~ A WICKED New Tune ~

Soul singer Bobby Womack has just unveiled the title track to his new album 'The Bravest Man in  The Universe'. The album was co-produced by one of my favourite musically gifted people - Damon Albarn (aka: The dude from Blur and The Gorillaz, and overall very sexy beast ;).

Bobby Womack has been working hard on this new album, all the while battling colon cancer. Needless to say, he's one tough and talented man.

The new album comes out June 11th and also features musical       collaborations with Lana Del Rey.

Here's the title track.

It's freaking awesome.

That is all.



Enjoy!

Besos,

CC.
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SONGS OF THE WEEK. Wurd.

 Here's what I'm hooked on this week.

The Cardigans ~ Carnival - I may or may not have played this song for a solid 24 hours...




Gorillaz ft. Little Dragon ~ Empire Ants - At exactly 2:15, it changes into a completely different song... and it's wicked!




Grouplove ~ Tongue Tied




John Butler Trio - Zebra




Esthero - Country Livin' (The World I Know)




Enjoy!

Besos,

CC
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New collaboration between Gorillaz, Outkast and LCD Soundsystem!!!

It looks like members of the Gorillaz, Outkast and LCD Soundsystem are making sweet, sweet music together.  

Yup, Damon Albarn (Gorrilaz), LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy and Outkast's Andre 3000 have just finished working on a wicked new track for Converse,  titled "DoYaThing." What makes it even more sugary and delicious is that you'll be available to download the song FOR FREE!!!

Here's a small sample of what you can expect. I'm loving it already:



Here's a behind the scenes look at the making of the music video:



Mark your calendars for February 23rd. The new tune will be available to download, GRATIS, on Converse UK's website.

Can't Wait!!!

Besos,

CC.
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Songs Of The Week!

I'm gonna make it short and sweet. Here's what I'm really into...

Gorillaz ~ On Melancholy Hill. The video totally doesn't suit the song. I almost recommend listening to the tune first and watch it with the video after. It's very weird, but a wicked song. 



Robyn ~ Cobra Style. A wicked take on a tune by the Teddybears.

I love Robyn's tunes. I have to admit that she's got something so strange about her. You wanna say that she's attractive, but for some reason, you just can't go there... ya know what I mean? Or maybe it's just me...


Hugo ~ 99 Problems. OH MY GAD I LOVE THIS TUNE!!!! This guy does an AWESOME cover of Jay-Z's song. A job well done!



Rufus Wainwright ~ April Fools. I adore Rufus. I do. Check out the video. It's a bit older and features cameos by a young Melissa Auf Der Maur and Gwen Stefani. I'm also partial to this song... you know... being an April baby (fool) and all ;D

*Side note: I had a chance to interview Rufus a few years ago. He was catty but cool and we immediately hit it off. I remember him complaining about a diet he was on. It was called 'not eating'. Fail.

Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse ~ Valerie.  Why? Because it's awesome. That is all.


Enjoy!

Besos,

CC.

Favourite Albums Of 2010

It's tough to narrow down my list for the best albums of 2010, but I think I've got it down.

Here goes (don't judge!) in no particular order:

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise ~ Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs (Mind Blowing)

The Black Keys ~ Brothers (Ditto)

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty ~ Big Boi (I miss OutKast. Seriously)

Body Talk ~ Robyn

Thank Me Later ~ Drake

The Suburbs ~ Arcade Fire

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ~ Kanye West (I don't care that he's an egomaniac. The guy is brilliant.)

The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III) ~ Janelle Monae (Holy crap she's AWESOME!!! She's like a female version of OutKast.)

Sigh No More ~ Mumford & Sons (These guys can make a BANJO sound sexy! I mean..C'MON!!!)

Plastic Beach ~ Gorillaz

The Lady Killer ~ Cee Lo Green (Fuck you!!! And fuck her too!!!)

I could literally go on and on (LCD Soundsystem, Broken Bells, Eminem, Local Natives, Vampire Weekend, Crystal Castles....etc, etc.)

HONOURABLE MENTION: Universal Mind Control ~ Common (**Ok. So I know it came out in 2008, but I didn't really 'discover it' until 2010. Better late than never!**)

You should definitely check out any or all of these albums, if you haven't already. Please feel free to suggest any albums that I should be getting into.

Alright. Bedtime. Peace out.

Besos,

CC.

P.S: I'm kinda proud of myself that I finally updated my blog. Pathetic, but true...