Epilepsy

Ever since as a 13 year old I read the epilepsy warning on the box for the Nintendo 64 classic Zelda: Ocarina of Time I realised that if the shit has an epilepsy warning on it then the shit is guaranteed to be 10 times out of 10 DOPE AS FUCK. Which is why as soon as I pressed play on the above film clip for Niggas In Paris and read the epilepsy warning I knew that I was in for a dope as fuck old time. Seriously, if Jay-Z and Kanye don't take the Watch The Throne tour to Australia then I'm going to slit my wrists with a cocktail umbrella. CEREAL.     DD

Jamie

You know the other day I was hanging with The General who said to me that he isn't a fan of Jamie xx. Based on the above song I think what The General was trying to tell me is that The General is a major shithead - Jamie xx is dope!    DD

Lana and the feminist nightmare

Lana Del Muther Funkin Rey - isn't this girl getting getting some hype at the moment, much of it consisting of vitriolic flak. To be honest I'm a Lana fan boy. Criticism that she's manufactured and talentless doesn't fly with me on the basis that Lana Del Rey's music is simply straight up pop. No one criticises Rhianna for being manufactured because it's expected. Although given the coquettish tone of the album I can understand why feminists might hate her - every song is about falling in love with some coked up bad boy, twirling around a Route 66 motel room in her little red dress, following him around the county.

The below song is probably the pick of her album for me. If she sat in the room while the team of major label hired producers wrote the whole bloody thing, who gives a fuck. Even if we accept that her contribution was minimal, she still clearly has more talent than most of us. DD

What Else Is There

I went to the Big Day Out last Thursday and it was pure smang. The only pang of regret that I am getting right now is not that when I was wasted I gave half a pinger to some cute bird in the drinks line - no, what I REALLY regret is missing Royksopp's set. The above clip for the song What Else Is There is the main reason why. Dark brooding visuals that are awesome despite making no sense. It's either a dream sequence or a tripping on acid sequence.       DD

No Justice

Children dying in Africa is one example, the fact that this song only has 6,000 hits is another example - both prove that there is no justice in this world. Nikki Jean featuring Lupe Fiasco and Black Thought. It's pure smang, and only 6,000 hits! There are photos out there of Bieber's face on a piece of cheese toast that have got more hits. If I had more than 25 Twitter followers I would go on a Kanye-style full capitals Twitter rant about how the world is FULL OF THESE BROKEN SYSTEMS and how I'm going to START A COMPANY NIGGA THAT'S GON CHANGE SHIT.       DD

More Frank

Cover of 'Swim Good' - kind of corny, kind of awesome. Fucking great lyrics.   DD

2011 In Review

So 2011 is done and dusted and didn't it go quick. I wonder at what year I will stop feeling like an 18 year old. Music wise, the profits at big record labels continued to dive but the only people who cared were the big record labels themselves. If the health of the music industry can be measured by how many bogans decided to go shirtless to Stereosonic then MUSIC IS FUCKING KILLING IT!

Anyway, people like lists so here at the BOILERMAKERS we have come up with our picks of 2011:

BEST ALBUM

• Disco-Matt MC - EP by Childish Gambino
• Dinnertime Duke - SBTRKT by SBTRKT
• Sneak Peaks (formerly known as Baby Crumpet) - Bon Iver by Bon Iver
• The General - The English Riviera by Metronomy

BEST SONG

• Disco-Matt MC - London City by Devlin
• Dinnertime Duke - Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx remix ft Childish) by Adele
• Sneak Peaks - House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls by The Weeknd
• The General - Sombody That I Used To Know by Gotye

BEST RAP VERSE

• Disco-Matt MC - Over My Dead Body by Drake
• Dinnertime Duke - Drake's verse in The Zone by The Weeknd
• Sneak Peaks - 6 Foot 7 Foot by Lil Wayne
• The General - Over by Drake

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

• Disco-Matt MC - O.M.G. by The Streets
• Dinnertime Duke - The Bay by Metronomy
• Sneak Peaks - Is Tropical by The Greeks
• The General - Video Games by Lana Del Rey

John Legend and Adele

This is so smangin. Black dude singing a song of a white chick who sings black chick gospel style. I'm ethnic so I can say the words black and white without impunity. DD