Blur Documentary "No Distance Left To Run" (Trailer)

Taken from Blur's official site:

A feature length documentary film telling the story of blur is due for cinema release on January 19th. “No Distance Left to Run” is directed by 32 (Dylan Southern & Will Lovelace) and is a Pulse Films production.

Filmed throughout the band’s 2009 rehearsals and acclaimed summer tour, No Distance Left To Run finds all four members of Blur together for the first time in nine years. With previously unseen archive material alongside new interviews and reportage, the film recounts the highs and lows of a very British band from the late 80’s to their headline return at Glastonbury and Hyde Park. The result is a musing on Englishness and identity and a portrait of friendship and resolution.

Austin Concerts This Week | 11/30 - 12/6

Here are our concert recommendations for this week. You can also follow us on Twitter (@ultra8201).

Monday (11/30):

• Little Dragon, Car Stereo (Wars) at Emo's (inside) [Purchase Tickets] $10 | Doors @ 9, Show @ 10
• Unwed Sailor, Native Lights at Mohawk (inside) | Show @ 10
  

Tuesday (12/1):

• Metric, Band of Skulls at La Zona Rosa [Purchase Tickets] $23 | Doors @ 8, Show @ 9
• The Whigs, The Features, A Giant Dog at Emo's (inside) [Purchase Tickets] $10 | Doors @ 9, Show @ 10
• Knucklerumbler Presents: Del The Funky Homosapien, Bukue One, Kevin Jack, Zeale, Drastik COD, KJ Hines, DJ Digg at Ace's Lounge [Purchase Tickets] $18 | Show @ 9

Wednesday (12/2):

• Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales at The Independent [Purchase Tickets] $10 | Doors @ 9
• Mr. Gnome, Squid Bucket, The Devil Rides, Blind Pets at Red 7
  
• Blakroc Listening Party at Waterloo Records | 5pm

Thursday (12/3):

• We The Granada, The El Paso Heist at Red 7
• Jesse Podunk, The Pons, Monahans, Distant Seconds at Mohawk (inside) [$6 cover] | Show @ 10
  

Friday (12/4):

• Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Big Wiz, Starving Martyrs, Glitterbillies at Mohawk (outside) [Purchase Tickets] $18 | Doors @ 8, Show @ 9 **Update** This show has been postponed until January due to weather concerns (via Austin 360)
  
• Shapes Have Fangs, Wild Harem, The Dull Drums, The Fleshlights at Emo's (inside) [Purchase Tickets] $5 | Doors @ 9
• KISS at Frank Erwin Center [Purchase Tickets] $49.50-$126 | Doors @ 7:30

Saturday (12/5):

• The Vic Chestnutt Band feat. Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) and members of Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Witchies at Central Presbyterian Church (map) [Purchase Tickets] $15 | Doors @ 8
  
• Nic Armstrong & The Thieves, Red Leaves at Beauty Bar [$5 cover] Doors @ 9
• Manfest presented by Birds Barbershop and PartyEnds.com at Birds on South Congress. with All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover band) FREE Beer and Tequila.
• Roseanne Cash at Waterloo Records [Free In-store] Starts @ 11am
  
• Neiliyo, Missions and Freshmillions at Baby Blue (1522 E. 12th Street). More Info [Here]
• The Mother Hips, Zookeeper, Brothers and Sisters at Emo's (inside) [Purchase Tickets] $10 | Doors @ 9, Show @ 10
• MothFight, Mutating Meltdown, horse + donkey, Follow That Bird! at Emo's (outside) [Purchase Tickets] $5 | Doors @ 9, Show @ 10
  

Sunday (12/6):

• Grooms, Followed By Static at Mohawk (outside) | Show @ 10

Show Spotlight: Del The Funky Homosapien at Ace Lounge

Controlling the mic since the age of 18, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is one of hip hops most storied lyricists. He is a member of the famed Hieroglyphics crew from the Bay Area as well as a part of the Damon Albarn lead Gorillaz, this veteran of over a dozen albums continues to pack venues across the country. Bukue One, Kevin Jack, ZEALE, Drastik.COD, KJ Hines, DJ Digg and Crew 54 will also be joining Del tomorrow at Ace's Lounge. [Tickets]

But don't wait till tomorrow to buy tickets....

