In case you were getting sick of him spitting fire spoken-word style (jk, that’s not possible), the Excelano alum/Superman has released the rap single “Don’t Let Me Go.” Produced by fellow Quaker RJ Ferguson (who also does stuff with Hoodie Allen), it just showed up on Hype Machine. So “heart” it, then download for free right here!
We hooked ya up in June with a Hoodie Allen track
And for the end of summer he’s coming right back
With a chill new song you can jam to on the go
Or by yourself in your room with the AC on low
Another download brought to you by UTB
Just right-click, “save link as” and it’s all free
“Words of Wisdom” should put Hoodie on the map
Bet y’all hataz didn’t think that a blog could rap!
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Last weekend was WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival on the Camden Waterfront! And since UTB and XPN share a love for Penn, puns, and being awesome, they asked is if we wanted to come pop by on Sunday and catch all the blogworthy action.
The festival was a big success, with great bands like Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Dawes, Fool’s Gold and Philly’s own Dr. Dog, who made references to Baltimore Avenue and 2nd Mile in his songs. Amidst all the frolicking between stages and yummy food stands, we sat down to talk to a few of the members of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros before they went onstage. Check out our interview after the jump!
Need some new tunes? Try out “Africa,” the newest EP by Penn student ‘Golden Ages’ (not his real name, we checked Penn Directories- doesn’t exist).
As its title suggests, the album does contain a cover of Toto’s song of the same name. Golden Ages is described as mix between Animal Collective and Fuck Buttons, and the newest EP has been praised by Pitchfork (read: hipster-approved). Joking aside, it is a fun take on Toto’s classic, and definitely a great summer song.
You can listen to “Africa” here .
Like what you hear? Download the EP free here (it’s legal, don’t worry).
The days are still getting longer, and the official First Day of Summer is just a couple days away! Whatever pagan solstice parties you have planned for this weekend, there’s hardly a better place to get started on your flower crowns than Clark Park’s annual Arts & Music Festival this Saturday.
The Festival will celebrate the longest day of the year as well as Clark Park’s 40th anniversary with over 40 local artisans selling their wares, 10 local bands and even a couple dance and theater acts. There will be plenty of food and plenty of merriment to be had, carrying on from noon until sundown–which, of course, is the latest it will be all year.
We know you’ve been anxiously awaiting the next installment of Summer Street. It’s here at last, and chock-full of reviews. We’ll give you the low down on the latest box-office arrivals, from heart-wrenching medical docu-dramas to the return of the cosmo-sipping foursome.
Check out our reviews of the latest Billboard chart-toppers, and decide whether you’ll be dowloading souped-up vintage swagger or mellow Heartland hymns. Finally, sync your calendars with our to-do list; you don’t want to miss what we’ve got planned.
This is off his forthcoming mini-mixtape, The Diamond Cuts.
Your friendly neighborhood Penn-rapper-turned-Penn-alum-rapper Hoodie Allen is at it again this summer. He’s sent over his newest track to UTB, presumably because he knows we’re funky-fresh.
You can listen to it right here, and then to download just right-click it and choose “Save Link As.” Pump this one on the way to the beach, your swanky internship, the liquor store, or wherever you’re at, and then demand Hoodie make more songs about Penn. Graduation is not an excuse to stop rapping about college!
Summer’s here, kids, which for us Philadelphians means achieving that balance of complaining about the humidity while still finding any excuse to go outside. Usually the best way to lure us out of the AC is something involving food, be it backyard BBQs, water ice, or that creepy irritating charming little tune of the ice cream truck that will remain in our head for days afterward.
But another fun way to get food and be outside at the same time is through the classic setup of the farmers’ market! You may be familiar with some of the current ones, like the weekly Clark Park market (Clarket? Parket? Clark Park Mark?), but now everybody’s favorite summer sublet hotspot is jumping on the ol’ hay wagon and taking it for a spin around what is apparently called the “Radian plaza.”
According to the DP, there’s even going to be live music at these weekly events, from performers such as the West Philadelphia Orchestra and Unidos da Filadelfia, so feel free to brush up on your samba skills before stopping by to peruse all the yummy treats from local vendors. The farmers’ market starts on June 4 and will continue every Friday through July from noon until 2pm, so be sure to stop by and let us know what you think!
Hint: one of these is cooler than the others
When we saw the words “Wharton Business Technology Conference“, we were one mouse click away from sending that baby to the trash. But then one name caught our eyes.
