Check out the Squeak E. Clean blog! SUDS LA SUDS SF Squeak E. Clean connects with Kanye NASA mixing in NYC Squeak & NASA In The Media Squeak E. Clean is heading up to San Francisco for the Choose GOOD
Magazine Block Party on July 15. Come check out the event and hear NASA take the stage along with A-trak, Diplo, Kid Sister, Vin Sol, Richie Panic, Blake
Miller (from the Moving Units) and Bedtime For Toys. The Block Party is
happening at 111 Minna Street from 12 to 8pm. NASA goes on from 2-4 pm
inside the gallery. NASA LANDING AT SXSW - For those of you attending South by Southwest in Austin next week, we're having a huge party featuring NASA (DJ Squeak E. Clean and Zegon), Spank Rock, A-Trak, Bonde De Role, Simian Mobile Disco, Kid Sister, Shepard Fairey, a moonbounce, free booze, free Obey clothing, and much more! To RSVP, send an email to party@squeakeclean.com. It's free and open to the public and there's a huge outdoor patio. Check out the flyer at |
SQUEAK E. CLEAN ON TV - MTV has just renewed their hit reality TV series "Rob & Big Black" for a second season. The show stars skater pro Rob Dyrdek and his bodyguard Big Black. Squeak E. Clean music is prominently featured in every episode and the second season looks to continue the trend. Other MTV shows making use of our music are "Pimp My Ride", "Parental Control", and "Denied". Our friends at Vice Magazine also have launched their own online programming network, VBS, February 1st. They just can't get enough of our jams and we feel the same about their hilariously brash and insightful content. Check it out at www.vbs.tv. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
GRAMMY ALERT! Be sure to watch the 2007 Grammy Awards Sunday Feb. 11th. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs sophomore LP "Show Your Bones" (produced by Squeak E. Clean) is nominated for Best Alternative album. Other nominees include "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" by The Arctic Monkeys, "At War With The Mystics" by The Flaming Lips, "St. Elsewhere" by Gnarls Barkley, and Thom Yorke's "The Eraser." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Happy New Year's! 2006 ended with the biggest and best SUDS party yet, with over 1200 people rocking out at The Hollywood Car Wash (see photo gallery for pics). In the last two months alone Method Man, E40, De La Soul, M.I.A, Spank Rock, and the godfather of Funk himself, George Clinton have recorded tracks for the NASA album, which is nearing completion. This week, Sam heads up to Sundance to DJ some parties and hit the slopes with the rest of the Squeak E. Clean crew. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| NASA Update - RZA is the latest MC to add his verses to the NASA album, (joining fellow Wu-Tang cohort Ol' Dirty Bastard, whose last known rhymes are on the lead single), along with Kool Keith (of Dr. Octagon and Black Elvis fame), and Gift of Gab (of Quannum and Blackalicious). Other artists scheduled to be recorded in the coming weeks are Sadat X, Rakim, Tom Waits, and Charli 2na, with lots more to come! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Looking for new Squeak E. Clean material? Check out Black Magic, the brand new album from west coast rappers Swollen Members, including the album's second single the Squeak E. Clean produced "Go To Sleep" (feat. singer Barbie Hatch). The album also features guests Mix Master Mike (of Beasties Boys & Invisible Skratch Piklz), Everlast, Ghostface (of Wu-Tang Clan), DJ Babue & Evidence (of Dilated Peoples), the Alchemist, Mr Vegas, and more! For those of you in LA, Swollen Members also play live at The El Rey Theatre on Friday Oct. 20th. Black Magicis currently the #10 selling independent album in the US, #1 Universal release at Walrmart and #2 at HMV in Canada. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| FINALLY ON ITUNES! - Many of you have written to us asking where you could get a hold of Squeak E. Clean music you've heard in various TV commercials and films. Songs such as "Trails" from the Spike Jonze DVD Collection, "Something New" (feat. Jon Darling) from our popular UK Mars Bar ad, and the soundtracks to the skate cult classics "Yeah Right!" and "Hot Chocolate" (the former including some early NASA instrumentals) are some of the never-before-released tracks now available on iTunes. They join the hit single "Hello Tomorrow" (feat. Karen O, already found exclusively on iTunes) and Squeak E. Clean-produced albums "Show Your Bones" (The Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and "The Loneliest Punk" (Fatlip). Feel free to preview before or even write a review after purchasing! Please note: the search engine will not locate "squeakeclean", you must put spaces between the 3 words ("squeak e. clean").
