December 2010
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Moving On
This was a pretty terrible blog that received little participation from the ‘ppl running it’. Strangely, it garnered a few readers in spite of that. If you were one of those hapless souls that read DBT and enjoyed it, there is good news. Some of us are starting another terrible blog about music we like at coWWalker[dot]com. It will still be terrible, but we are going to actually post...
September 2010
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Treasure Hunt
Might stop blogging ya’ll. Just feeling pretty thawed out on the pressures of daily bloggable music content. I feel kind of like I’m playing tennis against the wall [no matter how good I get at tennis I can never get good enough to beat the wall; that motherfucker is relentless] or ‘racing against time’. I guess I just wanted a chill forum to present southern LCD trap-rap and shoegaze influenced...
August 2010
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I Don't Kick It, I Punt It
One of my running gimmicks here and a frequent snobbing device is my hatred of post-Black Album Jay-Z [we don’t bump the Blueprint 3]. He’s really the king of emulating Mike on the Wizards. This rare and meaningful video of Jigga’s ‘94 twelve-inch, “I Can’t Get With That” [below], has everything that dude is missing today. His flow might not be...
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Bangers: Kingpen Slim FTW
Here’s a lil weekend bonus banger because the horns have been slapping me so hard they wouldn’t wait til Monday. “The Win” [below] is verified hype music of the highest caliber. Your boy Slim comes extra mediocre lyrically here, though not terrible. But the track is maybe the most expansive beat I’ve heard this year outside of the SlowMotion Sound camp. You can cop...
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Kingpen Slim: The Win
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No Handouts
It’s been over a month since a crisp hip-hop set on the weekend playlist and that won’t be the only error corrected today [first Count Bass D and Block Beattaz tracks in DBT history? gross]. Some trendy blog and a shedload of other media outlets have gone ahead and branded our generation as non-workers, among other things. While I agree with all cliche traits tossed at my age-group...
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WatchDBT Weekend Playlist: No Handouts Edition
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Chromeo @ Cannery
In my advancing age it takes more than it used to at a show for me to lace up my air-forces, cut some rug and get sweaty. So I have to fully endorse Chromeo for melting shit at the acoustically questionable Cannery Ballroom last night; I can’t even do drugs on weeknights. Fancy Footwork would be the album I’d propose to the unfamiliar, but if dudes come to your city on tour you...
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New Beach House Ish
Everybody’s favorite fuzzy-feeling dream-pop duo have dropped a new joint for your listening pleasure. Devotion is solid, Teen Dream was one of the choicest LPs in 2k10 and “Zebra” one of my picks for song of the year. So I’m excited about anything BH puts out. In fact, despite the stacked shows-attended sheet I have this year, Beach House at Mercy Lounge in April was the...
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Beach House: White Moon
Constants Tasty New Album
This weeks installment of the Friday Playlist comes to you via Science of Silence Records. Instead of the playlist serving as a peek at our immaturity and depraved thought process, this weeks playlist is a peek at the front line of indie metal with Constants new album If Tomorrow the War. The Connecticut trio’s latest offering is produced by Jesu/Godflesh mastermind Justin K. Broadrick and...
Constants :: Your Daughter's Eyes
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You're Getting Older. Are You Growing Colder?
We here at Death Before Taxes are big fans of the Take Away shows over at La Blogotheque. That being said, I stumbled upon the Lost in the Trees recording yesterday and was really blown away. I am new to this folk orchestra out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and thought the two videos should be posted. Led by songwriter and composer Ari Picker, Lost in the Trees is something truly special. The...
WatchLost in the Trees-“Time Taunts Me”
WatchLost in the Trees-“Icy River”
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Woody
Have to claim a late pass on NYC low-fi, alt-folk group Woods, but their twenty-ten release At Echo Lake has finally been getting some spins at WKMW this month. The album is fuzzy, warm distortion layered with precious lyrics/harmonies, great for summer. Standing out front is “Time Fading Lines” [below]. The song shows how Woods draw both from folk-rock stars of last week’s...
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DBT Weekend Playlist :: Pick Your Poison Edition
Making a mix for a long drive follows the same basic rules as any other type of tape: 1) Consider your audience 2) Make either track 1 or 2 a universally banging tune to grab attention 3) Pace yourself (don’t peak to early). Yet, the long drive tape also allows for increased freedom/flexibility. A soundtrack for a 12 hour car ride permits elongated songs, enabling alternate, live, or otherwise...
