Oct
10

Band of Brothers: The Psychedelic Sludge of JEFF the Brotherhood

When you claim co-signs from Dam-Funk and Jack White, it’s practically a sure shot that I’ll like the music. But I was hesitant to check out JEFF the Brotherhood’s music for the obvious reason that they are named JEFF the Brotherhood. And as committed as I am to my nomenclature, I’m not about to start… Continue reading »

Oct
10

Sach O: The Weeknd – Initiation

Sach O had a rough weekend. House of Balloons may very well top my personal year end list – a stunning occurrence that simultaneously defies all conventional logic yet somehow still makes perfect sense in my musical universe. On one hand, the melodrama of contemporary R&B isn’t my bag, I’m perpetually stuck in the early… Continue reading »

Oct
10

Four Walls & A Funeral: Burial & Massive Attack

I don’t see the point of writing about this song in the daytime. I don’t see the point of listening to either of these artists before 10 p.m. Massive Attack and Burial prey upon weakness. They exploit our inherent inclination to grow mournful in the witching hours. Threnodies ideally consumed while solitary, solemn, and with… Continue reading »

Oct
10

DJ Revolution’s Top 5 Favorite Records

For Los Angeles readers, DJ Revolution hardly needs an introduction. During his 13 year stint manning the decks for Sway and King Tech on 92.3 The Beat’s Wake Up Show, he became a household name for households glued to The Box.  These days, he’s busy producing music for radio and TV, and deploying his formidable… Continue reading »

Oct
09

Everyone Alive Wants Answers

No one needs answers when the music speaks for itself. Teebs’s music speaks for itself. So does the fact that his Soundcloud page reps Chino Hills. Coupled with Abe Vigoda also claiming birthright, the pair are doing damage to the carefully tousled reputation that Ryan Atwood inculcated on the O.C. Snoop also once bragged about… Continue reading »

Oct
08

Sach O: More-tishead (Portishead live in Montreal)

Sach O had been waiting to catch Portishead live for just over 10 years. At the risk of of being redundant, here’s what you need to know about seeing Portishead live: first, their back-catalog is essentially flawless and second, their live versions are note-for-note perfect as well. There weren’t too many surprises at last night… Continue reading »

Oct
07

Willie the Kid and the Art of Robbery

Evan Nabavian is younger than Willie the Kid, but doesn’t feel the need to brag about it. The 70s and 80s begat drug dealers. They were ambitious and greedy and impulsive and their connects sold them grams upon grams. And they toasted foreign liqueurs to their success. And they rode coups through the city with… Continue reading »

Oct
07

The Weather Underground: Evidence’s “Cats & Dogs”

Jonah Bromwich once kidney punched Al Roker. Evidence is the kind of rapper who provokes compliments that kind of sound like insults. He’s a steady, working-man, unspectacular, blue-collar, scrupulous rhymer, with a trademark flow that never gets boring. That should sound better than it sounds because the consistency that Ev has shown over the last… Continue reading »

Oct
06

Portishead play Eeriest Place on Earth

It’s interesting but inevitable that Geoff Barrow’s BEAK> project would bleed into Portishead. A new Portishead single might not elicit the Pavlovian response it may have generated during the first Clinton era, but in certain dank and smoking sectors of the web (namely, this one), it’s cause for celebration. Jimmy Fallon will tell you that… Continue reading »

Oct
06

What’s Luv: Is Rick Ross Trying to Make Wale the Ashanti of Maybach Music?

Evan Nabavian does not believe that Lil Twist is the Shyheim of Young Money. Boss that he is, Rick Ross knew when assembling his team of future bosses that Maybach Music Group needed a lady boss for massive crossover boss appeal. Murder Inc. had Ashanti, G-Unit had Olivia, and even Game had a hook-singing sweetheart… Continue reading »

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