KRS-1/Buckshot: Blast Mastering

KRS-1

BUCKSHOT

Photos by SCOTT FROST/SHAWN O'BRICK

In a hip-hop clash we thought we'd never see, Blaster Master KRS-1 and Buckshot from Black Moon were together on one stage, flipping back and forth between their own classics and the soon-to-be-labeled classics off the surprising tandem's new disc, "Survival Skills."

The Trocadero in Philly opened up its century old building to host a free coming out party for "Survival Skills," which dropped only the day before, Tuesday. It was a dream meeting of sorts. And a form of education into emceeing, as KRS-1 explained from the stage. In fact the major theme from "Survival Skills" is real deal emceeing, and how the world's done itself wrong by believing, following and accepting fake, phony-ass rappers that constantly spit nothing but mindless nonsense.

While the highlight was witnessing these two icons on stage as one complete lyrical entity, it was also nice to hear the team's modern collaborations. Of course, the crowd - which screamed "Educate Me!" whenever KRS-1 grabbed the mic - erupted when the guys spit its classics.

Buckshot closed the show with "Who Got Da Props," while also dropping iconic Black Moon classics from the '90s, "Buck 'Em Down," "Who Got the Props," "I Got Cha Opin" and "How Many Emcees ..."

The Blast Master tamed the crowd with his hits "Sound of the Police" and "Bridge Is Over," while getting the crowd reciting loudly to the classic B-side "Hip-Hop Vs. Rap." The highlight, however, saw KRS-1 rapping over two classical pieces, including a mash-up of "You Must Learn" with the wedding march, "Pacabells Cannon."

Simply a great night for the 150 some odd people who took advantage of a unique blend of supreme rap minds on a quiet Wednesday evening in Philly. 

KRS-1

KRS-1

BUCKSHOT

On the Beat: Sept. 17-23

Rap queens Salt-N-Pepa headline tonight's Back to the Old School concert at Trenton's Sovereign Bank Arena.

Salt-N-Pepa

The condom-pushing rap queens bettered hip-hop’s public image with its controversial call-to-arms, “Lets Talk About Sex.” But lets not forget Hurby “Love Bug” formed the crew to kick up the party with his bouncy beats. And that’s what always happens to this day – 20 years later - when a deejay drops “Push It” on an unsuspecting crowd of old school heads. Maybe they’ll have their matching cardigans, skin-tight bodysuits and ginormous fake gold earrings on when headlining the “Back to the Old School” concert at the Sovereign Bank Arena (81 Hamilton Ave., Trenton) on Saturday night. Talk about a dance party: the show also features club classics from Rob Base “It Takes Two,” Snap “Power,” C&C Music Factory (“Gonna Make You Sweat”), Too Live Crew (“Me So Horny”), Tone Loc “Wild Thang,” Coolio (“Fantastic Voyage”) and Naughty By Nature (“Hip-Hop Hooray”). The Dynamic 3 plays, too. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $28, $38 and $58. 

Isyou

The Trenton mayhem music-molders buzz saw through the Mill Hill Basement (300 S. Broad St., Trenton) on Saturday night with a sickening brand of machine-gun metal that’s as technically mind screwing as it’s punishing to the central nervous system. Show starts at 9 p.m. Earth’s Final Sunset are also on the bill. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.

Social Decay

The Jersey skate-core cats – headlining an all-day punk fest at Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Saturday – came from the ’80s so they used to wear painter caps and modeled their musical furies after both the NYC and L.A. hardcore scene of that era with classic slime-rock audio terrors closely resembling Murphy’s Law, Leeway and Suicidal Tendencies. It was announced on the band’s MySpace page in March the original lineup from 1985-87 was officially back intact with Dave Guiterezz returning on bass. Social Decay has “a few new songs … written” and had been “jamming a bunch of old stuff” for a select few shows. Saturday’s show is the only concert on the table now, the web site reads. Show starts at noon. Ash Monday, Down the Block, Kids Carry Germs and Shade Vision open. Tickets cost $10. All-ages.

