Oct
04

Sach O: Introducing Ninja Tune Week

Question: what do you do when your record label turns 20 just as the style of music you’ve pioneered enters its renaissance? Answer: you throw a party, preferably a big one. That’s just what seminal “abstract Hip-Hop” label Ninja Tune is doing with their massive Ninja Tune XX box set, a whopping 6 CD collection… Continue reading »

Oct
03

Sach O: The Bug ft Hitomi – Catch a Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-sSqMsckgM Let it not be said that The Bug doesn’t wring every bit of life out of his productions. Going on 3 years since London Zoo, the riddims on that album are still paying dividends, probably because none of Kevin Martin’s aggro-minded Dubstep followers have been able to surpass the blend of darkness, anger and… Continue reading »

Oct
01

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Beards, Blazers, and Bob Nastanovich (Pavement, Sonic Youth, and No Age @ Hollywood Bowl)

Photo via Neil Fitzpatrick Douglas Martin was told that this was to be a collaborative review. Instead, he stayed up until 3:30 a.m. bashing this out solo. He is punk rock. A sizable portion of the way through Pavement’s set at Hollywood Bowl, Stephen Malkmus announced that it was the band’s final American show, thanking… Continue reading »

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