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09

Feb

John Mark Nelson ( ) - “Reminisce”

Damn, this kid is talented beyond his years.  Great track.  Def take a listen

nprmusic:

When people hear John Mark Nelson’s music for the first time, there’s often a sense of disbelief. With arrangements that recall the work of veteran songwriters, the 19-year-old Minnetonka, Minn., native has been recording sophisticated compositions since he was 14.

Watch him and his cadre of teenage friends make their radio debut on Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current, as they perform the song “Reminisce.”

13

Dec

MTV ‘A Christmas Story’ Postcards Musician Edition
This is so freakin’ awesome haha.
Via rapcoloringbook:
MTV asked us to design a series of postcards for them that plugged musicians into A Christmas Story, the greatest Christmas of all-time. We created six total. Frank Ocean is above, obvs. Go here to see the rest. If you’d like them to send you a couple for free, just email them at postcards()mtvhive()com. 
Rap Coloring Book on Twitter

MTV ‘A Christmas Story’ Postcards Musician Edition


This is so freakin’ awesome haha.

Via rapcoloringbook:

MTV asked us to design a series of postcards for them that plugged musicians into A Christmas Story, the greatest Christmas of all-time. We created six total. Frank Ocean is above, obvs. Go here to see the rest. If you’d like them to send you a couple for free, just email them at postcards()mtvhive()com. 

Rap Coloring Book on Twitter

08

Mar

Listen to Black Birch Dogs EP ‘Dowdy Brandr’

If you’re into Bon Iver and that type of sound/music (i.e., acoustic, singer songwriter), you should listen to Black Birch Dogs EP ‘Dowdy Brandr.’  Very smooth, relaxing.  I def recommend it.  Here’s the link to the EP.

27

Feb

BON IVER - “Towers”

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so soothing…

21

Feb

New Parents Jay-Z & Beyonce Welcome a Host of Celebrities Who Come To See Blue Ivy Carter  (SNL SKIT; LMFAOooo Hilarious!!!)

LMFAOoOOOOo hahahahahaha!!!!  I’m dying at all this especially Prince, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver hahahaha!!!  Hahaha at Beyonce singing about her parting along w/ Brad & Angelina trynna steal the baby hahaha!

03

Feb

We wanted to play our music, but we were told that we couldn’t play. We had to do a collaboration with someone else. And we just felt like it was such a large stage. We’re getting nominated for this record that we made… and all of a sudden we were being asked to play music that had nothing to do with that. We kind of said ‘fuck you’ a little bit and they sort of acted like they wanted us to play, but I don’t think they wanted us to play.

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on why his band is not performing at the Grammys. (via pitchfork) …AMEN!  Thank goodness true artists still exist.

^^ What he told Billboard’s reporter last night at a party celebrating Bon Iver’s Bushmills campaign. Our original story, with an abundance of lovely little f-bombs.

(via billboard)

(Source: billboard.biz)

12

Jan

#WeAreMusic 54th GRAMMY Awards Campaign

Maaaaan, these are some sick illustrations…I give props where props are due.  Dope marketing/promo campaign by the GRAMMY foundation.

(Source: thegrammys)

08

Jul

Adele- I Can’t Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt Cover)

ISH knows…simply beautiful…Bonnie Raitt’s song has also been gaining buzz lately.  Bon Iver did a beautiful rendition of this song about 1-2 weeks ago too.  Enjoy.

06

Jul

Bon Iver - I Can’t Make You Love Me / Nick of Time


Simply beautiful…just feel the music…

Get it here.

29

Jun

CHART TALK: Jill Scott Reigns Supreme, Bon Iver Celebrates, Adele Stays Strong

ISH knows…another week, another strong showing for Adele (#3 with 101,000 (down 12%).  “21 spends its 18th week lodged in the top three of the chart while its cumulative sales rise to 2.43 million. It continues to reign as the U.S.’ top-selling album of 2011.” 

Props to the very talented Jill Scott for her first #1 album.

BTW, boy is GaGa hurting LMAO: Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” dips four to No. 8 (49,000; down 27%).  OUCH!!!

Read the whole scoop here via Billboard.