Its an Eleventh Hour special ya’ll!

So the turkey leftovers should just be about done and your feet are sore from marching through the malls all weekend to find the perfect gift for those close to you (or maybe just a gift for yourself). We can relate and put together something special for ya:

TODAY ONLY you can pick up A PAIR of tickets for DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN at ACE'S LOUNGE TOMORROW for only $30!

We also have a pair of Skull Candy Headphones to giveaway, follow us on Twitter to win those..

Last Night: Neon Indian at Stubbs presented by WOXY

"The Beatles on Record" Premieres Tonight on the History Channel

Tonight at 10 (ET), the History Channel will premiere a new documentary entitled "The Beatles On Record". We already have our DVR set and so should you. For a sneak preview, watch the first nine minutes down below.

Taken from the History Channel website:

In 1962, an unknown group from Liverpool entered Abbey Road Studios to record their debut single. During the next eight years they created what is arguably regarded as the greatest collection of studio recordings of the 20th century. This special charts The Beatles' extraordinary journey in the studio from "Please Please Me" to "Abbey Road" and reflects on how they developed as musicians, matured as songwriters and created a body of work that sounds as fresh in 2009 as the time it was recorded. Narrated entirely by John, Paul, George, Ringo and Sir George Martin, the documentary features over 60 classic songs, rare footage and photos from The Beatles' archives and never heard before out-takes of studio chat from the "Abbey Road" recording sessions.

SXSW Announces Over 230 Showcasing Bands for 2010

It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but that didn't stop SXSW from announcing a list of over 230 showcasing bands for next year's fest (March 17th-21st). After a quick once over, we're definitely excited to see We Are Scientists, Fanfarlo, Nicole Atkins, and Warpaint (pictured above) made the list. Now it's time to get studying...

