[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] tUnE-yArDs + ?uestlove + Akua Naru + Angelique Kidjo, Lady 19,489 plays

tUnE-yArDs teams up with ?uestlove, rapper Akua Naru, and African singer Angélique Kidjo for a very enjoyable cover of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti’s Lady. It’s taken from (RED) Hot + FELA collaboration (Red Hot are the folks behind Dark Was The Night - probably the greatest compilation ever made). All profit goes to the fight against AIDS, so head over to iTunes right now and support this cause.

Want to know how Reggie Watts crafts his beats? Take a peek through his kit.

More awesome things to do this weekend: The Brooklyn Flea Record Fair is being held this Saturday in Williamsburg at Smorgasburg (regular Flea will still be in Ft. Greene). There will be tons of selections from record labels like Captured Tracks, Domino, Jagjaguwar, Secretly Canadian and way more. Come check it out and score some great vinyl!

I hate to admit it, but I found the new Beach House album Bloom pretty damn mediocre, and I consider myself a fairly hardcore Beach House fan. That being said, they played the Bowery Ballroom last night and it looks like it was a great show.

Jenni Sparks, here to brighten your day

Watch Spiritualized Live

Thanks to NPR, you can now stream the entire 2+ hour set Spritiualized played in DC at the 9:30 Club last week. I know what I’m doing when I get home from work today…

The Andre 3000/Jimi Hendrix Biopic is Actually Happening

It’s on, y’all

“I think the singer in this band only eats vegetables.”

British kids review ‘Paranoid Android’. They’re pretty harsh critics.

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I Assassin Down the Avenue

“Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’s triumph was in how it captured a facet of human nature: the way we all send signals, hoping that someone will understand them but also anxious about what happens when someone does. You’ll sometimes hear the album get called cryptic, or self-conscious, or difficult. And that’s fine. It’s really a soundtrack for the ways in which people ask to be misunderstood.”

- “What Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Said”, The Atlantic

plans for the rest of today

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Jack White continues to be an awesome weirdo and releases Sixteen Saltines on vinyl filled with blue liquid.

Danish designer Michael Hansen created an analogue animation with vinyl covers. His idea was to translate classic music to a visual experience with an element of sensuality.

These vinyl animations are seriously amazing

SleekSpeak: colorful wireless speakers for your bike. Connect the speakers via bluetooth to your iPod or phone, and listen to music safely while you ride.