July 2012
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Lamb of God / Dethklok Tour Cancelled Due To...
Well some very bad news for fans of Lamb of God, Dethklok and Gojira. Their 2012 tour has been officially canceled after rumors of which were dismissed.
“Due to the continued incarceration of LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic, the band’s co-headline tour with Dethklok scheduled to begin August 1st in Seattle is being cancelled. The band regrets the decision but...
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Noisey & Brooklyn Vegan Presents: Trash Talk...
BrooklynVegan presents Trash Talk in Brooklyn for FREE show at 285 Kent Ave on July 26th, THURSDAY! It’s a late one, doors open at 11:59 PM. Complete with “special guests” and DJ Leftbrain of OFWGKTA before and after.
Coincidentally enough, Trash Talk’s free show goes down the same night that Frank Ocean plays Terminal 5 and Tyler the Creator/Earl Sweatshirt hit Best...
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New Order Announce North American Tour
New Order, who have rejuvenated the live experience, have been playing shows across Europe this year, and will tour North America for the first time in seven years, according to Rolling Stone. They’ll play seven shows across the U.S. and Canada this fall, without the help bassist Peter Hook, who is not happy at all about it. He’ll get over it.
New Order:
08-10 Lokeren, Belgium -...
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A-Trak: Don't Push His Buttons
Posted earlier today via Huffington Post, DJ A-Trak took to the web showcasing his editorial prowess.
Interestingly enough he did a commendable job highlighting the differences between the “dj press play’s” and dj’s who consistently change their sets. For some you’ll be surprised to see how many dj’s, even the most notable award winning individuals, admit...
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A$AP Rocky Arrested After Fight in NYC
A$AP Rocky was arrested last night in New York City after a fight, TMZ reports. According to TMZ, Rocky allegedly beat up two people who took photos of him while he was engaged in a “verbal dispute” with another person. The photographers “suffered cuts and bruises with one requiring treatment at a hospital,” reports TMZ.
Rocky will apparently be booked for attempted...
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Darq E Freaker ft. Danny Brown “Blueberry (Pelican...
This new clip from the remix of Darq E Freaker ft Danny Brown’s, “Blueberry,” by the Pelican Fly Allstars is some tweaked out shit. What else are we going to expect from the king of tweak? Check out the video bellow…
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Kendrick Lamar Talks New Album
After the release of Section.80 back in July of last year Kendrick Lamar was hailed as the prince of the west. The album received much critical acclaim and quickly rose to most people’s, top 5 album of the year list. Kendrick’s fan base has been waiting patiently for another dose of the west-coast emcee’s brilliant wordplay and illuminative lyrics. In an interview with ...
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Listen: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, the Kills, Karen...
Just Tell Me That You Want Me, the Fleetwood Mac tribute comp out August 14 on Concord/Hear Music, is finally revealing itself. Today The New Yorker has posted a stream of “Storms”, as covered by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Stream it below.
Lee Ranaldo has also covered “Albatross” with help from J Mascis, and Karen Elson has covered...
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Video: Bloc Party: "Octopus"
On August 21 in the U.S. and August 20 in the UK, Bloc Party will release a new album called Four through Frenchkiss. They’ve shared the album’s lead single, “Octopus”, and a new video for it, directed by Nova Dando: constant frame changes, ribbon dancers, static and a performance in a warehouse-like backdrop. The song is available digitally today, and on 7” August...
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Watch Tom Waits on "Fallon"
On Monday night Waits visited “Letterman” and offered his first live performance of material from his most recent album, 2011’s Bad as Me. He followed that last night with an appearance on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”, where he performed the Bad as Me cut “Raised Right Men”. He also sat down for a convo with Jimmy that was full of typical Waits-like...
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The White Stripes X Third Man Records Release...
The latest package from Third Man Records’ “Vault” subscription series features recordings from the White Stripes’ first performances ever, recorded live at the Detroit bar the Gold Dollar in 1997. The Live at the Gold Dollar 7” single features a recording from an open mic night on July 14, 1997, which was the first ever White Stripes live performance. It comes...
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Video: Murs - "Animal Style"
Homosexuality and hip-hop are hardly, if ever, mentioned in the same conversation. Homophobic hate speech has always been a part of hip-hop culture and, homosexuality, despite the wide spread awareness in today’s world, is still considered taboo in the aggressively heterosexual world of rap. With the recent coming out of hip hop and R&B star Frank Ocean, a member of Odd Future, many of...
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Video: Vans X The Diggest
Vans and TheDiggest teamup for his first project in the USA, bringing 3 riders onto the greatest street course in world, New York City. Guided by Ralphy Ramos, the 3 riders, Alex Valentino, Kevin Kalkoff and Matthias Dandois, got a glimps of everything NYC has to offer as they hit some of the best spots in the Big Apple.
