Feb
02

Sach O: Raekwon – Rock & Roll

A Seven Nation Army couldn’t hold Sach O back. I don’t know enough about the crack game to compare, but rap certainly reminds me of the pimp game in that it’s all about confidence. Theoretically, Rae shouldn’t be able to pull a track like this off but he knocks it out the park on momentum… Continue reading »

Feb
02

The Union Forever: R.I.P White Stripes (1997-2011)

Fast and dirty. Like no other band of their generation, The White Stripes understood that’s the point of rock and roll. No need to belabor a eulogy on Jack and Meg’s medicine show.  Raw they gave it to you. Guitars that twitched like the electrocuted and damned. Drums that kept a steady pulse and knew… Continue reading »

Feb
02

Revolution & Bullshit- Diddy at Uptown

Abe Beame is kicking ill flavor with the Teflon Don. Download: Revolution & Bullshit (http://www.zshare.net/download/85883691fe0cbe63/) On December 13th, Rapper/Singer/Producer/Vodka Baron/White Party Promoter/Director/Thespian/Reality Television Dictator/Fashionista/Rick Ross Appreciation Society President/Bad Boy Record CEO/Democracy Advocate/Publicist P. Diddy released Last Train to Paris as one-third of his new project, Diddy Dirty Money. Within Passion of the Weiss’ sinister midnight… Continue reading »

Feb
01

I Know You Got Soul

Sometimes you tell yourself that you’re going to wait until 8 p.m. to smoke, and then other times the audio leaks from the Low End Theory takeover of DJ Muggs and Mr. Choc’s Soul Assassins radio show. Two hours of mixes from Daddy Kev, Nobody, and Gaslamp Killer. Roll it up, light it up, smoke… Continue reading »

Feb
01

Bibio – “Excuses”

On one hand, Bibio was lucky to escape any and all lame “chillwave” labels that may have been lazily ascribed to his sound — a truce between Boards of Canada and folktronica-era Four Tet. Of course, the Warp-signed Stephen Wilkinson has been doing this before Washed Out was first bleached, so it’s unlikely that he’d… Continue reading »

Feb
01

Video: Virtual Boy- “Mass”

Virtual Boy “Mass” from Alpha Pup on Vimeo. For all the bogus new-media cliches spouted about the 21st century music business, certain realities are immutable. Witness Alpha Pup, who along with Brainfeeder operate as the premier in-house labels of the Low End Theory (respect also due to Leaving Records, Friends of Friends, and Non Projects.)… Continue reading »

Feb
01

The Trunkfunk of Henning

Twitter’s existence is validated for two reasons: its ability to aid communications amongst revolutionaries in far-flung corners of the world, and to offer Dam-Funk a platform to spout non-sequiturs, anecdotes, and music recommendations. Reading the man’s Twitter feed affords a window into his library of arcane funk gems but also new jacks continuing to carry… Continue reading »

Feb
01

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Women – “Bullfight”

Douglas Martin also enjoys a corrida. Depending on your vantage point, it’s either inspiring or depressing for a band to essentially quit when they’re either in their prime or rapidly approaching it. But on the heels of Public Strain– my favorite album of 2010 by a Snake River Canyon margin– the duo of brothers that… Continue reading »

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