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Hey Guys,

If your a torrent user you might noticed that every months a indie playlist and they have been great for me to disocvering new artists. From these lists I have gone out and purchased albums by Psapp, The Owls, The Hoosier and few more really great artist. If you are a torrent user I highly recommend getting some of these playlist and picking up some albums by some of the great artists on these playlists that you might not of heard of other wise.

Here is the Latest One

Also I'm sure a lot of you have had fun with sites like Pandora and Last.fm but here is a couple of sites I been enjoying. Tuneshout is a new music marketplace where a musician can put their music and sell it, here is my musician profile. Also there is StumbleAudio which is like Pandora for independent music and it already has over 200,000 titles. A lot of it well... not the greatest stuff in the world, but I have found a few really cool acts on there and to have so much content in it's beta I look forward to seeing it grow.

Sorry I havn't been updating this as often as I'd like but hopefully this updates get you up on some artists.

Having gone to school in BGSU for the last few years before moving to NY, I had gotten to know the guys in bands like We are the Fury, and Rediscover. The other day I go to see what's been up with rediscover and to see my old buddy Ian formerly of Clive Staples (also former WBGUFM DJ) had joined the band as the new drummer. So seeing various old friend I will make rediscover todays Now!load.
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Todays NOW!load: Rediscover - I will forget you

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Hey Guys,

It's been awhile since I've posted and his hasn't been for lack of listening to music than more being involved a million project doing all sorts of things. To see what I've been listening to definetley check out my Zune Social profile to see what are the latest plays on my media player of choice.

The two albums that have really been sucking up my time have Been Chromeo's "Fancy Footwork" and Bat for Lashes "Fur and Gold" as you can see from the plays in my zune. I've also become obsessed with the song, "Innocence" by Bjork which will be todays NOW!load and is super awesome. I've been listening to a lot more Bowie and Billy Joel as of late but I usually like to talk about newer music but not much is coming to my head at the moment.
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Todays NOW!load: Bjork - Innocence

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Hey Guys,

I was watching a lot of videos from around the world with foreign instruments and I thought I'd take a moment for us to all appreciate some of the beautiful music being made around the world.

been awhile since I've watched a chapman stick

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Todays NOW!load: OddMusic Instrument Gallery

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No Now!load today, I just want to spend sometime letting you get acquainted with most haunting and beautiful vocalist I ever heard, Antony Hegarty. Antony and the Johnsons is his band.

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Hey Guys,

It's been awhile since I posted but I have still been keeping up with what's hip in the music world. Here are two acts you should familiarize yourself with.

Hercules and Love Affair





PSAPP



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Todays NOW!load: Knight of Liberty - Ron Paul 4 Freedom

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Hey Guys,

Sorry I've been really busy trying my best to promote the Ron Paul campaign. So to bring some music related news, here are variety of Ron Paul related Rap videos to show you the kinda passion the good doctor is spreading across the world.












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Todays NOW!load: Knight of Liberty - Ron Paul 4 Freedom

#49


SOrry guys, it'll be awhile befre I post more since I'll be focusing on my the beginning steps of my presidential campaign.

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Hey Guys,

Sorry I havn't been posting much but working and school has definetley taken up a lot of my time as of late. Of course if you want to hear a awesome playlist of recent music join my social network, Fashionably Numb World. Otherwise I've been listening to the new Electric Six album a lot, that song down at Mcdonaldzzz it way to much fun. Check E6 as todays Now!load.

Boom Bip is rocking my electronic world again with a lot of his new material. On on a electronic side note, Neon Neon is very quirky act from the west coast I really enjoy!!!

As far as very happy indie music, Candylion is band I've become smitten with. I feel like a kid when I listen to this, it's so innocent.

Well sorry, but that's all I got for now, keep on checking in or subscribe to the rss feed so you get the latest news right away.



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Todays NOW!load: Electric Six - Down at Mcdonellzz

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Hey Guys,

Sorry for the time between posts but I doubt it'll change before I graduate but alas I've been listening to a lot of good new stuff. Kevin Michael is the best thing happen to R&B since I can't remember and here's his video so you see why!!!



Also here's the music player from my network, Fashionably Numb World. It will always have the latest tracks I'm listening too!!! Join and help build the dialog about the arts.


