Apr
12

You Can Always Edit Out Talk

My Morning Jacket |Storytellers |Free Music Videos |New Artists Jim James talking grandmothers, vans, flashes of light, and setlist staple, “Golden.” It’s been three years since Evil Urges and My Morning Jacket is long overdue for new material that doesn’t sound like “Highly Suspicious.” Hence next month’s Circuital, with its eponymous lead single that can… Continue reading »

Apr
12

Pharcyde – Jigaboo Time Video

Is it really possible that Delicious Vinyl forked over that Tone Loc money to pay for the Pharcyde to dress in tribal costume, while chasing around a squad of interlopers? Yes, this appears to be true. Credit to Ego Trip for directional assistance in unearthing this rarely seen clip. More credit to the brothers Ross… Continue reading »

Apr
12

Mean Doe Green’s “Black Suits and Shovels”

Aaron Matthews prefers paisley suits and pickaxes. The artist formerly known as Doey Rock first made his name in E-40’s Sick Wid It camp, hailing from Sacramento while the rest repped the East Bay. But don’t be fooled by the Norcal roots, his West Coast twang sounds equally comfortable over mellow soul samples and frantic… Continue reading »

Apr
11

Question in the Form of An Answer: Frank Ocean

Yesterday, the LA Times ran my profile of Odd Future. No need to rehash the nature of the divide between print and online. Obviously, there are spatial constraints, style guidelines, and obligations to explain “swag” to a Sunday newspaper audience. Also, writing a story about Odd Future without cursing is like eating a pork chop… Continue reading »

Apr
11

So Fresh and So Clean

Mike Bigga (Killer Mike) ft. T.I. & Big Boi – Ready Set Go (Remix) from Motion Family on Vimeo. What makes this video superior to most other videos? Killer Mike has renounced his Mike Bigga experiment and has pronounced death on people wearing Ed Hardy with sequins. Big Boi is wearing a fur hat that… Continue reading »

Apr
11

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Tomboy, the Psalm of Noah

Douglas Martin wrote this while drunk on Manischewitz. 1 Long after the Lord created the earth, the sky, the sea, the universe, and man, he created Noah. Perennially boyish in both looks and voice, Noah was a humble servant of the Lord, and the Lord loved him very much. 2 While the alt-bros freely roamed… Continue reading »

Apr
08

Mr. Early Bird

Picture taken from a secrete Tumblr filled with nothing but Morris Day look-a-likes — half feature Krispy from Knux. Sez the lupine leader: “Some Unreleased Earl Sweatshirt Entitled “Dat Ass”. Our Soldier, Wolf, Bother And Friend Is Currently Not With Us. Stop Asking Where He Is, We Like To Keep This Private Because It’s Very… Continue reading »

Apr
08

Freddie Gibbs – “Rock Bottom”

Realistically, every Freddie Gibbs video should be shot in Gary or some other rotting Midwestern industrial town. But if not, Downtown LA amidst the fiends and the forgotten, is a suitable alternative. From the Str8 Killa No Filla EP.

Apr
08

You Got That Good Hair…

Nagging persistence for the win. Examine the Twitter of Dekagon Records — they have harassed every single rap blog to listen to their music and have largely failed. A Google Search has yielded me absolutely nothing concrete about their music or who Good Hair Are — other than a few posts that generally run along… Continue reading »

Apr
08

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Share the Joy and Vivian Girls’ Lateral Shift

If you hadn’t noticed, Douglas Martin has been known to enjoy the occasional Vivian Girls song. It’s hard to resist the temptation of opening this piece with an unfortunate cliché like “Vivian Girls have grown up so fast” without wanting to shove my computer monitor through the window and then jump out of it to… Continue reading »

Older posts «

» Newer posts