Nov
03

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Throwback Psychedelia of White Fence

As much as it may seem otherwise, Douglas Martin did not write this review while strung out on LSD. I’d like to consider myself a writer who stays on top of things, one who is abreast of everything that’s currently going on in the vast expanse of indie-rock right now. Which makes it all the… Continue reading »

Nov
03

Not a Blogger: How To Tell When Your Favorite Rapper Has Gone Bat Shit Crazy… Kanye West’s Runaway Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7W0DMAx8FY Doc Zeus is different for the sake of being misanthropic.  Before we get started, I’d like to briefly summarize the plot of “Runaway:” Kanye West is driving in the woods (presumably because he wants to look at deer. There are a lot deer in the video) when he crashes his sports car into Selita… Continue reading »

Nov
03

Sach O: Celph Titled & Buckwild ft. F.T. & R.A. The Rugged Man – Mad Ammo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixdky-GT_0U Sach O’s hungover muhfuckers. Celph Titled, now there’s a name I didn’t think I’d see again. I’d love to tell you all about how “The Godz Must Be Crazy” was one of the great unsung EPs of the early 00′s but there’ll be time to reminisce on the Demigodz another day. Currently my brain… Continue reading »

Nov
02

Sach O: Swing & Skip Podcast 001 (The Return of Garage)

Sach O doesn’t own a car, let alone a garage. MTL has a dope subway yo’. UK Garage never truly caught on the first time around in North-America. Too busy getting jiggy to our own, we didn’t have time for London’s champagne fueled dance craze: rap albums were selling 5 million copies! It didn’t help… Continue reading »

Nov
01

The Gospel of Matthews: Tony Allen’s “No Discrimination”

Aaron Matthews doesn’t discriminate, he regulates every shade of that…. Tony Allen had a lot on his mind in 1979. Recorded shortly after his split with Fela Kuti, he recorded his first solo album with a crack band comprised of expatriate Africa ‘70 players. No Discrimination imagines an even more global reach for afrobeat– it… Continue reading »

Nov
01

Gorillaz-”Doncamatic (Joker Remix)

“The song is not the same when we’re all played out… played out..played out,” sings Daley, a recent recruit to Damon Albarn’s arsenal of primates. But though he’s released roughly one album a year for the last 17, the Gorillaz mastermind has artfully eluded overexposure, He keeps a reasonably limited media and online profile, except… Continue reading »

Nov
01

Sach O: Mellowhype’s Odd Future

Sach O’s living in the Odd Present. Odd Future has potential but isn’t quite there yet. That’s OK, they’re young and they’ve got plenty of time to develop their sound and grow into something special. What’s not OK is the way the Faderfork crowd is breathlessly hyping the sensationalistic aspects of what they’re doing over,… Continue reading »

Nov
01

Question in the Form of an Answer: DJ Shadow

Shadow needs no contextualization. Josh Davis from Davis. The one-time teenaged prodigy, who memorized Steinski’s lessons and propelled them forward like vectors– creating a complex geometry of samples and esoteric sounds. The first single off “Endtroducing” was “What Does Your Soul Look Like,” and Shadow sought to provide a mirror, unearthing miracles at Rare Records… Continue reading »

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