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I stumbled upon this video and it’s wild. The man, the myth, the legend Bob Marley is still in the hearts of many and has traveled all over the globe.

Dead Prez, the underground political hip-hop duo, have announced that they are teaming up with DJ Green Lantern to release the third album of their independent series, Turn Off the Radio. Dead Prez and DJ Green Lantern went into the studio back in February. DJ Green Lantern is set to produce Pulse of the People.
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What a night of great music from quality musicians! Gomez and Josh Ritter took the Ram’s Head Live (an amazing Baltimore venue, go if you haven’t been, but more on that later) stage with amazing energy in front of a packed house.

The “band” is called B4-4. It’s pronounced “before four” – because there are only three of them (according to Wikipedia). The song is called “Get Down.” I am thankful I have lived in ignorance of their existence for the past ten years.  However, this boy band epic fail from the new millennium has recently been [...]

What a beautiful day! Maybe Spring has finally sprung. I figured a nice upbeat song like Me and Mia, from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 2004 album ‘Shake the Sheets,’ would be some great fuel to kickoff the weekend. As Teddy commands us, “Do you believe in something beautiful? Then get up and be it.”

Remember when Oasis was going to be the next Beatles? Here they are doing their best impression.

Backed by The Mystic Valley Band, Conor Oberst brings us this new song off his upcoming album Outer South. Listen at conoroberst.com

So it took some work, but I finally caught wind of an up-and-coming band from Melbourne. In the electronica vain, as most of this country’s decent stuff is, the Midnight Juggernauts turn fantasy tales into dance parties. Check out this number from their 2007 debut, Dystopia, called “Into the Galaxy.”

We live in the era of the mash up. From Jay-Z and the Beatles to Girl Talk, the spectrum of mash-up creativity seems ever-expanding. Apparently it is. Team Teamwork brings us The Ocarina of Rhyme – a mash up of hip hop lyrics and tunes from the paramount video game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina [...]