Jul
31

Danny Brown-The Hybrid Cutting Room Floor

I was supposed to premiere this on Pop & Hiss along with a lengthy Danny Brown interview, but I have three deadlines on Monday and had to interview Bun B and El-P last week. So it goes. Hopefully, an interview with the Hybrid will come sooner than later. In the meantime, more music from the… Continue reading »

Jul
31

Sach O: Kingdom – That Mystic EP and Fact Mix

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezVNFkGFMUE We usually try to save major posts for the work week but I’m getting ready to bounce for a month on some much needed R&R and felt compelled to big up the new Kingdom EP on Nightslugs before it becomes old news. Hailing from NYC (which apparently still produces music) via Boston, Kingdom’s… Continue reading »

Jul
30

Javelin–”Intervales Theme” (Steinski Remix)

Friday afternoon. Time to go out on a high note. Javelin + Steinski = platonic ideal and/or an alternate theme for the Summer Jam mix I coulda’ shoulda’ done. Waittillnextyr. French vocal samples, funky basslines, and levels of calm usually only achieved at d-a-i-y-e spas. I think Steinski and the Javelin les cousins dangereuses should… Continue reading »

Jul
30

Summer Jamz #10: Jeff Weiss’ Topanga Daze

Jeff Weiss is nowhere to be found. He is believed to be spending the rest of the summer following Moe cross-country and playing semi-professional hacky sack.   Download: Jeff Weiss’ “Topanga Daze” Six summers ago,  I smoked myself stupid and serene, supine in a rented Swiss Family tree house in Topanga. Wind chimes and crystals.… Continue reading »

Jul
29

Tobacco – “Grape Aerosmith” Video

Tobacco – Grape Aerosmith (feat. Beck) Official Video from Allen Cordell on Vimeo. When I interviewed Tobacco, he told me that the titles of his songs usually referred to what they sounded like in his own warped mind. Hence, “Creepy Phone Calls,” “Fresh Hex” and “Six Royal Vipers.” When I asked him what “Mexican Ice… Continue reading »

Jul
29

Dam-Funk on Mary Anne Hobbs: Future of Modern Funk Mix

I’m well aware that this blog is threatening to turn into a Dam-Funk and Freddie Gibbs fan site. There are reasons for this beyond the payola allegations I alleged to earlier this week. Specifically, the above photo, where Dam-Funk reveals his true identity as the funk Rasputin. How am I to argue with this man?… Continue reading »

Jul
29

Freddie Gibbs-”Str8 Killa No Filla” Mixtape

It’s nearly 3 p.m. on the East Coast, which means that I’m roughly 12 hours late posting this tape. It’s probably pretty passe by know. I think there’s a preview of a preview of Kanye releasing a snippet of his new single at Friendster. He’s bringing old-skool social networking back in 2010, y’all. XXL is… Continue reading »

Jul
29

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Dominant Legs, Just Another Band Mining for Nostalgia

Douglas Martin never really had a crush on Tiffany. Or Molly Ringwald. It’s safe to say Ryan Lynch knows a thing or two about nostalgia. In his primary employment as the guitarist of Girls, he assists in delivering heart-on-sleeve quasi-sock-hop music for kids neither old nor knowledgeable enough to remember Elvis Costello in his prime.… Continue reading »

Jul
28

The Return of Pink Dollaz

Your guess is as good as mine where the Pink Dollaz have been for the last year. Maybe they took up film editing with Rah Digga. I was told that they had collaborated with MIA, but nothing was ever released from the sessions.While the New Boyz gear up for album #2 and YG owns LA… Continue reading »

Jul
28

Sach O Presents…The Bawse

Sach O thinks he’s Miep Gies, Herbert Hoover… You enter into the antechamber of a dark room, the smell of fine ganja floating in the air, masking the unmistakable odor of seafood. As your eyes adjust to the darkness, you see the silhouette of a large man resting in a armchair, lazily blowing smoke rings… Continue reading »

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