We’ve already mentioned the fact that this Sunday’s Summerstage is gonna be one of the summer’s biggest jump-offs as Santogold, Diplo, A-Trak and more take the stage in New York’s Central Park. However, now the place to be after you manage to get drunk & sweaty is Santo’s Party House at 100 Lafayette St! Everything you need to know about the afterparty is on the flyer above, and check the flyer below for any and all information pertaining to the Summerstage event.  foolish!

You definitely don’t wanna miss this event, and to sweeten the deal (as if free music wasn’t enough) we’re giving out free shirts at the show!

Come out and get mad!

Mix tapes have always been an integral part of NYC’s underground culture and burgeoning music scene, and as such, Mishka is proud to carry on the tradition with the launch of Keep Watch. Featuring top DJs hailing from every genre and geographic corner, Mishka’s Keep Watch party-mixes celebrates one of the most widely practiced American art forms. Released on a semi regular basis (usually to accompanying party), the mixes will be available for free download through our site, the Bloglin and very shortly podcast on Itunes.

To kick off the Keep Watch series, we have invited our Canadian friends, Jokers of the Scene (JOTS), to put together something special just for you. This first volume by JOTS also celebrates the 5th anniversary of their high popular club night Disorganised,which has hosted the earliest Canadian appearances of such party heroes like MSTRKRFT, CSS, Diplo, Crystal Castles and Girl Talk. Listeners can expect to hear mind-melting mixes that are loud, fun and guaranteed to light up dance floors world wide.

For those looking for more mix mayhem from JOTS, be sure to catch their 5th Anniversary party live in Ottawa July 17th, 2008, with special guest Diplo!

Keep Watch Vol. 1: Jokers of the Scene (click to download)*

*ZShare is seemingly hammered with download requests that are occasionally giving “Internal Error” Messages when you click the link. The link is not broken, just be patient or try back later. We’re trying to get it fully running as a podcast by some point tonight in any event so hang tight… the mix is over an hour of goodness and totally worth the wait!

The Mix has now been uploaded on to our Doombox as well!

MADFOOLS IN THE PARK
Featuring:
Santogold
Diplo
A-Trak
Kid Cudi
Blaqstarr and Mz Streamz

Sunday July 20th, 2008.
3pm-7pm
Central Park Summer Stage

Get there early - there will be FREE shirts featuring the above artwork!

MANIC returns tonight with a special DJ set by Hearts of Darknesses! As always Goth, Industrial, New, Cold, Dark & Minimal Wave Goodness plus a Svedka Vodka open bar from 10:30-11:30pm!

Trophy Bar
351 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY
J/M/Z to Marcy Ave
G Train to Broadway

The Breeders play a free show this evening, July 13th at the McCarren Pool Parties in WIlliamsburg just to further prove that the Summer of ’08’s concert schedule is straight out of 1993. Kim & Kelly deal have a full on soccer mom look going on nowadays but the songs and their voices are still music to my ears as long as they opt for a Pod & Last Splash heavy set!

I’ll be honest, I never thought I’d ever be posting Fred Durst related news on the Bloglin but this was just to awesome to pass up. It seems the Limpest of all Bizkits has hit some sort of mid-life crisis. Fred’s got a whole new outlook and a whole new style! It seems he’s channeling our very own Mike Jones right down to suddenly developing a souther drawl! (WTF!??). This may be me but I’m pretty sure Fred Durst had a nasally white boy voice earlier in the decade. I kinda hope for his own sake Fred Durst is just a poor method actor and he’s just still “in part” for whatever the (straight to DVD) film he mentions acting in several times during the interview. Other highlights include Fred explaining his trademark Red NY Yankees Cap and just why you never got another Limp Bizkit album you were all hungering for. I think the best part though comes when Fred removes his ball cap…

You can watch a large 20 minute chunk of the interview on Tom Green’s website or watch the whole 50 or so minute interview in parts via Youtube.

Then again this is Tom Green and this all may just be one huge joke and the laughs on me! If it is, i’ll take that cookie and stick it up my *What!?*.

You may remembering Devo re-recording their song Whip It as “Swiff It” for a Swiffer commercial. Now they’ve made “Brush It” for a toothbrush that plays music inside your head. This opens up a Pandora’s box of what will be next. Musical tampons and toilet paper dispensers? You can’t parody Devo because they beat you to it every time.

Holler at your Booty Call boys this friday in Paris! With special guests Feadz (Ed Banger) & The Top Billin Crew!

Get wrecked!

There really is no need to introduce these guys. Welcome the Crookers to the mopster fam.Bangin hard beats from every angle they form the powerful Italian Triad (along side mopsters Bloody Beetroots and Congorock) that quickly spreading its tentacles on earth wind and fire. Prepair for combat!

Read up on them in the July issue of MixMag, see them destroy LA and get their BBC One Essential Mix! Instant classic!