Find more music like this on Fashionably Numb World


For todays now!load check out VHS or Beta who's new album is the bomb!


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Todays NOW!load: VHS or Beta - Can't Believe a Single Word

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Hey Guys,

Sorry I haven't posted as much lately. I have been kinda busy with my final semester at Bowling Green State University, but I have had a chance to expose myself to some really good albums as of late so here's a list of bands who've had some awesome new releases:

The Go! Team
VHS or Beta
The Shout out Louds
Common
Talib Kweli
Awesop Rock
K-Os
Galactic
Architecture in Helsinki


Here is the video for the new single from The Go! Team, soooo good!




For today's Now!load check out the new single from Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas!!!
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Todays NOW!load: Will.I.Am - I Got it from my Mama

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Hey Guys,

Today we'll be talking about the topic of rock music with or relating to transgenderism. We'll start with clips from the two films I think everyone knows and loves for mixing rock n roll and transgendered themes, Rocky Horror Picture show, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.






Both a pair of my favorite movies that with some great humor and great music. As far as Hedwig goes, there is this once NYC Punk band called the toilet boys that either must've been inspired Hedwig or had some influence on John Cameron Mitch to make Hedwig, which way I don't know. This band is called, The Toilet Boys.



though we all know going back to the early days of punk all of this would probably not have been around if it wasn't for the New York Dolls.




But let's go to asia where there's a new trendshowing up in transgendered pop acts like Lady and Venus Flytrap from Thailand! I can't believe these girls are transgendered.










Also as covered in a previous post is Russian Talk Show host, Verka Serduchka.




As you see the openness in music is getting greater and I think this is a good trend for society. Plus, the toilet boys just plain rock.


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Todays NOW!load: The Toilet Boys - Hollywood

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Hey Guys,

Last weekend I did a couple of shows since I run a promotions outfit called, Fashionably Numb Music. During these two days of music two acts commanded the audiences attention with stellar performances that match most of todays greatest acts. There acts are The Phantasmagoria, and The Lab Rats.

The Phantasmagoria for a group of kids who most have just graduated high school are some of the best musicians and song writers I've ever seen. Just give them a listen on their myspace page and check it out yourself, but nothing really can show you a fraction of what their live performance brings.

As The Lab Rats, these Columbus Hip Hop veterans have always been a step above the pack and still find way to continually improve which is mind blowing. Here is the a music for their song, Devils Train.



Check out today's NOW!load for a new song from The Lab Rats not on their current release which is mighty tasty.
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Todays NOW!load: The Lab Rats - Someday You'll Fade Away

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Hey Guys,

Now that the series on World music is over I've been thinking of many new articles to write about. I have stuff on transgendered musicians, Noise, Flstudio and Homemade Hip Hop beats all coming up so keep posted.

It's been awhile since I've really talked about what going in my cd player so I though I'd chat about it a little bit. I heard the Patton Oswalt cd the other day which was classic, now all I can think about is renting deathbed, the bed that eats people.

Awesome releases I've picked up recently include Three's new album, "The End is Begun". If your familiar with Three's mix of Prog Rock, Metal, and slight sprinkle of Folk/Pop elements will be surprised by how much more prog rock oriented this album is than their last few.

Here is a live video of them playing the lead single off the album, All that Remains:





Something Else I've been listening to is this comp of 90's dance music and I'm now readdicted to the song "Love You Down" by INOJ. So here's that infectious video from we were all younger healthier people.




Another Really awesome metal band (I havn't talked about metal in awhile) is Fall of Troy who have come out with their new album, Manipulator. I havn't seen any good quality videos of the new material yet, so in case your new to the band here's their music video from the first album. These guys are ferocious live, I highly recommend.




