Wear the new Mos Def record

As smooth and creative as his style, Mos Def is promoting and selling his new record, The Ecstatic, on the same format. A tee shirt.

The front of the shirt features the cover art, the song titles are printed on the back and a URL and download code are on the hang tag.

You gotta love an artist (and label) who will take a chance and push the boundaries of conventional marketing and distribution channels.

The shirt drops July 7th or buy the record on iTunes now.

Check out some of the new tracks and watch the video for "Casa Bey".



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Passion Pit and Harlem Shakes

Last night Noel, Russ, Holly, Anya and I went to the National Theater to see Passion Pit. The show was fantastic. And seeing the opener, Harlem Shakes, was one of the best surprises of the year. Both bands put on an incredible live show.

I also purchased this cool tour poster.






Here's the animated video that we did with Nooka and Passion Pit in case you missed it.

Passion Pit - Refreshing on many levels

Passion Pit was one of my new, favorite bands before we asked them to let us use "Sleepyhead" for the nooka video. When they agreed, I loved them even more. For the record, their "people" were amazing to work with too. And as a guy who used to work in the music industry, that's saying a lot.

On May 19th, they drop their new record, Manners. You can pre-order it at Insound and check out their Myspace page.