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SOUTHERN DRAMA INTERVIEW

Here at Cannibal Cheerleader we recently had an interview with one of our favorite local acts Southern Drama. Here’s an exercpt:
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Read the rest of the interview when it gets published over at Soundcheck Magazine. Here are some more awesome pics by Meg Seidel from their show at Beauty Bar – enjoy!

Southern Drama – “Sour is the Day”
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MADVILLAINY 2: THE MADLIB REMIX
The demand for a new Madvillain album has clearly reached a fever-pitch as Stones Throw Records is releasing a remix album of the original Madvillainy entitled Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix by none other than the original producer Madlib. While the sick rhymes from MF Doom might be the same, the new production from Madlib makes this album more than worth listening to, as his inspired new flavoring of all your favorite MV tracks (supposedly crafted while on a ten-hour plane ride to Tokyo) reignite the passion that came with the first spin of the original’s rapid-fire raps. Check out a few tracks below and order this album from Stones Throw (specifically the completely awesome sounding deluxe package complete with comic book) immediately.
Madvillain – “No Brain”
Madvillain – “Pearls”
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NEW BAND CHEER: FIGHT BITE
After hearing about these guys from both Gorilla vs. Bear and Stereogum, and noticing that they live just up the road in Denton, Texas, we here at Cannibal Cheerleader decided to check out Fight Bite, and we’re definitely glad we did. Like stumbling upon the latest shoegazey-wunderkind before they’ve reached their full potential, the duo of Leanne Macomber and Jeff Louis produce such star-filled, dreamy, escapist pop masterworks to suggest they’ve been around for decades rather than just for a few months. Check out “Swissex Lover” below, the anthem to every teenage late-night firework fight captured in slow motion on super-8 film ever. They don’t have any shows planned for south of the DFW area right now, but hopefully they’ll take the roadtrip down to Austin and delight us with their syrupy goodness before too long!
Fight Bite – “Swissex Lover”
Fight Bite – “The Accident”
Also, be on the lookout for their debut LP Emerald Eyes (that’s the cover up above) which they’ll be releasing tonight at a special show in Denton. If anyone obtains a copy shoot it our way, we’d love to get a copy!
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NEW GASLIGHT ANTHEM VIDEO
New Jersey punksters the Gaslight Anthem have just released a video on their Myspace for their newest single “The ‘59 Sound” from their forthcoming LP of the same name. Take a gander below and if you can spot these guys on their never-ending tour around the country, and you have an attraction to Springsteen and townies, check these guys out immediately!
The Gaslight Anthem “The ‘59 Sound”
See everyone next week!

Doom and Guilt

MADVILLAINY 2 ON ITS WAY?Our favorite underground rapper MF Doom has a new album/torrent circling the Internet music drain entitled MF Doom meets SF Perkele: I Still Hear Voices (Prelude to Madvillainy 2). Exciting news to be sure, but it begs the question, as no official news has been released from the Doom camp, is this a real release?

In short, the answer is N-O. Sadly, it seems this creation is the work of SF Perkele alone, a Finlandish electronic artist with a clear taste for Doom’s mush-mouthed flow. The rhymes over the admittedly Madlib-esque beats are old Doom tracks purloined from the Metal Faced One’s extensive back catalog and laid over new instrumentation and beats. With some clever labeling and placing the album on all the right torrent sits, SF Perkele almost pulled this one off. More details here.

Sadly, it seems that Madvillainy 2 is to remain imprisoned in the land where all Chinese Democracies go and will probably never see the light of day. Still, we always have the next Doom release to look forward to, whenever that will be (you’ll hear it here first!).

MF Doom meets SF Perkele – “Fishscale”
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NEW BAND CHEER: MUSCLES
Not so much new again as new to us at Cannibal Cheerleader, Muscles is an Australian electronic artist with a penchant for referencing early 90’s house music with just a whiff of irony and playfulness to make the listener unembarrassed to jam out. Tracks like “Ice Cream” cut like a knife with their unhinged beats but provide enough experimentalism and lyrical wordplay to keep even the most jaded vinyl collector satisfied. Stereogum recently posted the new video for single “The Lake” and it’s as kickass as the song, check it out below.

Muscles – “One Inch Badge Pin”
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BECK’S MODERN GUILT TRACKLIST/COVER ART
Finally, a release date for what’s sure to be one of the top albums of 2008! Beck’s Modern Guilt is coming out July 7th (though we can trust we’ll be receiving it a little earlier than that wink wink) and check out that sweet minimalist cover art up above. Seems to match perfectly with the wispy, 60’s dreaminess that new track “Chemtrails” seems to be sporting (you can hear that one over at Beck’s website). Tracklist below:

“Orphans”
“Gamma Ray”
“Chemtrails”
“Modern Guilt”
“Youthless”
“Walls”
“Replica”
“Soul of a Man”
“Profanity Prayers”
“Volcano”

Comments on this one? See everyone next week!