Apr
20

Sach O: 4:20

Photo taken in the hinterlands of North-Vietnam What, you didn’t expect US of all people to get any work done today right? My room is so smoky that it’s got scientists wondering if another Icelandic Volcano erupted and there’s a strong possibility of brownies down the line. Regularly scheduled programming will follow shortly as we… Continue reading »

Apr
16

Sach O: Rick Ross & Game

Current major label rap is just another form of pop. Its connection to any sort grass-roots Hip-Hop culture is tenuous at best and I’m not talking about KRS-ONE’s  mystical-religious pseudo-Jedi geek KULTCHA either: acts like Rick Ross and Game are polished entertainers supported by a major label system. They exist in more or less the… Continue reading »

Apr
15

Son Raw – All Your Bass are Belong to Us Vol 2

All Your Bass Are Belong To Us Vol. 2 by Son Raw on Mixcloud Once again it’s on! After the strong reaction to my first official bass mix, I’m unleashing yet another hour of hard-hitting, international sounds on the unsuspecting world, this time with cover photography by the one and only Dan Love of FDB… Continue reading »

Apr
14

The Cool Jazz of Jose James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgFuY8gtAY8 I’m still letting my skull simmer from the futuristic synapse-scarring induced by Cosmogramma, but Flying Lotus’ versatility is revealed more by outside production work than his album-length orbits. This year’s collaborations with Gonjasufi and Jose James will be undoubtedly less discussed than his warped Warp release, but they’re equally revelatory to the tastes and… Continue reading »

Apr
14

Bed, Baths, and Beyond

Despite his ardor for Baths and claw foot bath tubs, Aaron Frank does not wear Bathing Apes. Now that we’re several months into the new year, those December resolutions are slipping and I’m again regularly making poor personal decisions. This time it wasn’t answering my ex’s belligerent 3 a.m. phone calls, but rather skipping Baths… Continue reading »

Apr
13

Nosaj Thing, Rainbow Arabia, and Collecting LA

IAMSOUND’s rapidly gained national and international stature since I first wrote about them in 2007, as a part of an article on the next generation of Los Angeles bedroom indie labels. But their most recent release series, The LA Collection (described at length here), represents arguably their most ambitious project yet. Recruiting some of the… Continue reading »

Apr
13

Sach O: Ikonika – Contact, Love, Want, Have

Sach O prefers his videogames 16 Bit When it’s all said and done, videogames will be the one common unifying element of our generation. Whether you were into rap, a goth kid, a skater, a raver, a metalhead, a nerd or any of the other thousand subcultures floating around in the pre-internet 90’s, you were… Continue reading »

Apr
12

R.I.P. Malcolm McLaren & DJ Premier Tribute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6Co7EMNCU The best obituary I’ve read about Malcolm McLaren didn’t have any words. After all, when DJ Premier isn’t bitching about the bullshit and banality of contemporary hip-hop, he’s dropping stellar mixes on his own DJ Premier Radio Blog.  Perhaps the most necessary of the bunch is his hastily conceived but immaculately constructed tribute mix… Continue reading »

Apr
12

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Primary Colours, the Best Record You Didn’t Give a Shit About Last Year

Douglas Martin would like to use this space to deny the rumors about him, Peaches Geldof, and Peaches. There were plenty of reasons to dislike The Horrors in the past. There was the Ultragrrl affiliation, frontman Faris Badwan’s relationship with Bob Geldof’s daughter, the post-adolescent mall-goth aesthetic (you know, the ones who have graduated to… Continue reading »

Apr
11

Low End Theory Podcast XIV: Nobody & Take

It’s hour 36 and the the hyperbolic decompression from Friday night’s show continues.  By all accounts, the evening was a smashing success. Rah Al Milio’s mushroom fondue went over well, 5 0′ Clock Shadowboxers revived Blue Oyster Cult for the millenial generation, Nocando taught the bespectacled and be-blazered set how to freestyle, and The Holloys… Continue reading »

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