Hip Hop video for the nostalgic

So I was "cruising the web" today, drinking pre-noon beers in an attempt to aide in nap taking. (i slept two hours the night before and I suck and nap taking, full story for another time) and as the clock rounded noon, I realized I was in fact drinking beers at noon on Tuesday! I can remember a time when I wondered what kind of person drinks beer at noon on a Tuesday. Years later......me, I'm that guy.

At any rate, I came across this video from the Pharcyde. Let's take a trip back in time, rewind back to 1996, I was a white suburban kid just starting college in the midwest . Some of the "coolest" music I could "bump" in my dorm room was Pharcyde's Labcabincalifornia. Indisputably, one of the best tracks on that album, or any other hip-hop album of the 90's was "Drop". I had never seen this video before today, and it struck a chord. The video was directed by Spike Jonze, the Rick Rubin of music videos. It's shot in reverse. Which was a new concept in it's time. Although not quite as impressive as Coldplay's "The scientist" video, in which Chris Martin learned and sang the song backwards, it is freaking good. Certainly one of the best hip-hop video's I've seen. get your freak on:

The company you keep podcast vol.2

Follow the link below to download the podcast vol. 2. It's got good music, if your into that sort of thing.

http://www.box.net/shared/3yu6xdp00r

Setlist:

1. Mason Jennings- The Field
2. Miike Snow- Animal
3. The Big Pink- Dominoes
4. Two Door Cinema Club- Hands off my cash, Monty
5. We Were Promised Jetpacks- Quiet Little Voices
6. Chiddy Bang- Kids
7. Port O'Brien- My Will is Good
8. Golden Holy- Sons of Dreams
9. Digital Underground- Freaks of the Industry

We were promised jetpacks

We were promised jetpacks is a Scotish four piece based out of Glascow. They released their debut These four walls in June on the Fat Cat Records label. The band formed in 2003 , winning their schools battle of the band contest. The band members became friends with eventual label mates Frightened Rabbit and The Twilight Sad, playing support on Frightened Rabbit's The Midnight Organ Fight tour before being signed by Fat Cat.

Frightened Rabbit and Twilight Sad comparisons are so obvious they're almost cliche. Having said that their sound is more electric guitar driven than either of the previously stated. I hear hints of Bloc Party in the guitar licks, especially in their kick ass single "quiet little voices". They have managed to set themselves apart from the droves of UK based rock bands out there, which speaks volumes. I'm sure it won't be long before some stupid TV show or movie features one of their songs, ruining it for the rest of us. Here's a video for "Quiet little voices" , visually not impressive but if you turn it up and close your eyes it's easy to get into.



Their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks