Oct
21

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Tyvek Rock City

Douglas Martin rocks a nose guard on the court like Rip Hamilton. I don’t know if it’s been obvious to any of you, but we here at Passion are big fans of Detroit’s current hip-hop scene. Between Royce da 5’9”, Elzhi, Danny Brown, and Hex Murda’s Twitter, the depth of the D’s talent pool has… Continue reading »

Oct
20

Dagha & Psych Major -”WildFellow”

WildFellow from Psych Major on Vimeo. Dagha, the very definition of underrated, coming through with some lo-fi fuzz rap a la Shabazz Palaces. Digging so deep for that Inspectah Deck “City High” sample. It is a low-grade misdemeanor that he and Edan never released a full record together. His Noise is the Trigger EP is… Continue reading »

Oct
20

The Gospel of Matthews: Teeb’s Sunrise Library

Aaron Matthews has a library full of wind chimes and dimes. It’s fitting that Teebs named his debut after a synonym for love. At times. his music  can be indescribable without leaning on superlatives. At a superficial level, these are merely samples and loops, cut and pasted in a particular order. Yet on an ethereal… Continue reading »

Oct
20

Party and Bullshit: Yelawolf Walks the Line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7bDJo3p6k The official release for Yelawolf and Gucci Mane’s “Wanna Party” video hit it a snag when it leaked two weeks ago. Word circulated that it was unfinished, prompting a Polly Pocket-style recall. When the the official version arrived several days later, it had minimal alterations. Of course, hackers hit all the time — but… Continue reading »

Oct
19

The Veils and Vices of Slim Twig

Ignore Slim Twig’s pun on Slim Thug’s sobriquet and instead focus on the psychedelic stitches that suture a Sheik in Scores. The 22-year old Toronto native, whose mom calls him Max Turnbull, is best known to the caribou disinclined as the love interest of a pre-pregnant Ellen Page in a Canuck indie called The Tracey… Continue reading »

Oct
19

Sach O: LHF – The Line Path

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXoRe2SQBtk Sach O travels the untrodden path. Fair warning: I will not shut up about LHF. Though I don’t have any particularly pertinent new information to add to my last write-up of the crew, I feel compelled to simply repeat my previous overarching points (only LOUDER). These guys are making some of the most exciting… Continue reading »

Oct
19

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Photographic Memory of Twin Shadow

Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way: Forget is a pop record, through and through. I understand the need to put George Lewis Jr.’s debut record as Twin Shadow within a “cooler” frame of reference due to the company he keeps (producer-for-hire and Grizzly Bear multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor handles the boards on… Continue reading »

Oct
18

Flying Lotus-”Kill Your Coworkers” Video

Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers from beeple on Vimeo. Some will interpret Flying Lotus’ robotic-futuristic-Main St. parade-cyborg war as a trenchant commentary on automation in society and hatred for co-workers. I prefer to see this Rorschach clip as a hybrid of the “Whacking Day” parade from “The Simpsons” crossed with the “Itchy and Scratchy”… Continue reading »

Oct
18

Sach O: Hissy Fit – Crosstrainers EP

Sach O throws tantrums not fits. At the top of the year, I wrote a post on an impressionable young man named Matthew Hiscock whose off-kilter beats, unlike most other unsolicited music I receive,  somehow managed to get into my iTunes playlist. To his credit, they were very good beats. Since then, Matthew has wisely… Continue reading »

Oct
18

Sach O: Darkstar – North

Sach O’s got this or Roc Marci for album of the year. Hyperdub can do no wrong right now. Even amidst a landscape of forward thinking labels constantly reinventing the genres they’re operating in, Kode 9’s imprint stands out in its dedication to absolutely bleeding edge sounds. This year alone has seen a synth colored… Continue reading »

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