Jun
06

Beat Traps: Japanese Beats and Smoking Serbians

After writing this post, Chris Daly received his rolling papers back; the package was mostly empty. For most of your bass-y, beat-y mix updates, the wise amongst us know to turn immediately to Sach O’s brilliant finds. Imagine my surprise when I realized this morning that I actually stumbled across a beast myself upon which… Continue reading »

Jun
06

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Monster Rally, Stuntin’ For the Summer

Douglas Martin’s favorite monster is Mumm-Ra. Unless you live around the corner from me in Seattle– where highs have been in the upper-50’s all week and I saw a girl justifiably wearing a hooded parka yesterday– summer is right around the corner. Which means baseball day games, watermelon wheat beer (trust me, it’s delicious), and… Continue reading »

Jun
05

Sach O: K1 – UK EP (30 Free Beats)

Sach O had a chill weekend, bro. A lil’ Sunday night special for those of you too tired/stoned to be doing anything else at the tail end of the weekend. I have no idea who K1 is but this free beat tape has been floating through the twittersphere today and it’s definitely a cut above… Continue reading »

Jun
03

Just a Day in the Life of a Player Named Quik

In unofficial Quik week, I present the video companion to yesterday’s Quik feature. Featuring but not limited to, a mini music video for “Born and Raised in Compton,” Quik’s Papa Smurf shirt, childhood home, drug spots, and the occasional game of Rock Em’ Sock em Robots. Plus, insane stories of his cruel sisters. And yes… Continue reading »

Jun
03

Sach O: Wiley – 100% Instrumentals

Sach O is all about that gwap. My day job and tonight’s Passion sponsored round-table on Montreal bass music prevent me from writing in detail, but in yet another random move, Wiley’s given away the instrumental version of his upcoming Ninja Tune album. Vacillating between Garage, MF DOOM meet Neptunes funk and Ragga digitalism, it’s… Continue reading »

Jun
03

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Coathangers’ Larceny, Old Lace, and a New Direction

Why yes, that was Douglas Martin at the Slut Walk ’11. Like most all-woman rock bands, the Atlanta quartet has had to withstand some incredibly sexist shit being pelted at them since their inception a little over four years ago. They’ve been derided as shit-stirrers instead of actual musicians, while their a-alike male counterparts are… Continue reading »

Jun
02

The Spaceman of Leimert Park: Free Co$$

Evan Nabavian also enjoys the musical stylings of Bill “Spaceman” Lee. “Spaceman” is an indictment of wack rapping. But Co$$ belittles inferior MCs with a vainglorious exhibition rather than a crotchety lecture. A scion of the West Coast, Co$$ switches his flow often enough to make the nimble jazzy beat sound sluggish. He relies on… Continue reading »

Jun
02

David Blake is the Name

Photo via Forest Casey There’s a lot left out of my DJ Quik profile. No Suga Free. No AMG. No Hi-C. NOTHING ON QUIK’S GROOVES. Too little on the music and only a cursory mention of anything between Quik is the Name and the Book of David. 2000 words isn’t enough to write David Blake’s… Continue reading »

Jun
02

Short Circuital: My Morning Jacket’s Smooth Homecoming

Aaron Frank reps Louisville like DeJuan Wheat. It’s easy to look at the artwork and promotion leading up to Circuital and guess that My Morning Jacket’s sixth album is heavily conceptual.  It’s not — even though the Louisville quintet’s last two albums attempted something similar. Instead, Circuital comes off like it’s trying to articulate a… Continue reading »

Jun
01

Seun Kuti, Rising Son

Femi Kuti can’t be happy. The moment that Fela finally transcends from pan-African icon to pan-global fixture feted by Will Smith and Beyonce and Clyde, his little brother Seun snakes their father’s Egypt ’80 band and asserts himself as one of the most prominent Afro-Beat musicians to emerge from the last decade. I believe this… Continue reading »

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