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| LEAVIN' ON A JETPLANE - Having just returned from dj'ing a blissful afternoon set for Coachella, Sam is once again packing his bags full of underoos and party tunes (or, as the pros call 'em, "pajama jammy jams"). This time his laptop brings him to England to DJ the exclusive after party for All Tomorrow's Parties (www.atpfestival.com). The 3 day music festival, with each day's lineup chosen by and including Mudhoney, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Devendra Banhart respectively, takes place this weekend near the seaside
town of Rye. Sam will spin Saturday, the day that the YYY's headline.
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| T-MINUS AND COUNTING - With "Show Your Bones" rocketing up the charts NASA is now officially gearing up for liftoff. Sam is travelling up and down the Americas signing up vocal talent for his exotic collaboration with Brazilian DJ Zegon. New NAS-tronauts include the oringal dirty south gangsta rapper Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys (whose visit to the studio last week can be seen in the pics section), Brazilian superstar Seu Jorge (familiar to many Americans for his performance in Wes Anderson's wonderful "The Life Aquatic"), and none other than the legendary art funk singer David Byrne of The Talking Heads (and founder of the renowned world beat reissue label Luaka Bop)! Stay tuned for more info on NASA this summer...
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| BARING IT ALL - "Show Your Bones" finally arrives in stores today and is being snatched off the shelves by pasty emaciated fans (and those whose moms wouldn't drive them to the record shop are reportedly keeping the iTunes elves busy as well). Early reviews in NME, Spin, and Rolling Stone praise the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' second album, with some already calling it "Album Of The Year." In other rag news, Sam is featured in Paper Magazine's "Beautiful People" issue (no, seriously) and the inner workings of Crack Alley Studios are revealed in the newest issue of RES magazine. Also, if you want to see Sam really showing some skin go to the official Squeak E. Clean myspace page and give us a holler (www.myspace.com/squeakeclean). Lastly, Austin homeboys Oliver Future (whose EP "Bear Chronicles VII" was produced by Squeak E. Clean stalwarts Koool G Murder and Brent Nichols in The 'Alley) have been drawing a lot of buzz lately from the likes of Indie 103.1 FM and Entertainment Weekly. Download their new single "San Francisco Song" for free (limited time only) off of www.ew.com/downloads!
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| GOLD LION UNLEASHED! "Gold Lion," the Yeah Yeah Yeahs brand spanking new single, has hit the airwaves at long last. Details of the album have been kept tightly under wraps, spurring Sam to concoct the infamous (and hilarious) "Coco Beware" hoax, but finally fans can hear for themselves that the wait was well worth it. The full LP "Show Your Bones" hits stores Tuesday March 28th. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| SOMETHING NEW! After writing a track for a Mars Bars advertisement that aired this fall in the UK and Ireland, requests poured in from across the pond to make the song available for general music fans. Having already encountered a similar phenomenon with "Hello Tomorrow," Squeak E. Clean promptly recorded a full length version of the song, "Something New" feat. LA singer/songwriter Jon Darling, and plan to release it online. Look for the song, as well other sought-after Squeak E. Clean tracks like the score from "Yeah Right!" and Spike Jonze DVD Collection, to be on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, Emusic, and more! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| TODAY'S YOUR DAY - Fatlip's solo debut, "The Loneliest Punk," has finally landed in stores this November on Delicious Vinyl, the same label that introduced Fatlip to the world as part of the legendary Phracyde. The album includes 3 tracks produced by Squeak E. Clean, "Freaky Pumps" feat. Shock G of Digital Underground, "Joe's Turkey," and the lead single "Today's Your Day (Whachagonedu?)" feat. Chali 2na of Jurassic 5. Listen for the single as part of the soundtrack to "Blitz: The League," the new video game inspired by the wild on and off the field antics of Hall Of Fame football player Lawrence Taylor.
