I will gladly be one of the first people to break this song. Check out “That Bounce” by C-Money of Chicago’s Super Fresh Bros. (Hint hint – there may be some tracks in the works with them) Download the song by clicking here.
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Stumbleupon never disappoints me. People have hacked the Xbox Kinect, plugging it into a Midi controller. This allows you to control elements of a song using body movements. Check out this demonstration of how to control dubstep bass wobbles using your hand. All you need is a Kinect, a laptop, and a lot of technical knowledge. It also doesn’t hurt
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DEV & The Cataracs already have a hit with “Bass Down Low”, but this Proper Villains remix is Dubstep-licious. I’m just making up words now. Enjoy some duckin’ fubstep. http://soundcloud.com/proper-villains/bass-down-low-proper-villains-remix For more, visit Proper Villains’ Official Site.
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If you don’t know Chicago’s Empires, get familiar with them. A while back, I posted their video for “Bang” which is awesome. They are trying to become the first unsigned band to make the cover of Rolling Stone, and I think that if you have two seconds, you should definitely vote for them in the first round here. All you
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At the moment, this is the top trending topic on Twitter. Since I can’t retweet all of these, take a look at a few of my favorite awesomely bad supergroup names that people came up with: @MrsStephenFry (Mrs Stephen Fry): Earth, Wind and Arcade Fire @Jonh_Ingham (Jonh Ingham): 30 Seconds To Bruno Mars @SamGoldfield (Sam Goldfield): 45 Cents (50 Cent
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Welcome to the first edition of SNAPPED, a look at some of the funniest insults on a particular topic that I could find. Personally, I felt that the Black Eyed Peas / Usher / Slash (natural fit) had a terrible performance during the Super Bowl. While that business was happening on TV, I was much happier to look at Twitter.
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Congratulations, fellow Packer fans! WHOOOOOOO!!!!! Okay, that was slightly unnecessary. Anyway. During the game, SAFS Crew members Klassik, Seismic, and Rtystic dropped a new EP for free download entitled “The Halftime Show”. It’s a free download, so you have no reason not to get it. Oh, and Klassik is a better producer than you.
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This doesn’t completely fall under the “I Made That” heading, but here’s The Cranberry Show’s official video for “Time Of Day”, a track that I produced. Keep an eye out for a quick shot of Johnston Hall, home of Cat Daddy… err… Marquette Radio (Also where Steve Frymark and myself host Breaking And Entering). … TRICK!
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This looks so unsafe. I want to do it.
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I was on hand to help out with this video for Sinista’s “Feel Good”. Thanks to everyone at the Wherehouse for opening up the club for the shoot, and thanks to Karl Reeves, AKA the Millk Man for inviting me down to the shoot. I’ll shoot your videos, too! Email me at allen.halas@marquette.edu for info.
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Veteran Milwaukee producer Dylan Thomas dropped a new beat tape today. Known for his work with other artists, most frequently Haz Solo, Dylan kills it on every beat he puts out. If you hear an echo in the background of any of the tracks, though, it’s just me yelling “Dammit! Why didn’t I think of that!”. Download “Stevie’s Soul Sounds”
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In light of the Packers’ win over Philadelphia, I feel like it is more than necessary to put this song up for you to enjoy. Although there have been a flurry of verses over Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow”, this is a standout, especially for Milwaukee. Pizzle and Prophetic have created “Green and Yellow”, a Packers themed track for the
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For those that don’t know, Frankie Flowers has been making albums of quality hip-hop in Milwaukee for a few years now. His latest offering “Never Forget”, contains “It’s Complicated”. Here’s the video for the song, and for more Frankie Flowers, check out his website.
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Check out the newest video from Milwaukee rapper Yo-Dot, entitled “Problems”. The video was done by Stan Perry, who put together Ray Nitti’s “Bow!” video, and Ray Rizzy’s “Ok, Yeah” video, amongst others. Take a look at it now and tell your friends, since it just dropped tonight. Well, technically, last night, but whatever.
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First off, I hope that everyone reading this has a very merry Christmas. This little gift from The Cranberry Show should be what you’re playing when you’re traveling from house to house, working on your December 26th food coma. Nine brand new tracks from Young Focus and Arcane, featuring some sick production from 40 Mil, Young Nov (who also has
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Around this time last year, I was in my backyard shoveling, just like I’m about to do after I write this post, when I turned on “Gerald Walker’s Evening Out With Your Girlfriend” for the first time. I was hooked by the sound Gerald has developed as his own and became a big fan of his music. This year, Gerald
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Lady Twist just sent me the final version of this track tonight. It’s available on her album, “Resuscitation”. Visit LadyTwist.com to find out how to get it. Lady Twist – If…Then by Allen Halas
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This album is what I’m currently listening to in preparation for my last two finals. After hearing “Treats” on YouTube, I bought this album. Like, actually paid money to the music industry. People still do that, right? Anyway, this album is ridiculous. Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips said this about the album: “There are only a couple of really
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Sorry, I’ve been lazy on the blog. This week is finals week at Marquette, but there will be significant updates and changes over winter break. Right now, I’m listening to Keep It Secret’s “Hope Slide Viewpoint” EP. Keep It Secret was a local band in Vancouver that hasn’t been around for a few years now. Back in 2006, though, they
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On my Itunes, I had four different tracks over the Popular Demand instrumental. I got sick of skipping between them all. Now I only have one. 10 minutes long. Download it if you would like.
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According to a Reddit how-to Google Translate can easily become Google Beatbox. Just do the following: 1) Go to Google Translate 2) Set the translator to translate German to German 3) Copy + paste the following into the translate box: pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk
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The second installment of TCS’ holiday mixtapes. This one’s made up of other songs you might have heard from a few years ago. Honestly the only songs I haven’t heard before on here are “Dancing With A Fat Girl” and “We Ride”. If you’re new to TCS, or just don’t have these tracks, download them by clicking the picture below:
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For all of you who didn’t get to see Lupe at Marquette (or didn’t hear he was coming, or had class, or work, or go to a different school, or in the instance of one friend who will not be named had NEVER HEARD of Lupe), here’s a little snippet of what you missed. I um… borrowed this video from
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Oh, WGN Morning News… how unfortunate. They waited 5 minutes watching a bridge, waiting for it to implode, and then… they got bored. They cut away to the weatherman, only to miss the implosion. Oops. Good to see the news team stayed professional, though.
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This is Empires. They’re from Chicago, and they are awesome. I saw these guys in May, opening for Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s at Marquette’s Annex while there was a thunderstorm / tornado warning outside. In June, I saw them at the Verge Music Festival where it had just rained / continued to rain throughout the night. Here’s
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