Video: Serengeti “Don’t Blame Steve”
Serengeti’s latest EP sees him reprising his role as Kenny Dennis, a 40 something, O’Doul’s swigging, Brat eating Chicago sports diehard. It’s a big style switch from the introspective, storytelling style he’s perfected on his last couple releases (My 2011 album of the year Family & Friends and his collaborative EP Beak & Claw with Sufjan Stevens and Son Lux), but Geti sounds as comfortable as ever in the role. Joining west coast label Anticon has proven to be a great move for Serengeti, giving him access to several talented producers that the label houses. This EP marks the first time he’s worked with Anticon super-producers Jel and Odd Nosdam, who are also producing his upcoming LP C.A.R., set to drop in June.
Kenny Dennis has been one of rap’s best alter egos for a while now, but he takes things to another level on the song “Don’t Blame Steve”. You see, Kenny is a Cubs fan. Not just any Cubs fan, but a fan who was sitting next to Steve Bartman on October 14th, 2003. Kenny says he, not Bartman, knocked the ball down and wants to set the record straight- “Team collapsed, 8 runs in the 8th, errors, managerial and pitcher mistakes. But they blamed it all on the fellow, to my left”. Kenny goes on a tirade, rattling off the name of every obscure Cub that should be blamed instead of Steve and insists “if a ball comes at ya, you knock it down”. As great as the song is by itself, Serengeti’s video for “Don’t Blame Steve” is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
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Written by John Bugbee
Fresh Track: High Diner “c.k.f.”
Below, I present the debut single from Boston’s High Diner. This Beantown trio is comprised of John Murphy on keys, Jordan Zylak on guitar and Colin Leeds on bass. This track is relentlessly addictive, drawing upon a delicious 70s pop vibe. The keys enter Ween territory on the bridge, offering spaced out synth lines in exchange for the song’s recurring pop chords. Listen and download a copy of “c.k.f.” below. I’m looking forward to what these kids might come up with from here.
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Written by Rob Peoni
Video: Hotfox “Picnic” (JamintheVan SXSW Session)
Thought on Tracks favorites Hotfox shared a boss new video from their March excursion to SXSW. The video, below, features the band performing “Picnic” for the mobile video blog JamintheVan. The track is one of the stronger songs that the band has inked since releasing their debut LP You, Me, and the Monster last summer. After a few seconds of collective dissonance, Hotfox gets down to business offering up a sound so large that it rattles the van’s walls. It’s always cool when a band chooses to explode beyond the constraints of a small setting rather than conform their sound.
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Written by Rob Peoni
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