Sep
20

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Spellbinding Strangeness of Amen Dunes

Douglas Martin also enjoys Dunes. In spite of garnering comparisons to nearly every old “weird” singer / songwriter on the block (Skip Spence, Roky Erickson, Chris Knox, etc.), there’s something remarkably distinctive about the music of Amen Dunes. For starters, he sounds like he’s singing words from a different language. Sometimes it sounds like he’s… Continue reading »

Sep
19

Sach O: Butterz Autumn Zip

But now it’s the fall, Sach O’s having a ball and letting his nickel sacks crawl. Rinse.FM Grime dons Elijah and Skilliam announced that they’ve got next in the esteemed station’s official Mix CD series, promising “the best of the Butterz label, the best of the year and a couple of dubplate only gems.” For… Continue reading »

Sep
19

Dam Funk Forever

Scion A/V Presents: Dam Funk “Forever” from Scion A/V on Vimeo. Dam-Funk in his natural element, surrounded by Master Blazter, the moon, the stars, and inter-planetary orbit. Keytars and Computer Jay ensuring the flame flickers full of funk. I still wouldn’t advise anyone to purchase a Scion, but I will give them all the credit… Continue reading »

Sep
19

Pollyn Till You Deficit

Consider Pollyn something like the Tom Tom Club covering Portishead. But Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth never met Roc Marciano, the latest impeccably chosen gollywopper to grace the Los Angeles band’s remix series. To re-acclimate ourselves, let’s tick off the artists they’ve recruited to re-invent the remix: Nosaj Thing, Debruit, Blue Daisy, Freddie Gibbs, James… Continue reading »

Sep
19

The Strange Mercy of St. Vincent

Jonah Bromwich is not boring to listen to. Critical darlings are only occasionally boring to listen to; however they are frequently boring to review. I’ll say it again: boring to review. St. Vincent’s new album Strange Mercy is never boring to listen to. In fact, it’s one of the most exciting albums that’s come out… Continue reading »

Sep
16

Bridging The Cultural Divide: James Blake at Low End Theory

Photo by Lee “Intuition” Shaner via Knocksteady Aaron Frank knows what CMYK stands for but he ain’t telling. In the three years since I moved to LA, I’ve never seen a new artist sweep up fans across such a broad cross-section of socio-economic backgrounds quite like James Blake. The Sunset Strip crowd and industry crabs… Continue reading »

Sep
16

Sach O: Leatherface’s Nightmare Juke Squad

Son Raw needs a dope DJ crew name. Suggestions? Don’t worry: this isn’t Footwoork mixed with dodgy Dubstep sounds…it’s just Footwork. While I’m not entirely sold on the iconography, Paris producer Leatherface’s take on the once-emerging-now-red-hot Footwork sound is proof that the subgenre is mutating and developing just as fast outside of Chicago as in… Continue reading »

Sep
15

Peter Rosenberg and Action Bronson Get Popping

Evan Nabavian has a lot of old soul music. Ah mixtapes. I used to come home from school, fire up Windows XP, and check newsgroups for the newest Big Mike, Kay Slay, and Clue tapes. I would download them all and delete everything except the D-Block tracks. But most of that probably doesn’t make a… Continue reading »

Sep
14

The Reckless Machine: Odd Future’s Expansion Team

Tosten Burks only used the word “swag” once in the writing of this article. Everyone knows the story by now: faux-rebellious suburban skate punks drop staggering amounts of staggeringly crude haunted house rap onto message boards and quickly skyrocket to the top of the Internet on the backs of indignant teens and intellectual Caucasians. It’s… Continue reading »

Sep
14

BLKHRTS – “Try”

As a prelude to their next EP, Sextape, the BLKHRTS are dropping a track a week for the next two months. So expect to see a lot of dissonant shredded larynx art rap in this space. More M.O.P. meets Morrissey, replete with hellhound rasps about girls and devils and heaven and reverends and deliverance. This… Continue reading »

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