MANIKINETER & GOD ROOT Join Forces for THE DIRT WILL RECLAIM ALL IT HAS LOST Split Tape/EP (Plus, 2 Digital-only Bonus Tracks)

By now, most readers of The Witzard should know we're big fans and supporters of Carl Kavorkian's new Noise-Rap-minded side-project/band, MANIKINETER, around these parts. Far from and Indie/Underground Hip-Hop newbie, Kavorkian has definitely been putting in some serious work these past few years, forging out a new identity for himself! I've always had a mutual affinity and appreciation for both Punk/Hardcore & Hip-Hop music and all of their adjacent sub-genres and quite honestly, MANIKINETER seems to seamlessly blend both genres into something new and original yet, vaguely familiar for die-hard fans. Since 2017, Carl Kavorkian has self-released three phenomenal "Aggro-Rap" EP's, as well as various singles and a split with TEETHCRACK on link2wales. I've heard Kavorkian's recently re-tooled live show set-up is really something else and the one time I attempted to go to a show, my buddy and I mistakenly parked 10 blocks out of the way and totally missed MANIKINETER's set entirely... although, always a gentlemen, Carl graciously offered to pay my cover charge! Overall, it was a great night and we still got to see sets from E. Grizzly's genre-eschewing Felipe Pupo, The Sh*t-Hawks, and King Ani Mal's show-closing set.

On a whim, my buddy, Omarey, and I also, got to meet Quinn McCord AKA Riff Quantum from Darko The Super/U DONT DESERVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ART affiliates STATIC BROTHERS out on the venue's front stoop. Now, MANIKINETER has teamed up with fellow Philly-based Sludge/Doom/Noise-makers GOD ROOT for a split single/EP and oddly enough, the group features Riff's STATIC BROTHERS bandmate DJ DM AKA Joe Hughes on guitar/vocals. Along with Hughes, GOD ROOT additionally features Fred Grabosky on drums/vocals, Ross Bradley on bass/vocals, John Galleo on guitar/electronics, and guitarist Keith Riecke. Just this past weekend, MANIKINETER & GOD ROOT played a Double-Tape Release Show at The Tusk (above Wooly Mammoth) on South Street, Philly with Kahlil Ali, Hallucinogenic Bulb, and Booklegger, who, also, just released their Sic Transit Mundus tape. MANIKINETER & GOD ROOT's split EP/digital album, THE DIRT WILL RECLAIM ALL IT HAS LOST, is currently available on both bands' Bandcamp pages. It's available in a number of various formats and combo-packages and when purchased either digitally or physically, comes complete with 2 additional Bonus Tracks—1 extra from each band!—upon purchase.

"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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