after phoenix brought out r. kelly at coachella last night, couldn’t help but make the studio-quality version of the mashup they performed (and include a nice aziz segment at the start).

check it out here — free download:



or check the youtube if that’s more your style:

I’m playing my first full band show in San Francisco since the summer, and I’m headlining the main room at Public Works — it’s an awesome space located right in the Mission (2 blocks from 16th st BART), and last time we packed the place, so get your tickets in advance above and save dough, and rsvp on facebook

here we are, at the end of a great year. this year was especially awesome: graduated from business school, moved up to sf, produced a track a week for 6 months, released a new album, headlined a bunch of sold out shows, backpacked around europe, jumped off cliffs, drove from milan to barcelona, climbed half dome in the middle of the night, launched a company, and had a ton of fun throughout. here’s my favorite music from the year that was 2012:
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sat down recently with the cool folks at sosh to talk to them about my favorite spots in san francisco — we got to play some records, take some snapshots of my apartment, and talk shop about music, my company, and my hometown. check out the full interview here – sf people, let me know what I missed!

cheers,

charlie

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special for wait what fans: enter promo code ‘amigos‘ for 2-for-1 tickets!

To celebrate returning to San Francisco, I’ll be headlining a Friday night show in the main room at Public Works — it’s an awesome space located right in the Mission, and last time we packed the place, so get your tickets in advance and save dough.

BUY TICKETS HERE: http://waitwhat0608.eventbrite.com/
All profits go to 826 Valencia to support youth writing!

DOWNLOAD THE MIXTAPE
(free/donate-what-you-want)

I’ll be headlining a Friday night show in the main room at Public Works to celebrate the release of my new mixtape, tingo. This venue is an awesome space with enough room to move, a good bar, and great sound, located right in the Mission, the unofficial capital in SF of hipster tunes and hip hop classics. This will likely be the biggest show I’ve played in SF yet, and the last one I play for awhile so come enjoy some great music and awesome drink specials on Friday, June 8.

I want to get a live crowd, so tickets are cheap (and I’m covering your convenience fees — what you see is what you pay): pre-sale tickets for $8. Limited quantities, and once pre-sale is over, tickets go up to $10. We’re anticipating that this will sell out, so get your tickets now — if available, tickets will be $12 at the door.

Also, Stanford/Penninsula people — we’ll have a party bus from Stanford to SF and back for $30 pp, which includes a show ticket. Bring friends, support a great cause, and let’s set things off at Public Works — it’s going to be a awesome!
listen to the record on soundcloud.

note event is 21+ per venue policy
openers: TBA soon!

pay-what-you-want (all proceeds to 826 Valencia) | free download

/ˈtin.ɡoː/. to gradually steal all
the possessions out of a friend or neighbor’s house by borrowing and not returning.

proud to announce the release of the brand new mixtape, tingo, including the lead single ‘take a walk with bonnie & clyde (jay-z & beyoncé vs passion pit)! tingo is 24 tracks and you’ve got a couple options:

buy for any amount (digital or physical), $ to 826 Valencia

download the album free or stream below:

check it out — let me know what you think; it’d make my day
charlie
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almost six months ago, I started a little tradition here of wait what wednesdays. what was originally just going to go until the end of 2011 is now 24 songs deep with over 100k downloads, a bunch of blog coverage, and something that’s kept me consistently making music every week over that time.

I’m happy to announce that this tradition is culminating with a couple of cool things: first, a mixtape release. it’ll be a collection of the best tracks from the series along with a couple skits, and it’ll be pay what you want through gumroad (because their product is awesome and sahil lavingia is the man), with all proceeds going to 826Valencia (just like the last mixtape, this is real life, which raised $10000).

second cool thing is an SF release show in may — still squaring away details, but rest assured, it’s going to be a blast. stay tuned for more details on that and the mixtape release date in may. thanks for all your support; you guys are awesome.

cheers,
charlie (wait what)

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wait what wednesday isn’t a teenager anymore, with number 20 here presented by kanye west and kennedy explaining their optimal fitness plans for females with the new karate workout.

I found this kennedy song from a friend of mine posting it on facebook and then remembering it’s the song from the dollar shave club ad. was also really digging that it was about karate because one of the interesting tidbits about my girlfriend is that she’s a black belt and so thought it would be funny if the cover art was of her doing karate. couldn’t find a photo of that, though, and she might not have been super into it. anyway, the kanye track is a nice college dropout throwback and liked that it thematically fit.

sitting on a rooftop balcony in an apartment in berlin, and this city is spectacular — great food, cool areas, chill people. we were in copenhagen for a couple days earlier this week and had an awesome time there, too. flying to milan and driving around southern italy and france, arriving in barcelona the weekend of march 31. trying to get tickets to see rick ross in villeurbanne, france this week. the adventure moves forward.

“every tat mean something, that’s my word on my body,”
charlie

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one away from twenty here with number nineteen in the wait what wednesday series. lil wayne, kanye, and static major run into memory tapes at a summer barbeque to create lollipops in the sun.

played a really fun show in palo alto last week, finished at 2am and then took the 6am flight to pheonix with my dad and spent last weekend there for the giants spring training (preseason baseball for those unacquainted). my best friend was there too and wrote a good argument for why everyone should go. hung out in the arizona sun for three days and then spent this week not sleeping and writing an obscene amount for the end of the quarter at Stanford. memory tapes makes some great summertime music, and their original track, sun hits, was a great soundtrack for the sun-soaked arizona days.

leaving tomorrow for copenhagen and backpacking/roadtripping around europe for two and a half weeks. still taking recs for what I should check out in Berlin, Copenhagen, northern Italy, and Barcelona: euro12 [at] waitwhatmusic [dot] com. be well, and listen to the new wiz khalifa mixtape if you haven’t.

“got the windows down, radio’s on,”
charlie