The fabulous indiecentric radio station, KEXP 90.3 FM, which is a service of the University of Washington, consistently films great concerts, and the video below of the show featuring the unique group known as Beats Antique is one more stellar take :) Enjoy!
The Maidstone U.K. based band known as White Bone Rattle and their song Rise With The Morning is some serious organic hard rock that reminds me of where early Led Zeppelin meets Black Sabbath. Enjoy!
The sound design was by Robotboys
00-01:50 "Pumpin' Iron" by Robotboys
1:50-03:38 mashup:
Skrillex kill everybody (koan Sound remix)
Zanetic space crunk
California love (Alpha data remix)
Alpha centauri (receptor remix)
If you have not yet heard the sweet voice and cello playing from the angel faced Brazilian songwriter Dom La Nena, this happens to be your lucky day. This is her latest track just released in Europe on October 7 and coming to America in late October. You will want to delve into her other music and the links below. Enjoy!
Hear more Dom La Nena music at the following posts on MusicTelevision.Com:
This post features a live version and studio version of her breakout song titled No Meu Pais http://www.musictelevision.com/2013/03/dom-la-nena.html
It's so refreshing to hear a real talent like Nikki Yanofsky with actual substance and no hype necessary.
In 2006, at age 12, she became the youngest artist to ever headline at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
Having honed her craft in more of a jazz vein from a young age, she has developed real musical chops that give her the flexibility to cross over into multiple genres as she has grown up into a fine young lady who does not need to flaunt anything except her honestly amazing voice.
Presently, at age 19, she has been working with Quincy Jones making music with a classic flair. Enjoy!
Nikki Yanofsky - Something New (Official Music Video)
Nikki Yanofsky and Quincy Jones: The Capitol Sessions
To regular visitors to MusicLoad, Nneka needs no introduction. For those who do not know her, yet, she is a powerful quiet storm who will blow your mind if you can take the time to sit back and ponder her lyrics. One word can be used to describe her: "DEEP". One word can describe what her music has: "IT".
Most of her music has deep political undertones, but songs often start out with lyrics that may sound like trite love songs, before the depth of the political undertones take shape. So, pay close attention!
This song in particular, Lost Souls from her album TO AND FRO, has a little of that for a moment and might even invoke listeners to ponder thoughts of how they themselves have grown older and changed... our inner light that can begin dimming toward darkness because of life's harsh realities.
When I look into your eyes, all I see is your lost soul... You Use to Shine… in The Darkness… You were a star... You… it was always you, you used to shine Overnight, you shine no more… In this world of darkness…. racism, prejudice, of guns and war.. you need to give love... In my world of selfishness, in my world of wickedness, in this world of guns of war… you need to give love… Please, Please…
Nneka is from Lagos, Nigeria. Most of her political angst is based in the political corruption in her own part of the world, but she is well aware of the global political scene and how imperialist powers have played a role in the corruption of even her own politicians in Lagos. Nneka is a voice that speaks truth to power everywhere, whether she names names or not. She once told me in a one on one meeting that she never names names. I love her music for it's substance and feel she shares the same activist spirit that was emitted from Bob Marley's soul and music. All of her music going to back in time to when she was getting started musically is worthy of a long dig through. It's as fresh and meaningful today as it was when it was all originally made.
One of the most fun rock bands anywhere in the world, Brazil's CSS, also known as Cansei de Ser Sexy always has great crazy fun music videos that can put smiles on sad faces. Below is their most recent video to their song titled Hangover from their album titled Planta.
CSS - Hangover
Get the digital version of CSS' Planta album on iTunes or the vinyl at Amazon.
When in Los Angeles not long ago, CSS rocked it big time! They are super excellent live and a must see if in your town.
CSS is presently on the European leg of their 2013 world tour. Please see dates below and visit the official CSS website for the best direct link to tickets.
SEP 21 Sheffield, GB
SEP 22 London, UKHeaven
SEP 23 Paris, FRTrabendo
SEP 24 Amsterdam, NLParadiso
SEP 26 Berlin, DEBerghain
SEP 27 Copenhagen, DKRust
SEP 28 Hamburg, DEReeperbahn Festival
SEP 29 Brussels, BEOrangerie
OCT 01 Conegliano, ITApartamento Hoffman
OCT 02 Zürich, CHRote Fabrik
OCT 03 Vienna, ATWaves Vienna Festival
OCT 04 München, DEBackstage Club
OCT 06 Barcelona, ESBikini
OCT 07 Madrid, ESCírculo de Bellas Artes
OCT 08 Lisbon, PTTMN AO Vivo
OCT 09 Santiago de Compostela, ES
I love everything about the songs on the debut record from R&B/soul duo known as Lady featuring vocalists Nicole Wray and Terri Walker. The songs are fresh and original, but fortunately, the group is not afraid to find a special sweet spot inside a sound that is classic in the nicest of ways. Last April, Musicload featured their video to their very tasty song titled Get Ready. Revisited the other songs from their debut album this morning with a big smile. Enjoy!