The Kennedys

New York husband-wife team’s folk and pop Americana – enlisting new members at The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) Saturday night – conjures up memories of Joan Osborne’s and Sheryl Crow’s early records. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 in advance, $18 at the door. All-ages.  

Stryper

In another of God’s many mysteries: these O.C. Christ-metal devil-slayers from the eighties remain a huge draw in New Jersey. So big, it was the Garden State that hosted the first “Stryper Expo” in 2000. The guys probably won’t have the giant glowing cross from their “To Hell With the Devil” tour hanging overhead when the O.C. dudes headline The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) on Saturday night. Just hope they forgot the ungodly leather-metal makeup of their “Against the Law” album. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30. All-ages.

Rose Funeral

Demonic Buckeye deathcore speed-dealer’s fear-inducing vocal haymakers and brain-straining guitar shreds – making a collision course for Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chamber St., Trenton) Sunday - plow into your dome with a spleen-damaging temper comparable to The Black Dahlia Murder. Show starts at noon. Sedna, Sicker Than Most, Grimus, Ender, Total Ruination, In Wake of the Plague, OLMEC, Crushed Beneath, The Grieving Process, Beyond Dishonor and The Doomsday Prophecy round out the bill. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. All-ages.    

DJ Pat Money

Why? Because as a college student its your God-give rite to get wasted and naked with those boozed-up co-eds that get sloppy to the house beat dealer’s hip-hop mashups and pop electro every Tuesday night at The All Call Inn (214 Weber Ave., Ewing). Sets start at 9 p.m. Free. 21-plus.

Scott Frost’s On The Beat concert listing appears in The Trentonian every Thursday. If your band is playing around town, email the On the Beat webline at djscott111@aol.com. And for more local news click over to www.trentonian.com. 

 

Deejay Non-Chalant: Soooo Meaty

Photo by SCOTT FROST

Deejay Non-Chalant rips it up at Six Flag Great Adventure's Hurricane Harbor Labor Day weekend.

Deejay Non-Chalant's Swedish Meatballs: Vol. 3 - Not Your Momma's Meatball mix tape has become a hot commodity around the Philly deejay circuit the last month or so. And since the South Philly slinger is On the Beat resident electro spinster, we get to post the new mix right here for free. It's pretty rad, and contains new tracks/remixes from MSTRKRFT, Amanda Blank, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pitbull and Simian Mobile Disco. Get it exclusively here. The track listings are below.

The Numbers Song – Acid Girls

Make Her Say (Afrojack Remix) – Kid Cudi, Kanye West and Common

Floating in the Sky (Bird Peterson Remix) – N.O.R.E. Feat. Kid Cudi

Heartbreaker (Laidback Luke Remix) – MSTRKRFT

I’m Not Your Toy (Data Remix) – La Roux

Might Like You Better (GRVRBBRS Remix) – Amanda Blank

Heads Will Roll (Passion Pit Remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Reeling (Shuttle Remix) – Passion Pit

One More Chance (Alec Metric Remix) – Bloc Party

Rapture (Schizofonics Remix) – DatA

Toad’s Theme – Totally Krossed Out

We Just Came to Get the Party Started (Night Drugs Remix) – Disco Villians

 I Know You Want Me (Evol Intent Remix) – Pitbull

Welcome to Paradise (Disco Dust Mix) – Hostage

Come Back – Soulico

Burn Down The Disco – Lets Go To War

Necessary Evil – Hey Today!

Part Of Me (L.A. Riots Remix) – Chris Cornell Feat. Timberland

I Feel Alive (Shoes Remix) – 33Hz

Baltic Pine – Boy 8 bit

No One Sleeps (Viking Remix) - The Sounds

Bad Blood – Simian Mobile Disco

Nothing to Worry About (Teddybears Remix) – Peter Bjorn and John

Sarge-Chalant

On the Beat: Sept. 10-Sept. 16

Photo by Michelle Lawlor (www.lucky17Photography.com)

Trenton rockers Too Much Too Fast Too Soon play The Mill Hill Basement on Saturday night.

