Digging in the Crates

This has gotten a lot of attention lately, but I think it’s worth a re-post. So sexy.

Digging in the Crates from WE AIN’T PLASTIC on Vimeo.

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R.I.P. Definitive Jux

Seems like a lot of creatives are feeling the need to transition, change and get back to basics. Something’s in the water…
And so it goes with Def Jux – my favorite hip hop label of all time. El-P is putting the label on hiatus. I agree with forz, Cold Vein might be the most underrated…

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This Microphone Makes Sarah Feel Self-Conscious

…listening to Brownstone Megaphone’s song Making Bubbles and evidently Sarah is less comfortable on the mic than she leads on to believe…

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Cut /// Copy, In Ghost Colours

When I first heard their single “Out There On Thin Ice” I thought I was hearing a New Order B-side or RMX. They’re THAT good.
Love the album: 4.5 Stars. It’s up there with M83

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More bad news for MTV

Google, Universal to Launch Music Hub ‘Vevo’
It’s official: The world’s largest label, Univeral Music Group, and Google will launch a music video hub called Vevo later this year. Now that the heavy lifting is done, other labels will likely climb on board.

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Dope Physical and Digital UI

Wacom, makers of fine graphics tablets, is getting into the pro DJ hardware game.

Read more on Engadget

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Bad News for MTV

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the MTV paradox, which is, they are (or were depending on which letter is next to your “gen-” label) the first name that comes to mind when people think music videos. Oh, and footage of dancing spring break babes and shirtless meat-heads, they’ve got that too… But now…

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Minitek Music and Innovation Festival

When I heard the word-of-mouth that there would be something called The Minitek Music and Innovation Festival happening in NYC over the weekend I was intrigued. Music and innovation – sounds right up my alley. Evidently a group of individuals that usually throw parties in NYC were attempting to go one step further with an…

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Great Video

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Minitek Innovation Nights

…a few award-winning visual artists will transform minitek’s night venue; 360 degrees of screens around the venue’s 70’x 35’ rectangular dancefloor and performing stage will be animated with projections, fully immersing you in a visual landscape, never overpowering but blending in with the sound and a…

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