Jul
22

Summer Jamz #9: Andrew Casillas & Jeff Siegel’s “Let Me Put My Rhythm in You” Mix

We call this one “Let Me Put My Rhythm In You,” and we mean it. Really. Let us do that. Download: Let Me Put My Rhythm in You Andrew’s words: During my last week helping a local civic group clean up the Gulf coast after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, I decided to use my… Continue reading »

Jul
21

Kutmah Throws Stones

Dead rappers get better promotion and so do deported DJ’s. But Kutmah is no Stacks Bundles, having long been one of the most criminally unsung members of the greater Low End Theory world. He already dropped a scorching Low End podcast prior to his detainment, so his return to action comes for Stones Throw and… Continue reading »

Jul
21

Sach O: Bowly’s Montreal Mutek Mix

Don’t get it twisted: any links to local MTL content on my part shouldn’t be construed as tokenism or back scratching. These days, I’m just as likely to be inspired by a local DJ throwing down tunes as the headliner he’s bringing in or the latest micro-genre to hit the net. Foodies love to talk… Continue reading »

Jul
21

Question in the Form of An Answer: An Interview With the Makers of 40 Nights of Rock & Roll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwgfvo9qOTA Matt Shea typically eats popcorn and lobs rotten fruits at the screen in the back row of 20/20 Filmsight,  If you read this site regularly, you’re probably a) familiar with Faye Reagan, before or after the fact, and b) a little hardcore about your music. Recent years haven’t been kind to the psyche of… Continue reading »

Jul
20

Radio Days

The official sequel to last year’s Radio drops on August 31, but in the meantime, consider the Exile Radio bonus cuts much more than a blooper reel. The bridge between the Low End and LA’s underground, Exile enlists Teebs, DiBia$e, and Rhettmatic to reconfigure tracks that didn’t need to be reconfigured in the first place. … Continue reading »

Jul
20

Easy Loving and Endearing Soul: Mayer Goes Mix-A-Lot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxBdYM8opg Good for Mayer Hawthorne.The guy pays his dues for a decade in Ann Arbor anonymity, DJ’ing for Buff 1, under the ill-sculpted name Haircut, and generally living a life of underground indigence. Then one day, Peanut Butter Wolf discovers he has a golden throated falsetto and convinces him to record an album steeped in… Continue reading »

Jul
20

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Meridian Signals, Altered Zones, and the Internet’s Outlier Genre Fetish

You can’t just go around asking people why they’re black, Douglas Martin! In the wake of indie-rock’s current proliferation of small-scale acts and labels, and nostalgia for 90s ‘zine culture, Pitchfork made a power-play by launching Altered Zones, a collective featuring some of the most consistent and esoteric names on the web. For those names,… Continue reading »

Jul
19

Double Time and Double Talk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59vrqtdV2-4 The term “blog rapper” was always an easy crutch. Aside from Mickey Fact and Charles Hamilton, the latter of whom actually had a blog and released mixtapes every time he flushed his RSS Feed, it lumped a whole bunch of rappers who didn’t deserve to be compared. “Boutique rapper” was better and this isn’t… Continue reading »

Jul
19

Summer Jamz #8: Crambe Repetita’s “Pants” Mix

  Rumors have circulated that Crambe Repitita is the alter-ego of Todd Burns, editor-in-chief of Resident Advisor. However, neither has been spotted wearing dungarees at the same time.  Download: Crambe Repitita – “Pants Mix” Summertime, schummertime. It’s always a good time for house music. And it’s always a good time for pants, hence the title… Continue reading »

Jul
19

Sach O: Mount Kimbie – Crooks & Lovers

Sach O prefers police and thieves. This will not be your standard Mount Kimbie review – mostly because I’m not head-over-heels in love with the band and also because I don’t think their debut album Crooks & Lovers is a welcome sign of dubstep’s evolution in the face of perceived stagnation. Whereas most Internet critics… Continue reading »

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