Jun
20

Nasty Nas in Your Area, About to Cause Blog Hysteria

Evan Nabavian blew a kiss to Halle Berry at the Beanie Mac concert. Here’s a modest outline of my perfect day. I wake up next to the actress who played Hermione in the Harry Potter movies and she makes me an omelet with mushrooms and hot sauce. Then we wrap ourselves in my Ghostbusters blanket… Continue reading »

Jun
20

Passion of the Weiss Mix Series — Volume 4: Souvenir

Every two years I offer the same soliloquy: Souvenir remain one of the most criminally unsung outfits in the world. Maybe criminal is overstatement. I am opposed to any indictments pertaining to the curious case of the Pamplona-raised duo who croon in multiple romance languages and recall something resembling a surf rock Spanish Stereolab. Their… Continue reading »

Jun
17

Hop in my Turquoise Jeep: Pretty Raheem & Flynt Flossy Move It

Maybe the first Turquoise Jeep song that is legitimately good and only enhanced by the fire apple red sport coats and Sisqo Hair. Somewhere Dru Hill plot their revenge. And by revenge, I mean sob softly into a mug of ovaltine.

Jun
17

Beat Traps: David Vangel’s Breadth Control

Chris Daly owns four kitchen sinks, all made out of matching marble rye. I first mistook Daniel Vangel’s debut full-length album title, Breadth Control, as a simple, but clever, play on words. Upon repeated listens, however, it became abundantly clear that the title is, in fact, a personal challenge. Vangel produces such thick and layered… Continue reading »

Jun
17

Son Raw @ DJWeb.TV

Son Raw could have probably done a bit more for the camera. As usual, I’m loathe to use this site for personal gain but this is pretty cool: see that video up there? That’s a stream of my performance last night on DJWeb.TV’s Beat Freakz show complete with trippy psychedelic effects and transitions. A-live-in-the-studio recording… Continue reading »

Jun
17

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Goodbye Bread and the Growing Pains of Ty Segall

Douglas Martin prefers sourdough bread above all. In my Pitchfork review of his cover of GG Allin’s “Don’t Talk to Me,” I referred to Ty Segall as “the heir apparent to the garage-punk throne.” Others have called him “the next Jay Reatard”. Due for a crossover. A major crossover. A Kurt Cobain-like crossover? C’mon. But… Continue reading »

Jun
16

Tony Starks in Soho

In the words of Zilla, Ghost is locked in. Spend 15 minutes getting excited over a new Ghostface project like it’s 2000 again. Goodie Mobb cameos, Wu tattoos, and upcoming projects. Starks is the only dude worth sitting through a Tim Westwood video for. Other video after the jump. Download: MP3: Ghostface Killah ft. Raekwon,… Continue reading »

Jun
16

Video: Big K.R.I.T. ft. Bun B & Ludacris – “Country Shit Remix”

Evan Nabavian may or may not have that zan with that lean. Ludacris and Bun B are outstanding rappers whose output is polluted with filler and trash. In the case of Bun, the cause is his compulsion to give a verse to anyone who asks nicely. His ubiquity seems to come from a place of… Continue reading »

Jun
16

Beards, Beats, and Battering Rams: Death Grips, Live @ Low End Theory

Whether or not you enjoy Death Grips depends on what you want out of your music. If you’re searching to replicate the disorientation of a drill sergeant screaming seig heils at you while you attempt to asphyxiate yourself with a plastic bag, this will be your favorite rap group of all-time. If not, they exist… Continue reading »

Jun
16

Sach O: L.V. & Joshua Idehen – Routes

Sach O urges you to get on the Orange Line. Martin Clark (AKA Blackdown) really likes London. If the LDN catalogue prefix to his Keysound label wasn’t enough to clue you in, he’s spent the past several years putting out records that have sought to capture English urbanity in its purest form, be it Patois-inflected… Continue reading »

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