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| "Pretty Things," a documentary on classic burlesque dancers that Sam scored, begins airing on HBO Tuesday July 19 at 10:30PM EST/9:30 Central. The debut feature from filmmaker Liz Goldwyn, the premiere party takes place Monday July 11 at 9:30PM at New York's exclusive Marquee Club… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| The Adidas spot "Hello Tomorrow," with music by Sam and feat. Karen O, was just awarded 2 top prizes over the weekend at the 52nd International Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, including the Gold in the first ever Best Use of Music category! While congratulations are flooding in, Sam is busy working in his home studio with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on their next record, as well as several more commercial projects… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| New photos posted! Go to "About" and click on "Photo Gallery" to see Wookies, chest shavings, ghetto proms, Kirby, Koool G, Kung Fu Jena, EQ & the kitty crew, the world's largest white 'fro, and more… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| In stores now! Hot new singles like "Squeak E. Clean Presents Baldhead Slick/ 2 Mex" (feat. Guru from Gangstarr) on Dim Mak, and Fatlip's "WhachaGoneDu?" (produced by Sam and feat. Chali 2na of Jurassic 5) on Delicious Vinyl. The latter single was also feat. in the Spike Jonze & Ty Evans-directed skate movie "Yeah Right!," whose long-awaited soundtrack will be hitting stores soon… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Sam is receiving a lot of attention for the song "Hello Tomorrow," which he wrote for a recent Adidas commerical directed by Spike Jonze. The song, feat. Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on vocals, was quickly downloaded over 11,000 times on iTunes, charting #35 on Billboard 's Hot Digital Songs, #53 on the Pop 100, and #85 in the Hot 100. Blogs and chat rooms worldwide are abuzz as music fiends anxiously try to discover the mysterious identity of Squeak E. Clean. By the end of April, Sam had been written up in Rolling Stone, Shoot Magazine, and Elle Girl, online publications like Pitchfork, and even nominated for the Cannes Advertising festival… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Right this minute Sam is working on a record with Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on a side project the details of which are very secretive in nature. Stay tuned… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Sam is also currently doing an album with hip-hop runaways Fatlip and Slim Kid Tre who’ve split off from the Pharcyde and started Edy Crahp (Pharcyde backwards). Edy Crahp will be pooping on your neighborhood fire hydrants most likely in 2006. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Sam’s own group NASA is putting the finishing touches on their album as well. NASA, (short for North America/South America) is a collaboration between Dj Squeak E. Clean and Dj Zegon of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The tracks are comprised of old Brazilian funk breaks and samples with special guests galore doing vocals and additional instrumentation. The first single will feature Fatlip, Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and one of the final recordings of Ol’ Dirty Bastard before his untimely passing in late 2004. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Sam scored the music to the Korean animation film “Sky Blue” in late 2004. It is currently playing in select theatres. Check your local listing for show times and locations. Sam is currently preparing an orchestral jazz score for “Pretty Things” an HBO original movie about Burlesque Dancers and the art form as a whole. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Sam produced a 12” with Guru and 2Mex for Dim Mak/Squeak E. Clean Records. Guru contributed “U Lose/I Win” and 2Mex contributed “Once Again” for what turned out to be a tasty record. Both selections will be featured on a Squeak E. Clean sampler- a genre spanning compilation that will highlight some of Sam’s favorite projects. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| In spring of 2004, Sam recorded an entire album with Ben Lee entitled “A Mix-tape from Ben”. Ben custom-wrote each song on the album with a different singer in mind and then had each of them guest appear on their song. Guests include Kylie Mongoose, The Eels, The Cardigans, Gomez, Zoë Dashanel, the Sleepy Jackson, Sean Lennon, and Har-Mar Superstar among others. The album is completed and is slated for release in early 2005. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| In late 2003, Sam scored the Girl Skateboards film, “Yeah Right”, the greatest selling skateboard video ever made (Directed by Spike Jonze). Look out for the soundtrack to be released soon. Early in 2004, Sam teamed up with Spike again and scored another of his skate movies “Hot Chocolate”, this time for Chocolate skateboards. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| We’ve been on TV quite a bit selling everything from cars to sneakers. Some of our favorites include the “Crazy Legs” Levis commercial (February 2002), Reebok “Outperfrom” (November 2003), the Saturn “Door Music” commercial (March 2004), and a brand new Adidas commercial featuring Karen O (January 2005) to name a few. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| In 2002, Sam started working on some tracks with rapper Fatlip, who’s best known for his work with LA’s own Pharcyde. The long anticipated album “The Loneliest Punk” awaits release on Delicious Vinyl, and the first single “Today’s Your Day”, featuring Charlie Tuna of Jurassic 5 is already getting consistent airplay on KDAY and Power 106 in Los Angeles. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |