Maker's 46

Whiskey. A man's drink. And now, a new top shelf Bourbon for your bold taste buds. In fact, the first new Bourbon from top shelf Maker's Mark in 52 years. Maker's 46 is created with a fully matured that is emptied and re-barreled for several more months. This stuff a spicier 94 proof bourbon with a tinge of caramel and vanilla. The most interesting man in the world doesn't always drink beer..

Lissie-Pursuit of Happiness cover

A pretty unique cover of one of the most well known Cudi tracks "Pursuit of Happiness".  Lissie's rendition takes lyrics that (in my opinion) would be difficult to cover interestingly. Either way, its hard not to like a cute blonde girl playing guitar singing a rap song..

From Lissie's website,

She was born in Rock Island, Illinois, one of the Quad Cities, on the banks of the Mississippi River. It’s the city that inspired Rock Island Line, and that bore Bix Beiderbecke, it’s the stuff of spring floods and pick-up trucks and bona fide blue collar country music. “I think that people often want to focus on that side of me,” Lissie says, “But it wasn’t like we were all sitting on the porch having a hootenanny writing the album; I grew up listening to gangsta rap just like millions of other American teenagers. There are many sounds and experiences that have influenced and inspired my music.”

The Roots- How I Got Over preview

The Roots' new album How I Got Over hits the shelves tomorrow.

 




















A live performance of the Roots' "Dear God 2.0" featuring Monsters of Folk with Jimmy Fallon's entire ensemble including a tuba player.






But wait, there's more! A 1:30 preview of each song from the album.....

AudioDax: The Annexation, coming to a town near you

Just checked my inbox to find a freshhh new track from the guys of Audiodax. "Right Way" is a little teaser plucked from their brand new mixtape,  The Annexation , due out by the end of the month. Once again, I'm diggin their sound and lyrics, right down to the Harry Potter reference.  Definitely supporting these guys  and looking forward to hearing the rest of the mixtape.

AudioDax- Right Way
Right Way.mp3

When BP Spills Coffee

It is hard to believe, but it has been over two months since BP's Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank causing a massive oil well to spew thousands of gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico. With Americans becoming increasingly frustrated with the containment efforts, some have decided to strip naked, making complete asses of themselves (no pun intended).



I'll admit that I'm a little frustrated myself because it seems as though BP is completely incompetent, but I'm also realistic about what people can do to actually help the issue. Such as donating to the Sea Bird Sanctuary or volunteering. With the realization that this will achieve nothing, I hope these people will lighten up, put some damn clothes on, and go home to watch this sketch by UCBComedy:

Music+Europe=LA BLOGOTHEQUE

So, you may or may not have seen the video of Vampire Weekend playing in a courtyard in France for the Les Concerts a Emporter series. If you haven't it is awesome and you should youtube it. However, there are some other notable performances by Refinity favorites like Fleet Foxes, Yeasayer, Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, and Phoenix over at LA BLOGOTHEQUE.

Todos los conciertos

The coolest aspect about these unique short films is each band plays their songs stripped down and in random places across Europe and America. Sick scenery and footage.

Justin Vernon's got pipes..don't miss the babe around 2 minutes


On a side note...Here is an awesome song to kick it to this summer by Two Door Cinema Club.