Pretty Lights pretty much runs the game with the free download market, unleashing free full-length albums on people that are easily better than 90% of the for-pay fodder clogging up iTunes archives. The latest is a free download of his new remix for Radiohead’s “Everything in its Right Place” mashed up with Nirvana’s “All Apologies” […]
8
Jun
Everything in its Right Place + All Apologies + Closer mashup
22
Mar
Nick Bertke finally tackles The Lord of the Rings
Another ingenious cinematic-inspired remix from Pogo, this time sourced from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. “Murmurs Of Middle-Earth” is the first LOR track from Pogo (aka Nick Bertke), who’s not exactly choosing hyper-relevant source material here but still delivers another beautiful track. Like the Snow White’s re-edit he did awhile back, all sounds come […]
21
Mar
Deconstructing Hollywood's insatiable need to make what has already been made
You can’t help but notice: of the top 10 highest grossing movies in each of the last 10 years, an alarming 74 out 100 are adaptations of existing material: comic books, books, video games, sequels, reboots, et al. Everything Is a Remix is a 4-part series exploring the remix techniques involved in producing such films. […]
17
Dec
Greg Gillis drops first video from All Day mixtape
Fresh off Girl Talk’s latest mashterpiece, All Day Mixtape, comes the video for “Oh No”. Blending up Luda, M.I.A., Sabbath, California Swag District, Aaliyah, Ramones, Missy…you get the drift…
15
Nov
Greg Gillis' 4th Opus given to the people for FREE
Pittsburgh’s resident mashup king Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, is back with his fourth album today, All Day (remember his NYE Chicago Documentary?). Probably a good day for the release to take his mind off things, considering the ass whomping his beloved Steelers suffered last night at the hands of their rival Patriots. Although it’s […]
21
Sep
Greg Gillis blows up Chicago, films behind-the-scenes for Pitchfork
Today PitchforkTV debuted their documentary covering Girl Talk’s much buzzed about New Year’s Eve concert in Chicago of this year. If you’ve ever seen Girl Talk (aka Greg Gillis) live, you know he’s one of the most energized, fist-in-the-air performers out there. The blood and sweat Pittsburgh’s favorite son pours into each show is undeniable, […]
5
Aug
(500) Days of Weezy
“This is not a mashup album, this is an album about Wayne,” claims the producer of (500) Days of Weezy — a 15-song homage to the craziest man left in the rap game. From My Sick Uncle: “Weezy F. Baby might be staring at the same four walls for the next few months, but that […]
31
Mar
Biggie Smalls mashes it up with the beloved indie band du jour
It’s a good week for free mixtapes. After Asher Roth dropped his foodie mix Seared Foie Gras with Quince and Cranberry, San Fransisco’s wait what decided to mash up Biggie Smalls with beloved indie band du jour The XX and titled it The Notorious XX. As he explains, “the notorious xx began as an idea […]