Aa (Brooklyn NY)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO (Osaka JAPAN)
A Classic Education (Bologna ITALY)
Alpha Rev (Austin TX)
Amaral (Madrid SPAIN)
And So I Watch You From Afar (Belfast IRELAND)
Apostle of Hustle (Toronto ON)
Arms (Brooklyn NY)
Ólöf Arnalds (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Art vs Science (Surry Hills NSW)
A Shoreline Dream (Denver CO)
Nicole Atkins and The Black Sea (Asbury Park NJ)
Autumn Owls (Dublin IRELAND)
Bare Wires (Oakland CA)
Julian Berntzen (Bergen NORWAY)
Best Fwends (Austin TX)
The Black (Austin TX)
The Black Atlantic (Groningen THE NETHERLANDS)
Dan Black (Paris FRANCE)
Black Tide (Miami FL)
Bliss N Eso (Albert Park VIC)
Boom Boom Satellites (JAPAN)
The Boxer Rebellion (London UK-ENGLAND)
Break of Reality (New York NY)
B-Real of Cypress Hill (Los Angeles CA)
Broadway Calls (Rainer OR)
Broken Records (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
VV BROWN (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Brunettes (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Buckshot (Brooklyn NY)
Canja Rave (Porto Alegre BRAZIL)
Capsula (Bilbao SPAIN)
Carsick Cars (Beijing CHINA)
Caucus (Tokyo JAPAN)
The Chevelles (Melville WA)
Chew Lips (London UK-ENGLAND)
Suzanna Choffel (Austin TX)
Chris T-T (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
C-Mon & Kypski (THE NETHERLANDS)
The Coathangers (Atlanta GA)
Simon Collins (Victoria BC)
The Constellations (Atlanta GA)
Contra Coup (Austin TX)
Cotton Jones (Cumberland MD)
The Crystal Method (Los Angeles CA)
David Dallas (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Dappled Cities (Sydney NSW)
Daveman (Berlin GERMANY)
The Daylights (Los Angeles CA)
The dB's (Chapel Hill NC)
Dead Sexy Inc (Paris FRANCE)
The Deaf (The Hague THE NETHERLANDS)
Deer Tick (Providence RI)
Delhi 2 Dublin (Vancouver BC)
Paul Dempsey (from "Something for Kate") (Melbourne NSW)
Diplomats of Solid Sound (Iowa City IA)
DJ Car Stereo (Wars) (Austin TX)
DJ Evil Dee (Brooklyn NY)
DJ Revolution (Los Angeles CA)
Daniel Francis Doyle (Austin TX)
Adiam Dymott (Goteborg SWEDEN)
The 88 (Los Angeles CA)
Electric Electric (Strasbourg FRANCE)
Val Emmich (Jersey City NJ)
Eternia (Toronto ON)
Everything Everything (Manchester UK-WALES)
Fanfarlo (London UK-ENGLAND)
Michael Feinberg (New York NY)
Fergus & Geronimo (Westway TX)
Fighting With Wire (Derry IRELAND)
FINALE (Detroit MI)
Floating Action (Asheville NC)
Francis (Borlange SWEDEN)
Robert Francis (Los Angeles CA)
Frightened Rabbit (Selkirk UK-SCOTLAND)
The Funeral Pyre (Los Angeles CA)
The Ganjas (Santiago CHILE)
Geeks (Tokyo JAPAN)
Gerald G (Austin TX)
Colin Gilmore (Austin TX)
Giulia y los Tellarini (Barcelona SPAIN)
Rosi Golan (New York NY)
Gong Myoung (Seoul KOREA)
Goober and the Peas (Detroit MI)
Good Shoes (London UK-ENGLAND)
Guitar Shorty (Harlingen TX)
Ha Ha Tonka (Springfield MO)
Halves (Dublin IRELAND)
Darren Hanlon (Sydney NSW)
Harlem (Austin TX)
Headdress (Austin TX)
Hey Colossus (London UK-ENGLAND)
Robyn Hitchcock (London CA)
Hot Panda (Edmonton AB)
The Hounds Below (Detroit MI)
I Fight Dragons (Chicago IL)
The Intelligence (Seattle WA)
Ivan & Alyosha (Seattle WA)
Japandroids (Vancouver BC)
Jazz One (Austin TX)
Stephen Jerzak (La Crosse WI)
John Dear Mowing Club (Den Haag THE NETHERLANDS)
The Jim Jones Revue (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jookabox (Indianapolis IN)
Julia Says (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Karnivool (Perth WA)
Kartick & Gotam (Chennai INDIA)
Kidz In Space (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Kidz In The Hall (Chicago IL)
Kingston (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Maurice Kirya (Kampala ZIMBABWE)
The Kissaway Trail (Odense DENMARK)
L.A.B. (Novo Hamburgo BRAZIL)
The Law (Dundee UK-SCOTLAND)
Vander Lee (Belo Horizonte BRAZIL)
Unni Lovlid (Oslo NORWAY)
Lowood (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Audra Mae (Los Angeles CA)