Kill Wealthy Dowager

City postcore melody miners – playing The Mill Hill Basement (300 S. Broad St., Trenton) tomorrow night - use erratic guitar changes and heart-torn harmonies to dig up friendly emotions of passion-punk’s yesteryears from Sensefield and Sunny Day Real Estate albums. Show starts at 9 p.m. PJ Bond, Chambers and A F***ing Elephant round out the bill. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.

Machuco’s Trabuco

The samba swingers headline the iFiesta! party at The Phoenix (formerly Maxine’s 2, 120 S. Warren St., Trenton) tomorrow night. The free show starts at 7. Jose “Papo” Diaz offers free salsa lessons, too. All-ages.

The KMX Band

D&D drunk Philly mock metalers, who sound like Alice Cooper and Weird Al arm wrestling a zombie Wayne Campbell, go medieval on Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) tomorrow night. Show starts at 9. NoN-Stop!, Triggered Impulse and Total Ruination play, too. Tickets cost $8. 18-plus.

Hugh Cornwell

The Londoner for new-wave punks, The Stranglers, celebrates the release of his new solo record, “Hooverdam,” within the intimate settings of The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) tomorrow night. Released stateside on Tuesday – and available as a free download at http://www.hughcornwell.com/ - the new songs “combine rhythm and blues, rockabilly and post-punk,” according to his public relations peeps. While music remains his muse, Cornwell gets his angst out these days as a professional cricket player in England. And while The Stranglers called it quits in 1990 after 16 years, Cornwell recorded several lo-fi solo spots starting in 1988 and even toured the UK with Blondie in 2006-07. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. The go-go gals in The Friggs open. Tickets cost $20 in advance, $25 at the door. All-ages.

The Rapture

Cowbell-clutching Bowery boys - milkshake shimmying over to The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) tomorrow night – bang out electronic art-funk Gang of Fours soaked in Timberland beats. Show starts at 8 p.m. The Golden Filter open. Tickets cost $17.50 in advance, $20 at the door. All-ages.

Silent Civilian

These head banging ballers from L.A. ditched its industrial allegiance to Spineshank a few years ago to concentrate on sneering guitar explosions and skull-crashing drumming mirrored in nu-breed hardliners All That Remains and Five Finger Death Punch. Band also features former Bleed The Sky members, just off tour with Kittie and after Saturday’s monster matinee at Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton), the ear-bruising quartet hits the road with hardcore hangmen Bury Your Dead. Show starts at 1 p.m. Triggered Impulse, Ashes of Your Enemy, The Walking Alley, Mass Punishment, Deeds of Betrayal, Betrayus, Terminal Fate, Through the Grey and Esquilax open. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $14 at the door. All-ages.

Too Much Too Fast Too Soon

Growling grease-punk motor heads - featuring ex-members of Philo, The Cryptkeeper Five and The Rape Babies and a fiery, never say die, disposition – will have you eating dust in the basement of Joe’s Mill Hill Saloon (300 S. Broad St., Trenton) on Saturday night with a double-fist of rock ’n’ roll. For fans of Rocket From the Crypt, The Reverend Horton Heat, the Sex Pistols and dirty strip clubs. Show starts at 9 p.m. FreeDoom opens. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.

Larry White

No one quite exudes the melodies of true love from his music like this city reggae wordsmith, set to give up those special Island vibes on The All Call Inn (214 Weber Ave., Ewing) on Saturday. Show starts at 9 p.m. Rap queen Ras Asia plays, too. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.

Amleah

Trenton post-core peddler, whose jazz-rock gyrations are reminiscent of Serj Tankian’s solo work, shoot for a $10,000 cash prize up for grabs at Saturday’s Jersey Showdown at Brewsters (formerly Finnegan’s, 529 Route 30N, East Windsor). The winner of Saturday’s show moves onto the finals in October. Show starts at 1 p.m. Other bands on bill - like they have a chance against the former Riotones - include: Liberal Media Bias, Written Inside, Unwanted Truth, Deity, Troubled Superhumans, Basic Need, Here and Now and Asbestos. Tickets cost $8. All-ages.