Unless you've lived under a rock, Mazzy Star needs no introduction. After nearly two decades, Mazzy Star has been long overdue for a release. Here is the latest song titled California which is from the upcoming release titled Seasons of Your Day.
Mazzy Star - California
Originally released in 1994, the song below is the highest charting Mazzy Star song so far, and the song that made them stand out most as the ethereal cult classic group that they are to this day.
One of the baddest soul funk R&B artists the planet has ever seen or heard, Bettye LaVette has that "it" thing that will rock your world. Never contrived or jive, she is always believable and authentic.
This particular live performance of Bettye, featured below, happens to be a cover of a Lucinda Williams song titled Joy which Lucinda wrote for her own 1998 album titled Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. In 2005 Bettye LaVette recorded Joy for her own album titled I've Got My Own Hell To Raise. This particular live performance is solid, just like everything Bettye sings. Enjoy!
When MusicLoad first wrote about the beautiful sounds of Jac Stone in 2008, she spelled her name with a capital C as JaC, but appears that it's just Jac Stone these days with a small c.
What has not changed is that Jac still has that "it" thing. She may remind many listeners of artists from years gone by such as Joni Mitchell, Lisa Loeb, Jewel, Natalie Merchant, Edie Brickell and Suzanne Vega. But Jac is all original, not trying to cop someone else's groove. She has one of those great believable story telling voices that makes minds wander. The kind where you get lost and need to replay the song again, only to get lost again.
Recently, she has been having a successful run on Australia's version of the TV program, The Voice. MusicLoad, and the network it is part of, keeps hoping that we will see her here in LA sometime.
Jac Stone - Trying To Be Sorry
And... this live recording below from 2009 is one of her original tracks you will love!
(the video has a visual glitch - but the audio does not - please enjoy!)
After featuring the music of Antibalas, the band whose sound that is so heavily influenced by the late great Fela Kuti, it seemed logical to finally follow up with some more Fela Kuti himself. This is a live concert film of Fela in 1984 at Glastonbury, the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world to this day. This concert film also includes a segment/interview of Fela that not part of the music performance, but in a room somewhere, wearing what he wore on stage. He speaks candidly about his activism, various other thoughts and about his life as far back as a child. A great snapshot of a very interesting dead music legend whose music and spirit is still very much alive and influencing living artists with similar activist bents and heavy grooves. A MusicLoad favorite artist named Nneka quickly comes to mind. If you like afro funk music, this film is worthy of turning off the phone, turning up the volume knob, sitting back and watching.
This footage shot by El Fusil in Mexico, is the latest live concert footage of the Brooklyn Based Afrobeat/Funk/Jazz group known as Antibalas, a word which translates in Spanish to bulletproof.
Much of Antibalas' music is in the vein of the late great Fela Kuti. In fact in 2008-2009, Antibalas actually was the house band in the off-Broadway and then Broadway musical, Fela!, about the life of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian political & social activist and recording artist.
On it's own, Antibalas, which is on the Daptone Records imprint, has a powerful unique sound worthy of cranking up the volume knob and escaping the world of texting or any further reading here.
Antibalas - Che Che Cole
Hear and see more music/videos by Antibalas on MusicLoad at the following links:
Two fantastic emerging artists previously featured here on MusicLoad were brought together by Quincy Jones to perform a Ray Charles classic "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town". Quincy explains how he wrote the arrangement for Ray Charles in the beginning of the video. Enjoy!
Allen Stone & Nikki Yanofsky perform Ray Charles arrangement by Quincy Jones
Frank Ruffino, the guitarist of the late 1970's early 80's punk band China White, just lost his battle with cancer.
The first time I saw China White was at a house party in Huntington Beach before I had a drivers license. It must have been 1977 or 1978. China White played the most intense hard core music I'd ever heard at that time. Later when I saw the band in various clubs, their intensity was increased. It was a quite memorable great time when punk music took us all by storm.
Out of Paris, France, below are some more fantastic songs and music videos from the music duo known as The Dø (pronounced The Dough). The group is fronted by Olivia Merilahti and Dan Levy. Enjoy!