Malente (Essen GERMANY)
Natalia Mallo (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Mantles (San Francisco CA)
Julia Marcell (Berlin GERMANY)
Marco Polo & Torae (Brooklyn NY)
Mariachi El Bronx (Los Angeles CA)
Carolyn Mark (Victoria BC)
Maruosa (Tokyo JAPAN)
MegaRex (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
The Middle East (Townsville QLD)
Middle Finger Salute (Blackburn UK-ENGLAND)
Miniature Tigers (Phoenix AZ)
Mixtapes & Cellmates (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Monarchs (Austin TX)
Michael Monroe (Helsinki FINLAND)
PJ Morton (Conyers GA)
Mountain Man (Bennington VT)
Movits! (Lulea SWEDEN)
Moxine (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Mr Sicc (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Mumiy Troll (Los Angeles CA)
My Dad is Dead (Chapel Hill NC)
Nailpin (Boom BELGIUM)
Nakia & His Southern Cousins (Austin TX)
NiCad (Den Haag THE NETHERLANDS)
9th Wonder (Raleigh-Durham NC)
The Novas (Dallas TX)
Jackie Oates (Exeter UK-ENGLAND)
One Night Only (Helmsley UK-ENGLAND)
1001 Nights Orchestra (Austin TX)
The Pack A.D. (Vancouver BC)
Paleo (Brooklyn NY)
Parlovr (Montreal QC)
Past Lives (Seattle WA)
The Peelies (Montreal QC)
Julie Peel (Montreal QC)
Mandi Perkins (Los Angeles CA)
Peter Wolf Crier (Minneapolis MN)
Pink Nasty (Austin TX)
Pivot (UK) (UK-ENGLAND)
P.K. 14 (Beijing CHINA)
Plants and Animals (Montreal QC)
Please The Trees (Prague CZECH REPUBLIC)
Steve Poltz (San Diego CA)
Andy Pratt (Amesbury MA)
Sean Price (Brooklyn NY)
Princeton (Eagle Rock CA)
Profetas (COLOMBIA)
Psalm One (Chicago IL)
Quantic and his Combo Barbaro (Cali COLOMBIA)
Random Axe (Brooklyn NY)
Rebelle (Den Haag THE NETHERLANDS)
Red Mass (Montreal QC)
Tommy Reilly (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Riverboat Gamblers (Austin TX)
The River Raid (Recife BRAZIL)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Brooklyn NY)
Brisa Roche (Paris FRANCE)
Rock of Heltah Skeltah (Brooklyn NY)
Rogues (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ruste Juxx (Brooklyn NY)
San Saba County (Austin TX)
Scanners (London UK-ENGLAND)
Kate Schutt (Guelph ON)
Serious Sam Barrett (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Shit And Shine (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sixteen Deluxe (Austin TX)
Skyzoo (Brooklyn NY)
Small Black (Brooklyn NY)
Smif N Wessun (Brooklyn NY)
Smoosh (Seattle WA)
So Cow (Tuam IRELAND)
Solid Gold (Minneapolis MN)
Soulico (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
So What (The Hague THE NETHERLANDS)
The Spring Standards (New York NY)
Sabrina Starke (Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS)
Steel Train (Teaneck NJ)
StereoHeroes (Les Gorguettes FRANCE)
Surrounded (Malmo SWEDEN)
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter (Seattle WA)
M. Takara 3 (Guarulhos BRAZIL)
Team Facelift (New York NY)
Thunder Power (Omaha NE)
Timber Timbre (Toronto ON)
Todd (London UK-ENGLAND)
Marques Toliver (London UK-ENGLAND)
Toolshed (London ON)
Trembling Bells (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Trespassers William (Seattle WA)
Twin Atlantic (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Two Star Symphony (Houston TX)
Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights (Dallas TX)
The Uglysuit (Oklahoma City OK)
Uncle Lucius (Austin TX)
The View (Dundee UK-SCOTLAND)
Volovan (Monterrey MEXICO)
Waco Brothers (Chicago IL)
Miho Wada (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Warpaint (Los Angeles CA)
Wave Machines (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
The Wave Pictures (London UK-ENGLAND)
We Are Scientists (New York NY)
We Are Wolves (Montreal QC)
Withered (Atlanta GA)
Wolf Gang (London UK-ENGLAND)
Woot (The Haque THE NETHERLANDS)
XV (Wichita KS)
The Yellow Dogs (Tehran IRAN)
YellowFever (Austin TX)
Zlam Dunk (San Marcos TX)
Zona Tango (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)