WatchDBT Weekend Playlist :: Pick Your Poison Edition
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Black on Black Crime (The Good Kind)
I don’t know about yall, but I’m pretty jacked for the Black Mountain and The Black Angels tour. Both bands are dropping new albums on September 14th, and if they are anything like the singles released we’re in for some solid tunes. Black Mountain will be releasing Wilderness Heart on jagjaguwar, and the video for “Old Fangs” is posted below. The Black Angels will...
The Black Angels-“Telephone”
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You're Such A Charming, Handsome Bro
In an attempt to keep things rolling here I’m resorting to some new gimmicks [kind of like when Sammy K started telling biddies that he had a piece of the AggroCrag back in his bedroom] in between playlists. The 90’s were blatantly the best decade evar and the epitome of all things dank. Rap’s golden age, grunge, and the foundations of modern indie rock are probably the decade’s most significant...
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90’s Pop Deep Cuts: “Your Woman”
DBT Playlist: Friday Just Got Weird
This heat has me in a swamp like haze, so I made a playlist to sound how I feel. My actions seem a little altered, and it’s almost as if someone tossed boomers in my cereal this morning. It seems really familiar, but something isn’t right. The list starts poppy, while slowly moving towards a heavier ending with some strange territory to cross in the middle. I hope yall enjoy.
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WatchDBT Playlist: Friday Just Got Weird
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It's Gonna Be A Good Year
The Walkmen are four heady albums in and one of the best live bands making rounds. In an internet-world obsessed with finding the newest and loudest acts, that consistency shouldn’t be depreciated. Lisbon is coming out in September and based off the four tracks streaming it’s going to be another stripe on the belt for the band. Apparently they went on a few vacays to Portugal (thus the name)...
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Killer Weed: Alfred Hitchcock In A Ziploc
Trying to find his voice, Curren$y has been passed around the rap world like a Franzia bag amongst bros. The NOLA native did time with No Limit and sounded awkward, despite his technical prowess, as Lil Wayne’s gangsta sidekick on myriad Cash Money joints. Stepping out into his own with mixtapes like Smokee Robinson and the new LP Pilot Talk, the fly-spitter isn’t looking up to anyone for...
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Curren$y feat/Mos Def & Jay Electronica: The...
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July 2010
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DBT Weekend Playlist: Hot Pursuit Edition
Summer used to mean a lot more. Days of Little League—from fat chaws of Big League Chew [grape] to post game Chuck E. Cheese skee-ball-bangers—are long gone. A summer reading report on The Bridge to Terabithia sounds pretty chill right now. As it is, I’m just hot like hell in the South, sweltering in monotony. The end of the World Cup marked the start of the summer sports drought and I have been...
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WatchDBT Weekend Playlist: Hot Pursuit Edition
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The Growlers - Are You In Or Are You Out?
It is good practice at the close of a year to look at the trendy music blogs “best of” lists. It might go against your haughty tendencies as a music fan to search fashionable websites for albums from a year ago, but at some point, no matter how much fun hating on Gorilla vs. Bear can be, these end of the year lists are helpful in finding new music (or at least music that is new to you). Comparing...
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Man Man, where are you?
Rabbit Habits, Man Man’s last release, was one of my favorites of 2008, but it’s about time for some new yammies. I’m ready to get weird once again, and Man Man is the perfect ringleader to command my circus. Always ready to experiment and incorporate new sounds, these guys bring excitement and charisma to the table unlike anyone I have ever seen or heard. Hopefully, they will...
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Man Man-“Top Drawer”
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The Latest Buzz
So the interwebs are buzzing hard this week about former buzzband-turned mainstreamers, The Arcade Fires, and their newly leaked 3rd LP Suburbs. Haven’t placed a “Wake Up” on the joint yet, have you? Are ya’ll ‘dropping everything’ to ‘get danked’ and play this CD this week? Is anyone going to buy a real copy? They are playing at Ryman Auditorium for $300-400 a ticket this Fall, is that cause I...
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Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
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NOMO
Lets be real. It’s hot, and I’m lazy. That being said, these factors, along with crushing bronsons and meals, have left me in need of some exercise. High metabolism will not always be with me, and I do not want to end up like a present day Val. I am slowly getting back into shape, but I can’t take all the credit. Certain tunes help me get back on track, and I have to give...
NOMO-“Invisible Cities”
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Publicists Pull Quotes To This
Gucci’s on the rise while I’m steady going broke.
Witnessing artists, particularly rappers, significantly evolve and improve their craft is one of the most exciting parts of being a full blown music nerd. Those that were actually checking for Tha Block Is Hot will never forget when Weezy stopped being a generic Nola-bounce product and morphed into the sports/feces metaphor king with...
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