Ponytail Are Touring, Doing U.S. Mostly, Also Canada Sort of – The Tour Is Going To Be With High Places, Who Are Also a Band
By Papaya on 09-11-2008
Hi, my name is Papaya, and I am here to tell you about the band Ponytail, their upcoming tour, the ponytail hairstyle, and what touring is. Indeed, there's a band called Ponytail, but did you know that the "ponytail" is also a hairstyle worn by women and occasionally men? When executed correctly, it looks like the back of your head is actually a pony’s tail, which is where the hairstyle got its name! Anyway, touring is when bands perform their music in front of an audience, often in cities miles away from the group's hometown. Ponytail, the band, is going to do some of this "touring," which will be in part to promote its latest album put out on We Are Free Records. Not only that, but the album is named Ice Cream Spiritual (TMT Review), and the Ponytail musicians will have this item for sale at the very same places where they're playing these songs for their "tour." Tiny Mix Tapes supports songs -- it’s why we write about them!
If you like music, you should see this band -- but don’t expect there to be a lot of ponytail hairstyles there, because there might not be any!
Look at all of these:
* High Places
** DMBQ, The Homosexuals
N.W.A. Compilation N.W.A. And Their Family Tree To See Release in September; I Wish I Was Invited to the Family Reunion
By Kid Midnight on 09-11-2008
Although it's pretty obvious who N.W.A. influenced with their ground-breaking, super fucking cool album Straight Outta Compton, Capitol/Priority plan on giving us an audio reminder that collects a couple of the "family heirlooms." On September 30 (near my birthday, hint hint), N.W.A. And Their Family Tree will be released on CD and digitally. The collection brings together a few of N.W.A.'s signature tracks, as well as a couple "joints" that continued in the style of such modern gems as "Fuck Tha Police" and "Straight Outta Compton" (suspiciously missing are key tracks from Dr. Dre's The Chronic, as well as the Death Row output of 2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg -- so this is by no means comprehensive).
In addition to the compilation, VH1 is set to premiere N.W.A.: The World's Most Dangerous Group, a 90-minute documentary to air October 3. It features new interviews with Ice Cube, DJ Yella, Eazy-E's widow Tomica Woods-Wright, former manager Jerry Heller, Ice-T, journalist Cheo Coker, and director John Singleton. Beyond the interviews, it also features rarely seen photos and footage from the group's early days.
Almost single-handedly creating what would become known as Gangsta Rap, N.W.A. took the blueprint of old-skool hip-hop and tempered it with their harsh "Ghetto CNN" rhymes and unrelenting, funkdafied beats. "The World's Most Dangerous Group" also added to the lexicon of hip-hop imagery, replacing the b-boys and graffiti-covered subway trains with hardcore Gz and hydraulic modified low-riders, so that when you hit the switch, of course, you could make the ass drop.
N.W.A And Their Family Tree tracklist:
1. "Straight Outta Compton" - N.W.A
2. "Boyz-N-The Hood" - N.W.A featuring Eazy-E
3. "Dopeman" - N.W.A
4. "Fuck Tha Police" - N.W.A
5. "We Want Eazy" - Eazy-E
6. "Express Yourself" - N.W.A
7. "It Was A Good Day" - Ice Cube
8. "V.S.O.P." - Above The Law
9. "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo" - Yo-Yo featuring Ice Cube
10. "Foe Life" - Mack 10
11. "It's Funky Enough" - The D.O.C
12. "Final Frontier" - MC Ren
13. "Regulate" - Warren G. "& Nate Dogg
14. "Bow Down" - Westside Connection
15. "Bitch Please - Snoop Dogg featuring Xzibit
16. "Gangstas Make The World Go ?Round" - Westside Connection
17. "Lay Low - Snoop Dogg featuring Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy & The Eastsidaz
18. "We Be Puttin' It Down" - Bad Azz featuring Snoop Dogg
