News: Lily Allen and Mason Proper Remixed, Beastie Boys are old, Gossip & Jetpacks Tour

Not Fair (Dr Rosen Rosen Rx) 1 comment

Lily Allen - Not Fair

Here's a roundup of some music news that's come across news.weheartmusic.com.

I don't know how this is entirely legal, but LA-producer Doctor Rosen Rosen remixed Lily Allen's album, It's Not Me, It's You and made it available as a free download on his website, doctorrosenrosen.com. The only thing that he claim to have lifted is Allen's original vocal tracks and that all the background and mix is completely original.

Clearly the man is in love with Lily Allen. He admitted to first seeing the video for "Smile" in "a crappy hotel room" while on tour in Iceland. Ever since then, he's been a fan. He reached out to her record label to see if they were commissioning remixes for her new record, but of course, they weren't interested. But that wouldn't stop a man obsessed, right? So what we have here is an un-endorsed, unofficial release of a "darker" remixed album of It's Not Me, It's You.

While I think this is a good marketing ploy to expose non-fans to Lily Allen, it's also great exposure for this producer/mixer Doctor Rosen Rosen as well. Unfortunately, I think the lawyers won't agree on my views.

Mason Proper - Safe For The Time Being (The Paronomasiac Remix)

Safe For The Time Being

Speaking of free downloads, goldestegg.com tells me that the new Remix EP from Mason Proper (official/myspace/W♥M) is available for free. The link I'm given is zShare. You get "Safe for the Time Being" remixed by The Paronomasiac and Wallpaper. (I recently mentioned his remix of Das Racist, calling it "d-u-m"). What's cool is the EP also includes a video for "Safe for the Time Being".

Mason Proper is currently on tour:

Jul 30 The Casbah San Diego, CA *
Jul 31 The Troubadour Los Angeles, CA *
Aug 1 Slim's San Francisco, CA *
Aug 3 Doug Fir Portland, OR *
Aug 4 Chop Suey Seattle, WA *
Aug 11 Frederik Meijer Garden Grand Rapids, MI (w/ grrRoPoLis)
Sept 16-19 Pygmalion Festival Champaign-Urbaba, IL (w/ Iron & Wine, Lucero, Ra Ra Riot)

* w/ Stellastarr* and Wild Light

There's no doubt about it, the Beastie Boys are old. Even Triumph the Insult Dog pointed this out at their recent Bonnaroo appearance.

You've gone from "Check Your Head" to "Check Your Prostate".

Apparently Adam ("MCA") Yauch was diagnosed with "cancerous tumor in his left parotid (salivary) gland". It's treatable, but unfortunately it affected MCA's vocal chords... as a result, Beastie Boys canceled all upcoming concert appearances.

From a video statement on Beastieboys.com:

I just need to take a little time to get this in check, and then we'll release the record and play some shows. It's a pain in the neck (sorry had to say it) because I was really looking forward to playing these shows, but the doctors have made it clear that this is not the kind of thing that can be put aside to deal with later.

- Adam Yauch

Since I am a fan of Gossip (official/myspace/W♥M) and my review was done prior to their US tour dates (they were at the time doing promotional touring in the UK, where you have to admit Europeans loves Gossip more than Americans). So here's the US Tour dates, courtesy of sonymusic.com:

October 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
October 8 Philadelphia, PA TLA
October 9 New York, NY Terminal 5
October 11 Boston, MA Paradise
October 15 Detroit, MI Majestic Theater
October 16 Chicago, IL Metro
October 17 Madison, WO Orpheum
October 19 Denver, CO Bluebird
October 20 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
October 23 Seattle, WA Showbox
October 24 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
October 25 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
October 26 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater
October 29 Austin, TX Emo’s
October 30 Little Rock, AR Vino’s

Thanks to motormouthmedia.com for sending in some information and upcoming tour dates for We Were Promised Jetpacks. Jetpack's latest album, These Four Walls was released earlier this month, their upcoming tour schedule:

09.13 Morrison, CO @ Monolith Festival *
09.14 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
09.15 Boise, ID @ Neurolux *
09.16 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's *
09.17 Portland, OR @ Musicfest NW @ Dante's *
09.18 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent *
09.20 Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory *
09.22 Tucson, AZ @ Plush *
09.24 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk *
09.26 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree *
09.27 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *
09.28 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder *
09.29 Orlando, FL @ The Social *

* All dates with Frightened Rabbit

More information about Jetpacks and Twilight Sad on news.whm.

Hype Machine Popular (7-20-09)

Elizabeth & the Catapult - Race You

Finally, W♥M made some news, however minor it was. One of our tracks for Elizabeth & The Catapult became wildly popular on The Hype Machine! It peaked at #10 on the popular list, which are ranked when a Hype user marked the song as "love". As soon as the track hit the top 20, the "love" number grew quickly to 170 (just to give you an idea, average 'loved' W♥M tracks are about 1 to 5).

After three days, The Hype Machine dropped the song off their ranking.