Gorillaz - Crystalised (the XX cover - Video)

'Controversial' Live Lounge cover of the XX anthem.

Why is it controversial? I'll let NME tell you. Almost everybody else loved it
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Personally, I quite like it despite the lack of energy or baseline. Plus, it features glockenspiels!

Jay Electronica - Exhibit A (Video snippet)

After all the fuss over Exhibit C, Jay is dropping a video to his earlier Exhibit A track, which I'm rediscovering a love for, thanks primarily to these new visuals. Frustratingly, this is only a snippet.

Enjoy.

Broken Bells - The High Road (Video)

Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me (Video)

Rihanna - Hard feat. Young Jeezy (Video)

Posted for obvious reasons, and they don't include the quality of the music.

Update: Video removed due to copyright infringement. Gutted [sarcasm].

Alicia Keys' new video

Major Lazer - Keep It Going Louder (Video)

Directed by Eric Wareheim.

Musically, not my thing. Visually.. if this doesn't scare you you're mental.

Extra-P visits Ameoba Records

I'm posting this for 2 reasons:

(1) The Large Professor is an excellent producer

(2) I've been to Ameoba in San Francisco. It's my spiritual home. I can literally spend 8 hours in there, just staring at the walls. In terms of hero-worship, the dude who owns these record shops is my God. If you like vinyl music, you must make the pilgramage to this store shop. In fact, I need to book a trip to the States soon, if only to do some shopping.

Blackroc - Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) (Video)

Wow, I've been lazy with these posts...

The Black Keys + Damon Dash + Various Rappers = Blakroc

This features Mos Def (good) and Jim Jones (bad).

Oh... and The Black Keys are the best band in the world.

That is all.

New Bjork Mentalness...

Björk MySpace Video

Sene - WonLover (Video)

Produced by Blu. From the album 'adaylate&adollarshort', out now.

New Foo Fighters... Yawn

Jesus. Kurt is turning in his grave.

I really don't rate these guys. Music for Aussies and Kiwi's. It's all so... safe. No doubt this will be getting spins on Steve Wright's Radio 2 show. Which says it all. really.

The Roots - How I Got Over (Video)

New Video from Questo, Tariq and the rest.

Courtesy of OnSmash

Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (Video)

I like this... the single is out today.

These guys are from London and have worked with other capital-based folksters such as Laura Marling and Noah & The Whale, and I believe they are also working with The Maccabee's in some form or other.

Their debut album, Sigh No More, is out next Monday. I'll be supporting it with my hard earned Sterling.

Karen O - All Is Love

Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's has a change of pace for the new Spike Jonze movie film based on the classic US children's book Where The Wild Things Are.

Jay-Z x Mad Max 3 = Run This Town (Video)

Hov, Ri-Ri and 'Ye live from Tina Turner's Terrordome? Or were they the entertainment at Morpheus's big Zion festival? Either way, it looks expensive.

Kooley High - Kooley Is High (Video)

Produced by French DJ/Producer Dela.

An update on the J Dilla/De La Soul classic 'Stakes Is High'.

Mayer Hawthorne & The Roots in NYC

Stones Throw's Mayer Hawthorne caught up with the legendary Roots crew in NYC last weekend, and performed Mayer's single 'Just Ain't Gonna Work Out'.

Joell Ortiz & The Kickdrums - How To Change (Video)

I like this track a lot.

Joell is one of the best new dudes with a mic.

Drake - Best I Ever Had (Video)

I told you back in April about this kid (and even gave you the mp3 for free). He's the next big thing across the pond (where it appears Rock & Roll has died, and poppy Rap&B is the way to go).

I didn't mind this track a few months back, it grew on me. But, thanks to radio-playlist ubiquity, I'm starting to get super-tired of this. Now we've got a video (directed by Kanye West), and so no doubt it will be an ever-present on TV now too. See what you think...