Sep
17

Fatima — “Warm Eyes” (prod. by Dam-Funk)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5obqJqUfa-Q This sounds vaguely like On&On Badu as circulated through the modern funk filter, which cannot be a bad thing. Waiting on the Danny Brown interview and feature to drop at Pop & Hiss, so I can run the uncut version here and not cannibalize myself. Consider this is a temporary stand-in and a good… Continue reading »

Sep
17

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: “Candy” and Sour Endings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N8yrPG4s0s Douglas Martin is also an aficionado of the other “Candy.” The music videos that are etch themselves into our brains are the ones with the most original ideas. We got goosebumps when the sidewalk lit up under Michael Jackson’s feet in “Thriller.” The Beastie Boys starring in their very own pulp crime drama kept… Continue reading »

Sep
16

The Ghost of Jay Electronica

“I’ve been afraid to release Act II because I feel like it’s not gonna be good enough. I know the people expect so much from me. — Jay Electronica on Aug. 9th, via Twitter for the iPad Jay Electronica has no one to blame but himself. During his sold-out Key Club appearance last week, the… Continue reading »

Sep
16

Sach O: Planet Mu, DJ Nate & DJ Rashad bring Juke to the masses

SachO SachO SachO SachO SachO SachO Sa Sa Sa Sa SachO SachO SachO… Sometimes a lack of context can be revealing. When I played DJ Nate tracks for an unsuspecting friend, his first reaction was to assume that this was the work of some avant-guard art-wank working out his issues with post-modernism through rap samples.… Continue reading »

Sep
15

Coping With Adolescent Funk

If there was any doubt that Dam-Funk is a serious boon to humanity, the album cover for his Adolescent Funk collection ensures that his old photo albums need to receive reissue treatment next. My only lament is that this was not released in time for Eric Harvey’s excellent Pitchfork column from yesterday, focused on the… Continue reading »

Sep
15

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Gun Outfit’s Possession Sound

Douglas Martin thinks Gun Outfit should ask the NRA to sponsor their next tour. During the second verse of opener “Feeling Good” (a misnomer to say the least), Gun Outfit’s Dylan Sharp sings about being choked by a man with the sort of emotional distance that makes you believe it’s a casual encounter with a… Continue reading »

Sep
14

Tidal Waves and Teebs

DAEDELUS – TIDAL WAVES UPRISING from StrangeLoop on Vimeo. Due to time constraints, I’m combining Daedelus’s latest video with the latest MP3 to leak from Teebs’ forthcoming and excellent Ardour, which is this year’s Nosaj Thing’s Drift. I.E. the Low End Theory cross-over album that will cross-over inasmuch as you can when you’re an American… Continue reading »

Sep
14

Twin Shadow – “Castles in the Snow”

Twin Shadow – Castles In The Snow Directed by Jamie Harley from Twin Shadow on Vimeo. Somehow Twin Shadow have eluded the dirty shoes treatment, so it’s left to me to chime in a cautious co-sign for George Lewis Jr., who hails from the colony of Brooklyn, boasts the imprimatur of Grizzly Bear, Chris Taylor,… Continue reading »

Sep
14

DITDC: Rage Against the Machine – RATM

Fuck you, Sach O won’t do what you tell him. Motherfucker. Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut is the best rock album of the 90’s. OK, it probably isn’t but that’s not nearly as ridiculous a statement as some of our more “tasteful” rock-crits would have you believe and it’s certainly less of an exercise… Continue reading »

Sep
13

Sach O: DJ Shadow’s 24 Hour giveaway

Directly or indirectly, DJ Shadow started this abstract instrumental Hip-Hop shit and that’s the motherfucking thanks he gets? From Flying Lotus’ epic Californian space symphonies to Bristol’s blunted beats, the whole of today’s urban electronic landscape owes Josh Davis a debt of gratitude yet the man’s cultural capital seems to be at an all time… Continue reading »

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