Fighting Forty

Rock copycats find the fountain of youth mashing the riffs of Rage Against the Machine’s “Gorilla Radio” with the rap-slam of House of Pain’s “Jump Around” at McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) on Saturday. They’ll throw in Metallica and Cindy Lauper, too, so it’ll definitely be a party. Show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.

Princeton School of Rock

The camp of pimple-popping teen-rock apprentices pay homage to the greatest three-chord thumps in rock history with two sets of The Ramones at The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) Saturday night. That’s like 40 songs, if rarities “Spider-Man” and “Let’s Dance” appear on the set list. Got to be some sort of record. Someone call Guinness. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20 in advance, $25 at the door. All-ages.

DJ Randy Now

Bad Religion’s favorite city selector spins at Jester’s Café (233 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) Saturday night the new-wave no ones he used booked at Trenton City Gardens in the ’80s and ’90s. Probably some famous people in the set, too. How famous without Now? A book, “No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving: How a seedy New Jersey Club Defined an Era,” coming out soon, explains it all. Set starts at 10 p.m. Free. 21-plus.

Rusted Root

“Bad Son,” off the Pittsburgh bohemian rhapsoders’ upcoming CD, sounds as if the gang caught a case of the Hives. Well, at least a less grimy Hives in clashing patchwork pants. They’ll “Send (You) on (Your) way,” too, at The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) on Saturday night. Show starts at 8 p.m. The Kin opens. Tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 at the door. All-ages.

DJ Pat Money

Bronc Pub’s beat-masher banks on B-mored electro remixes of oldies – and Dave Guetta’s “Love Is Gone” … again – to get the area’s hottest college co-eds rearing to get sloppy at Tuesday’s grind date at The All Call Inn (214 Weber Ave., Ewing). On tap this week: Michael Jackson mixers and cheap drinks. Set starts at 9 p.m. Free. 21-plus.

Scott Frost’s On The Beat concert listing appears in The Trentonian every Thursday. If your band is playing around town, hit up the On the Beat webline at djscott111@aol.com. For all your entertainment news, head over to http://www.trentonian.com/.

On the Beat: Sept. 3-Sept. 10

THE LOVE ME NOTS

Find Vienna

Pennsy alt-rockers play Muse music, hit up Six Flags Great Adventure’s (1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson) Live & Local stage today with a brand-new EP, “In Your Favorite Colors,” in tow. Shows start at 2 p.m. Free with admission to the park. All-ages.

Happy Machine

Moody electronics and synthesized blips and beeps has this Red Bank duo – playing Championship Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) tomorrow night –  getting off on Ladytron-styled computer love. Show starts at 9 p.m. The Timid Roosevelts, Midtown Dickens and The Tea & Whiskey round out the bill. Tickets cost $8. 21-plus.   

To Live and Die in NJ

Thrash-rapping “self-loathing ego maniac, (who) stays partying like Rodney Dangerfield in ‘Caddy Shack’,” rips comedic slim-shadys with MC Paul Barman flows at McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) tomorrow night. Lawrence’s “new rap Fonzi’s” lyrical slugs also works with gnarly, mosh-inducing punk rock. Show starts at 9 p.m. Karma Bat! and 14 Points play, too. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.

The Successful Failures

The Dipsomaniacs alt-country side set – headlining The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) tomorrow night – remains stellar in its harmony-driven guitar pop seen in early Wilco, Superdrag and The Smithereens. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Mike Chorba, a Burlco English teacher who fronts both the Dipsos and Failures, opens the show with a solo set on guitar and piano. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. All-ages.

Telling On Trixie

Lead singer can do a killer Belinda Carlise, as in the way-too-serious “Mad About You” cover the New Yorkers do. The rest of the alternatives – firing up the Live & Local stage at Six Flags Great Adventure (1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson) tomorrow - sounds like either Incubus or Live, sometimes both. Shows start at 2 p.m. Beyond Hope Lies gets to rock log flume, too. Free with admission to the park. All-ages.

The Reverend Horton Heat

Western-wrangling without a psychobilly freakout in sight, the guys mosey into The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) tomorrow night with its 12^th LP, “Laughin’ and Cryin’ With The Reverend Horton Heat,” and its Roy Rogers selling moonshine to a pack of wild Indians vibe. Show starts at 7 p.m. Nashville Pussy, opens. Tickets cost $22.50 in advance, $25 at the door. All-ages.

