Bloggers are every journalist’s favorite whipping boy. If a shitty band gets too popular, blame the bloggers. If the standards of professional journalism have eroded too much, blame the bloggers. If by 2010, Vampire Weekend has inspired legions of college freshmen to dress as ironic yachters, blame the bloggers. Ultimately, it’s as easy to scapegoat… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCxrWg-5Cbw Along with the lovely ladies of Hell Ya!, I’m co-promoting what might be the best rap show since Vanilla Ice rocked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II with his seminal “Ninja Rap.” Featuring The Knux, a new LA by way of New Orleans group who recently inked a deal with Interscope, and Internet famous Illadelphian… Continue reading »
Thanks to reader, Linden Renz, I’ve spent the day de-compressing in my hyperbolic chamber while jamming to Group Inerane and the sound of their African psychedelic rebel music (is there any other kind?). According to their bio on the Sublime Frequences website, the record is “the sound of the Tuareg Guitar Revolution sweeping across the… Continue reading »
He’s Scott Towler and you’re not. My parents still tell me tales of when “I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not,” was was practically the national anthem during SNL’s first few years on the air. How there was nothing like it that had ever been broadcast before, and how NBC took a major gamble that turned… Continue reading »
A Pitchfork party without Sparks? That’s like Eliot Spitzer without whores: fatigued, thirsty and miserable. And rest assured, Sparks flowed like the River Ganges, even going as far to sponsor the bash, which wasn’t really as bad as it was boring. A bunch of people sitting in bleachers trying to look affected and disaffected all… Continue reading »
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”-Hunter S. Thompson “What you gonna do when the people go home/ and you wanna smoke weed but the reefer’s all gone/ And somebody had the nerve to take the herb up out the doobie ashtray/Why they do me that way?”-Devin the Dude If the going hasn’t… Continue reading »
Hey, Aren’t You Juliette Lewis? Walking down 6th street yesterday, you had to wonder if everyone in the world somehow heard that Art Brut song, “Formed a Band” and decided that if Eddie Argos could do it, how hard could it really be? I’ve seen telephone directories thinner than the official SXSW guide they give… Continue reading »
If you do a Google Image search for “Austin” this is one of the first things that pops up. Two girls at the 1998 Austin Corvette Day. Granted, this probably has nothing at all to do with SXSW–yet judging by my first impressions of this place, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if by… Continue reading »
Zilla Rocca is such a good rapper that Dilla refused to give him beats. The last two weeks I’ve spent an abnormal amount of time listening to the late great James Yancey. I have nothing new to add to his technical prowess as an innovator of the beats AND of the flow. He’s been written… Continue reading »
This article may only have regional appeal, as Felli Fel’s celebrity is certainly strongest in LA, where he has held it down as Power 106′s version of Funkmaster Flex for the past nine years. Granted, “Get Buck In Here,” the break-out first single from Fel’s forthcoming Go DJ EP is a far cry from the… Continue reading »
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