The famous Mix CD series is back! Musical Murdah Vol 2: The Dark Issue! From the Stockholm native Selecta Seb-One. This is how Seb-One explains the mix in his own words:

This is mainly a hip hop & grime mix for the people who like dark and relatively slow beats. I’ve tried to capture a certain dark mood through the whole mix but it varies a little bit in other aspects. The first half is more hard hitting, bass driven and energetic with a lot of electro elements while the other half is more emotional and inspiring but yet powerful.

The Dark Issue is now up for listening on the Doombox and is available for sale at the Mishka Pop-Up Shop. For optimal listening, listen to the mix at night! And look out for more forthcoming volumes from Seb-One!

Reduced Admission HERE

All of this awesome metal reminded me of the original rocker video sensation: the mysterious Nicki Rose.

“The Rock Stars (Nicki’s Way)”

“Electric Warrior”

Yesterday my White Spider post spawned an email from my homie Darryl Polio Legs. He sent me a response to White Spider with a video by an indivdual who calls himself Madness Reign. I honestly think this man is a hidden jewel in this vast northern land(Quebec)! Watch and see for yourself, this dude shreds the GNARRR! I don’t even know if you will able to believe it.

SYMPTÔME DE POSSESSION

SOCIAL FUCKER

LIVE CKRL 89.1FM (JUST TO SHOW YOU HE IS NOT JOKING!)

Not an Usher fan? If you’re like me, then just fast-forward to 2:34.

Check out DTL in Mishka on Australia’s Pedestrian TV!

The Virgins finally have their first video! I love the homage to Robin Byrd and public access TV. Watch for Erik ripping off his shirt midway through the video. When I asked him about it, he admitted he was drunk.

I am a Martian…

So Tha Carter III “officially” released today (even though I doubt any of you that cared hadn’t already heard it) but rather than going into an in-depth review, I’d rather invite our readers to share their thoughts in the comments. Personally, I think it’s good and pretty much what I expected to hear from Wayne. Despite his limitless catalog of material and overall ridiculous level of hype, he’s yet to release what I consider a timeless & classic album. However, his lyrical creativity and effortless ability is paralleled by very few. Whether it’s a lack of overall focus or perhaps the desire to appease mainstream audiences with a generous dose of easily digestible club tracks, there is something about every Carter album that has plagued them from being on par with an album like Reasonable Doubt or Ready to Die.

I promised not to go into an in-depth review, but after spending the last few days discussing this album to mixed reviews amongst friends, I thought I’d see what some of our readers had to say. Besides, I couldn’t let this killer showcase of my photoshop skills go to waste.

Oi! Mopsters!

Welcome to the family TTC! The hypest group out of France since fries! You might be able to catch the separate members touring this summer around the world and most definitely in our area in the fall. Check out Teki Latex (in the pic) and the rest of the gangs solo efforts. Banging like bananas!

After terrorizing the US various times Institubes decides to take a breather to get dressed in some Mishka. No need for introductions… you know the steez! the rest is ashes!

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Congorock on the lose in the USA and Canada throughout June and July!

now… OPEN IT UP!

Being away from home and for as long as I have been the past week, I have to rely solely on new music for my audio entertainment and sanity because I didn’t bother to load up my new MacBook with any music. This means I can’t really do a new Digging For Fire installment. But thankfully this has been one of those weeks that has been chockfull of good releases.

First up is The Death Set’s Worldwide. I had been looking forward to this album since first seeing their video for Negative Thinking some time ago. It’s one of those albums that totally signal the start of the summer, going out and being carefree. It’s totally lo-fi, full of energy and one giant rah-rah-go team, go sing chant set to some crunchy guitars and blissfully simple keyboards. It like BS 2000 punching The Go Team in the face because they tried to flirt with Bis.

Then there is The Virgin’s self-titled debut. It’s gong to be very hard for me to be un-biased because of our personal connection to the band, but I’ll try. While this is way more commercial than I normally listen to… I can’t knock it for that simple fact. It took a few listens to dull up it’s initial polish, but soon after it got super infectious. Even though I was familiar and enjoyed lo-fi versions of some of these songs for quite some time, none of those previous incarnations were able to burrow into the back of my head and not want to leave the way these new slick and deliberate produced versions have.

And finally my favorite album of the past week, Ladytron’s Velocifero. I love Ladytron and am so glad they transcended their initial tag of being just another of a handful of Electroclash bands. Their last album The Witching Hour was so cold and stark that hearing Velocifero against it is like comparing a birthday party to a wake. And while Velocifero is still treading in the same cold & dark territory the band focused on during The Witching Hour, they do however this time infuse it with the same familiar synth-pop sensibilities that made their debut album 604 so beloved. I feel compelled to call this a return to form, but then I quickly realize the band has never put out a bad album.

I’ve tried to write something witty to go along with this video and I just can’t! Just watch the damn clip.