Indie City Song of the week

The Uncomfortable Truth by Nneka.

This is really Good sh%t... grossly overlooked and underestimated... Nneka is a Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Warri, in the Delta region of Nigeria and then relocated to Hamburg, Germany at the age of 18.

THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH is off of her first US album release "CONCRETE JUNGLE."

Dig it...

The Uncomfortable Truth - Nnek...

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

OK... so.... BRMC...... Black Rebel Motorcycle Club comes out with a new album on March 9th... I have been somewhat aware over the past few months but recently... totally spaced.... completely forgot about it...

Anyway BRMC is one my favorite bands of the past 10 years and they have show dates scheduled in LA at the ECHOPLEX (JUST up the road on Sunset, literally TWO minutes from my place) on 3/11... the 12th and the 14th... all of which are now SOLD OUT... dammit...

Maybe I will hit Craigslist and see if I can score a couple of tickets....

BUT they are playing at House of Blues in Anaheim on the 16th... currently NOT sold out...

Anaheim ain't SO bad... right?

AND... the new stuff is pretty good.... I just listened to a few tracks on their Myspace page...

http://www.myspace.com/blackrebelmotorcycleclub

My top 5 BRMC songs would be:

1>> "Shuffle Your Feet"
2>> "Berlin"
3>> "Faultline"
4>> "Weapon of Choice"
5>> "Ain't No Easy Way"

Just sayin....

Indie City Song of the week

LITTLE SUNRISE from the Album INTO THE WIND by Bei Bei & Shawn Lee is a sweet little suckatash of song by Gu Zheng performer Bei Bei and Ubiquity producer Shawn Lee. It's a beautiful example of true world fusion, mixing contemporay funk and traditional Eastern music, showcasing Bei Bei's mastery of the GU ZHENG, an ancient Chinese instrument, a plucked half-tube zither with movable bridges and 21 strings.

Little Sunrise - Bei Bei & Sha...

If you've got the time and the inclination, check out the entire album... if not... HOT THURSDAY off the same album is also well worth the 3 minutes.

The 2010 Official Streamy Awards Nominees....

Nominees in the OVERALL SERIES categories....

http://www.streamys.org

Best Comedy Web Series
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Easy to Assemble
The Guild
The Legend of Neil
Wainy Days

Best Drama Web Series
Angel of Death
Compulsions
OzGirl
The Bannen Way
Valemont

Best Hosted Web Series
A Comicbook Orange
Diggnation
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show
Know Your Meme
The Totally Rad Show

Best Reality or Documentary Web Series
Interview Project
Mommy XXX
RADAR
Streak to Win
The Secret Life of Scientists

Best News or Politics Web Series
Auto-Tune the News
Rocketboom
The Tomorrow Show with Mo Rocca
The Young Turks
VBS News

Best Foreign Web Series
Flying Kebab
Girl Number 9
Noob
OzGirl
Riese

Best New Web Series
$5 Cover: Memphis
Girl Number 9
Odd Jobs
Old Friends
The Bannen Way

Best Companion Web Series
Assassin’s Creed: Lineage
Dexter: Early Cuts
Harper’s Globe
The Office: Subtle Sexuality
Weeds: University of Andy

Best Animated Web Series
Eli’s Dirty Jokes
Happy Tree Friends
Homestar Runner
How It Should Have Ended
Zero Punctuation

Best Branded Entertainment Web Series
Back on Topps (Topps)
Brainstorm (Altoids)
Easy to Assemble (IKEA)
Parts Art (Lexus)
The Temp Life (Spherion)

Best Experimental Web Series
Auto-Tune the News
Green Porno
HBO Cube
INST MSGS
Level 26

Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series
(Coming Soon!)