Height Keech Announces Brooding New Album MIND MOVES THE MOUNTAIN Revamped from Unending Blaze, Vol. 1 EP & Unleashes "DEAD RIDER RIDE ON" Single (Cold Rhymes Records)

"Mind Moves The Mountain is the eleventh album from Baltimore's Height Keech. Reflecting on 17 years of DIY touring, the record asks what happens when your dreams lead you into parts unknown; what's down in the lonesome valley from the Folk songs? What happens when you venture out there and never come back?" Baltimore rapper-producer Dan "Height" Keech cryptically wrote within a recent emailed statement. Mind Moves The Mountain is actually parts 1-3 of a planned and since-abandoned EP trilogy, which started with Height's Unending Blaze, Vol. 1 EP and an accompanying nation-wide tour, which was released at the top of 2016. "After one EP and one tour, I realized this was all wrong. I sold out of my small run of CD's quickly (which is a good thing), but I sensed that my concept of a EP trilogy hadn't really made a dent in people's minds. I got this feeling that I was going to go in circles (literally and figuratively) to do this whole thing two more times—burning up money and time and mileage in the process—and that I would end up right back where I started," Height continued. Unending Blaze, Vol. 1 and its two abandoned companion EP's have since been fully re-envisioned into a cohesive "vinyl full-length," which is fittingly titled after Unending Blaze's lead-off track, "Mind Moves The Mountain."

Just this past Monday, Stereogum premiered the first official single, "Dead Rider Ride On," from Height Keech's newly-announced Mind Moves The Mountain—this excluding Unending Blaze, Vol. 1 EP/album tracks "Mind Moves The Mountain," "Gold Rush," "I'm Sure (Lights On)," and "Do The Always Change." Mind Moves The Mountain will be released on Height's own Cold Rhymes Records this upcoming April 25th; Bandcamp digital pre-orders come with an immediate download of "Dead Rider Ride On" and "VINYL PRE-ORDERS COME WITH A DOWNLOAD CODE FOR THE TOP-SECRET STRANGE LOOKS BONUS EP," as well as "Dead Rider Ride On" digitally. It's also worth noting that in addition to his musical output, Height runs a monthly podcast called Height Zone World, wherein he interviews and chats with fellow rappers, producers, and rising artists. New Height Zone World episodes are uploaded every Monday and generally include awesome Golden Age Hip-Hop album cover-evoking artwork designed by self-proclaimed "1/4 Amish cartoonist" Mike Riley (@itastesound). Height Zone World Episode 101 coincidentally, features Height chatting with recent The Witzard interview subject Darko The Super and his partner-in-rhyme, ialive about their forthcoming Return 2 The Hell Hole Store. I have to admit, Height sent me an advanced copy of Mind Moves The Mountain and I've only sat with it for a few days... but man, is it one brooding, cohesive album!

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra...

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel...

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