2010 September » Passion of the Weiss

Sep
08

It’s been a long time, Sach O shouldn’t have left you… without that dark urban hardcore futuristic beat shit to step to. With approximately 700 releases flooding the Internet per second, cutting through the noise is just as difficult for artists trying to get noticed as for discerning listeners searching for that next shit. Somehow,… Continue reading »

Sep
07

Sub Pop, Shabazz Palaces and”Barksdale Corners”

The news of Shabazz Palaces signing to Sub Pop caused some to question the logic of a rap group signing with an indie rock label. But Butterfly (or Enrico Palazzo or whatever he’s calling himself these days) is no dummy. He saw the demise of Digable Planets, and realized the absurdity of signing with a… Continue reading »

Sep
07

Sach O: Redlight ft Ms Dynamite – What you Talkin About?

Best remembered by North-Americans as one of those female British rappers your local alt-weekly forced you to vaguely care about pre-M.I.A (at least she was better than Lady Sovereign!), I was surprised to find that Ms Dynamite actually still holds weight across the pond. The combination of Garage-era nostalgia and Funky’s need for dancehall inflected… Continue reading »

Sep
07

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Lisbon Surf City

Douglas Martin briefly worked at The Bait Shop, due to the small miracle known as “affirmative action”. Lo-fi? Chillwave? The Walkmen have never been a band to blindly follow trends or capture a zeitgeist by other people’s standards. They seem to be a band that takes pride in not being able to name their top-ten… Continue reading »

Sep
06

Four Tet -Return to Plastic People Mix

Saved from closure, London’s venerable Plastic People nightclub has re-enlisted the shapeshifter born Kieran Hebden to kick off another residency. In honor of the occasion, he’s dropped a new mix for Fact, full of Mount Kimbie, Floating Points, and a new Four Tet track for a Soul Jazz compilation. No more advertising is needed. It’s… Continue reading »

Sep
03

Low End Theory Podcast XVII: Daddy Kev & Baths

In the nick of time for Labor Day Weekend, Daddy Kev and Baths drop the 17th Low End Theory podcast. Ready for your day off, Kev kicks things off with a Ferris Bueller sample and enough heavy bass to wake Mr. Rooney out of his perpetual coma. Later Baths drops a set suffused with Cerulean… Continue reading »

Sep
03

Summer Jamz #14: Andrew Necci’s Last Jam of the Summer

Andrew Necci is based in Richmond, VA. He blogs at http://andrewtsks.tumblr.com/, and is the music editor at http://rvamag.com/. I’ve lived in Virginia all my life, and while I doubt many non-natives think of my home state as a particularly warm place, I can tell you that summer lasts longer here than any other season. Weeklong heat waves… Continue reading »

Sep
02

DJ House Shoes-”Newports”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EsR_E23HPo I was going to post the “You Ain’t No DJ” video, but there’s no point in pretending that you haven’t already seen it. However, you may not have seen the excellent video from House Shoes, which taps into my innate nostalgia for unremembered times. House Shoes never gets the credit he deserves. Talk to… Continue reading »

Sep
02

Herbs and Spices

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJTunhUs1-g It’s rarely discussed today, but re-visiting Spice 1 (and Celly Cel) I’m struck by how pervasive the G-Funk influence was on mid-90s Bay Area production. Dre’s snake eater synths were everywhere. Obviously, the Bay had its own distinct identity, and these sort of generalizations are dangerous — inasmuch as theorizing to the web void… Continue reading »

Sep
02

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Skatterbrain’s September Mix is Winning

Is it me, or is 2010 completely flying by? Summer came and went so quickly that I only vaguely remember wishing that autumn were here, and that was only before I scared myself with the horrific mental image of rappers wearing peacoats. Though it’s technically still summer, September is here and– at least here in… Continue reading »