Misery Index

Balti-morbid death-core crushers jet in from Finland – the metal holy land – to drop a giant-sized anvil of musical brutality through left-wing theologies on Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Saturday. For fans of hating your parents and Dying Fetus. Show starts at noon. Criminal Element, In Wake of the Plague, Esquilax, Saws of Cerberus, Her Dead Womb, Napier, Jettison Grey Matter, The Necrophiliac, Yacht Club, Catalyst of Thought, Tomorrow Never Dies and Sedna play, too. Tickets cost $12. All-ages.

The Love Me Nots

Go-go glorious desert dwellers – headlining The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) Saturday night - get tripped out on slinky ’60s psychedelics through stinging keyboards and a vixen lead lady with a Jim Morrison complex. Also good for fans of The Cramps, cheapo alien conspiracy movies from the ’50s and Jefferson Airplane. Show starts at 6 p.m. Philadelphia garage-rock legends, Mondo Topless, and New York’s The Anabolics round out the bill. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. All-ages.            

The Black Crowes

Boo to no chance of spotting Kate Hudson sunbathing by the Atlantic. Yay to a great rock show in a relatively tiny venue like The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) on Saturday night and the chance to absorb the melodies from the Robinsons’ eighth studio album, “Before the Frost … Until the Freeze.” Hand jiving to “Hard to Handle” is fun, too. Show starts at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $40 in advance, $45 at the door. All-ages.           

Splintered Sunlight

Crazy to say, but it’s these Philly downtowners - playing The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) on Sunday night – who constructed the Grateful Dead tribute band model the many, many others in this area follow. Show starts at 4 p.m. And you better get your jam-face on, because it’s going to get hippie silly with Lemon Juice, Doug Mikula & Domino Effect, Greg Herritt’s Heavy Road and Karmic Juggernaut in on the fun, too. Tickets cost $15 in advance, $20 at the door. All-ages.        

DJ Pat Money

With any luck, this Bronc-rooting sound selector lets a bevy of college babes  slide on some of his hip-hop bangers at The All Call Inn’s (214 Weber Ave., Ewing) first college night party of the Fall on Tuesday. It’s been a happening spot before. And who actually does their homework on the week of school? Starts at 9 p.m. Free. 21-plus.   

Scott Frost’s On The Beat concert listing appears in The Trentonian every Thursday. If your band is playing around town, hit up the On the Beat webline at djscott111@aol.com.

 

 

 

 

Dj Cobra: Thr-iller Night

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DJ Cobra – Iller

If you like any of Girl Talk’s last two records, you’ll love this free offer from On The Beat – DJ Cobra’s “Iller” mix tape. It’s one of those discs that have it all: booty anthems blended over classic rock, pop hits overlapping alternative rock. It’s pretty freakin’ awesome. Even us music snobs who dodge Lil Wayne songs because their lame, stupid and only acceptable smashed into a Rolling Stones song. 

DJ Cobra is on tour this summer with The Knux. He's also worked with P. Diddy and Prince. 

Chairlift: Massive Attack

Slinky Chairlift singer Caroline Polachek made her directorial debut for the synth-pop trio's new single, "Ceiling Wax." According to Brooklynite's people, Polachek brought in her sister for the sexy interpretive dance you can check out below.

"Ceiling Wax" (video)

As you can hear, the song's too dark to sell Nano iPods like "Bruises" did. But there aren't too many on "Does You Inspire You" that do. Anyone who saw them at All Points West (photo left) last month felt the group's bass-bin barrages cave in their chest. Had they not be from New York and so appealing to look at live, you could suggest that Chairlift - playing Kung Fu Necktie on Sunday in Philadelphia - can in fact fill the void in the indie trip-hop. Don't see a little Massive Attack, Tricky or Portishead in the bunch. Some of the darker songs go that way. 

Enjoy!

On the Beat: Aug. 27-Sept. 2

Karma Bat! headline McGuinn's Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, NJ) on Friday night.

