Sheena Beaston

Win Hesta Prynn EP and Tickets to Her August 16 Mercury Lounge Show!

Hesta Prynn's got a new EP out (hint: it's really good), and she's jumping straight off tour with Tegan and Sara into Mercury Lounge for a headlining show all her own later this month. Do you want both the disc and the tickets? I thought so...thus, some lucky kids are getting in on the good stuff!

 

 

Prynn's gig at Mercury Lounge takes place on Monday, August 16, and one lucky beast gets a pair of tickets plus her new EP, Can We Go Wrong. Additionally, 4 "runners up" will also get the EP. If you want to buy tickets to the show, grab 'em here. For a chance to win, read on below.

  

Want to win one pair of tickets and an EP from Hesta Prynn? Start by following us on twitter if you aren't already...winners get notified by DM, and the only way we can send you a beastly congratulatory message is if you're on board our tweetable train.

 

Next, simply copy and paste the below message and hit send!

 

dear @sheenabeaston, it would be rad if you hooked me up with the @hestaprynnmusic package!

 

That's all you gotta do...easy peasy. Contest will remain open until Thursday, August 12 at 5pm. Go!

  

mp3: Hesta Prynn - Can We Go Wrong (RAC Mix)

 

 

Recap, Playlist, Archive: Sheena Beaston on East Village Radio with Hesta Prynn, Fam & Friends

On Friday, we started our (and hopefully your) weekend off with a bang by doing what we do. And what we do, is occasionally fill-in on East Village Radio for our pal Jason, during his Accidental Rhythm show. In case you weren't tuned in (in which case....psssshhaw on you!), here's what went down.

 

 

With a last minute "hey girl hey, can you come on down and dish out some tunes" request, there wasn't enough hours in the day for me to get my ish together and do something super rad. But that's where friends, family and the fantastic Hesta Prynn came to the rescue. Pop-ins from my friend Samantha, my sister and her husband (check out their band) and the former Northern State singer all helped make the show a robust beast of a two-hour shindig.

 

I also announced that my own show will be starting this week on July 15, and it's gonna happen on the regular, every Thursday from 8-10pm! (more on that later) And there was music. Good stuff too. Including No Mercy's Where Do You Go. THAT's how we roll.

 

Full playlist of the program is below. Again, if you missed it, grrrr, but you can still stream it here.

   

Big Boi - Hustle Blood
Delorean - Deli
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hanuman (Loofy Remix)
The Knocks - Something I Can Dance To
Nina Sky - You Aint Got It (Funk That)
Crookers (ft Roisin Murphy) - Royal T
Monarchy - Love Get Out of My Way (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Dirty Money, Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj - Hello Good Morning (Remix)
Tricky - Murder Weapon
Nivea (featuring Jagged Edge) - Dont Mess With My Man
Fake Blood - I Think I Like It
Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When Youre Naked
Eli Escobar (featuring Amanda Blank) - Love Thing Part 3 (Only You)
Human Life - In It Together
Sidney Samson (feauring Twista) - Shake That Thing (Riverside)
Kylie Minogue - Closer
Sia - Buttons (CSS Remix)
Scissor Sisters - Something Like This
The Teenagers - Made Of
PM Dawn - Set Adrift (On Memory Bliss)
Jenny Wilson - Only Here For the Fight
Robin Thicke (ft Nicki Minaj) - Shakin it 4 Daddy
Hesta Prynn - Motive
No Mercy - Where Do You Go
Big Boi - Shutterbug

  

mp3: No Mercy - Where Do We Go

  

Beastly Bits #81

There's some stuff going on...

 

...and here's where you can get learned. Not entirely original today, eh?

 

Charlotte Gainsbourg's The Tree (devoid of castration, as in last year's Antichrist) closed Cannes. link

 

Tegan and Sara announce that Oliver Cole, Hesta Prynn and Paramore will open for them on certain dates of their summer long tour. link

 

Johnny Marr says that The Cribs are working on a new album. link

 

Juliette Lewis covers Iggy Pop's No Fun in acoustic fashion. link

 

MJ Cole remixes Tinashe's Zambezi. Free below, and enter for a chance to see Cole this weekend. link

  

mp3: Tinashe - Zambezi (MJ Cole Remix)

 

Hesta Prynn Free Gig at The Studio: February 27

A few weeks ago, I dropped a little doozy of a tune in my morning roundup. The response to Hesta Prynn's Can We Go Wrong was fairly amazing, whenceforth, I decided to flesh out a fuller feature on the former Northern State member.

 

After playing Pianos last month, Hesta Prynn gives fans another chance to get a taste of what to expect from her upcoming record.

Formerly of the hip-hop group Northern State, Hesta Prynn is putting the final touches on her first solo album, due out later this year.  Produced by Chuck Brody (Lykke Li, J.Lo, Ra Ra Riot and Wu Tang Clan) with help from Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara, and Eric Gardner (Gnarls Barkley) providing drums, Hesta’s new record pits euphoric beats and distorted bass lines with punkish guitar overlays to create and energetic, edgy sound.

Prynn plays The Studio at Webster Hall on Saturday, February 27. The 19+ show starts at 8pm and it's free with your RSVP here.

mp3: Hesta Prynn - Seven Sisters

Beastly Bits #13

Like a great cup of coffee, I'm ready to pour you a piping hot cup of the good stuff to wake you up.

Drink it in!

  

Beach House's album, Teen Dream, is out today on Sub Pop. Buy the release with a special DVD included here.

Hesta Prynn, formerly of Northern State, is putting the final touches on her first solo album due out later this year. The record is produced by Chuck Brody (Lykke Li, J.Lo, Ra Ra Riot and Wu Tang Clan) with help from Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara, and Eric Gardner (Gnarls Barkley) providing drums. Free mp3 of Can We Go Wrong below. Voting for the 2010 BRIT Awards is now open. Go cast for your favorite here. tUnE-YaRdS, with special guest Takka Takka, play The Bell House next Friday, February 5. Get a ticket here. Pin Me Down is one part Russell Lissack of Bloc Party and another, Milena Mepris. Since Bloc Party went on hiatus last year, they've combined to showcases their band fresh interpretation of pop and electronica. Get Time Crisis for free below.

 

mp3: Hesta Prynn - Can We Go Wrong mp3: Pin Me Down - Time Crisis