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Todays NOW!load: Animal Collective - Peacebone

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I got an email from a fellow WBGUFM staff member, English Teacher and World Music Director, David Dears. This email was about the musical acts I chose for my highlights here at Music is Now! I thought I touched on a enough cultural and musical issues in my response for it be some good content for a post. So check it out:

ORIGINAL EMAIL

" Second, take note that I hate rap and hip hop, but I'll play even that if
it's not in English and I have on many occasions. What I'm getting at here
is the video from Eastern Europe with the babe in a Dallas Cowboy
Cheerleader outfit rapping in fake snow. I didn't find it less than
awesome because I hate rap but because it was in English. And not only
that, she was trying, I thought, to mimic to some degree African-American
rapper accents. This suggests that she is going for the money in the
American/Anglophone market. Of course, this is nothing new or
incomprehensible, but isn't this just part of the global homogenization?
And doesn't it seem that they are putting money before their art?
David Sears
Folk & World Music Director"


My RESPONSE:


- As far as why I post obviously commercially adapted music as Stereoliza, is cause it's quite interesting to me as someone who studies pop culture and marketing. One can see globalization as a homogenization of western culture on the world, but I think it effect western culture just as much. This dialogue between cultures to create new form and meaning is something that has always interested me.

While it may cheapen it for a lot of people since this dialogue takes place in the commercial sphere. Although, I think this speaks well for the world when people demand being supplied to involved influence form other cultures similar to the success of MIA and Gogol Bordello show world influence on western taste, I include Matisyahu, Nelly Furtado, and many more artists who may or may not be foreigns who've had success in this dialogue. Does this make the music itself good or bad, that's an opinion thing I guess.

In the case of StereoLiza, it's interesting to see she's on a label and the music she produces which is a real off the mark adaptation of western pop forms. If this were to be marketed in America, I think most people would laugh at her strong accent and the really poor performance of pseudo urban identity when she raps. On the other hand, this is actually quite a commercial success in Ukraine which shows their interest in western pop. In pop culture we study a lot appropriation for national identity... a lot. This is what this is, Ukraine adapting Western pop but in a sense creating something uniquely Ukrainian despite the forms being presented. like in countries like Indonesia where Dangudt is the commercial pop, most westernized influences usually tend to be seen as left of field instead of overtly commercial.

stuff like that just sort of interests me.
And doesn't it seem that they are putting money before their art?

I feel that living in growing global consumer culture that the financial motive are hard to separate from anything. The world today is fixated on the idea of what you love being you job which inherently typing the idea of what you care about with your finances. To me there is nothing wrong with this, this is just the reality of todays cultural context. I'm pretty sure there are few examples where artists compeletly abandon their love for music but isn't there much easier ways to make a living other than selling out? I mean even some of the most commercial artists struggle, there still do it cause they like what they're doing. Exceptions always exist of course, and I like to believe the resulting music is the result of a lot of peoples work and in the is separate from the artist themselves and changes in meaning over time.

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Hey Guys,

Sorry the last couple of days I wasn't able to post anything but I had to keep busy promoting my radio show on WBGU 88.1fm. Today we're doing brazil since I've worked with people from Brazil and apparently they have a sweet electronic music scene, so I'm gonna look into it a bit.

Bonde de Role is this synth rock band that's actually been getting a lot hype in these parts from many of the indie rock magazines, I remember reading about them in BPM magazine. They are very similar to MIA but a little more lo fi, it's really good.



Here is Seu George a really awesome Samba man from Brazil, I lov ethis folky Samba stuff like this.

Dj Marky is an awesome Drum and Bass DJ from the country



Without very much effort i found a very amazing crop of music already but i must prepare to continue my trip around the world, but definetley look more into Brazils scene, it's quite amazing.

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Todays NOW!load: Milky - Just the Way You Are

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Hey Guys,

This is kinda of a mile stone for Music is Now! post #40! MiN! has been up providing hype on music for the last three years even though more than half of the posts are from the last two months. We finally have the momentum we've been trying to build. So keep reading and we'll keep writing.

Continuing on with our trip around the world this month we will be hitting the Ukraine. I am interested in the Ukraine cause of the movie, Everything Illuminated which stared Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello Fame. The Ukraine music scene has a pretty colorful array of artists with delightful accents let's watch some videos.

Verka Serduchka is the crossdressing former talk show host who has sold over 150 thousand albums. I will be doing piece on famous transgendered music acts next month so this won't be the last time we here of Verka here at Music is Now! here is her video!



This next one is from Stereoliza who is one the Ukrainian arm of Universal records and is a weird mix of hip hop/pop with everyones favorite accents. Well watch the video and I'm sure you'll enjoy this a lot.