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Video: Rise Above with Eddie Elias
This week’s Rise Above introduces Buddy Elias who lost his leg due to a rare disease called Thromboangiitis Obliterates (aka “Buerger’s Disease”) through smoking cigarettes. Buddy was a skateboarder prior to surgery and after the doctors removed his leg, he turned to skateboarding. to keep himself anchored and comeback from his struggle.
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Video/Short Film: Yelawolf - "Gutter"
The recently released video/short film for Yelawolf, “Gutter,” ft. Rittz is visually disturbing but something you can’t help but keep your eyes glued to. Directors Tyler Clinton and Michael Wayne did a good job creating an overwhelming sense of desperation, an unsettling eeriness far surpassed most horror/slasher flicks. Warning, it is NSFW and pretty raunchy. The video/short...
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A$AP Rocky Responds To SpaceGhostPurrp, Says "Fuck...
The pretty “mother fucker” A$AP Rocky had some choice words for SpaceGhostPurrp in a recent interview with MTV News.
Spawning from comments made by SpaceGhost claiming the Harlem, New York rapper jacked his style and even took some of his lyrics for “Goldie.” After backpedaling and saying he had love for A$AP.
“F him, fuck him, straight up. He’s one of...
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Phish - Performances at Jones Beach Today and...
Phish is set to perform tonight and tomorrow July 4th at Jones Beach.
If you around the area or just simply looking for quite possibly the best 4th of July experience ever we highly recommend you get your bottoms over there.
With a light show easily estimated at costs of over hundred-thousands of dollars and as much illicit edibles and smokeables your heart desires, it is sure to be a...
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RIP Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith died this morning. Former UNC President Bill Friday says The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock actor died at his home in Dare County, North Carolina around 7 a.m.
Friday, who is a close friend of the actor, confirmed the news to WITN News.
Emergency medical crews responded to Griffith’s home this morning, Dare County Sheriff J.D. Doughtie told WAVY.com.
Griffith, who was born...
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Lil B Releases 855-Song Mixtape, Uber-Based
If you have several days to spare and at least 5gb available on the hard drive then Lil B has just the thing for you: An 855-track based freestyle mixtape available for download. (Its title says it has 848 tracks, but it actually has 855.) It’s his longest release to date, and includes some of his classic joints, plus some new ones we’re guessing. As the Fader points out, Tumblr user...
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Update: Randy Blythe, Lamb of God Lead Singer,...
Lamb of God lead singer Randy Blythe was arrested in Prague over the death of a fan at a 2010 gig in the Czech Republic.
Blythe, 44, was detained at Prague airport late last week, forcing the US metal band band to cancel a live appearance the following night, according to Agence France-Presse.
The fan, 19, died 14 days after allegedly being pushed from the stage by Blythe at Prague’s...
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Nerd Alert! Oldie but Still a Goodie, Darth Vader...
Here is a quick little read for your Monday morning.
Awesome, dope, sick and bizarre. All words that describe this colossal Vader head propelled by hot air. Originally the concept was just a joke, but after a few loose ends were tied with Steve Sansweet from Lucasfilm, die hard Star Wars fans dreams became a reality with this incredible Darth Vader Hot Air Balloon.
June 2012
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Video: Exclusive Gatherer Interview
Last Sunday Irrational Monster had the privilege of stealing a few minutes from New Jersey’s, Gatherer, as they set to play Party Expo in Brooklyn. A group comprised of the five most humble, talented, enthusiastic, and passionate musicians (Christian Berrigan - Vocals, Matt Popowski - Bass, Adam Cichocki - Drums, Randy LeBoeuf - Guitar, Austin Lipinski - Guitar). Glass Nail Records newly...
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Dee-1 ft. Murs - "Ridin By Myself"
You can call in “soul” rap, or “conscious” rap, or just straight up good hip hop. Without all the auto-tune and bells and whistles, electronic synth and church bells banging off, New Orleans artist Dee-1 has delivered an uplifting, soulful track with veteran emcee Murs. Every now and then, as hip hop fans, we need a reminder, that this music wasn’t built on gun-talk...
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Video: OnCue “New Religion” (Prod. Party Supplies...
When’s the last time you saw VHS? More than likely it was your parents recording of your 5th grade graduation. We have all been overly exposed to Instagram’s vintage color filtering, so it really has lost it’s retro flair. Black and white is always cool, can’t real play that one out. But ohh how we have forgotten about the static line laced VHS cassette tape. It’s...
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Lamb Of God Vocalist Randy Blythe Reportedly...
