N.A.S.A.

N.A.S.A. (North America South America) is a collaboration between New York producer Squeak E. Clean and Brazilian DJ DJ Zegon. They were able to get a TON of interesting people to collaborate on their new album The Spirit of Apollo which is due Feb 17.

Here is a list a few artists who are featured on The Spirit of Apollo:

Kanye West
Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Lykke Li
George Clinton
Method Man
Tom Waits
M.I.A.
E-40
Lovefoxxx (CSS)
Chali 2na (Jurassic 5)
Spank Rock
DJ AM
The Cool Kids
Seu Jorge
Ghostface Killah
Z-Trip
Santogold
Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

Check out this song (right click, save as to download):
N.A.S.A. - Whatchadoin Feat M.I.A, Santogold, Spank Rock, and Nick Zinner mp3


N.A.S.A is performing on the 3rd night of Coachella.


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Grammys!

This years show was the best music award show in a couple years. It was really cool to be able to see performances from Lil' Wayne, Kanye, Justin Timberlake, Adele, M.I.A, Radiohead, and Paul McCartney all in the same room and same night. It seems that FINALLY the Grammys are attempting to be a bit more interesting and are stepping in a responsible direction.

Recent music award shows (esssspecially MTV) really seemed to lack artistic edge. They completely ignore the "indie world" (which really isn't all that indie anymore) and the fact that there are worthy musicians out there that write undeniably better songs than many of the pop artists who actually win the awards.

I think this is where the Oscars and other film award shows sorta have it right. They dont give awards to Good Charlottes and Avenge Seven Folds. Instead they give them to Radioheads and M.I.As.




Also... Watch out for XL Recordings. I think they are going to be a big part of the future of the not so indie indie world.