(Photo by Jefferson Gaddis; Editing by Yours Truly)
Bon Iver (pronounced bohn eevair) is an artist I’ve wanted to tell you faithful/fleeting readers about for a long time.
After being hit with a serious sickness, as well as the breakup of a band and a relationship, Iver, whose birth name is Justin Vernon, retreated to his father’s [...]
For Emma, For Iver
A Milli and One
This hurr’s an “A Milli” remix.
There are so many out there, but this one is the most impressive: it almost transforms it into easy listening. Mixed and mashed by The Tape’s own Tristan Rodman a.k.a. Swine Forkbeard, “A Milli/Porcelain” is a mashup of Lil Wayne’s 2008 smash hit with Moby’s 2000 club banger.
Earlier this year, [...]
Oh…My…God
A YouTube fiend, I’m always listening to random songs or watching obscure videos I am linked to. This being said, it takes a solid song to make me revisit it again. And again. And again.
Ida Maria’s “Oh My God” is one of those. A stunning, jittery video, “God”’s lyrical force assaults the listener in a [...]
2009 is the new 2004
What’s a better way to ring in the new year than another Black Album mash-up?
This one’s from Minty Fresh Beats, a New York City based DJ. He’s decided to take on the daunting task of mixing some of Radiohead’s greatest hits with Jay-Z’s “Final Album”. It’s not 2004’s Grey Album, produced by the now-legendary DJ [...]
