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  • The Grammys Need Comedy: “Mr. Universe” by Jim Gaffigan

    Gaffigan GrammyThe 55th Grammy Awards take place Feb. 10 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and allegedly the comedy segment will not be televised. What bullshit! The six badass comedians who are nominated for the Best Comedy Album include Jimmy Fallon, Margaret Cho, Lewis Black, Kathy Griffin, Jim Gaffigan and Tenacious D. These artists are leading the next wave of comedy, making millions laugh, yet the snobs at CBS are choosing not to air the comedy portion of the Grammys. Screw you man, or woman. Screw you both equally!

    Each day leading up to the Grammys we are providing breakdowns and our favorite moments each nominated comedian’s albums. If you haven’t heard their newest album, don’t be scared. In each post we will provide links to free videos and songs from your favorite funny people. Read the rest of this entry

    Review: Kyle Kinane “Whiskey Icarus”

    On Kyle Kinane’s 2010 debut comedy album Death of The Party the comedian jokingly declared that his creative writing degree with pay for itself. Fast forward a few years ahead and though originally declared in a joking manner this is starting to prove true for Uncle Bar-B-Que and his dumb dumb stories.

    Kinane is a contradiction of sorts, with glints of complete and totally intelligent thought juxtaposed with his schlubby looks, unkept beard, and blue collar demeanor. He’s the comical equivalent of your uncle with a fondess for Pabst Blue Ribbon and late night drunken shenanigans – the one you love to hang out with but he makes your parents nervous when the leave you alone with him. Even if you are a legal adult.

    This contradiction is a line Kinane walks perfectly that allows him to drop a hilarious drunken dick joke and follow it up with a well-placed and thought out observation or phrase delivery. Kinane strives to be a better comedian and makes it pretty well known on Whiskey Icarus that he loves the art of comedy and works hard at it but like Louis C.K. once said, “you don’t have to be smart to laugh at a dick joke… but you’re an idiot if you don’t.” Read the rest of this entry

    Rob Delaney’s “Live at the Bowery Ballroom” to be released on November 13th

    This past September comedian Rob Delaney self-released his own stand-up comedy special, Live At The Bowery Ballroom. Fast forward a few weeks and the audio version of the album will be released digitally via Comedy Central Records on November 13th.

    What does this mean for you? Well that means you can get yourself some Delaney as you do your chores, go out for a jog, or commute to and from work. All while Delaney drops some knowledge on you about his sex life, being married, and perhaps a bit too much about his bodily fluids.

    T.J. Miller’s Mash Up Audiofile hitting the shelves on November 13th

    T.J. Miller is back. And by back, I mean never left the game. His show Mash Up has been a pretty great breath of fresh air to the Comedy Central lineup featuring comedians acting out their jokes as Miller’s offbeat sensibility keeps the show flowing.

    Miller is releasing the audio from the show on November 13th called Mash Up AudioFile. It’s a collection of all Miller’s stand-up moments from the show. Comedy Central Records will digitally release the album.

    Since Miller is also a fan of music, the album also has a few remixes of comedian who did guest stand-up moments including Hannibal Buress and Pete Holmes. Musician Steinski and Second City’s Jesse Case who also worked with Miller on his The Extended Play EP [TLB Review].

    Before we go any further… can we just picture this album art hanging on a wall, with those eyes following us? Read the rest of this entry

    Tonight! The Laugh Button Live! and Comedy Central Records at New York Comedy Fest

    Listen up live comedy fans. We have a terrific stand-up show lined up as part of the New York Comedy Festival that is going to kick ass. We’ve teamed up with Comedy Central Records and New York’s newest comedy club, The Stand to showcase the best new and up-and-coming talent Comedy Central Records has to offer. So come on out and discover your new favorite comedian and tell your friends. Read the rest of this entry

    Enter to win a copy of Demetri Martin’s “Standup Comedian” (contest)

    We have ourselves some copies of Demetri Martin’s latest comedy special, Standup Comedian and we decided that they are in need of getting into the hands of you, the public. So what are we going to do? We’re going to contest it up like a motherf*cker up in here.

    To enter, enter your information in this neato little form. We’ll put all proper entries into our sweet ass pumpkin vessel, the one that we properly carved the head of Ron Swanson on and then randomly pick a few winners and ship them some Demetri. So enter. Do it for yourself, and do it for America! Read the rest of this entry

    Let’s highly recommend Kyle Cease’s “I Highly Recommed This”

    Kyle Cease is about to release a new stand-up album and he highly recommends it. In fact, he recommends it so much that he went and titled the thing, I Highly Recommend This. Truth in advertising that’s what we say. So prepare yourself to line up in the stores (kids still do that right?) and pick the album up on September 4th.

    The album also comes with a bonus DVD that has his half-hour special and 12 of the video shorts he filmed. Read the rest of this entry

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