Music Monday: The End Of The World (Friend of the People Mixtape) by Lupe Fiasco

I posted the awesome M83 track "Midnight City" as a Music Monday song a few weeks ago, and now one of my favorite rappers has used that beat to lay down their rhymes. Two great things together, to make a really fantastic song.

Lupe Fiasco released a new mixtape recently and "The End Of The World" is a highlight! Listen to the song right here:

Music Monday: My Moon My Man by Feist

Last week I was lucky enough to catch Feist at The Wiltern for The Audio Perv. You can see my full review of the show there. While Feist just came out with a new album, Metals, I still prefer their older tracks - like My Moon My Man. Catch the song after the break.

Jizz in My Pants: TWILIGHT Edition!

In "honor" of BREAKING DAWN's release tomorrow, enjoy this hilarious video of The Lonely Island/SNL's "Jizz in my Pants." I love the facial expressions they got of Bella and Edward! Are you planning on seeing TWILIGHT this weekend?

Music Monday: Midnight City by M83

This may be in a Victoria Secret commercial, but it's still a pretty awesome song! Have you discovered any other great tracks from commercials and television?

SNL Highlight: Everyone Cries to Adele's "Someone Like You"

The best sketch of the night was definitely the last sketch, so if you couldn't stay up to watch the cast cry together to Adele's soulful ballad "Someone Like You" then you can watch this shoddy pirated version right here. Unfortunately, because of music streaming rights this sketch and my other favorite sketch "Les Jeunes Des Paris" aren't available on Hulu.

Watch them cry after the break, quick before NBC takes offline:

Music Monday: Block after Block by Matt and Kim

With that extra hour of sleep, I've got a bit more bounce in my step this Monday morning! Listening to this upbeat tune from Matt & Kim certainly helps too.



What song helps you get going in the morning?

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Hardcore Geekery: A Legend of Zelda Rap

For those who not only love playing the Legend of Zelda, but also enjoy gangsta rap and the hardcore life of an elf, this track is for you!

Watch the video after the break. 

2 Years + 288,000 jelly beans = 1 awesome video

Now this is dedication! Instead of doing this video by CGI or taking on a less challenging concept, the artist, Kina Grannis, and director embarked on a 2 year long project to do a stop motion music video for her track "In Your Arms." Using over 288,000 jelly beans, the video shows various scenes of rain and snow, moutains, a journey down a vortex, and more.

It's an adorable song, made all the better by this amazing video! Watch the full video after the break.

Music Wednesday: I Believe in a Thing Called Love Cover by Panic! at the Disco

With all the Halloween excitement, I totally missed Music Monday! To remedy that, here's a sweet cover of The Darkness's "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" performed by Panic! at the Disco. While I haven't been keeping up to date on Panic!, I was a huge fan of theirs back in 2005 (to the point of annoying my roommate with my repeated listenings!) and am glad to see them still working.

Listen to the cover after the break.

Music Monday: Get Em High by Kanye West

In honor of our big Kanye West bracket last week, today's Music Monday is the surprise victor: Get Em High! Check it out, give it a listen - do you agree that it's his best track? Share your thoughts in the comments or on Facebook.

Toast To THE Douchebag: Kanye West’s Greatest Songs

By Kevin Taylor

Kanye West is an asshole. There is no need to sugar coat it. He’s a douche bag, and I don’t like douche bags. I don’t like douchebags in real life. I don’t like douchebag drivers, athletes, actors, or singers. But I love Kanye West. It says a lot about his musical talents that I love him so much given his personality. So I decided to create a bracket.

I got the idea after reading a fantastic article, where this guy did a top 64 March Madness style bracket of Jay-Z songs. I’m a huge Kanye fan, so I thought it would be fun to do the same. Me and my buddy A-Rod met up and did our own brackets, and this article is about mine. Alittle background on the bracket before we get started.

We decided on 48 songs. We felt that 64 was too many considering how many songs Kanye has released, but we also thought that 32 was too few considering how many great songs he has. We settled on 48, with the top 4 seeds in each bracket getting a bye. The main drawback of this is that it gives most of Kanye's radio hits byes to the next round while his album songs duke it out early. But the more Kanye, the better. We then ranked the songs by the number of youtube views. Without further ado, here is the official Kanye West bracket.