The Dø - Slippery Slope
The band is incredible live, perhaps even more prolific than in the studio! This recording below is a fine example :)
The Dø 'The Wicked & The Blind' - Live Session at Studio Pigalle
Brother Ali is controversial to some people. I've heard people argue whether he was black, white or Albino. I always thought, "why care about that?". Pigeonholing people based upon color or race without focusing on the individuals ideas is ignorant
Ignorant is something Brother Ali is not and he is full of ideas to ponder He knows enough U.S. and world history to carry on coherent raps in a reality based sense that is not the candy coated version that is spoon fed to kids in school. He seems to be putting into words what should be obvious to American voters and children alike regarding the game that is being played against them by the powers that be. Wake up America!
Listen to Brother Ali lay it down with glaring reality. It's a public service announcement to not drink the Cool-Aid. His opening words to his classic song titled Uncle Sam Goddamn: "Welcome to the United Snakes, Home of the thief, Home of the slave..." is how he starts off the beginning of his portrayal of a flawed electorate and the related truths of U.S. Government Policy and raps down layers of tongue lashings at the government as well as the voter.
Check out other provocative songs with the word "Goddamn" in the title and one will find Brother Ali borrowed ideas for Uncle Sam Goddamn from Nina Simone. He even borrowed the line: "A show tune, but the show hasn't been written for it yet." Simone's song titled Mississippi Goddamn was written by her in 1964 as a protest song that was banned in several southern states.
Saucy Monky is... (Left to Right) Drummer Megan Carchman, Annmarie Cullen, Bassist Steve Giles, Cynthia Catania)
From the first time I heard Saucy Monky around 2003, the group became one of my favorites. The now West Hollywood based garage pop group, which also spends much time in Ireland where they have a solid following, is fronted by two very beautiful singer/songwriter/guitarists: Annmarie Cullen and Cynthia Catania. They have seamlessly changed up an interestingly cool array of bassists and drummers in the last decade. Saucy Monky is one of those bands that makes a small packed venue feel exciting song after song where nobody wants the night to end.
Recently, the group began recording some scaled down live recordings from a living room with dim lighting and no amps which they call their "Living Room Sessions". It is a definite departure from their cranked up poppin' sound. The song below is a sweet one titled 4:47. It's laced with the same tasty lines, harmonies and use of dynamics the band is known for on their jacked up recordings and it's lovely. Enjoy!
SHEL is a wonderful band of four sisters from Fort Collins, Colorado. The piece in the video below was performed by two of the sisters from SHEL as part of the theme for the upcoming magical story told with music, creative imagery and videos by the band. It's Eva Holbrook on the Weber Soprano Mandolin and her sister Hannah Holbrook on the Schoenhut Toy Piano. The above photo is of Eva on a typical day in her world.
Last January, MusicLoad posted a tasty clip of Trixie Whitley live at Studio Brussel. It was just her voice and with her electric guitar performing her song Need Your Love. Now, in the video below, is the official music video to the same song off her most recent record titled Fourth Corner. Catch her on tour if your can! MusicLoad will be at her Troubadour show in West Hollywood on May 31.
Trixie Whitley - Need Your Love (Directed by Anton Coene)
As someone who has scoured the Internet for every conceivable Amy Winehouse recording and video ever made, I can say this first video below is the coolest recording of Love Is A Losing Game. It's just Amy and a microphone backed only by a keyboard player on a Fender Rhodes. This song sounds like an old standard, but it's an Amy Winehouse original. Enjoy!
Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (Early in studio video recording)
Amy Winehouse - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (Live)
Connect direct with the officia Amy Winehouse website at AmyWinehouse.Com
Aloe Blacc performing live for director Colin Solal Cardo's always interesting and ongoing music production known as A Take Away Show which takes place in random places with ambient sounds and foot traffic such as around the streets, restaurants and sidewalks of France, where Cardo main shoots.
Part I - Aloe Blacc performs Hey Brother and I Need A Dollar
This should be the theme song for those who want to lift the ludicrous federal ban on industrial hemp in the United States. When the album was released, it was used for California's Proposition 19 campaign to legalize recreational marijuana, which ultimately and unfortunately did not pass. But, a big thank you to Ziggy Marley for the effort and the song!
If you would like the federal government to lift the industrial hemp ban through the recently reintroduced Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013, please call your U.S. Senators and demand they support S. 359 and call your Congressional rep in the U.S. House of Representatives and demand that they support H.R. 525 (the companion measure to S. 359 in the House of Representatives), which has been referred to two House Committees for additional consideration.
The infectious hot song of the day by the 22 year old artist known as Cali sounds like the cream from a James Bond soundtrack, and perhaps should be. Even the title, Fatally Yours, has a certain Bondesque quality. Enjoy!