Shearwater to Release The Golden Archipelago Next Year

Shearwater is set to debut new material early next year to follow-up their gorgeous and one of our favorite albums of 2008, Rook. Entitled The Golden Archipelago, their third for Matador, is due out Feb. 23rd and will contain a companion piece (we're not exactly sure what that entails) called the Golden Dossier. Check out the teaser trailer down below. [Via]

Red Bull Locally Thrown : December 10th at The Mohawk

A good idea and for a great cause. I still can't believe Ian from Riverboat Gamblers showed up at Fun Fun Fun Fest against doctors orders. Very Rock and Roll. Here are the details:

Red Bull Locally Thrown brings six local DJ's (DJ Manny, DJ Orion, PREPMODE, DJ BigFace, Richard Gear & DJ JE) to the table to spin their party mixes of Austin's best local live music.

10 bands being mixed are: The Octopus Project, Riverboat Gamblers, LIONS, The Black & White Years, White Ghost Shivers, Nelo, The Lemurs, Brothers & Sisters, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears and The Story Of.

$5 suggested donation at the door >> Proceeds will go to Riverboat Gamblers, whose guitarist Ian MacDougall was seriously injured recently after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle.

[The Mohawk]

Warpaint return to Austin with Akron/Family 2/24

We saw Warpaint at Emo's last month and have been obsessed with their music ever since. That night I bought the E.P on iTunes after purchasing it on vinyl at the show. The band is ridiculously good and we honestly didn't expect to see them back till SXSW. So you can imagine our excitement when we saw the band would be back in February at The Parish in support of Akron/Family. Here are the tour dates, plus our video of the ladies performing "Stars" at Emo's.

Akron/Family : Warpaint Tour Dates
2/17/2010 Greensboro, NC – Artiska Cafe
2/18/2010 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
2/19/2010 Orlando, FL – Back Booth
2/20/2010 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder
2/21/2010 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
2/23/2010 Houston, TX – Walter’s on Washington
2/24/2010 Austin, TX – The Parish [Tickets]
2/25/2010 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
2/26/2010 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone
2/27/2010 Nashville, TN – Exit / In
2/28/2010 Knoxville, TN – Pilot Light
3/3/2010 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

(Photo Credit:Angel Ceballos)

Show Spotlight: Custodian Album Release Party At Birds Barbershop (Tonight 11/21)

From Artifact Workshop:

Listen up! The album release of Ultra-Fresh by CUSTODIAN Is happening this Saturday November 21st at the Birds Barbershop on East 6th! Here, you will be treated to the East Austin Studio Tour artwork, hot toonz from DJ Andy (the Mouth) and lastly a clean and fresh performance from the guests of honor : CUSTODIAN. Lonestar Beer will be out in full effect making sure everyone is having a grand ol time but it is pretty hard to go to an event at Austin institution Birds Barbershop and not walk away with a giant grin on your face. This will be the first time the limited edition janitorial soapboxes containing a CD in them (along with a few other surprises) will be for sale. Our logic is that since the music that CUSTODIAN makes comes as a re-purposing puree of other materials , the packaging should be no different. The box will be hand numbered and be extremely limited edition making it a fine addition to any collection. Or it could rest beneath your kitchen sink.

We look forward to seeing you there to celebrate this great release! Please help us spread the word about this FREE show. It is from 5-9pm so you can still make plans for later in the night!

Last Night: The xx and Friendly Fires at The Mohawk

The xx

Friendly Fires

New Depeche Mode Video | "Fragile Tension"

"Fragile Tension" is the third single off Depeche Mode's most recent album Sounds Of The Universe.

Previously:

• Last Night: Depeche Mode at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion | Houston, TX (w/ Setlist)
• Depeche Mode Video :: "Peace"
• Depeche Mode Video :: "Wrong"
  

Fun Fun Fun Fest Recap :: Ratatat

New Holly Miranda | "Forest Green Oh Forest Green"

Tonight's the night. We finally get to see The xx! Make sure and get to tonight's SOLD OUT show at the Mohawk early enough to check out the other opener, Holly Miranda. She sounds fantastic! We're hoping she plays her cover of Pink Floyd's "Breathe". The doors open at 8 by the way.

Update: Looks like Holly Miranda had to cancel her opening duties tonight because of a stomach flu. Bummer! Hopefully she'll be back soon enough. Thanks to our twitter friends @ryanljames and @aster_alone for the heads up. You should follow them.

Miranda's debut album The Magician's Private Library is due out on Feb. 23. Produced by Dave Sitek, it includes contributions from himself, Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton (TV On The Radio), Eric Biondo and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), and Holly’s long-time violinist, Marques Toliver. Listen to the first single "Forest Green Oh Forest Green" down below. [Via]

Holly Miranda - Forest Green Oh Forest Green (mp3)

The track is out as a single (7" & digital) and also includes Yoko Ono's " Nobody Sees Me Like You Do". You can purchase it here.

