Category — Music Reviews

I frequently come across videos on YouTube that contain snippets of audio I really want in mp3 form, usually for sampling or for throwing on at the end of a set for comic purposes.

While capturing audio from videos is nothing new, the website VidToMP3 just made it a bit easier. All you do is paste in the URL for the video, wait for the conversion (takes less than 1 minute), and download the mp3. Sweet!!

Here’s the first thing I grabbed.

Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf is scheduled to begin his 888 tour (8 nights at 8 different clubs spinning 8 different genres) on August 1st. Each performance will be an all music video set, and “no song & video will be played twice” throughout the tour! The hilarious promo video alone should be enough to convince you to attend at least one of them, if not check out the Stones Throw site for more info.

8/1: Disco videos- Firecracker Block Party @ Grand Star
8/2: Oldies videos - Funky Sole @ Jimmy’s Lounge
8/3: House video - Do-Over @ Cranes
8/4: Boogie videos - Funkmosphere @ Carbon
8/5: Party rock videos - Dim Mak Tuesdays @ Cinespace
8/6: Reggae videos - Dub Club @ The Echoplex
8/7: Hip Hop videos - Rootdown @ Little Temple
8/8: Movie music videos - private party (Details to be announced)

UK-based Grammy Award winning duo The Chemical Brothers are set to release a new ‘Best Of’ collection titled Brotherhood beginning of September.

The album will be comprised of 2 discs, the first containing 13 singles from the band’s back catalogue, along with a new track titled “Keep My Composure”, which features Baltimore’s Spank Rock. The second CD will contain the Electronic Battle Weapons 1-10, of which 1-9 have previously been scarcely available on various limited formats.

Tracklisting:
Disc 1
01. Galvanize
02. Hey Boy Hey Girl
03. Block Rockin’ Beats
04. Do It Again
05. Believe
06. Star Guitar
07. Let Forever Be (Feat. Noel Gallagher)
08. Leave Home
09. Keep My Composure (Feat. Spank Rock)
10. Saturate
11. Out Of Control
12. The Golden Path (Feat. The Flaming Lips)
13. Setting Sun (Feat. Noel Gallagher)
14. Chemical Beats

San Francisco native and hip hop legend DJ Shadow has teamed up with Nokia to launch the “What does your city sound like” experiment; a competition which asks entrants to capture the “sounds that define [their] city; a moving train, a taxi driver” etc. Winners will be picked by Dj Shadow himself, and prizes include limited edition Nokia Recording Kits, and DJ Shadow cellular wallpaper packs. Shadow started it off with his track simply titled “San Francisco”, give it a listen below.