Mayer Hawthorne

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:05 pm

has anyone heard this cat? im kinda diggin it. he is on stonesthrow.

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drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:52 pm

i keep meaning to make this thread

the single is great, both sides. dude can sing his ass off

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:59 pm

can you upload that shit?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:38 pm

the link to the aside is easy to find, i'll up it in a sec

the bside i can't find for shit though, and i like it just as much

he also did a podcast thing modeled after an old motown radio show, kinda like galvy's parody things but not funny. it's pretty good, he threw in some old commercials (props for using the radio spot for Trouble Man, which had a Marvin Gaye OST) and whatnot, and the music itself is banging

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:56 pm

a-side, this is the song that got him signed and is getting all sorts of buzz now

http://www.stonesthrow.com/jukebox/maye ... staint.mp3

here's teh podcast, you need itunes to listen i think
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... =128983846
Hawthorne Radio Tracklist
01 Berry Gordy Intro
02 Martha & The Vandellas - In My Lonely Room
03 Brenton Wood - I Think You've Got Your Fools Mixed Up
04 Bobby Bland - Hands Small But Mighty
05 The Marvelettes - You're The One For Me Bobby
06 The Steelers - Get It From The Bottom
07 Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind of Fellow
08 Brothers of Soul - I Guess That Don't Make Me A Loser
09 Belita Woods - Magic Corner
10 Dee Edwards - Why Can't There Be Love
11 The Escorts - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
12 The 21st Century - I Just Can't Forget Your Name
13 The Whatnauts - Trouble Making Fool
14 The Superlatives - I Don't Know How
15 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Baby Baby Don't Cry
16 Shirley Lawson - One More Chance
17 The Montclairs - Hey You!
18 The Precisions - If This Is Love

What i'm really diggin about this dude is that while there's def been a very strong funk revival going on for a while now, there hasn't been that much soul to match (that i can find at least, maybe i'm missing it). There are some singles on truth/soul and daptone and all those that fall into the category, but they're comparatively few. I want more shit like this and Charles Bradley's Telephone Song

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:14 pm

score, here's the bside

http://someniceshit.files.wordpress.com ... oodbye.mp3

vinylpops · Post by **vinylpops** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:45 am

Yea, I heard this a few weeks ago through a friend. Diggin' the hell out of it.

That's why Stones Throw>>>

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:47 pm

glad to see somebody else diggin this

if this thread was called 'a bunch of gay hipster dance music remixed by europeans still pining for the glory days of the rave age' it would be like 5 pages by now

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:14 pm

i almost titled it that.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:26 pm

every thread title outside of troy/m2c should be 'poorly mixed compilations of completely disposable self-canibalizing music' for full success

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:29 pm

drizzle wrote:glad to see somebody else diggin this

if this thread was called 'a bunch of gay hipster dance music remixed by europeans still pining for the glory days of the rave age' it would be like 5 pages by now

I happen to dig both.

Speaking of Stones Throw: am I the only know who loved Koushik's album here?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:04 pm

nah i like it a lot, it's like a instrumental hiphop version of a mommas and the poppas record

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:10 pm

drizzle wrote:nah i like it a lot, it's like a instrumental hiphop version of a mommas and the poppas record

That's actually the best description I've read for this so far

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:12 pm

thanks but i really doubt i'm the first to make that comparison

jamesyo · Post by **jamesyo** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:14 pm

isn't he haircut from now on?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:17 pm

he was haircut before too i believe

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:18 am

just heard him spin tonight at funkmosphere with dam funk..his set was DOPE

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:05 am

I know a lot of people have been critical of Stones Throw's development lately but I really like how they've branched out over the last 2 years. Dam-Funk, James Pants and Mayer Hawthorne are all good signings.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:17 pm

their stuff has always been hit or miss, but i dig it

that sahara swing album on Now and Again is maybe my favorite album of the year actually

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:30 pm

a little update for you chillens

so hawthorne's myspace has a new track, called Maybe So Maybe No. It's pretty good. here's the myspace http://www.myspace.com/mayerhawthorne

so I started looking for the mp3, and came across the original of it by a group called the New Holidays, which shits so hard on Hawthorne's version it's unbelievable. I like Hawthorne's take on it, but this is just ruthlessly better

http://www.djferrari.com/music/NewHolidays.mp3

i gotta start listening to more doowop

sun ra · Post by **sun ra** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:38 pm

that mayer hawthorne song is pretty.. hmm.. meh.

drizzle wrote:http://www.djferrari.com/music/NewHolidays.mp3

feeling this track, thanks.

drizzle wrote:that sahara swing album on Now and Again is maybe my favorite album of the year actually

did you upload it in mp3x? my second favorite, after grace's jones hurricane.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:40 pm

i think you actually uploaded it in mp3x, i don't quite remember

The Iron Sheik · Post by **The Iron Sheik** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:26 pm

i love this dude's record and how it looks:

i am a little critical of the change from stones throw, much as i am a little lukewarm on warp's transition into almost an rock/pop label (tom vek, battles, jamie lidell, born ruffians)

still, as long as it's good music, i'm with it, no matter where it's from

Guun · Post by **Guun** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:46 pm

the album leaked.. and i'm lovin it so far.. never heard of this guy before a couple days ago but checked it out cause he's on stones throw. amazing how he captures that old soul sound.. reminds me a bit of bobby caldwell.

Captin Planit · Post by **Captin Planit** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:57 pm

What're some other things Stones Throw released not Madlib-related in the past couple years? I feel like I stopped paying attention to them soon after Madvillain (very dumbly, I know).

Guun · Post by **Guun** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:13 pm

Captin Planit wrote:What're some other things Stones Throw released not Madlib-related in the past couple years? I feel like I stopped paying attention to them soon after Madvillain (very dumbly, I know).

just looked it up and they've released projects from Omar Rodriguez-Lopez,
Koushik, James Pants, Heliocentrics, Dam-Funk, etc..

i know the koushik and heliocentrics albums are solid.. havent' heard the rest.

mishk · Post by **mishk** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:24 am

the Dam-Funk is good stuff sorta 80s boogie electro music

ST are one of the only indie internet age labels that have grasped the new music landscape and made something of it. Rap has kinda got boring as of late and they figured that out so hey diversify or die

scotth34 · Post by **scotth34** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:55 pm

Going to see Mayer tonight in san diego, Its a small little place so I got high hopes, Dam Funk comes to the same venue in 2 weeks which also should be pretty cool!!!

wilshire · Post by **wilshire** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:22 pm

mishk wrote: ST are one of the only indie internet age labels that have grasped the new music landscape and made something of it. Rap has kinda got boring as of late and they figured that out so hey diversify or die

i feel you, but actually they started seriously diversifying in 2000 when they dropped Breakestra and Madlib's Yesterdays New Quintet stuff. they've been doing only 50% hip hop for a while now. Good to see they havent stopped the rap shit though - that new Guilty Simpson is heat.

(James Pants is a dud though. sorry.)

BlingRhames · Post by **BlingRhames** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:00 am

drizzle wrote:i keep meaning to make this thread

the single is great, both sides. dude can sing his ass off

really? I like some of the music, but the dude can't sing. He's actually out of tune at times on that album.