happened upon the tracks and heard them. Gordy thought that “Someday” would be a perfect first solo single for Diana Ross, who was making her long-expected exit from the Supremes at the time, and had Bristol sequester Ross into the studio to record the song. Unable at first to get the vocal performance he desired from Diana Ross, Johnny Bristol decided to try something different: he would harmonize with Ross, helping her to get into the mood needed for the record. On the first take, the engineer accidentally recorded both Ross’s vocal and Bristol’s ad-libs. Bristol and arranger Wade Marcus liked the results, and Bristol had his vocal recorded alongside Ross’ for the final version of the song. Bristol’s ad-libs and words of encouragement to Ross can be heard in the background throughout the song. When Berry Gordy heard the completed song, he decided to release it as the final Diana Ross & the Supremes song. Ross’ first solo single instead, released early 1970, became “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” While the explicit subject of the song was that of Ross comforting a long-distance lover, “Someday We’ll Be Together” allowed for a number of other implications such that Ross and bandmates Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong would one day “be together.” Further, in concert, Ross would suggest that “someday, we’ll be together” in regard to contemporary troubles like civil rights and the ongoing demonstrations and protests against the Vietnam War.

[Dedicated to Bob Thorhauge and Stine Lyndgaard who are getting married today]

Perfume Genius – Rusty Chains (2012)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:28:04 +0000

Check out a new track from Perfume Genius. “Rusty Chains is a cut that didn’t make it onto his latest release Put Your Back N 2 It. Featuring Hadreas’ lornful vocals on top of barren crashing piano, it makes out to be one of his more heart-wrenching endeavors. [Source]

D-A-D – We All Fall Down (2012)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:57:15 +0000

One-take video recorded in real time the minutes before the sold-out concert in Falconer, Copenhagen in April.

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/2uCpkWfYYN7lU5l6Eh9oSD
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The National – The Rains of Castamere (2012)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:52:32 +0000

The indie rock band The National has been making some serious guest spots on some geeky soundtracks. After contributing a song to Portal 2 way back when, the band has now performed the Lannister-praising tune “The Rains of Castamere” for the upcoming Game of Thrones second season soundtrack. [Source]

[via Craig Scanlan on Google+]

Communist Daughter – Speed Of Sound (2012)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:26:13 +0000

Communist Daughter are set to release their EP “Lions and Lambs” on July 10, 2012. In anticipation, we’re premiering the EP’s first track “Speed of Sound.” The group is product of Johnny Solomon (formerly of Friends Like These) and the EP is their second release, a follow-up to the band’s 2010 album Soundtrack to the End. [Source]

Blood Orange – I’m Sorry We Lied (2012)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:46:34 +0000

Night riding motorcycle lover Blood Orange, AKA Devonté Hynes, succumbs to a femme fatale in director Abteen Bagheri’s pop promo for “I’m Sorry We Lied.” First surfacing in UK dance-punk trio Test Icicles, the Essex-raised Hynes moved to New York five years ago and garnered critical acclaim for his alt-folk Lightspeed Champion solo project. While writing and producing for the likes of Florence Welch and Solange Knowles, Hynes pieced together the distinctive retro-infused R&B of Blood Orange, releasing the Coastal Grooves album last summer. “I’m obsessed with the obsession with the 50s and 60s that people had in the 80s,” explains Hynes. “Grease, Billy Idol, Happy Days. It might have been the last time people were cool.” Having worked previously on the video for breakout Harlem rapper ASAP Rocky’s “Peso,” Bagheri shot “I’m Sorry We Lied” over two days along the one-mile Main Street strip of the small desert town of Barstow, California. The young filmmaker drew inspiration from classic 80s noirs like Near Dark, The Wraith, and the Coen Brothers’ debut, Blood Simple, and even used footage of American Ninja 4, which was fortuitously playing on the motel television while filming. “There was something inherently cinematic about it,” says Bagheri on first hearing Hynes’s track. “It was like an updated, demented 80s pop soundtrack, dark with catchy melodies.” [Source]

A Place To Bury Strangers – You Are The One (2012)

RONNIEROCKET.COM — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:38:34 +0000

Directing Duo Matt Moroz & Tracy Maurice deliver a twisted nightmare in his clip for “You Are The One,” the new single from Brooklyn-based, noise rock band A Place to Bury Strangers. Shot on 16mm film, the dark experimental style elevates the music video to a higher cinematic plane along the lines of a 70s-era, B-movie. The clip follows a mysterious figure as he beats strangers to a bloody pulp, attends a basement rave replete with booty shaking, and partakes in the creepiest make-out session you’ll ever see.