Aug
31

BEAK > Welcome to the Machine

We hold few rules inviolate at Passion of the Weiss.  One of them is the maxim that Geoff Barrow can do no wrong. Hence, the compulsion to post the “Welcome to the Machine” cover that his other band Beak> recently dropped for one of these free compilation CD’s that Mojo gives away every month. By… Continue reading »

Aug
31

Video: Zilla Rocca – “Black Cherry”

Zilla Rocca, the black cherry plucker, public pool poisoner, Scorsese Cinephile, bottle breaker, corner store crusher, flavor aficionado, Chef conisseur, root beer fade fanatic, dime store detective, pulp fiction sage,  comic book kingpin. Al Pacino poltergeist, dame dropper, Barcelona breakfaster, Mojito masher, Cohiba filtered flatfoot, noir-hop creator. Best consumed with a Winchester and a Winchester.… Continue reading »

Aug
31

K-Def: Most Underrated

Dan Love has returned from the land of the chief rocka to reminisce on one of the most unsung. With the recent resurrection of Curtis and Otis by Messrs. West and Carter, I felt compelled to contact my daddy and remind him that things move in cycles. He managed to miss the Q-Tip reference –… Continue reading »

Aug
31

Sach O: Floating Points goes to Brazil

Sach O needs to shout out Laura for pointing him towards this mix. It’s been over a year since Madlib’s last mixtape of Brazilian psych-funk and if you’re anything like me, that’s far too long. Thankfully, Eglo co-founder and Rinse.FM crate-digger extraordinaire Floating Points feels your pain and his last show on the station whips… Continue reading »

Aug
30

ADD+ – “Getting Far”

Between K.R.I.T., Spitta, and ADD+, the Atliens revival is in full effect. Between Danny Brown, Kendrick, and ADD+, so is the Adderall renaissance. It took long enough. “Bombs Over Baghdad” was never the side of ‘Kast that anyone could have legitimately have pulled from. Also, Adderall is a hell of a drug. There are distractions… Continue reading »

Aug
30

Whiling the Hours with Tycho

You can do a lot in a half decade. Raise a child to school age. Learn a Berlitz’s worth of foreign languages. Graduate college at a state school. Or wage roughly half of a billion dollar foreign war of little domestic or strategic importance. Tycho opted for more pastoral and pacifistic means, recording Dive, the… Continue reading »

Aug
30

Review: Wale – The Eleven One Eleven Theory

Jonah Bromwich wears his hair like John Riggins. It’s hard to root for a losing team if you’re an optimist. Coming from Washington DC and being a football fan makes for an annual struggle. The Redskins play well in the preseason or they get a new coach. Things always seem to be looking up, and… Continue reading »

Aug
30

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Endless Now and the Introversion of Male Bonding

Douglas Martin does not recommend Male Bonding as an adhesive. In spite of being repeatedly referred to as such, Nothing Hurts (http://passionweiss.com/2010/05/10/douglas-martins-dirty-shoes-male-bonding-gets-to-the-point-and-fast/)– Male Bonding’s forty-yard dash of a debut record– was not lo-fi. All the hallmarks were in place, though: the gnashing guitars, the skittering cymbals, the ear-piercing feedback. But those aspects were delivered with… Continue reading »

Aug
29

Video: Yelawolf – “No Hands”

If Yelawolf doesn’t become the next rap superstar, my faith will be forever shook in the industry system. Considering I still have a scintilla of faith despite reviewing nearly every major rap record release, is enough to convince me that I may not be a pure pessimist after all. If Eminem can make Royce go… Continue reading »

Aug
29

Blood In, Blood Out: Why I Don’t Hate the Game

You haven’t lived unless you’ve stood beside a gold-smothered seraglio of nude C-list models alternately texting and fake fawning over a Compton rapper famed for his gangbang past. Presumably, Game’s one-hour harem is similarly famous for their gangbang present.  Even more mystifying was the Weekly cover girls’s ability to name-drop more than Jayceon Taylor, letting… Continue reading »

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