Jun
30

Summer Jamz ’10: Douglas Martin’s Northwestern Summer

Douglas Martin puts on for his city. http://www.mediafire.com/?k0dgmtkwehm The physical climate of the Pacific Northwest is grossly over-dramatized. I mean, sure dark grey clouds waft through the sky approximately 180 days out of the year, and sure we wear flannel year-round and keep umbrellas in our cars like gangbangers keep handguns in theirs. But look… Continue reading »

Jun
29

Daedelus – “Off Angles Edges”

On my way to see Tame Impala at the crackerbox Silverlake Lounge, so a quick link to this post about Proximal Records, the new beat label in Los Angeles. Their first compilation, “Proximity One: Narrative of a City,” is solid, but Daedelus’ contribution is superb — and another example why it’s impossible to dislike a… Continue reading »

Jun
29

R.I.P. Rammellzee (1960 – 2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I56Kkxh_os Official confirmation still awaits, but judging from reliable Twitter accounts, the legendary hip-hop and graf pioneer has passed. Weirdly enough, I was listening to this song last night while writing a feature on art rap and Open Mike Eagle — and there is no art rap without Rammellzee. The concept of a hip-hop avant-garde… Continue reading »

Jun
29

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Expo ’86′s World in Motion

Douglas Martin and Wolf Parade go back farther than John Legend’s hairline. The practice of casting Wolf Parade’s two frontmen as “dueling songwriters” has always been a lazy writer cop-out, particularly considering how well each fills out the other’s songs. On their classic debut Apologies to the Queen Mary, it’s hard to imagine Dan Boeckner’s… Continue reading »

Jun
28

Deer Hunting With Busdriver & Open Mike Eagle

This exists to create the starkest contrast between posts since the days when Passion of the Weiss was a website devoted to K-Rino and the soothing sounds of OMC — “How Bizarre” was merely the entry point in a diverse and storied catalogue. Flipping the Roots flipping Monsters of Folk, the second leak from Busdriver’s… Continue reading »

Jun
28

Fuck Wit Trae Day (And No One’s Celebrating)

This space is usually dedicating to self-aggrandizing links to my own work, a shell game in which I re-direct traffic towards third party, corporate-owned entities, who insist upon paying me in pennies and gift certificates to Buca Di Beppo. This payment plan has resulted in allergies to fried vegetables and heavy pink sauces. Under strict… Continue reading »

Jun
28

Sach O: Wild Nothing – Gemini

Sach O has a Tumblr now. Also, he wrote another rock review. You knew Wild Nothing was coming before you even knew Wild Nothing existed. In 2010, the emergence of an act combining Manchester’s downcast melodies, 4AD’s soothing wall of sound and American bedroom rock’s stoner ennui was a surer bet than Brazil passing the… Continue reading »

Jun
26

Sach O: Dipset – Salute

When we last left the Diplomats, Jim Jones was performing off Broadway, Juelz Satana was all about Ed Hardy knockoffs and Cam’Ron was in the throws of a deep Youtube addiction. Since then, they’ve apparently kissed and made up (No homo, of course) and now the blogosphere is all hot and bothered about the group’s… Continue reading »

Jun
25

Summer Jamz 2010: Cherry Cokes and White Tees: A Thug Love Collection

by Jonathan Bradley If the thug love song has a bad reputation, it’s because it deserves it. This rap micro-genre is responsible for some of the most treacly, dishonest and altogether unnecessary pop hits of the past few decades. “What,” you might reasonably be thinking upon hearing one of these, “is my favorite rapper doing… Continue reading »

Jun
24

The Knux – Live @ Spaceland (Part II)

The Knux LIVE – Spaceland (Part 2) from Brilliant Comrades on Vimeo. In Part II, the Knux talk about the hipster rap labels they were saddled with in ’07, the arbitrary nature of genre in relation to hip-hop, and perform “Cappuccino” and “Bang Bang.” Expect a new single sometime soon, barring a new Interscope mandate… Continue reading »

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