Nov
30

Witch House

Maybe I’m living up to the album’s title by deferring to the original back cover of Witch’s Lazy Bones. Yet I’m reasonably certain that I could scarcely do better at describing the transportive moods that the Zambian psych-rockers evoke: “If you’re feeling depressed, low, disturbed, irritable, out-of-sorts, sad, frustrated or wildly demented, then folks, we… Continue reading »

Nov
30

Killer Mike ft. T.I. – “Ready, Set. Go”

Killer Mike – New Music – More Music Videos Between Killer Mike getting MTV2 airplay and Rick Ross becoming the new pitchman for Dove Soap, it’s the best time for overweight rappers since Pun dropped “It’s So Hard.” I just lost 100 lbs., I’m trying to liiive. Granted, this video has T.I making down south… Continue reading »

Nov
30

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Thanksgiving in the Suburbs

Douglas Martin’s grandma doesn’t understand how there’s people in the world who wouldn’t want him as a neighbor. Like many of you who went home for the long weekend, I spent my Thanksgiving in the suburbs. Unlike many of you, I live about five minutes away from my parents. As the rain fell and the… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx – “NY Is Killing Me”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7c3wRzUUjs According to Sach: “for those keeping score in the bedroom/indie-oriented dubstep sweepstakes, Darkstar>Jamie XX>James Blake>Mount Kimbie. This could push him to the lead though.”  That sounds about right, even though I can’t rank James Blake over Mount Kimbie. It feels a bit arbitrary, and I’m not convinced that they are different people. Have they… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Snaggle-Toothed Rascals

The inevitable Aesop Rock and Hanni El Khatib collaboration may not have elicited Distant Relatives-type anticipation among the masses, but in cloistered quarters of Los Feliz where the weed flows like wine, it ranked among up there with the time the Jetsons met the Flintstones. The explanation is easy. Khatib bashes at his guitar with… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Mobb Deep-”The Infamous (Demo Tape)”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkV6SCOIrnM I offer the demos from Infamous as an olive branch to the hard heads aghast that Sach would defend Nicki Minaj (I have not yet listened to Salmon Friday, nor am I in a rush to do so). Unlike more polished classic records, the rough unfinished versions tilt in Prodigy and Havoc’s favor. While… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Sach O: Nicki Minaj – “Pink Friday”

Sach O can’t believe he’s reviewing this one either. Lets tackle the elephant in the room right off the bat. This thing is girly. In parts, super-girly. Additionally, it’s got a LOT of trance synths, you know, that “Ibiza 98 club mix” sound that you mercilessly mocked your muscle-shirt wearing cousin for enjoying. If any… Continue reading »

Nov
26

Blu-”BNG” Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWj_qrjqvGU Posted because Blu’s sense of timeliness is congruent with my own and because of my predilection for things that remind me of Adult Swim that aren’t actually Adult Swim. Wildly tardy, but in the words of Cheech Marin in Ghostbusters 2, this is better later than never. For those keeping score, Flying Lotus claims… Continue reading »

Nov
26

Low End Theory Podcast XVIII–Nobody & Jonwayne

Dovetailing with its cellar dweller roots, the Low End Theory released its 18th podcast on Wednesday evening, just as everyone was leaving work and preparing to roll out their once-a-year use of the word, “tryptophan” (it just makes you feel smart.) For those familiar with Internet traffic patterns, this is officially the worst possible time… Continue reading »

Nov
24

Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” (Floodwatch)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBrNkPyr8I8 Kanye West’s pretzels are making Floodwatch thirsty. As anyone with a pulse and an Internet connection will tell you, we are in the midst of the Yeezyocalypse. Today is the dawn of Armageddon and already My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has received more critical fellating than any record since Kid A dropped a decade… Continue reading »

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