Album Representation

The College Dropout: 8

Late Registration: 10

Graduation: 11

808s and Heartbreak: 5

My Dark Twisted Fantasy: 9

Watch The Throne: 5

We broke the brackets down by college year, since Kanye’s first few albums were named after college terms. We will start with the senior bracket.

Music Monday: Mind Your Manners by Chiddy Bang

Last week I saw Chiddy Bang and Lupe Fiasco at the Hollywood Palladium and I was really impressed with their show! I had seen Lupe Fiasco a couple times before, but this was his best performance yet. I wasn't too familiar with Chiddy Bang, but realized I had heard a couple of his tracks before. While you may know "Opposite of Adults", I really loved "Mind Your Manners." Watch the video below and check out my full show review on The Audio Perv.

Music Monday: Hey Yeah by OutKast

Last week, VH1 had one of their great retrospectives - the Top 100 Songs of the 00s. My fiance and I love these types of shows and have watched all the I Love The 70s, 80s, and 90s as well as a ton of their other countdowns, so when this was announced we both picked what song we thought would be the tops. He picked "Yeah" by Usher, while I went with "Hey Yeah" by Outkast.

"Hey Yeah" is just such a fun, upbeat track that sticks in your head all day! Well, we watched the countdown and "Yeah" ended up being #27. Where did "Hey Yeah" fall?

Method Man sells out: World Gone Sour Official Video

Method Man, known for smoking bowls in HOW HIGH and rapping with Red Man, has officially sold out to Sour Patch Kids. I find this video and whole thing hilarious! Watch the video and let me know what you think in the comments.

Music Monday: Someone Like You by Adele

This beautifully sad song has been in my head for weeks! Adele, you are amazing.

Music Monday: A Real Hero by College featuring Electric Youth (from the DRIVE soundtrack)

Last night I finally got around to seeing the new Ryan Gosling, Nicolas Refn flick DRIVE. This movie has been super hyped since it hit the festival circuit, and then really impressed at their San Diego Comic-Con panel with FilmDistrict.

While I enjoyed the movie, it definitely suffered a bit from all the endless praise it's been getting. With the bar set so high, it's hard for any film to reach that level. I do definitely recommend it, as it is a film that needs to be seen, but don't let the praise get ahead of you.

I won't go too much into the film here (maybe I'll get around to reviewing it here later), but you do need to hear the main song from the film. It's a fantastic soundtrack that's so unique and just fits with the film so well.

Listen to A Real Hero by College after the break and if you saw DRIVE, let me know what you thought of it in the comments.

Music Monday: I Know That Dream by Icewater

A few of my USC friends made this great music video for the relatively unknown band Icewater. They're based out in Brooklyn, and if you like what you hear below, you can download their album for free from their bandcamp website. 

Enjoy the video!


Icewater "I Know That Dream" from Dennis Roberts on Vimeo.

Music Monday: Arms by Christina Perri

I first heard about Cristina Perri because of So You Think You Can Dance. Her heartbreaking and soulful Jar of Hearts was used in Season 7 when Billy and All Star Kathryn did a beautifully danced Stacey Tookey routine. After that number, that song immediately made it on to my So You Think You Can Dance Playlist for that season and then I never heard anything from her again. This summer, she released a new single and it's just now starting to get more radio play and I am hooked! Her voice is beautiful and she's proving herself to be a talented songwriter. I hope she keeps it up! Watch the official video for Arms after the break.

Music Monday: Don't Stop Me Now by Queen

In honor of Freddie Mercury's birthday today, here's one of my favorite tracks by Queen, Don't Stop Me Now. If you aren't a Queen fan, you might recognize this from SHAUN OF THE DEAD. One of my favorite scenes was when they were in the Winchester, barracaded against the coming hordes of zombies, and they start beating them up to the beat of the song on the juke box - Don't Stop Me Now! Seriously, one of the best musical moments in a nonmusical.



Hope you all had a great holiday weekend!

Music Monday: Dedication to My Ex by Lloyd

I am loving this resurgence in motown and that older style of music in today's new hits. What started with Cee-Lo Green, Bruno Mars, and Janelle Monae is now expanding and Lloyd seems to have come out of nowhere with his fast climbing track, Dedication to My Ex. Check out the track after the break. Be warned, it's a lyric video with some pretty explicit lyrics, so maybe save this one for just headphones or after you leave the office. But anyways, enjoy!