Marionette Roulette

Montclair musical mad scientists – headlining Six Flags Great Adventure’s (1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson) Live & Local stage today - creep like the Squirrel Nut Zippers and “Rocky Horror Picture Show” touring a haunted carnival. Show starts at 2 p.m. Free with admission to the park. All-ages.

DEMO

Percussion-pounding noisemakers – shaking the memorials off the wall of The All Call Inn (214 Weber Ave., Ewing) tomorrow night - sound like Animal Collective bashing aliens critters with a sack of nails. For fans of The Melvins and Rob Zombie murder flicks, too. Show starts at 9 p.m. Suicide Project, Slutty Earth and Omnious Black round out the bill. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.

Karma Bat!

Lawrence madcap meanies – playing McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) tomorrow night - fuse No Doubt ska-pop with Aquabats silliness. Show starts at 9 p.m. To Live Or Die in NJ, Shape and Cap City, open. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.   

Red Sea Affair

Epic emo-core preachers deliver a sermon of prog-prodding Coheed and Cambria theatrics at Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) tomorrow night. Show starts at 9 p.m. Deluxe Thumps, Calm & Reprose and Amskray play, too. Tickets cost $8. 21-plus.

Brothers Past

Synth-sonic Philly jam-head’s rockin’-and-ravin’ blends and mind-spinning trance struts – set to headline the two-day Stir Fry Music Revival festival at Snipes Farm (890 W. Bridge St., Morrisville, Pa.) this weekend - run electro crazy without swaying too far from its hard-driving improvisational cycle. For fans of the New Deal, Disco Biscuits and Splintered Sunlight, who incidentally headline Friday night. Brothers Past play Saturday with bluegrass, funk and hip-hop outfits Steel Breeze, Dirty White Boys, Pete Kranz & WEMB, Sage, the Dirk Quinn Band, The Godniez Brothers, Si Senorita, Strange Sun, American Babies, Old Blotter, Turbine, The Hustle, Psychedelphia and deejay sets from Fish and Friends and DJ Fro. Friday’s lineup includes Newtown Creek, Tin Bird Choir, the Mantawny Creek Ramblers, two sets from Frog Holler, The Coyotes and late-night deejay sets from Re:Build and Smokey. Tomorrow’s events begins at 4:20 p.m. Saturday’s show begins at noon and runs through 3 a.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $40 in advance, $50 at the door. All-ages.

All Time Low

The melody-perfect Warped Tour headliners every-single teenybopper can’t help to bop to survive on sugar-happy pop hooks that made Midtown infamous and Fall Out Boy famous. The MTV wonder kids headline Six Flag Great Adventure’s (1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson) Northern Star Arena Show tomorrow evening.  Show starts at 5 p.m. The White Tie Affair open. Free with admission to the park. All-ages.

Sunday’s Murder

Lumberton alt-rock romantics  – hitting up Six Flags Great Adventure’s (1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson) Live & Local stage tomorrow afternoon – get sappy Oasis dramatics. Shows start at 2 p.m. Man On Earth plays, too. Free with admission to the park. All-ages.

The Gas House Gorillas

Brooklyn hep-cat swinger’s Royal Crown revving runs wild on The Wonder Bar (1213 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) tomorrow night. Show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $5. All-ages.  

Atrophia

Jersey death-core brute’s metallic head-shakers and In-Flaming Swedish thrash headlines Day 1 of Championships Sports Bar and Grill’s (931 Chambers St., Trenton) End of the Summer Bash Saturday afternoon. Show starts at noon. Echoes of Dead Gods, Scissors in a Cupcake, Crushed Beneath, Beauty in the Breakdown, Taking the Tide, The Mad Spatter, Beyond the View, Abserdo and Sella Turcica round out the bill. Tickets cost $10. All-ages. 

Cover Her Face

East Rutherford piss-core powers-of-pain pound out punishing tech-metal daggers slice like Ion Dissonance at Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Saturday night. Show starts at 9 p.m. Saturday. Night headlines. Crawl 2 Chaos, Panopticon, World Lost and Dichotomy open. Tickets cost $8. 21-plus.   

