Oct
19
Yeah yeah yeah, the Cold War Kids are so uncool. They’re like mustaches, or leggings or Hall & Oates. Ok wait, those are terrible examples. I mean this is 2007, what’s in is out and what’s out is in and I’m not even talking about the relationship between L’il Wayne and Baby. My point is,… Continue reading »
Chances are you’ve already heard of Black Mountain. Their 2005 self-titled debut won BNM raves and the band ended up getting tabbed to open for Coldplay, proving once again that Chris Martin is a much better music critic than an actual musician (hey Chris, I’ve got some guest-blogging spots available on the Passion). If you… Continue reading »
The Grateful Dead are my favorite band. A lot of people scoff when I tell them that. It’s not like I’m not well aware that it would sound much cooler and impressive if I said it was Can or Brian Eno, or Yoko Ono, or possibly their top-secret love child, Yoko Eno Jr. (she’s in… Continue reading »
I’ll try to keep this short. God knows at this point, it probably looks like Def Jux has been paying my rent for the last 36 weeks (in actuality, it’s only been 12). But the truth is, in a year where “underground” hip-hop has produced more good albums than at any point since its glory… Continue reading »
I usually re-post my Stylus articles in their entirety here, but it feels wrong to to do so for this one, as seems to make a lot more sense over there. I told my editor, Todd Burns, it’s either one of the best things I’ve ever written for them or one of the worst. Hopefully,… Continue reading »
Zilla Rocca likes Tribe Called Quest more than he likes Hammer. Though he does like the girls with the “pumps and a bump.” The first time I heard Lupe, he was spitting a forgettable verse about anime, peach fuzz and Mrs. Butterworth on Kanye’s “Touch the Sky.” I didn’t like his voice, nor his rhyme scheme,… Continue reading »
Oct
12
It’s no secret around these parts that I’m a huge Aesop Rock fan (see my Stylus review where I try to re-invent what it means to be pretentious,) so needless to say I was pretty amped to interview Mr. Bazooka Tooth himself. Of course, when it came time to write my interview questions, I was… Continue reading »
Oct
11
The legend of elusive love guru, Will IM, is as long as Fergie’s humps are humpy. They tell stories of him from Argentina to Antartica, from Uruguay to the Ukraine (where, the stories are often used to wrap potatoes). After spending many moons trying to decipher his true identity, I believe I have unmasked… Continue reading »
Apparently in an effort to save itself from total insolvency, the recording industry is now taking tips from Hollywood. Meaning sequels. So by the logic that Kanye Vs. 50 ended up actually making everyone go to the record shop for the first time in years, the powers that-be are now presumably trying to make every… Continue reading »
Kevin Murphy didn’t really ask me if I wanted to interview Mickey Avalon for a piece in the Arizona Republic, it was closer to a dare. Like when you’re 12 years old and you tell your friend that you’ll give him $5 if he runs into a cinder-block wall as hard as he can, wearing… Continue reading »
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