Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Vinyl
THE DALLAS AUSTIN EXPERIENCE
featuring COLIN MONROE & CORY ENEMY
Rowdy Records (Website)
Dallas Austin (Website)
Colin Monroe (Website)
Cory Enemy (Website)
Music Used to Torture Iraqi, Afgani, Guantanamo Inmates
(Paul Resnikoff, Digital Music News)
The United States government is using blaring music to extract sensitive information from enemy combatants, according to information from prisoner rights group Reprieve. The torturous playlist includes songs from artists spanning AC/DC, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Nine Inch Nails, David Gray, Metallica, Drowning Pool,
What does Bloc Party, Busy P, MGMT, Santogold, sebastiAn, and Snoop Dogg have in common? They’re all featured on the Midnight Club: Los Angeles video game (Playstation 3 / XBOX 360) soundtrack.
The lineup is incredible. Hate video games? Buy the game just for the 68-song soundtrack.
Midnight Club Soundtrack (Website)
ATL’s Prince Presto recently sent me his latest mixtape, “The Glamour”. This mix will be the first of a series of “30-minute joints” and will be distributed on USB wristbands around ATL.
Also, check out Prince Presto as MJQ’s resident DJ every Saturday.
Download the mixtape here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zz3flmyoimy
Prince Presto (Website)
I could be that guy and say that I’m friends with Colin Monroe, but honestly I’ve only met him once or twice around Atlanta and at the Rowdy Studio. There was a lot of buzz about his remix of Kanye’s Flashing Lights when it came out, but I’m not posting this because of the song
Recently, Shepard Fairey and DJ Z-Trip threw some fundraisers for the Obama campaign. The events were dubbed “The Party for Change”. From this came a pretty dope mixtape:
Download the mix here:
http://downloads.djztrip.com/Z-Trip_ObamaMix.zip
DJ Z-Trip (Website)
Shepard Fairey / Obey (Website)
Sleeping Puppies (Website)
This Monday, November 17, you and a guest are invited to meet Jessica Tonder and experience her intoxicating sound during a private cocktail reception & showcase at Paris on Ponce (716 Ponce de Leon Place N.E. – Google Map) beginning at 8:30 p.m. With a sultry voice that bounces between all that is good with
The Limewire Store and CMJ have released a 28 track free CD sampler to celebrate 28 years of CMJ, including a track from Atlanta’s own DEERHUNTER.
Download FREE on Limewire Store
Iceland DJ group STEED LORD is currently on their FEEL THE HEAT USA TOUR – and, wait for it… – they are ACTUALLY NOT skipping Atlanta like most other DJs. Why is it that Atlanta seems to disappear when large DJs tour the US? (cough, JUSTICE)
More about STEED LORD from MySpace bio: STEED LORD ARE
For everyone who couldn’t make it to the 40 Watt to catch DIPLO you missed an amazing show. For all those who went home after the 40 Watt and missed the DIPLO afterparty in Athens, GA at 4AM – you missed one HELL of a party. DIPLO // Black Dominoes // DJ Set in some