As you may have read at Zilla Rocca’s Clap Cowards, Nico the Beast, one half of Clean Guns, friend of this blog, and the man behind last year’s excellent, No Beast So Fierce, was in a serious car accident last weekend. Initially listed as critical, the bulletproof Beast has improved, and with time, is expected… Continue reading »
Next week, we’ll tackle more pressing questions like keeping Atlantis off the map, making Steve Gutenberg a star, and keeping the metric system down. But for the duration of this one, consider Passion of the Weiss, official anti-stone mason headquarters. On Thursday and Friday, Sach and Jonathan Bradley will battle the bulge of Roth publicist… Continue reading »
Slowly, my brain is slinking its way towards sensible shape. Three days of Coachella are not for the faint of heart–if nothing else it requires a quarter-ounce of weed, an array of narcotic edibles from potcorn to cannabis cakes, several brightly colored pills of indiscriminate origin, copious spending money for wine, water, and whiskey, plus… Continue reading »
As I wriggled out of the teeming crowd that clotted for M.I.A, I eavesdropped on the Spalding basketball-bronzed sorority sisters speaking behind me: “If I was like a dude, I would totally want to do M.I.A.” Personally, M.I.A. doesn’t really do it for me, but I get where they’re coming from. After all, I’ve long… Continue reading »
Bret Easton Ellis once pointed out that the inhabitants of Los Angeles never stop babbling about the freeways. Then again, he penned, Less than Zero during the comparatively halcyon Tom Bradley days, prior to the total arteriosclerosis of the 405 and 101. Nowadays, surviving requires a serenity towards the iron inferno of rush hour. Consider… Continue reading »
Not much to add that the title doesn’t explain. All in all, a fair quarter for rap albums: two great ones (UGK 4 Life, Born Like This), one great mixtape (Superbad), and a half dozen solid to very good efforts. For better or worse, contemporary hip-hop is about keeping up. Product is increasingly disposable. It’s… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSwPGuyALEk I’d wanted to write about Akron/Family ever since their SXSW set at the Dead Oceans showcase left me waxing rhapsodic about their ability to successfully navigate the divide between the genius of the great jam bands (The Dead, The Allmans, Phish), vs. the fat-fingered indulgences of their single (brain) celled brethren. But props to… Continue reading »
Kevin Elliott tells me that I too often sleep on Columbus hip-hop. Kevin Elliott is usually right about these matters. Therefore, here’s the latest cut from Buckeye rhymer, Illogic, with guest spots from Slug, Aesop Rock, and a guy named Zero Star. It’s a fun song, though I’m not sure if it qualifies as “diabolic.”… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq3mew_T0as Due to the sheer glut of good rap inner-tubing through the Internet, I’m starting a new column to round-up the best singles of recent vintage. There is a 75 percent chance, I’ll never do this again. Credit due to Joey, Noz, and Brandon, for pioneering this not-so-novel concept. Kurupt ft. DJ Quik-”Hey Playa” Considering… Continue reading »
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Photo via Austin Chronicle The moral of the story is that I should listen to Skeet on Mischa more. Because it’s otherwise inexplicable why I’ve yet to write about Smell favorites Mika Miko–LA’s answer to the X-Ray Spex and Germs smorgasbord of Love is All. Their official sophomore debut, We Be Xuxa drops on May… Continue reading »
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