Q: Is anything lamer than a blogger doing a top 10 list halfway through the year? A: No. However, as of tomorrow, the calendar strikes June, the halfway month of the year and the time for bloggers to compile absolutely pointless half-year lists. Allow me to be the first. I apologize in advance for its… Continue reading »
May
29
Inside the clean lines and warped angles of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown LA, Stones Throw kingpin Peanut Butter Wolf, Beat Junkie J. Rocc. and ex-J5′er Cut Chemist stood in a spot normally reserved for the LA Philharmonic. Strange territory for the the local legends, who along with trip-hopper Amon Tobin, were among… Continue reading »
As Mel Brooks once pointed out,, it’s good to be the King. Taxes are low. Seignorial rights seem like a cool deal for those on top. Not to mention the fact that having your own castle must be the ultimate bachelor pad (though inevitably the moment you’d get a comely wench out of her chastity… Continue reading »
May
24
If the Internet reinvented the idea of the overnight sensation, Voxtrot were some of its first guinea pigs—a bunch of kids in their late teens and early 20s who suddenly found themselves digital darlings off the strength of a couple self-produced, self-released EPs recorded in the sweltering heat of a Texas summer, home on break… Continue reading »
“Cinematic” is the operative cliche that will be thrown about to describe Wax Tailor’s sophomore effort, Hope and Sorrow, but sometimes cliches are cliches for good reason. The record feels tailor-made (pun unintended) to soundtrack a hip-hop tinged re-make of the drug-addled Jack the Ripper flick, From Hell. The kind of thing to throw on… Continue reading »
May
23
On the National’s first two records, lead singer Matt Berninger and the brothers Devendorf and Dessner were middle-weight pugilists trying to move up in the game, fighting on under-cards in undersized venues. Released on their own Brassland label, few people heard The National or Sad Songs for Dirty Lover, but those that did found a… Continue reading »
In the days when the Native Americans ruled the Americas, they were known for the unique ceremonies they concocted to coax rain from the gods. Several hundred years later, a different type of rain dance has swept the continent. In an effort to illustrate the necessity of clean water supplies in Third World Countries, the… Continue reading »
It’s been a while since I threw up some links and who better to link than Linkletter, a man so god-body at linking that he named himself after it. Joey drops some new Common songs, gives a typically trenchant analysis into Hansel, I mean male model, Lonnie Lynn’s future (on another note, what it does… Continue reading »
Hippies. You can’t live with them. You certainly can live without them. In fact, this is how I’ve lived the first 25 years of my life. That is all about to change. Because as of last Friday, I have officially confirmed my plans to thrust deep into the belly of the beast. No, not Congress.… Continue reading »
On the surface, it would seem tough to be Inspectah Deck. Sure, there’s that whole fame-and-fortune thing, but let’s be real, it has to hurt a bit that that most people consider him at best the fourth or fifth-best rapper in the Wu. Not nearly as emotionally resonant and vocally complex as Ghost, lacking the… Continue reading »
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Tosten Burks
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