Mar
31

Rock the Dub: 5 Year Anniversary Compilation

Immense respect due to Rock the Dub for surviving a half-decade in the indigent wasteland that is the independent Internet world. Ask any blogger who doesn’t collect a bi-weekly check from some corporate benefactor: scrounging for interesting content, posting multiple times a day, and attempting to say anything remotely insightful is harder than sitting through… Continue reading »

Mar
31

Question in the Form of an Answer: Erland & The Carnival

The talent on tap for Erland & the Carnival, who emerged out of the busy London indie scene in 2008, is more than a little intimidating. There’s the charismatic, angel-voiced Erland Cooper out front, while the Carnival consists of David Nock, former right-hand man to producer Youth, and Simon Tong, one time cornerstone of The… Continue reading »

Mar
31

Cash Rules Everything Around Wu

Originally presented by myself and Tal Rosenberg at this year’s EMP Conference. Re-printed at the request of a few Wu-Tang disciples. Peace to all the crooks. “So what’s like your ultimate goal… Method Man: We trying to make a business out of this. We ain’t trying to affiliate ourselves with them fake-ass A&R’s. We’re trying… Continue reading »

Mar
30

Has Lo, In Utero

Has-Lo “Utero” from Mello Music Group on Vimeo. Through the first quarter, Has-Lo is the front runner for the Roc Marciano Award for Chain Swinging, Bell-Ringing, East Coasted, Blunts from Bodegas rap. If there’s a surfeit of adjectives in that last sentence, credit the density of Has’ writing. Easy listening this is not. In Case… Continue reading »

Mar
30

Dirty Beaches – Lord Knows Best

Posted for Dirty Beaches disciple Douglas Martin. For my little sister who won’t stop raving about Badlands. For the heavy Canuck contingent that not-so-secretly runs this site. In six months, I anticipate Montreal being ruled by the new commission of Jacques Green, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Sach O, Uncle Paulie, and Lil Cease-a-Leo. For the not-so-novel… Continue reading »

Mar
30

Sach O: Hotflush goes Back & 4th

Sach O wishes he could look so easily disaffected. In the liner notes to Hotflush’s new compilation, there’s lots of talk about the label being a musical outlier. While I won’t disagree that their biggest success stories Mount Kimbie and Joy Orbison stand apart from easy genre classifications, I’d also posit that the label’s best… Continue reading »

Mar
30

Question in the Form of an Answer: Egyptrixx

Releasing a successful album can be a double-edged sword, especially for new artists or someone that’s never been in the spotlight. Touring and publicity can become a poisonous combination for those lacking a relatively well-adjusted background, and for some they may just feel like an unnecessary bore. Luckily, Egyptrixx (real name David Psutka), has found… Continue reading »

Mar
29

DJ Quik – The Audio Biography of David

Even if you already have every DJ Quik record ever released, the new LA Leakers tape is worth the download just to hear David Blake break down his history, catalog, dissing Dre and Xzibit, and why you don’t really want a rebound girl. Beyond first ballot HOF status as a producer/rapper, his soliloquies are hotter.… Continue reading »

Mar
29

Camp Lo – 80 Blocks to Tiffany’s

Beyond Curren$y’s refusal to humor the “Doot Doola Doot Doo” outro, my favorite part of his Narduwar interview was watching him geek out at receiving a Camp Lo vinyl. Cheeba and Suede have always been niche favorites who unite ostensibly opposite groups of people. I have friends who know nothing about hip-hop, who still refer… Continue reading »

Mar
29

Sach O: The Return of Pinch

Sach O sticks to the ancient ways. Last night, Plastician tweeted that he’s pretty sure that Dubstep is bigger in America than it is in the UK. Cue the righteous anger. Still, it’s impossible to deny that the word has gained more traction in the U.S than any electronic music genre in recent memory, capturing… Continue reading »

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