Here is some metal news for all our head banging peeps, myself included. As reported by MetalSucks.com, citing an article on Novinky.cz, Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe was arrested on charges of manslaughter stemming from a “tragic incident” in Prague on May 24, 2010, which led to a death. Reportedly, a year ago there was a confrontation between Randy and the individual who passed...
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New Artist: Brick + Mortar
Have you ever heard a band that has simply just made you feel good? Not good like, “hey those guys are good,” but good like, huge grin on your face, walking down the street like a kid heading towards Toys”R”Us, with the album/song on repeat the whole damn day, like that good. We know that most music lovers have had that experience, but If you happen to be one of those few...
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Tribute Compilation For Fleetwood Mac - On It Best...
Best Coast, New Pornographers, and Lykke Li’s Fleetwood Mac impressions for the Just Tell Me That You Want Me tribute album have already been released. Now MGMT’s take on “Future Games” and Antony Hegarty’s version of “Landslide” are released. Well where’s the tunes you ask? Unfortunately they were up for a but this morning and have been taken off...
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Tigers in Cali
Irrational Monster would like to introduce Rapper/Producer Tiger Fang out of Berkeley, California. In the 50’s and 60’s Berkeley was characterized by rapid social changes, civic unrest, and political upheaval. It’s only natural that an artist such as Tiger Fang, would emerge and embody many of those revolutionary qualities within his personality and his music. With his DIY...
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Video: For "National Anthem", Starring A$AP Rocky...
Well, more news in regards to A$AP and Lana Del Rey. Because too much is never enough, right? Just a day after the four-minute trailer came out, the entire video (short film) directed by Anthony Mandler for Lana Del Rey’s “National Anthem” has arrived. Del Rey actually plays both Marilyn Monroe (singing her classic rendition of “Happy Birthday”) AND Jackie O, while...
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Listen: A$AP Rocky and Lana Del Rey: "Ridin'"
Back in April, production duo the Kickdrums pulled a collaboration between Lana Del Rey and A$AP Rocky from their mixtape, saying that apparently, Rocky wanted it for LiveLoveA$AP. Now, the song has surfaced online. Listen to it over at Nah Right.
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London Street Art- Ronzo
Ronzo, an artist/designer/sculptor has recently been known for putting a certain little bird in select locations around the city of London. These birds usual don a gold chain, baseball cap and kicks, these B-boy style birdz also join a line of little characters Ronzo developed over the last decade that include a cockroach, a credit card monster, and a little hooded vandal called “Ed Von Tag”. ...
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Chill Bump - Hidden Strings
Two EPs deep and still on the grind, Chill Bump released their latest EP, Hidden Strings, early last week. Beat-maker Bankal and wordsmith Miscellaneous make up the duo that is, Chill Bump. Both men hail from Tours, France, and this rapper/producer duo have enjoyed critical acclaim and gained a faithful following due to their flawless production, and raw sound. This socio-politically charged...
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Mad Decent Block Parties Returning This Summer
Like they’ve done in the past, Mad Decent will be throwing block parties in NYC, Philly, Chicago, LA, and now also Toronto, this summer. Lineups and locations have not been announced yet, but we know that NYC will get their party on August 5, and that the party has been hosted at South Street Sea Port. All parties are all ages and free, but RSVP is required.
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Trash Talk and Spaceghostpurrp to Tour Together
Hardcore band Trash Talk and rapper/producer Spaceghostpurrp have confirmed a string of West Coast tour dates for July. These dates, presented by IHeartComix and the car company Scion, follow Trash Talk’s current European tour.
Trash Talk:
06-25 Manchester, England - Soundcontrol
06-26 Nottingham, England - Rock City Basement
06-27 Brugge, Belgium - JH Thope
06-28 Lille, France - St...
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SURREAL PAINTINGS BY IGOR MORSKI
This is the kind of stuff Irrational Monster loves to see; really well-composed, surreal exquisiteness. Polish artist Igor Morski not only takes a figurative, photoreal approach to his work, he creates the kind of whimsical situations and scenes that only the most peculiar of minds can produce.
Action Bronson, Freestyles in Ice Cream Truck on...
Pitchfork.tv on YouTube presents a new episode of it’s hip-hop freestyle show “Selector”. Action Bronson gets his hands dirty while working out of an ice cream truck, in Brooklyn. If that wasn’t enough he hits us with a playful rhyme, and he discusses his new project with Party Supplies.
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Boozey Delsuions and Aminah Slor
These insanely intricate dark, witchy illustrations (and tattoo!) work of Aminah Slor is filled with demonically driven motorcycles, hellish childbirths, drug and booze induced adventures, rock and roll, gore and a whole mess of gruesome boobs, bones and twisted imagery. WE LOVE IT. You should too. Visit her site now.
