Posts tagged with danger mouse

for all you playas out there who were enamored a few years back by the grey album, the jay-z and beatles mashup record from danger mouse, you might have been excited to learn about jaydiohead, a mashup project of nycs max tannone, which combined jay-z tracks with, you guessed it, radiohead. the original was released in early 2009 and “the encore” containing 5 more tracks was released mid 2009. both are available for download on the jaydiohead site.

“lucifers jigsaw” might be one of my favorites from these releases. i think its because the fast paced lyrics of jay-zs “lucifer” match up perfectly with the frantic music of radioheads “jigsaw falling into place”. plus it contains the classic lyrics “im from the murder capital where we murder for capital”. if you are a jay-z or radiohead fan, even if you are a purist, these mashups are definitely worth a listen. and if you hate either jay-z or radiohead, maybe these songs will provide a nice digestible introduction for you. and if you hate both of them, then youve got big problems. real big. right jerry? and you probably enjoy waterboarding kittens in your spare time. sorry for giving you that mental image tony. i know how much you love cats, and especially kittens.

jaydiohead – lucifers jigsaw

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broken bells

when i first heard about the broken bells project, i felt as though i was chris farley reading from the zagats restaurant guide of projects that are likely to be pretty awesome. if you dont know what im talking about, do yourself a favor and view this clip. this has got to be one of my favorite chris farley characters of all times. that leg grab is priceless. anyway, if you arent aware, broken bells is the collaboration of dj extraordinaire danger mouse and james mercer of the (what i think are now defunct) shins.

at first i was a bit skeptical, knowing that this could turn out really great or really not so great. but now that weve gotten a chance to hear something from them, by way of this track “the high road”, i can definitely say that im anticipating the arrival of the rest of the album. i like the blips and bleeps at the beginning, and its for some reason making me think of becks “guero” album a bit. and then it breaks into a nice and happy outro. outros are sweet. so far so good gentlemen. im hoping danger mouse really goes hard with the effects.

broken bells – the high road

buy it on Broken Bells - The High Road - Single - The High Road or amazon

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