For more info on the Pablove Foundation click here.

Amoeba Records – Hollywood

1.) Muse – Resistance
2.) Jay Z – Blueprint 3
3.) The Beatles – Abbey Road
4.) Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon
5.) The Beatles – White Album
6.) Porcupine Tree – Incident
7.) Megadeath – Endgame
8.) Whitney Houston – I Look to You
9.) The Beatles – Revolver
10.) Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Week Ending – 9/15/2009

Tony Allen (l) and Jimi Tenor (r)

Strut Records Information Inspiration series is the product of spontaneous collaborations between two musical forces. Past contributions have come from Sly & Robbie & Amp Fiddler, Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle, Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics. Strut’s latest series will feature legendary Fela Kuti drummer and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen paired with Finnish experimental musician Jimi Tenor. “Selfish Gene” is off of Information Inspiration – Volume #4 due out October 27th.

Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen – Selfish Gene
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Cha Cha
Sly & Robbie & Amp Fiddler – Drama Inside
Ashley Beedle & Horace Andy – When the Rain Falls

Download:
Sly & Robbie & Amp Fiddler – Inspiration Information (iTunes)
Ashley Beedle & Horace Andy – Inspiration Information 2 (iTunes)
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information 3 (iTunes)

Mos Def and Dan Auerbach

The Black Keys along with Damon Dash are set to release a rap/rock album entitled BlakRoc featuring MC’s such as RZA, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch & Raekwon. Apparently the guys from Onyx are not happy about it – N-Plez. To pre-order the CD and vinyl (click here).

Onyx

[Via – The Boombox – via Daily Swarm]
The original mad rappers, Onyx, are back, and they’re not happy about Damon Dash’s ‘Blak Roc’ collaboration album with The Black Keys. In a recent interview on Angela Yee and Leah Rose’s Lip Service radio show on Shade 45, the baldhead rappers discussed yelled about Dash’s project, which features notable MC’s like Ludacris, Jim Jones, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch and more.

“N—-s is biting the whole f—in’ movement,” explained a ticked off Fredro Starr. “The ‘Black Rock’ s—, we been rocking with that. Now I’m hearing other n—-s coming out with it…I ain’t sayin’ no f—in’ names. You know what it is man, holla at me n—-, 100 mad n—-s with guns n—-, stop playing games with me!” Continue Reading.

Horse Feathers

October 23rd – Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard @ El Rey Theatre
November 17th – Horse Feathers @ Bootleg
December 2nd – J. Tillman @ Troubadour

J. Tillman – Lilac Hem
Horse Feathers – Walking & Running

Download:
J. Tillman – I Will Return (iTunes)
Horse Feathers – Words Are Dead (iTunes)

Black Keys

The Black Keys – Summertime Blues [Eddie Cochran]
Pet Ghost Project – Box Elder [Pavement Cover]

I have a pair of tickets to give away for the Autolux show Friday night @ the El Rey Theatre. Please email me @ rollogrady@gmail.com. For additional tix (click here).

Autolux – Asleep At The Trigger

Download:
Autolux – Future Perfect (iTunes)