Sep
18

Live at On the Rox: Pill & Freddie Gibbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrAXdX6AS_U You can’t trust a rapper who can’t roll a good blunt. You can trust Freddie Gibbs. During the 48 hours prior to his show with Atlanta Grind Time Rap Gang affiliate, Pill, Gibbs rolled the best blunts I’ve seen since the last time I kicked it in New York with Disco Vietnam. Durable Duracell… Continue reading »

Sep
17

Only Built 4 Skinny Jeans Part 4 (The Search for 3)

Under no circumstances should Skinny Jeans and a Mic be better than Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon.  After all, Cudi has the co-signs (Kanye, Common, the uh, Black Eyed Peas)  the would-be indie icons brought in for Aoki-crowd mustache cred (MGMT, Crookers, Ratatat) and the back-story: at age 11 loses father to cancer, makes… Continue reading »

Sep
17

Sach O: Kid CuDi – Man on the Moon

Sach O could out smoke this guy. Kid CuDi is a hipster. That’s not a diss: Midwestern kid feels alienated and misunderstood in Ohio, moves to New York, works shitty jobs in trendy stores, discovers electro, falls in with the right crowd and somehow lands a career making music for other tasteless, badly dressed wannabe… Continue reading »

Sep
16

Cold Flamez-”Miss Me Kiss Me”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71yuGLbdYOw Bonus points for the Black Flag tee and the goth Goodie Mobb stylings. This song absolutely owns LA radio. I have heard it far too many times not to like it. Download: MP3: Cold Flamez-”Miss Me Kiss Me”

Sep
16

Warren Zevon-”You’re a Whole Different Person When You’re Scared”

As Dom Passantino pointed out, “Zevon came with more killer openings than Bobby Fischer.” Though the lyrics were co-written by a late-period whiskey (and coke and acid)-addled Hunter S. Thompson, it’s hard to argue with the efficacy of “You met her in a Turkish town/but you didn’t want to bring her here/You didn’t want her… Continue reading »

Sep
16

Final Thoughts on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcu7OCIqlqE A link to my review at Pop and Hiss. No more Cuban Linx talk until year-end list time. More content coming later today. And while we’re on topic… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew Download: MP3: Raekwon-”Can’t Hide It” (Left-Click) MP3: Raekwon ft. Ghostface-”Criminology’09″

Sep
15

Koushik-Beep Tape

Last year, I was one of eight people obsessed with Koushik’s excellent Out My Window, an ethereal and pretty pairing of post-Dilla beats with 60s AM psych-pop. Sounds good, right. Where were you people, on dope? Now the Canadian-born, Vermont-based Stones Throw-signed beatmaker is back with the all-instrumental Beep Tape–30 songs, offered for free download… Continue reading »

Sep
15

Live Review: Old School Fest Featuring Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, Soulsonic Force & Egyptian Lover at the Greek Theatre

On the Nile. Great cover or greatest cover? Granted, my review of Old School Fest at the Greek should only appeal to the scant but savvy readership who may or may not have sported a buoffant during the mid-80s. I myself once used Murray’s pomade for a two year-stretch, but I don’t think that counts.… Continue reading »

Sep
15

Rainbow Arabia Max Out the Quota for Good “Rainbow” Bands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIYHILNRoLo Despite their heavy buzz around Los Angeles, there were a variety of reasons why I never got into Rainbow Arabia. For one, there is the above video. I’m not quite sure what’s going on, though I’m pretty sure that if I tried I could pick enough low-hanging hipster humor fruit to fill up a… Continue reading »

Sep
14

Sach O: Reflections on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, Pt. 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wB-u3hcVl0 Sach O’s an old Mafia Don from back when. “10 Bricks” 66. We already touched on “10 Bricks,” but it’s worth restating that this is easily one of the album’s highlights. “The Fat Lady Sings” 67. If this album has one major fault it’s that it’s exhausting. A track like “The Fat Lady Sings”… Continue reading »

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