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse tickets on sale today
After a mysterious and shortlived presale, tickets for the Neil Young & Crazy Horse Dec. 3 show at the Barclays center go on sale at 10AM.
Whether Jay-Z’s involvement was directly or indirectly attributed to this concert is unknown. Regardless, I’m sure a lot of us will open our hearts to the new venue, Barclays Center, now that we can look forward to icons such as Mr. Young...
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Pro-Shot Footage Of Bad Brains At 2012 “Bonnaroo...
Professionally-filmed footage of Bad Brains performing at this years “Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival” earlier this month can be seen below.
These videos are so righteous despite the fact during the song “Pay to Cum” H.R.’s guitar can obviously be heard unmiked. Which can throw you off for a few seconds but none the less great professional quality video of the Bonnaroo...
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Now Carrying: Ditmas NYC
Irrational Monster is proud to announce that you can now find Ditmas NYC in our store. They are a promising up-and-coming lifestyle brand out of Brooklyn, New York. They have released a sick line of headgear, wrist wear, and accessories. Check them out at www.DitmasNYC.BigCartel.com, and make sure to like them on facebook (www.facebook.com/DitmasNYC). Use promo-code:irrationalmonster to receive...
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GraffitiXPoliticsXChange
Graffiti has always been such an advantageous medium for artists to live and work outside the mainstream art community. Particular for those socially conscious and communally embedded artists. Censorship is like the Death Star for the majority of the world’s governments, it can silence whole groups and leave no trace of their existence. Graffiti though, can’t be contained because there...
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Video: Quicksand Covering The Smiths @ Recent...
Revelation Records has uploaded a video of Quicksand performing The Smiths song “How Soon Is Now?” at the recent Revelation Records 25th anniversary shows. Here you go:
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The Chariot Footage From Sessions For New Album...
Studio footage from The Chariot‘s sessions for their new album “One Wing” can be seen below. An August 28th release date is being reported for the effort with more info pending. Tracking for the album took place at Atlanta, GA’s Glow In The Dark Studio with producer Matt Goldman (Underoath, My Children My Bride).
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Nas - "Accident Murderers" (Feat. Rick Ross)
Nas and Rick Ross collaborated on the newly released track “Accident Murderers”, produced by No I.D. and Nas’ longtime collaborator Salaam Remi. The track is yet another enthralling street tale by the veteran Queensbridge emcee, directed at young shooters with “virgin guns” taking credit for accidental homicides. Ricky Rozay comes through with the major assist,...
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New Yeasayer: "Longevity"
“Longevity” is the next song up for release from Yeasayer’s third album, Fragrant World (out August 21 via Secretly Canadian). It was directed by Yoshi Sodeoka. Check back for more Yeasayer news in the near future.
Video: South African Brand-Head Honcho
This latest installment in the Belief of the Hero series by Play Energy Drink (based in South Africa) features Nick Kaoma, founder of the South African streetwear brand, Head Honcho. This short documentary is part of the Belief of the Hero series by Play Energy Drink (based in South Africa) featuring “the success stories of the few who play outside the ordinary.” Kaoma describes his struggles and...
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Nike SB Presents 5Boro NYC's Go Skateboarding...
NYC’s Go Skateboarding day kicks off in just a few minutes and holy s**t is there a bunch to get into.
If your anvid wood pusher like us or just like to cruise on a slick deck then you should get your asses to Maloof park in Queens, NY. Paul Rodriguez, Eric Koston, Stefan Janoski, Brian Anderson and Clark Hassler are said to be making an appearance so bring your Sharpies! Eventually Steve...
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Revelation Records 25th Anniversary Show Confirmed
10/11 - 10/14 have been previously discussed dates for the Revelation Records 25h Anniversary show that has been confirmed publicly by the label who has now released a second flyer. The first of which was one with an “X.” Which was posted on Revelation’s site 6/18 and now we have this second flyer which clearly points out the state of Texas. Rumor mill: Sources say we might be...
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Bridging Education & Art Together (B.E.A.T.)...
Via B.E.A.T. New York, NY (June 2012) - On June 20th,2012, B.E.A.T. (Bridging Education & Art Together) will be hosting their inaugural fundraising event from 8PM – 1AM at the ARENA club in Times Square. The evening will be comprised of each of B.E.A.Tʼs programs performing a music showcase lead by the instructors and featuring students from each program demonstrating the skills they have...
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Animal Collective Reveal Centipede Hz Cover
That image above is the album cover to Animal Collective’s new album, Centipede Hz. The album’s out September 4 in the U.S. and September 3 in the UK through Domino.
