Mar
10

HEALTH – “In Heat” (Javelin Remix)

Granted, the tribal hat, hirsute demeanor, and gluten-free physique do not lend credence to the idea of Javelin having anything to do with a song called “In Heat.” But do not believe your eyes and trust your ears. Listen to the bassline off Javelin’s reinvention of this track from HEALTH’s Get Color. It sounds like… Continue reading »

Mar
10

Flying Lotus Live in the Studio on Gilles Peterson (3/10/10)

A few days ago, the Caribou album leaked and I commented how it was only March and I could conceivably be comfortable with three albums (Pantha Du Prince, Four Tet, and Caribou) at the top of my year-end list. Then a friend chimed in, “you really think any of them have a chance at topping… Continue reading »

Mar
10

Big Boi ft. George Clinton & Too Short – Fo Yo Sorrows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiwDs01pfZM Rabbit foot clutched, I’ll assume the first video for the forever-delayed Sir Luscious Leadfoot means that we’re approaching resolution to one the most baffling sagas of the last few years. Normally, when a rapper can’t get an album in stores it means one of two things: no hit single and/or their buzz has dwindled… Continue reading »

Mar
09

I Want the Fucking Fortune Like the Wheel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgVcxrHEPkA Sometimes, I think that Canibus’ greatest contribution to the rap game was the line “the greatest rapper of all-time died on March 9.” Otherwise, no one would remember the exact date that B.I.G. passed. Were he wise, ‘Bus would go into business writing songs to help husbands remember anniversaries and their wives’ birthdays. There… Continue reading »

Mar
09

Globetrotting With the Beat Konducta

Madlib is releasing 18 albums this year. Maybe 19. Maybe more. No one really knows. Not me. Not Egon or Peanut Butter Wolf. Not Madlib himself. We know that there are a dozen Beat Konducta albums surveying Otis Jackson’s far-flung tastes. Reggae and Afro-Beat. Tropicalia and New Wave. Actual rap music for those down since… Continue reading »

Mar
09

Son Raw – All Your Bass are Belong to Us Vol 1

OK, first thing’s first: who the fuck is Son Raw? That would be me, the artist/hack formerly known as DJ Sach. The story goes like this, many moons ago when I was a young pup getting behind my first pair of 1200s, I needed a DJ name. In the folly of youth, I thought about… Continue reading »

Mar
08

Danny Brown, Elzhi and “Hiding Bodies Till They Paler Than Renee Zellweger”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9PD_ispnd8 Somewhere, Jack White is smiling at the simile employed at the expense of his ex-girl, done  by fellow Motor City marvel, the ever quotable Elzhi. Around these parts, “higher than the jeans on Urkel,” remains the preferred way to describe interactions with the Bubba Kush, and on “Deep,” Jason Powers re-emerges from his slumber… Continue reading »

Mar
08

Pantha Du Prince ft. Panda Bear – “Stick to My Side” (Four Tet Remix)

Among the spectacles and soy taco set, this remix is tantamount to Ray Davies circa 1970 tweaking a Marc Bolan cut featuring John Lennon. The analogy’s dubious, but the sentiment isn’t. Right now, if Panda Bear, Four Tet, and their Teutonic cohort traipsed through the Mission District, they would be showered with rose petals and… Continue reading »

Mar
08

The Video Game Glide of Ikonika

Hyperdub-signed Ikonika’s been building steam with a grain of smoke since last year’s “Sahara Michael” introduced the world to her blazed and glazed video game glide, a sound rightfully described by Sach as evidence that she’s “spent more time playing videogames than I have, and makes better nostalgic music than the glo-fi kids (save Memory… Continue reading »

Mar
06

Sach O: Skream – Stella Sessions 03/03/10

David Lee Roth once opined that music critics like Elvis Costello because they look like Elvis Costello. Perhaps that explains why the pale, skinny Dubstep massive has chosen badman DJ Skream as their avatar of choice (no Pandora), but it’s more likely that they’re drawn to the amazingly dark and forward-thinking beats that man’s been… Continue reading »

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