The Golden Filter | "Thunderbird" Video

The new single from The Golden Filter is called "Thunderbird". Just released a few days ago, the 12" includes a b-side of The White Stripes' "The Hardest Button To Button" (which we've loved for a while now). Watch the video and purchase the single from Dummy. [Via]

New Animal Collective | "Graze" [Stream]

Although the new EP doesn't (officially) come out digitally until Tuesday and on CD next month on the 15th, we get to hear the opening track off Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind. Take a listen to "Graze". [Via]

Monolith Fest May Not Happen Next Year

Seriously it bums us out that we might not get a chance to experience another year of the Monolith Fest. This was our first year and we had a blast, as did all of our friends from Austin and Denver. We were looking forward of making it a yearly occurrence and now we might not get that chance. Hopefully someone will help them out. The official site sums it up in a few sad paragraphs down below.

MONOLITH Fans,

We are very saddened by the nature of this announcement but wanted to bring it to you first. We feel like we have always been very fan-centric, honest and open with you therefore it's important to us to communicate the severity of our current situation. We have tirelessly promoted and produced the Monolith Festival for 3 years now. Over the course of those three years we have witnessed some amazing performances, met a bunch of great friends and produced a very special event that filled our voracious appetite to deliver the most amazing new artists in the world. Many of you who know us know that we do this out of sheer pleasure, undesirable love of music and a vehicle to tout our admiration for hardworking musicians.

With that said, the future of the festival is very grim. A tough economic year and an opening day of chilling rain combined to put a serious dent in our humble operation. We have continued to pursue any and all options that would allow us to recover from this year and head into 2010 with full steam. At this point in time, we have been unable to secure any options. We are communicating this message to you - the fans, the media and the artists who have supported time and time again for good reason. We hope that somewhere, in our vast network of music lovers, that there may be someone with the means to pull us up by our boot straps and give us chance to continue building this amazing event.

If you have any input or know of someone who may be interested in investing in/purchasing our small but mighty event, we would love to speak with them. We have a number of options available for interested parties/individuals. For more information please contact jb@monolithfestival.com. Again, this is our last resort and we have explored just about every option that is available to us. To the folks who we still hold financial obligations to, we whole-heartedly appreciate your patience and willingness to work through this tough time with us.

A very special thanks to the fans who have bought tickets, told your friends, blogged and shouted from the mountaintops about their admiration and love for Monolith. We encourage you to continue this as it can only help our cause. We would also like to thank our loyal, generous sponsors who have been there for us year after year. Specific thanks and credit goes to Esurance who saw our vision for this event and remains the sole reason why this event was even possible.

Best Regards, MONOLITH Team

Contact us at jb@monolithfestival.com

Video: Vampire Weekend // Cousins

New Charlotte Gainsbourg Video (feat. Beck) | "Heaven Can Wait"

[Via]

Visit Charlotte Gainsbourg's official site to download the track "IRM" off her album of the same name, which is due out on Jan. 26th via Because Music.

BLAKROC Album out 11/27

It's all over the net right now so I am sure you have heard of it. But Blakroc is certainly one of our most anticipated releases this year. It will be available 11/27 FYI. What is it? A collaboration between one of our favorite bands The Black Keys and some of hip hops finest. On it you will get tracks featuring Mos Def, Raekwon, RZA, Ludacris and more. They have a trailer and 9 "webisodes" up on the official site. Here is one of my favorite quotes from the making of the album:

Even (Black Keys guitarist) Dan Auerbach "lost his shit" while making the album. With Wu-Tang Clan making the guitarist's top five bands list of all time, watching Raekwon put together his verses blew his mind. "He was sorta what I imagined watching Bob Dylan work in his prime would be like. Raekwon came in, heard the music, got inspired and just sat down and started writing. He wrote like 20 verses, just like that, in 45 minutes. And everything that he says is so visual, such a story. His rhyme schemes are just insane."

[Blakroc Official]