Aug
24

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Mirror Traffic and the Satisfying Stasis of Stephen Malkmus

Douglas Martin won’t sell you his Malkmus troll doll. If you have even a passing knowledge of indie-rock, the name Stephen Malkmus hardly needs an introduction. Some credit the Pavement frontman as the reason why the indie-rock sounds the way it does today. Some feel he’s single-handedly responsible for creating the entire genre. There are… Continue reading »

Aug
23

Video: Flash Bang Grenada – “Moisturizer”

Video budget breakdown for Flash Bang Grenada’s “Moisturizer”: $3,211 for Aloe Fresh Hydrating lotion. $32 for Nocando’s tennis racket. $17 for the Bjorn Borg/Richie Tanenbaum costume. Cooking dance lessons: gratis. All day long on Twitter, Busdriver has been releasing the unofficial liner notes to 10 Haters. He claims “10 HATERS actually is the ultimate recession… Continue reading »

Aug
23

Frank & Beats: The Coastal Groves of Blood Orange

Aaron Frank found this to be slightly too mandarin. Dev Hynes’ initial solo outing as Lightspeed Champion in 2008 was a surprising departure from the dance punk his former outfit, Test Icicles, wielded throughout the UK and Europe in the mid-2000s. Lightspeed Champion was clearly written during the throes of a bitter breakup, and much… Continue reading »

Aug
23

Mixtape: Curren$y – Verde Terrace

Like a powdered wigged man chopping cherry kush, Spitta doesn’t lie. His new tape has a song called “Hennessy Beach,” where Curren$y admits that he’s never sipped such high octane cognac. He’s more of an XO man. That’s the thing about the Jet Life pilot, he turns his realness into high art. It’s a stretch… Continue reading »

Aug
23

Album Review: Flash Bang Grenada – “10 Haters”

Jonah Bromwich thinks you’re not bi-polar, but more like Amy Poehler. “Put in work, son.” “Do work, son.” These expressions have become ubiquitous mantras over the last few years. We say these things casually–to friends looking to score, to siblings with job interviews. They’ve become synonyms for “good luck.” When you say things casually, they… Continue reading »

Aug
22

Gaslamp Killer Goes to Amsterdam, drops new Gonjasufi

GLK hit Amsterdam a few weeks ago, and we ought to have more than just aural evidence of his imprint in the land of clogs and kush. Some enterprising television producer needs to see the future and tab Will Bensussen to be the Anthony Bourdain of esoteric international weed strains and blunted beats. In the… Continue reading »

Aug
22

Noreaga & Alchemist Embrace the Slime

Evan Nabavian’s favorite old school rapper is Silver Fox. If the golden age of New York rap was about ghetto scripture and taut piano loops, then the silver age was about concealed weapons and glorious Tunnel bangers. The former usually earns more homages from revivalist nerds, but Noreaga and Alchemist return to the heyday of… Continue reading »

Aug
22

Summer Jamz 2011: Jeff Siegel and Ian Mathers: Galapagos

Jeff Siegel creates clandestinely at the Private Sector. While Ian Mathers is immune to nearly any weapon. Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?4n0o5nw8ulv8z3m Making this mix took longer than we thought it would, but that’s fitting; it’s summer, and everything takes longer in the summer. Either it’s hot and humid and you don’t want to move, or it’s beautiful… Continue reading »

Aug
19

Broken Hearts on the Pole: Brief Weeknd Thoughts

Abe Beame is Draking on a million. Jeff Weiss doesn’t enjoy the Weeknd’s or Drake’s music, but the fact that they’re doing it, he doesn’t respect that. The Drake verse at the end of “The Zone” is one of the best “rapped” verses I’ve ever heard from him, it’s just “strippin for tuition” flavored shit … Continue reading »

Aug
19

Not A Blogger: Everybody (Should Definitely) Hate Chris Brown’s Mixtape

Doc Zeus’ real name is Dr. Trollface Elias Zeus Jr., PhD. Doctor in Player Hateology. There’s a certain something that I admire in Chris Brown. Granted, pound for pound, one of the most loathsome individuals the entertainment industrial complex has spewed out, but there’s one admirable quality that makes him uniquely fascinating: his pathological self… Continue reading »

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