Douglas Martin originally had “triumphant return” in the headline. Riddle me this: Is there any musician that has gotten more mileage out of the divisive battlefield that is internet music fandom than Nathan Williams? Is there one who has managed to stay firmly rooted in the public eye by any means necessary? The Californian twentysomething… Continue reading »
Pour out a little moonshine for Bert Jansch, the folk singer slob with the clawhammer style who proved what William Wallace already knew: Scottish people can concoct their own ferocious form of the blues. Maybe you’ve read enough obits to memorize the litany of artists influenced by the Pentangle member and master of intricate acoustic… Continue reading »
Sach O is strapped like a squirrel with a gat. Once again it’s on. The fine folks at J’Aime Le Dubstep have seen fit to release my newest studio mix (my first one in a minute actually) and it’s a scorcher if I do say so myself. Going by vibe rather by genre, I went… Continue reading »
Oct
05
Tosten Burks also occasionally appears in 140 characters. And just like that, Dallas’s best young rappers take another step towards making people care again about Dallas rap. Snagging Black Milk for the beat is a statement of legitimacy, a claim that even though ADd+ have less than 2,000 followers on Twitter, you still better be… Continue reading »
Oct
04
The countdown to Kendrick Lamar’s debut Low End Theory appearance starts now. If paying for these two to make music together can’t make me want to purchase a Windows Phone, nothing will. Nothing will. Maybe this will make rap fans realize that Nosaj and Flying Lotus et. al are making more innovative hip-hop rooted production… Continue reading »
Memories don’t live like people do. They inhabit Madeleine’s and Maxells. They idle in permanent latency, forever tempted by the trigger. The perfume vapors of a passerby that conjures high school hallway interactions with long-dissolved crushes. Memories squat inside the stucco walls of old apartments that once housed a hundred clandestine conversations. Reminiscences ripped upon… Continue reading »
Sach O seen ya standin’ on the corner over there and he knows you ain’t down with his team. Twitter milestones are the new Billboard certifications, at least in the sub-celebrity realm of Bass music. Having just reached the big 5-triple-0, Night Slugs affiliate Mosca has gone out and dropped a couple of free joints… Continue reading »
Oct
04
AllSachOdoizsmoketreez. Footwork is strange stuff. I’ve seen it clear floors but I’ve also seen girls go crazy for it. Often times, it comes down to whether the DJ has a genuine feel for the genre, an all too rare occasion at a time when every other trainspotter is adopting Juke for purposes of fashion. In… Continue reading »
Oct
03
No one needs to over-analyze why James Blake was able to mesmerize the low-fat Cafe Mocha crowd to see why certain electronic records cross over. The murky underwater fuzz of the early FWD >> material wasn’t going to play in Peoria or really anywhere outside of Rinse. Unless you garnish your beatz with artery clogging… Continue reading »
Jonah Bromwich may or may not also endorse “Nacho Libre.” New artists aren’t supposed to have fully developed voices. But Nacho Picasso has one. His subject matter may be simple, but he’s got one the best eyes for detail west of New Orleans and had the wherewithal to conjoin, within his persona, the provocative, oddball… Continue reading »
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