Video! XV – “FIFA” (prod. by Seven)

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XV just dropped the visuals for FIFA (Feeling Internationally Famous Already) which is a teaser for the The Kid With The Green Backpack album that has taken longer to debut than Dr. Dre’s “Detox.”

“‘Pomona’ let us in,

Now they spotted a N***a like leopard prints”

Okay, Vizzy doesn’t really say “Pomona” but I thought he did, and I asked him, but he said “Club Owner.”
Damnit, I just wanted a shoutout to my city from XV. Ha

XV – SmallVille (Prod. J.Cole)

Produced by J. Cole, XV decided to share this song in honor of J. Cole’s birthday. XV said there are two more tracks soon to be released that either features J. Cole on the track or produced by him. Happy birthday, J. Cole!

Teachers thought I’d never come out of my shell,

and well, now I hop on beats and go pistachios.

XV – SmallVille (produced By J. Cole)

Marky ft. XV – Is It Cool to F*ck

It’s been a while since Marky’s “Journey to Markyland: Rest Stop 3” but he’s starting off 2011 on a good note. Vizzy and Marky complement each other well on this track.

I don’t think many of the lady friends I know would think Mortal Kombat is cool, but i’d definitely try to pull off every finisher I know just to get a kiss. XV has already scored from Liu Kang and Scorpion. If you don’t know what i’m talking about, check out XV’s track called “Controller.”

Download: Marky ft XV –

New MP3: XV – 2015

2011, The Year of the Squarians, can’t get much closer. The Kid With the Green Backpack coming third quarter, err, maybe next year, finally?

In all seriousness, XV and Seven have collaborated to produce some great songs together. The’yre almost on that Chiddy-and-Xaphoon Jones level of Awesomeness. I’d like to know who would win in a tag-team match between XV and Seven, and Chiddy and Xaphoon.

XV- 2015 (produced by Seven)

Interview with Malia Grace

Singer/Songwriter, Malia Grace, released her first self-titled EP back in October. The songstress from Austin, Texas has so far played at SXSW and CMJ, along with a few smaller gigs in her hometown. Inspired by rock and jazz, Malia Grace took a bit of a different route in college: she started studying opera.

In the interview below, she talks about her musical upbringing, career in Austin, her experience performing at the CMJ Showcase, and the crowdfunding of her first EP.

-Where do your roots in music come from? How important was it to your music career to have grown up in Austin, surrounded by

Albert Hammond Jr. – Oneway Studio Sessions: “Losing Touch”

Albert Hammond Jr. is a favorite of ours for so many reasons. One of them being his performance of The Misfits’ “Last Caress” at live performances. Here, Hammond Jr. brings us a live studio performance of his new single, “Losing Touch” which was recorded at his home studio in New York earlier in May but just released today.

Described by Hammond Jr. as “a record about finding a new curiosity in life as a result of the loss of innocence that knowledge and time create,” Momentary Masters is out July 31 via Vagrant/BMG and is available for preorder HERE.

Check below for the video and dates for his US tour:

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – “This Life”

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have just premiered their new song, “This Life.” The song is from their forthcoming self-titled album due out July 23rd in the US and July 29th everywhere else.

“These songs mean everything to me,” said frontman Alex Ebert who produced the album. “It’s the rawest, most liberated, most rambunctious stuff we’ve done.”

AusScene: Kimbra

Somebody That I Used to Know. It’s the global hit – complete with number one spot in the Triple J Hottest 100 and a cover featured on Glee – that shot Gotye to international recognition, making for the ultimate grassroots-indie-dude-hitting-it-huge story, et cetera, et cetera.

But how much do you know about the velveteen vocals that coat the second verse; the gorgeous lady who stood starkers next to Wally whilst paint crept over her body; the second dimension that alleviates the song to its pivotal levels of tension?

Kimbra

That would be Kimbra, and damn, that girl is a talent.

Kimbra Lee Johnson’s image and sound is a mixture of sweet yet smouldering, cute yet fierce, mature yet youthful. On her debut album, Vows, the twenty-one year old took elements of the unconventional and the classic, moulding the two together into her own brand of versatile quirk.

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