{"id":4178,"date":"2011-11-04T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2011-11-04T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:38:01","slug":"icebird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/11\/icebird\/","title":{"rendered":"ICEBIRD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-ICEBIRD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4179\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-ICEBIRD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-ICEBIRD.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-ICEBIRD-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>ICEBIRD<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>The Abandoned Lullaby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>rjselectricalconnections.com<\/p>\n<p>Philly\u2019s answer to Gnarls Barkley, Icebird pairs producer and multi-instrumentalist RJD2\u2014known for both his <em>Mad Men<\/em> theme and string of solo albums\u2014with soul man Aaron Livingston, who\u2019s sung on albums by the Roots, among others. The sound is spaced-out, low-key hip-hop crossed with moody psychedelic soul\u2014a confluence of bumping beats, doo-wop pianos and analog synths. Highlight \u201cJust Love Me\u201d moves on up with a retooled Curtis Mayfield groove, while 8-bit Nintendo blips bubble under \u201cThe Return of Tronson.\u201d Whether \u201cI\u2019m Green,\u201d with its bluesy classic-rock riff, is a reference to Cee-Lo Green\u2014Livingston\u2019s smooth-crooning counterpart in Gnarls Barkley\u2014the retro-futuristic tune is about as odd and instantly likable as anything Icebird\u2019s mega-selling predecessors have released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICEBIRD The Abandoned Lullaby rjselectricalconnections.com Philly\u2019s answer to Gnarls Barkley, Icebird pairs producer and multi-instrumentalist RJD2\u2014known for both his Mad Men theme and string of solo albums\u2014with soul man Aaron Livingston, who\u2019s sung on albums by the Roots, among others. The sound is spaced-out, low-key hip-hop crossed with moody psychedelic soul\u2014a confluence of bumping beats, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[196,2778,10159,2776,2615,2777],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4181,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4178\/revisions\/4181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}