Jeffrey Gaines

Not to plug cover material, but the singer’s heart-melting remake of Peter Gabriel’s “In You Eyes” still gets the girlies’ knees weak. Captain cool, who single-handedly gave man-hating singer-songwriting sex appeal, headlines The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) on Saturday night. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 in advance, $20 at the door. All-ages.

50 Cent

Many expect the G-Unit-founder’s thug-rap “In Da Club” party machine – firing up Six Flags Great Adventure’s (1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson) Saturday night – to include the first taste of the gangsta’s upcoming “Before I Self Destruct,” LP. Set to drop in November, the record’s been in the works for over two years, and was described by Mr. Curtis in an MTV interview as a “darker,” more “aggressive” than his previous work. Show starts at 7 p.m. Redrum opens. Tickets cost $20. All-ages.

We Own Egypt

Eyeliner-metal melody-melters mix up Senses Fail/Atreyu – headline Day 2 of Championships Sports Bar and Grill’s (931 Chambers St., Trenton) End of the Summer Bash Sunday afternoon. Show starts at noon. A Little Affair, C.F.C., Panopticon, Araena, Paul Kartelias, Four Our Lifetime, Ugly Girls Crying, Morbid Visions, What Lies Beneath and Home Court play, too. Tickets cost $10. All-ages.

Peter Frampton

David Bowie’s high school classmate and Humble Pie guitarist - who sold $6 million copies of his 1976 “… Comes Alive!” record, only to find it for sale at any flea market for $1 – saw his career in decline after appearing with the Bee Gees in the failed rock opera “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band.” The never-say-die Brit – who headlines the Stone Pony Summer Stage (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) on Sunday – has found success in his ’60s, winning a Grammy in 2007 for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Show starts at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $42 in advance, $45 at the door. All-ages.

Scott Frost’s On The Beat concert listing appears in The Trentonian every Thursday. If your band is playing around town, hit up the On the Beat webline at djscott111@aol.com. 

 

Very Best: M.I.A. Party Mix Down

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The Very Best - 

"Rain Dance" 

Feat. M.I.A.

M.I.A.'s success has opened the states to a wide view on international music. From Brazilian funk to Middle Eastern/Indian soundscapes heard on her albums and the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" (which she contributed her voice, tracks, remixes and production), Maya's spearheaded a movement to bring worldwide musical flavors to American ears.

Now we have M.I.A. lending her talents and revolutionary party beats to a European production team and Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya Afro-conscious project, The Very Best. "Warm Heart of Africa" just dropped on Tuesday and it's awesome.

(NOTE: it's only out digitally. The CD hits stores Oct. 6)

The Very Best is receiving critical acclaim for its high-energy live performances and genre-bending sound in wake of its first U.S. tour. The band came together when Mwamwaya first met Radioclit’s Etienne Tron in 2007 while haggling over a bicycle in the London second-hand furniture shop he ran near the duo’s studio. Following the exchange, Mwamwaya was invited to Tron’s house-warming party where he met the other half of Radioclit, Johan Karlberg. Esau was asked to come to Radioclit’s studio after he told Karlberg he was a drummer. It turned out Esau was a singer too and they decided to collaborate, combining Radioclit’s vast production experience and self-described “ghettopop” style—having produced and remixed tracks for the likes of M.I.A., Lily Allen, Justin Timberlake, Santigold, Britney Spears, TV On The Radio, David Banner, Buraka Som Sistema among others—with Mwamwaya’s emotive vocal approach. Karlberg dubbed Mwamwaya “the African Phil Collins,” and they have been recording songs together ever since. 

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Big Band Buzzing

(Above) The Squirrel Nut Zippers circa 1996.

(Below Left) Chris Phillips works on the new record.

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Hell (Live)* (via ZShare)

* From the band's "Lost At Sea" CD

The Squirrel Nut Zippers are finally returning to shore with the forthcoming release of their new album "Lost At Sea." 

The album is the band’s first new release in nine years.  Lost At Sea (Southern Broadcasting/MRI) also shares the distinction of being the band’s first ever live album as well. 

