Feb
09

Blu, Freddie Gibbs, and Homeboy Sandman Go In

Never heard of Homebase. Never been to one of their parties. Does that make me out of it? I might be down though after this. They must have that Chilly Tee money. After all, I assume that Blu, Sandman, Gibbs subscribe to Danny Brown’s dictum laid down in “LOL”: don’t text…if it ain’t about dough.… Continue reading »

Feb
09

Sach O: Math Rosen – Highway91

Sach O can only think of one intro line a day. I have no idea who Ottawa’s Math Rosen is but I like the cut of his jib. I was linked to this tune on Facebook by Montreal’s Living~Stone (whom you’ll hear more about tomorrow) and immediately started rocking to it, before realizing that I… Continue reading »

Feb
09

Sach O: Geoff Barrow is ALWAYS right.

Sach O’s like: WHO TOLD THEM CATS THAT IT’S OKAY??? I think I was fair to James Blake in my album review (not to mention the two other pieces I wrote about him), mostly because I made a point to rate it based on solely on the music rather than any preconceived notions about the… Continue reading »

Feb
09

Question in the Form of an Answer: The Go! Team

The big talk in the lead-up to the release of The Go! Team’s third full-length LP, Rolling Blackouts, was bandleader and producer Ian Parton’s new found focus on songwriting. To that end, the sampling was assigned a backseat and a bunch of esteemed guest vocalists drafted in – including Satomi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof and Best… Continue reading »

Feb
08

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Indie Rock Pop Quiz (Vivian Girls Edition)

Douglas Martin played semi-pro kickball for several years in the late ’80s. Do you spend more than 70 hours a week trawling indie rock websites squinting bleary-eyed until you think the members of Women are actually women? Have you ever thought about the concept of feminism beyond stale images of Gloria Steinem burning her bra… Continue reading »

Feb
08

The Dream Shatterer: In Memory of Big Pun

Dead rapper week lingers on with the one and only son of Tony Montana. 11 years ago yesterday, Chris Rio went ham for his last time, proving the deleterious effects of cash, swine, and 700 lbs. worth of cholesterol. By dint of his untimely death, Pun gets the red carpet rolled out each year, despite… Continue reading »

Feb
08

Sach O: Exit Records – Mosaic Vol 1

Sach O was too young to go rumble but would have probably really liked Jungle. Chillness is a volatile commodity. After a great run in the 90s, (Trip-Hop! Acid-Jazz! Ambient! Chill-out!) the bottom fell out around 2002 as electro-trash took center stage in a vain attempt to convince the world that everything was ok and… Continue reading »

Feb
07

The Bossa Nova Beats of Pazes

Between Madlib, Daedelus, and the Gilberto Gil-appreciation society, the last several years have been rife with producers chopping Brazilian samples to their own ends. So the exchange of ideas becomes properly symbiotic with 19-year old Pazes releasing his debut, The Southpaw EP, next week on San Antonio’s Exponential Records. Weaned on his father’s rock and… Continue reading »

Feb
07

Lost In Translation

I normally avoid the LOL novelty schtick, but this one is too funny to ignore. Money Boy, Austria’s best import since Falco, gives a valiant effort to translate “Turn My Swag On,” into der Deutsch. Hilarity ensues. This should give pause to the anti-Soulja Boy crowd. Money Boy is the European Bangs. The Honda commercial… Continue reading »

Feb
07

J Dilla – Still Shining

“J.Dilla: Still Shining” from B.Kyle on Vimeo. Every day is Dilla day on the rap Internet, but in the interest of commemorating the born day of one of the G.O.A.T.’s, Brian “B. Kyle” Atkins unleashes this must-see doc on the life of James Yancey– complete with cameos from Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Badu, Common (complete with… Continue reading »

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