Mavis, with The Staple Singers or on her own, is one of my personal favorite artists ever. Shot this photo of Mavis performing at a live show that full of major funk augmented with high gospel.
Here is a classic Mavis Staples performance that may be unknown to many. A rare gem of music with deep meaning.
It seriously is hard to get any off any more than this. Right? This is as real as real gets in rock & roll. They were not behind the times one little bit in 1969 with regards to music, how put on and record & film great concerts. Wow! Stellar footage from a great moment in time that still exists when Carlos Santana plays. Catch him if you can!
Stumbled on this via the Facebook page of Paul McCartney's guitarist Brian Ray, where one of Brian's followers posted it on Brian's page. Michael Province, violinist aged 15 at the time of this recording, and Nathan Chan, cellist aged 16 at the time of this recording, jam out to the Beatles song Let It Be. This was filmed at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore.
The U.K. based soul/R&B duo known as "Lady" features vocalists Nicole Wray and Terri Walker
Loving the soulful duo out of the U.K. known as "Lady". First posted their song titled Get Ready on Music Television early last month and I immediately bought the song download. After playing it at least a thousand times or more, I still love it! Don't typically repost songs already on MusicTelevision.Com right here, but hope everyone loves the classic old school energy Nicole Wray and Terri Walker put into this. It grooves for days. Definitely, this is R&B music at it's finest.
KCRW radio's Jason Bentley just posted this track to his facebook and noted that one of it's co-creators, Scott Hardkiss, just passed away. RIP Scott.
Scott Hardkiss, who was born as Scott Friedel, was a 43 year old San Francisco DJ who in the 1990's played a significant role in the rave music scene. The track below was originally released in 1993.
*Gaby had this photo below posted to her Facebook page of Former UN Secretary General Kofi Attan holding a Kalashnikov assault rifle transformed into a Guitar. Gaby's words posted with the photo were: "My religion, you ask? MUSIC and LOVE"
Originally from Nneka's fantastically substantive album titled Concrete Jungle, the song in the live concert film featured below features Nneka performing her song titled Focus, in Europe with Nigerian rapper Babatunde. This is an amazing performance! The rap of lyrical substance is stunningly syncopated to perfection.
Nneka is one of the most inspired global artists of depth on the scene today. She stumps hard for the people of her native Nigeria, and always has truth, justice and love in her heart for all around the world, especially the less fortunate. Study her lyrics to this song below and know her other songs are equally as passionate and heavy if you have not yet heard.
Focus Songwriters: Pinheiro Da Silva, Nneka Lucia Egbuna, Farhad Samadzada
Lyrics: *Babatunde added some lyrics of his own which are missing below
Government politics, system policies,
Money, banks, foundation and discoveries
Mischievious and self centered development strategies,
Uneffective enough not to affect the physics and the spirits of mankind
In short and infact where do we go from here when we lack love in our hearts
When we lack an open heart and lie to ourselves and the one that truly loves, that we love
Truly we don't really give a fuck
Another day has passed my conscience is hunting me one small form
E to face this next temptation that is coming up now
The flesh has overcome the spirit, eyes opened but shot, sight blurred
Can't see the road because I am scarred of the lights
I gotta go on, I gotta move on, we gotta go on, we gotta move on
Cause if you don't search for the truth your soul will definitely remain undone
Chorus
Maintain your Focus
The misery is all around you
The misery, the envy
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
Maintain your mind, see
Is it the drugs? Is it the men? Is it the money? Is it the fame?
Do not need all this to find myself
Have met my shadow a thousand times
I know how it feels to be untrue to oneself
See would you hold back the things that urged you to speak your mind?
Living in the bondage, in if clauses for the rest of your life
You want to lie in systems custody, your soul strip for free
Living in the bondage, in if clauses for the rest of your life
You want to lie in system custody, your soul strip for free
Will you sell your soul for free?
Maintain your Focus
The misery is all around you
The jealousy, the envy
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
Maintain your mind
Maintain your Focus
The poverty is all around you
The misery and envy
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
Bridge
Temptations of this world
You see the demons coming out of you
They reveal themselves to you and yes you can see your truth
Oh no no, got to maintain your mind
In this world of pain
In this world of sin
In this world of hate
Maintain your Focus
The misery is all around you
The misery
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
Maintain your mind, see
Out of London, here is the latest from The Branco Heist. The band has a record titled Heads Will Roll set for release on March 25, 2013. The first track below is from that new release and the next two tracks are earlier releases. Enjoy!
