July 2010
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Yes Video by LMFAO - MySpace Video →
Simon Rex cameo? Check. Even bigger we-don’t-want-to-spoil-it-for-you superstar cameo? Check. Lots of purple? Check. Crazy haircuts? Check. Big robot head guy? Check.
Party-fied, highly dramatic curling action? YES.
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WatchCheck out MTV News’ exclusive sneak peek at Drake’s new music video for “Fancy,” featuring T.I. and Swizz Beatz. The video doesn’t have a premiere date yet, but while you’re waiting for it, you should buy your Standard Ticket to see him on the Mainstage at Bumbershoot with J. Cole and Mary J. Blige on Monday, September 6.
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WatchCheck out this video of the Meat Puppets playing at Hollywood’s Amoeba Music on May 11, 2009, the day before the release of their latest album, Sewn Together. After years apart, brothers Curt and Kris Kirkwood reunited in 2007 and began touring as a rejuvenated version of the Meat Puppets. You can catch them at Bumbershoot on Monday, September 6.
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WatchThe Voice Project is an innovative campaign in which musicians cover one another’s songs in a chain, posting the videos online. The money made through the website is then used to promote peace in northern Uganda. Recently, Billy Bragg joined the movement after Mike Mills from REM covered one of his songs. Check out Billy covering Joanna Newsom’s “On A Good Day,” and visit...
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WatchCheck out Caspar Babypants (aka Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America) debuting a new song called “Happy Heart” on Q13 Fox News. He wrote the tune in honor of Rena Mateja, a 6-year-old girl who raised over $500 for the homeless through a penny drive. Now, he’s teaming up with Wellspring Family Services to promote their “Kids Helping Kids”...
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WatchAre you ready for two Bumbershoot artists’ worlds to collide? Check out David Bazan’s cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Man In Me” from a La Blogotheque Take Away Show. Catch them both at the Festival- Bob on Saturday, September 4 and David on Sunday, September 5.
June 2010
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Hey Marseilles' Debut Album Reissued →
Hear the Seattle baroque pop septet’s To Travels and Trunks in its entirety for one week only at spinner.com.
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WatchIn addition to Drake, the BET Awards also featured a performance by another Bumbershoot artist. J. Cole wowed the audience with his own version of Jay-Z’s “A Star is Born,” debuting a new verse.
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WatchThe Clientele covers M.I.A.
Yet another installment in the AV Undercover series—we told you they loved Bumbershoot artists—this time we’ve got British rockers The Clientele going, in their words, “outside our comfort zone,” with “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. The result is much less jarring and explosive than the original, but just as mesmerizing.
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