Jan
09

Nite Jewel – “What Did He Say”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G494Ur2jNOw I’m not sure how I missed this until now, but those curious why Ramona Gonzalez and Dam-Funk teamed up need to look no further than “What Did He Say.” Gypsy Disco-Funk , designed for a strobelite spot where the bartenders are exclusively Romas in mustaches and monocles. They quaff Absinthe and Quaaludes and get… Continue reading »

Jan
08

Low End Theory Podcast XI & The xx – Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)

The Low End Theory crew coming through to ensure that your weekend is 22 percent more wonky. In the magical dream world I inhabit (where I get to be a Viking), there would be medical marijuana dispensaries that played nothing but Nosaj Thing, Gaslamp and Flying Lotus, et. al and sold Willy Wonky Weed Bars.… Continue reading »

Jan
08

Phish Parking Lot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbw7ndkJPKs Perhaps you recall when I took a trip to Indio to cover Phish’s Festival 8.  Well, we brought cameras.

Jan
08

Redman’s Funk From Hell

Even the hard-core headbangers who have been down since it was “Time 4 Sum Aksion” will probably want to scoop this bootleg compilation of Redman rarities, B-Sides, and Freestyles. Reggie Noble on Ron G, Stretch Armstrong, and Tony Touch, teaming up with Def Squad, Das Efx, Meth, and Busta Rhymes, spitting over everything from “The… Continue reading »

Jan
07

Casual – “Tua Ra”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpVgSQMM66E If Casual was employed full-time in the Egyptian Wing of the Met, I would move to New York and devise a scheme similar to the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. This is the level of dedication I would hope to see from someone in a crew called Hieroglyphics. Via Grandgood

Jan
07

Camp Lo – “Double Doors”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iKOSpjE10M The hook boasts “Bronx, bread, booze, and more bubbles,” and so goes the mantra of Chiba and Suede, still gunning, brims tilted, lives luxurious even though they sport karats larger than the amount of copies sold. If they aren’t diamond crooks I don’t know how they can afford to record. How underrated are Camp… Continue reading »

Jan
07

The Next Best Thing: 25 More Good Rap Songs From 2009

There were 4,564,211 rap songs released last year, only a fraction of which were good, only a fraction of which were heard by people who don’t spend their days trolling message boards arguing about who’s nicer, Chino XL or Chingo Bling (the answer is obviously the latter, as only one of those two rappers offers… Continue reading »

Jan
06

The Besnard Lakes – “Albatross”

It’s unclear whether the title of the Besnard Lakes’ lead single refers to the Montreal quartets unorthodox decision to force front-man Jace Lasek to walk around Breakglass Studios with a dead albatross around his neck as penance for being extra-nice with a crossbow, or whether it alludes to the curse of being the best band… Continue reading »

Jan
06

Mary Anne Hobbs – Highlights of 2009

Whether you’re a hip-hop head baffled why this blog focuses so much on bass music (hint: it’s due to house music maharajah DJ Pauly D) or whether you’re so cool that you haven’t listened to music with words since Bush knocked down the Twin Towers (Jadakiss is never wrong), Mary Anne Hobbs’ highlights of 2009… Continue reading »

Jan
05

Sach O: Redman – Turn the Lights off (Caspa & Trolley Snatcha remix)

  Quiet as kept, Redman’s been working with Drum & Bass producers for over a decade now. Sure that first Roni Size collabo could have been cooked up by a greasy A&R pushing “the next big thing in Electronica” on a perpetually stoned Reggie Noble, but what about those Adam F tracks on the guy’s… Continue reading »

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