Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon are the brains behind N.A.S.A. They’re going to put out an album called Spirit Of The Apollo in February next year. What makes it different from the rest? Because it has a plethora of guest stars. David Byrne, Karen O and Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, M.I.A [...]

Posted on December 12th, 2008 by Max
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DING DING! What would Stephen Colbert, an Emmy award winning comedian for his satirical TV show, The Colbert Report, have against self-proclaimed “voice of a generation” Kanye West? Well, it all boils down to iTunes charts. Kanye’s latest, 808s & Heartbreaks, went straight in at number 1 and denied Colbert’s soundtrack to his Christmas special, [...]

Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by Max
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Kanye West was arrested last week for attacking a photographer, for the second time this year, and this past weekend he put a pretty angry blog post in all capital letters on his website. For perhaps the only time in his spell of blog writing, the all capitals style seems to actually work. What does [...]

Posted on November 17th, 2008 by Max
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I’m not even joking when I say that the recently unveiled artwork for the new Kanye West album, 808s & Heartbreaks, could be the best thing about it. The deflated heart balloon, originally seen on the cover of Love Lockdown, is simple but effective. As for the colours on the left? They are colour codes [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Max
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After the pretty negative reaction to the previous version, Kanye West has succumbed to fan pressure and re-worked his new single, Love Lockdown. Whatever version he ends up using, it will be the first single from his fourth album, 808s & Heartbreaks. I didn’t hear the first version, so I can’t comment on whether or [...]

Posted on September 16th, 2008 by Max
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