Tonight is the next video shoot for the first single off the new project American Crime.
The setting: women in leather boots. Cocktails named after dead rock stars. Walls looking like a ’60s art exhibit. All in the middle of Center City at The Trestle Inn (11th & Callowhill) for Sexy Heels A Go-Go. Swing through!
Curly Castro
“They Call Me Castro”
Produced by Blueprint (Rhymesayers/ Greenhouse)
Off the LP Fidel
Directed by Joe Castro (no relation)
Shot on location at Occupy Philly
Fidel drops in 2012.
Beats and rhymes from Has-Lo, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Small Professor, Open Mike Eagle, Ralph Rip Shit, Zilla Rocca, and many more.
All photos by Justin Clowes.
“Full Spectrum” video debuts next week in all of its psychadelic Super8 glory.
Nights & Weekends album release party next Wed 10/26/11 FREE at World Cafe Live.
Never trust a black dress and a canary eating smile…
Directed and edited by 5846 Films
Download/stream “Black Cherry” at Bandcamp
Download/stream “Black Cherry” at Soundcloud
Nights & Weekends coming very soon…
Design by Castle
Coming soon….
Curly Castro “Playing With Fire (The Girl Who Remix)” produced by Starkey
In the meantime, check out Starkey feat Curly Castro “Bricks” off Space Traitor Vol. 2
Starkey “Holodeck (Three Dollar Pistol Remix)” feat Curly Castro and Zilla Rocca
Below is a promo video for my FREE show tonight at Rogues Gallery (11 S. 21st Street, right down the street from Medusa Lounge). What to expect: colored blowie shirts, Dame Dash dice rolling, Godard films, a D’Angelo cover, and appearances from Curly Castro , Has-Lo , and MyMan Shafe . Stay up with me now…
This hits like a Sloe Gin Fizz.
And over the weekend, we hit our goal of $500 in donations for the Kickstarter campaign! We’re one-third of the way to our goal with 20 days to do!
Kick the tires on the Nights & Weekends campaign at Kickstarter
PS the background track is called “Boca Balance (Mama Watch That Man)”. The full version is a non-album Zilla Rocca track exclusively given to Kickstarter donors only.
It is now time for me to release my next EP Nights & Weekends. For those of you who know, this is my summer record that dives into all the wrong aspects of life in your 20′s: the misguided adventures, the foreign bathrooms, diner trips at 3am, hook-ups with the wrong women, losing trips to Atlantic City, and staying in bed till 5pm on Saturday’s.
The EP is nine tracks long with a bonus remix. Here’s the full tracklisting:
1. “Creme De Menthe” (prod by Zilla Rocca)
2. “Vaguely Jamaican Part 2″ (prod by Zilla Rocca)
3. “Black Cherry” (prod by Zilla Rocca)
4. “Full Spectrum” (prod by Dr Quandary) feat Has-Lo
5. “Alicia Interlude” (prod by Floodwatch)
6. “Something Good” (prod by Zilla Rocca) feat Curly Castro & My Man Shafe
7. “New Year’s Eve 2003″ (prod by Brian Brizzo) feat Nex Millen
8. “Michael Caine Glasses” (prod by Has-Lo)
9. “Devil’s Pie (D’Angelo Cover)” (prod by Small Professor)
10. BONUS CUT “Full Spectrum (Man Mantis Remix)” feat Has-Lo
I remember the oppressive times of indie/DIY artists when we used to pool together money, press up 1,200 CDs, and sit on boxes of unsold discs forever. I’m pretty sure my one ex-girlfriend has 800 copies of the first CD I ever pressed up in ’06. Kickstarter is a godsend in that regard.
I’m looking to press up some thick jewel cased CD’s, two variations of t-shirts that are inspired by Mad Men, Sinatra, Darwyn Cooke, and Philip Marlowe, and buy Super 8 film to shoot the video for “Full Spectrum” featuring Has-Lo. Plus anyone who donates $500+ gets an autographed Stetson from yours truly on top of so much shwag, you’ll feel like Turtle on the first season of Entourage. But I’m not looking for ridiculous lobbyist contributions; Kickstarter allows you to donate even a buck. You can still get a condom in Pennsylvania road stops for that price.
The deadline is July 31. Feel free to spread the word. Thanks guys.
Here’s a little treat to hold you over from the EP.
“Michael Caine Glasses” prod by Has-Lo and inspired by Get Carter, Pulp, and Harry Brown
After allowing us to dismantle “The Heat”, P.L.O. of our Cardiff comrades Associated Minds broke a guitar over MJ’s memorial jheri curl and remade “Beat It” from scratch in the studio.