Yes, that’s right, ladies and gents: M.C. Hammer will be in the house.
The Grammy-winning rapper, record label CEO and reality T.V. producer will be one of the keynote speakers for the Feb. 26th event. He’ll also be bringing a decade of wireless and mobile technology expertise—and twitter savvy—to a panel covering social networking. In other words, this should be completely awesome.
No word yet on whether he’ll be donning a business suit. Fingers crossed for return of the Hammer pant.
So, in honor of this ’90s legend, let’s get it started after the jump:
Remember that “M.U.S.I.C. for Your Mind” crew that put on the actually kind of awesome Girl Talk show?
Apparently they’re at it again– sorta. MUSIC FYM has started hardcore promoting an upcoming Lupe Fiasco concert in conjunction with (the definitely not random) SPEC, Pi Kapp, and Kappa Sig. The event’s Facebook group has like 800 people in it already.
Lupe coming here to actually perform? Sweet! Let’s all go right now and buy tickets and mark it in our calendars and– wait. There’s not actually a date yet. You can only reserve your tickets in a Google spreadsheet. And they don’t have an opener. Weeelll, MUSIC FYM, you better not be getting our hopes up– we’re trying to get our Superstar on as soon as possible.
All-star tipster Emily Kaplan sends us this snapshot of the Glee Club serenading in the Bookstore. Cute! If you haven’t stopped by the bookstore yet today, you should go now. Also, is this the Glee Club? We think so. We hope so.
Tonight’s the SPEC Fall Concert! We’re sure you all read the interviews with the bands from this week’s Street, but maybe that wasn’t enough. Maybe you want to know what Pains of Being Pure at Heart singer Kip Berman had to say about autumn, football and how much Smashing Pumpkins he’s been listening to. Good news: we have outtakes from the interview on those very subjects and so much more!
Street: This is going to be the fall concert – what’s your favorite thing about fall?
Kip Berman: Oh my God, it’s my favorite season. And my birthday’s in the fall. I love football. Birthday, football, changing leaves…I also like sweaters a lot. When fall comes around I can start wearing sweaters again, which is true to my indie pop nature. It could be seen as cliche but it’s true. I especially like argyle ones. The World Series is fun, too.
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Remember the guys we interviewed in Street last year who talked about throwing poppy seed bagels into the crowd at shows and having beef with the Latin Kings? Well now they go by Hoodie Allen and they’re a totally big deal. Time Out New York even added them to “Jamie Falkowski’s impressive survey of up-and-coming white hip-hop movers and shakers.”
Along with being hyped on a handful of major hip-hop blogs, their mix tape, entitled “Making Waves” and available for free download here, was nominated for an mtvU Woodie Award for Best Music on Campus. A Woodie for Hoodie Allen? That’s like Dananananaykroyd winning a Daniel!
It seems too good to be true, and it actually might be, unless you vote for them. Check out the full track list after the jump.
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Like real life Rock Band!
A couple of weeks ago we told you about how to enter the Fall Festival Battle of the Bands, and now our friends over at SPEC have clued us in to who made the cut. On Saturday, Oct. 10, each of the seven bands will play a 20-minute set. The battle is going down from 2:30-6, and will take place on College Green.
Your battlers are:
Mask & Wig
Pan-Am
Penn Rock
Redheads are Trouble
Sex Panther
Stone Kansas
Young Broke Romantics
Make sure to check out the band bios in the October 8th issue of Street.
Long ago, during the International Year Of Older Persons, which happened to also be the standard-setting year for all future partying, there was this way cool group of Urban Studies students at Penn. With the help of Profs Benson and Harkavy of the Center for Community Partnerships, these go-getters took their aforementioned cool, mixed it with some good ole’ fashioned passion, and created what we now know as The Rotunda. We’re pretty sure they got an A+ on the project, since this music and arts venue has now hosted over 2,000 events, all organized by a group of volunteers and staff members who are “fueled by the belief that art is a catalyst for social change.”
Hopefully you’ve checked out The Rotunda by now (We have, lots of times), and plan on checking it out again on Oct. 1. But if you’ve never been, that’s okay too, because The Rotunda is turning two whole hands this weekend, and you’re invited to the party!
Like most ten year olds, The Rotunda will commemorate its birth with a weekend-long celebration of the arts. Details about the goings on (which will include live music, art auctions, film screenings, dancing, and of course, cake), after the jump.
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