Entries from Houstonist tagged with 'mtvnews'
January 18, 2008
The year 2080 isn’t shaping up to be a very good one, and Brooklyn band Yeasayer [pictured] have chosen an interesting way of dealing with this ‘inconvenient truth.' They’ve written songs about it, pairing their anxieties concerning the distant future with far-reaching influences that the BBC calls a “cream-whipped mix of Fleetwood Mac, African highlife, Robert Wyatt, rebetika, Thomas Mapfumo, Neil Young, Tears For Fears and Aboriginal chanting.” Mp3: Yeasayer - 2080 But it isn't......
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Good morning, Houston. We don't know about you, but we at Houstonist have long been fans of Willie Nelson. And so, apparently, has local rapper/promoter/jeweler Paul Wall: Wall tells MTV News that he booked time at Nelson's studio to record his new album, Get Money, Stay True because he thought he would run into the Red-Headed Stranger while he was there — but alas, there was no Willie for Wall. "I didn't get a......
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