Wow... ok this is the coolest thing I've heard in awhile, Haydamaky. Very much like Gogol Bordello in their mix of punk and eastern block folk music except these guys have been doing it since 1991. Just watch the video and listen to how freaking awesome it is.




I can't really top that so I'm gonna leave it at that, see you guys somewhere else around the world next time!




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Todays NOW!load: Limewax - A Agent Orange

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Hey Guys,

Today we're going back to southeast Asia going to go hit up Thailand. Where I was surprised how emo/hardcore was charting so high on myspace, especially Sweet Mullet. Bands like that and Ritalinn do a good job competing with the infectious pop scene in Thailand where we be seeing many many examples of.

Ki KiraTira who we see in the vdieo below reminds me of someone like Michelle Branch or Ashlee Simpson who tries to kind of have a rock edge for a rock appeal.

Hesitation

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On you tube Bird Tong Chai is a punk act I saw pop up a few times here is a video of one of their songs.



Then there is Lydia who appears to be a very big R&B star getting play on MTV and such.



Thailand has one of the biggest consumer cultures in Southeast Asia which explains the large pop and emo scene two of todays most consumer oriented genres. Well hope you enjoyed todays spotlight on Thailand.



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Todays NOW!load: Tata Young - ElNinYo

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Hey guys,

It's time to cover Puerto Rico, which is where my Dad hails from. From hanging out with him and all of the Puerto Rican portion of my family I've learned there are primarily three genres we're gonna talk about, Reggaeton, Salsa, and Bachata.

Reggaeton is like a Reggae/Hip Hop/Salsa hybrid most famous by the song "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee. Here is a Video by another popular Reggaeton Act, Wisin Y Yandel.




Now in North America rhythm from Africa influenced the music and created genres like the Blues and R&B which would later evolve into Rock, Hip Hop, and countless subgenres. In the carribean this same influence took on a different form in Reggae and Salsa. Salsa has since infiltrated permeated into many sub genres like Reggaeton and Bachata. Here is a video of the King of Salsa the late great Frankie Ruiz.



Bachata is a sub genre that is very centered around guitars playing in the upper register unlike Salsa which is more based in Piano and latin percussion. Here is a video of Toke De Keda, a Bachata group.




I mean I know theres more types of music from the region like Merengue buy my knowledge on those isn't enough to really cover them. But enjoy and I hope you guys give some of these genres a try.


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Todays NOW!load: Jowell Y Randy - No Te Veo

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Hey guys,

The next two days I'll be covering the two countries where my parents are from. My Dad is from Puerto Rico which I'll cover tomorrow, and my Mom is from Guatemala which I'll be covering today.

A Really awesome site that specializes in Guatemalan Rock Music is RockChapin.org , check it out to hear a lot of metal/rock bands from Guatemala.

Couple of really cool bands I've seen while scouting around on myspace are the following:

Malacates Trebol Shop - Yes, Guatemala Has Ska, and it's sweet!

Santiago Nino - Electronic Dance music artist from Guatemala, that's what's up!

Dominio Propio - Hardcore Punk band from Guatemala

Juan Carlos Alvarado - A BIG pop star in guatemala kinda remind me of kC and the Sunshine band.





Here is a video of a popular guatemalan rock band, Bohemia Suburbana:

Bolsas De Te

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Here is a video from Guatemalan Hip Hop Artist, Big James:

Mr. Hammer

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well that's the music that cover half of me, we'll explore my other half tomorrow.

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Todays NOW!load: Ricardo Arjona - Quien

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Hey guys,

While this post will still remain about music around the world, I thought since I mentioned Aicha in my last post I'd discuss the many versions of the song for a post since it's like one of the most globally enjoyed pop songs I'm aware of that's not in English.

The song was originally performed by the Algerian singer Cheb Khaled.



Now to cover the many covers of this song the next best known one is probably by Danish Hip Hop group outlandish



Here is Tunisian Singer Wajdi covering Aicha on live television



Now for some Arabic Boy band covering the song




Here is a Turkish GUitar player covering the outlandish version



finally here is the version of the song by the Polish Pop band Magma, not to be confused with highly regarded prog band form france of the same name.







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Todays NOW!load: Cheb Khaled - Aicha Remix