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• I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS: Dave Grohl's raw drum tracks for Queens of the Stone Age
  This is something a little different today. Instead of perfectly polished tunes, I've got some raw and awesomely primal fodder for my drummer/aspiring-drummer/beatbox readers courtesy of Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) during his stint in Queens...
  
  
• A Brief History of Timbaland Beats. « The Fly Life
  5 cds worth of Timbaland


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• Jude Rogers talks to the pioneers of nu-gazing.
  'Shoegazing' is back - and has shaken off its old image of being about bands who just stare at the ground while they play. Jude Rogers talks to the pioneers of nu-gazing
  
  
• Stylus Magazine’s 50 Greatest Rock Drummers - Article - Stylus Magazine
  Everything you need to about rock and roll drumming, you can learn from a YouTube video of an Asian man trying to sell you a Creative keyboard. "Rock and roll is very simple. Just four counts. And on every count, play the hi-hat….On the first and the...
  
  
• Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Pitchfork Mix 01: Optimo
  Welcome to the Pitchfork Mix. On the final Monday of every month we'll draft one of the world's premiere DJs to create an exclusive mix. We will then talk to the artist about the mix, the songs, and the selections to get a clearer idea of how a top-class...


• Kidz by Colette » Blog Archive » Hostage - Thursday Mix
  dj mix by Hostage


• New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom: Pitchfork Record Review
  Though saddled with the latest tagline for 1981 nostalgia, new-rave, New Young Pony Club turn out a record that is meticulous and comfortable in its genre-specific craft, and excellent for it.


• Pitchfork Feature: The Month In: Techno
  We select our 10 favorite eccentric, unusual, standout techno tracks of the summer, including one by (surprise!) Ricardo Villalobos
  
  
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Is Is EP: Pitchfork Record Review
  This EP collects newly recorded songs written in 2004 between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 2003 debut Fever to Tell and their 2006 follow-up, Show Your Bones, and as such is more reminiscent of the raw danger of the group's debut than its patient follow-up.
  
  
• Chromeo: Fancy Footwork: Pitchfork Record Review
  Follow-up to 2004's She's in Control again finds the electro-pop duo successfully mining the 80s for inspiration, incorporating talk boxes, 808s, canned percussion, and Prince-style atmospherics.
  
  
• The Knife: Silent Shout Deluxe Edition: Pitchfork Record Review
  Pitchfork's favorite album of 2006 returns as a three-disc set. Mute repackages the album with a DVD featuring a spectacle of a live performance from Stockholm in 2006, plus 11 music videos and an extra CD containing the audio track from said live perform...
  
  
• Chromeo - Fancy Footwork - Review - Stylus Magazine
  Electro-funk duo continues to plunder Miami bass beats, gimmick...
  
  
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is EP - Review - Stylus Magazine
  This collection of material written between Fever to Tell and Show Your Bones shows that the YYYs just might be an EP band...
  
  
• New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom - Review - Stylus Magazine
  Another missive from the '80s revival fails to hit the mark...
  
  
• YouTube - All Through The Night - Escort Video
  fan-made video
  
  
• YouTube - "Thriller" (original upload)
  1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment! just a teaser.