Recorded live at Southpaw, in Brooklyn NY, the Squirrel Nut Zippers performed many of their greatest hits and strongest material for a standing room only audience.  “Danny Diamond,” “Put A Lid On It,” “Bad Businessman,” “Blue Angel,” and many other Zipper classics make up the set.  The band delivers energetic, sometimes loose, sometimes clairvoyant, but always spirited performances on Lost At Sea.

The title of the new release is very appropriate considering the bands unfortunate departure from public life in 2002 when the Disney cruise ship they were performing aboard hit a massive island of trash and was rendered unseaworthy. The Squirrel Nut Zippers were forced into a dingy which was quickly swept away by ocean currents and deposited on a remote and uninhabited island.  Surviving on coconuts and monkey scat they managed to stave off death until a location scout for the television reality show "Survivor" stumbled upon them and brought them back to the United States.

 Rejuvenated by this mishap and with a new lust for life, the band returned to the road in 2007 with the core of their original line up intact: Jim "Jimbo" Mathus (vocals and guitar), Katharine Whalen (vocals, banjo, ukulele), Chris Phillips (drums, percussion), Je Widenhouse (Trumpet) and Stuart Cole (Bass).

“The crowds we’ve had at these shows since coming back have been nothing short of fantastic,” Phillips commented.  “It’s been great to reconnect with our old fans and meet all of the ones who didn’t catch us the first time around.  It’s truly been a heartwarming experience.”

 The Squirrel Nut Zippers still rejoice at the difficulty people have in pigeonholing their unmistakable sound. A perpetually evolving, hybrid-stew of Southern roots traditions, the Zippers have been tagged with every label from “swing band,” to “hot jazz band” to even "'30s punk." 

As far as future plans go for the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Phillips is excited.    “Honestly, the band is getting along better than we ever did in the past and I believe the desire is there to try recording a new album for release in 2010.”

Kraftwerk: Werking It

In celebration of its 35th anniversary, original robot rockers Kraftwerk has remastered its entire collection and offering it in one big bunch on Oct. 6, entitled "12345678 The Catalogue." According to our favorite peeps over at Astralwerks, the German computer-dance maestros spent the year upgrading their Kling Klang masters with the latest studio technology and "these eight magnificent recordings still sound like nothing else in the history of music."

On the Beat got a hold of a sampler set of tracks from the remastered tapes, and it's like listening to a whole brand new set of tunes, seriously.

Check it out yourself with one of Kraftwerk's biggest hits, "Autobahn."

Autobahn (remastered)

Autobahn (original)

The proof is in the pudding, right?

"The Catalogue" will be offered in an 8-disc CD box set in a "mini-vinyl" card wallet or individually. However, due to licensing restrictions in the U.S. only five of the eight albums will released as separate CD editions: "Autobahn," "Radio-Activity," "Trans Europe Express," "The Man Machine," and "Tour De France (2003)." As a result, the only way for fans to own the entire catalogue on CD is to purchase the Box Set. It'll also be out in a five-vinyl set and as digital downloads.

Simian Mobile Disco: Rave Rip-Off

There's been a nice build up to the new Simian Mobile Disco on On the Beat Beat.

The Brit techno junkies hit up Philly in April to try out new jams from "Temporary Pleasure" and we were there throwing our hands in the air.

Then, with the first single "Audacity of Huge" leaked to the blog world for everyone to enjoy, we had resident spinster Deejay Non-Chalant open his Meatballs 2 mix tape with the electro banger. Download the mix tape here.

Now, with the record expected to hit the states on Tuesday, we waited 'till midnight to snag "Temporary Pleasure" off iTunes and let it rock our faces off. But nooooo!!! The guys released the new disc - to Europe! What about us on the states side. We get jiggy, too! 

It looks like we have to wait two more weeks before it comes to America. And that's just lame. So what we've done here is let our loyal readers get a taste of the record's more sought after track for free here On the Beat. It's called "Bad Blood" and features Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip. We're also giving you a new remix of "Audacity of Huge" for you to rock out too. Enjoy!

Bad Blood (feat. Alexis Taylor)

Audacity of Huge (Dekker & Johan Remix)