FOOL’S GOLD

2008 is nigh, and what better way to ring that bitch in than with your Fool’s Gold famalam? In Los Angeles, A-Trak will be rocking alongside Justice, 2 Live Crew, Busy P and more at the first annual Hard NYE fest. In San Francisco, Nick Catchdubs and Diplo get it in real heavy at Temple. In Montreal, Jokers of the Scene rave out with Curses!, Guns N Bombs, Crystal Castles and more at SAT. Keeping it Canadian, our Toronto friends can go enjoy the deejay stylings of Flosstradamus and pop champagne like they won a championship game at the Social. Aud lang syne! Flyers after the jump. (more…)

GBH presents
The RZA (Wu-Tang)
with Maipei (Live PA)
and guest DJs
Nick Catchdubs (Fools Gold)
Sports (f. Daryl Palumbo of Head Automatica + Nick Hook of MWC)
Rezound

Sat 12/29 (10PM)
Hiro Ballroom
363 West 16th St. , New York, NY
21+ / $10 ADV / $20 DOS

http://newyork.going.com/invite-18044

Fool’s Gold bros (literally!) Chromeo just uploaded some accapellas from their Fancy Footwork LP for your remixmash enjoyment: “Call Me Up,” “Fancy Footwork” and “Momma’s Boy.” Download and get to work! While you’re at it, be sure to leave them some messages on their newly-restored MySpace to let Dave and P know you’re psyched their social networking page was rescued from an internet black hole.

We were first supposed to go to Nigeria exactly one year ago for some Kanye dates but it was canceled because Jay-Z and Beyonce had just gone and they found it dangerous. So when I found out we were going this year I was like “oh great”…. but then I thought: we’re only going for 2 or 3 days and we probably won’t see anything else than the plane, the hotel and the venue so heck, this won’t feel any different than El Paso, Texas. I wasn’t shook anymore. Then as we got closer, they told us we had to get shots against hepatitis A and thyphoid and start taking malaria pills. “How victorian!” said my girlfriend. The band was flying out on the 12th but I had booked this 10.Deep x Fool’s Gold holiday party in New York on that date. Can’t I fly out on the 13th? Isn’t the first show on the 14th? “You can fly with Kanye on the private jet,” they tell me. Alright, if you insist.
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Kid Sister was at Chicago’s B96 this week to film a “Be Seen and Be Heard” segment with their on-air hostess Roxanne about growing up in the South Suburbs, how Kanye got on “Pro Nails,” and much more. Check out the video at the B96 Blog and be sure to leave your comments there so they know to PLAY KID SISTER ON THE RADIO!

The limited edition A-Trak “Capture The Flag” New Era (designed by Skoold In Korectnuss) drops this weekend at select New Era Flagship stores in the US, Canada and Europe. Get the full lowdown over at the A-Trak/New Era microsite. If you’re in Toronto, be sure to hit up the official release party on Friday, Dec. 21st at the New Era store on Queen Street, with tunes provided by our pals Nacho Lovers.

Check out tons and tons of photos from our Holiday Sweat-Out at the 10.Deep site and even more (in classy black and white, no less) in these two Flickr galleries from Mel D Cole. Also, if you didn’t get one of the gift bags (complete with beanie, FG x 10.Deep tee and exclusive all-holiday Nick Catchdubs mix), you can cop at the 10.Deep store.

An EP of Kid Sister remixes - as well as the Bag Raiders’ first North American 12″ - will be out on Fool’s Gold early next year, and to tease both releases we dropped this great “Pro Nails” remix by Bag Raiders on RCRD LBL today. It’s a free mp3 promo, so go and download away at http://foolsgold.rcrdlbl.com. Vowels are for jrks!

Last night as we were closing down our holiday celebration, someone made off with A-Trak’s 12″ PowerBook G4. Hit us up if you have any information. Other than that, it was a wonderful night that will go down in the books as yet another epic FG party. Pics coming soon.

WARNING: THIS IS A LONG POST!

Time to dust off the ol’ pad and pen. It’s the return of Alain Blogovitch. Web-Trak 2.0. Did ya miss me? I know, I know, my online chronicles took a severe dip in 2007. But I just finished the European leg of the Glow In The Dark tour with K-Dub and I simply had to let the ink pour. It’s now or never. Walk with me.

We’ve done a couple of Kanye shows since the new album dropped, but the official tour only started with this run. Whole new show, new band, new set, new stage design, new lights, new visuals, new catering. Nu rave? Almost, with all the neon-ness.

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