Dec
09

DJ Nobody – “Winter Psychedelic Mix”

Things to do while listening to DJ Nobody’s Winter Mix : lace your egg nog with acid, sprinkle kief and subsequently smoke your mistletoe, tell your loved ones that you think they’re really far out, talk to a tree and ask him how his soul is feeling today, call up Peter Gabriel to talk about… Continue reading »

Dec
09

Douglas Martin’s Favorite Shoes: “Believer,” the Dirty Shoes Song of the Year

Douglas Martin does not have a subscription to The Believer. John Maus’ sprawling philosophical ideas and inflammatory opinions get him into trouble. He uses four-syllable words and threatens the intellect of insecure music journalists. “John Maus celebrates the imminent demise of record stores” was 2011′s “Kanye bumrushes Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech.” John Maus could very… Continue reading »

Dec
08

Four Tet – Rinse FM Podcast

Yeah, you thought that Sach was the only one trolling Rinse FM for obscure instrumental grime and bass records, but you thought wrong. I too have been known to sift through the podcasts of the seminal London station in order to win friends and influence people (friends and influence may be limited to the dog… Continue reading »

Dec
08

Dam-Funk — “Spiritual Flight” Mix

As one might imagine, gospel boogie funk was rarely played during Hannukah celebrations in the Weiss household. For Jews, Hannukah is consolation Christmas. There’s no trees, no ornaments, and certainly no soulful crooning. Have you ever heard “Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel, I Made it Out of Clay?” I’d rather listen to a Jars of Clay song.… Continue reading »

Dec
08

Let That Boy Cook: Action Bronson’s Well Done Soul

Jonah Bromwich remembers back in the day …And in the summer, in the evenings, we’d listen to this guy Action Bronson. He’d release tapes all year round, but I remember, they were most perfect in the summer evenings. Even if they came out in the cold weather, the sound just took you back to the… Continue reading »

Dec
07

The Hard White Wolf: Empty Towns and Radioactivity

A few weeks ago, I spent 24 hours in Vegas with Yelawolf for a piece in the latest Rolling Stone (it’s not available online, so pick it up, pick it up). It’s a uniquely weird phenomena to shadow a rapper on the verge of dropping an album that you haven’t heard, but have insanely high… Continue reading »

Dec
07

Slick Rick, The Ruler Springs Eternal

Roughly once a year, Slick Rick crawls up out of his chamber to read us a raunchy bedtime story. In 2007, it was “Hip Hop Police.” In 2009, he laced us with the sand storm narrative-shifts and anti-Iraq rant of Mos Def’s “The Auditorium.” Last year, he inflicted ad hoc carnage to Snoop’s “I Wanna… Continue reading »

Dec
07

Rihanna, Talks that Talk

Hank Erins hates that he loves you Belated kudos are owed to PotW’s resident physician for eviscerating the world’s sleaziest hitmaker in a fashion so spectacular, one can’t help but lament the degradation of the word “epic.” My only qualm with the piece is that, like so many outspoken observers before him, Doc Zeus gives… Continue reading »

Dec
06

Versis X Dibia$e – “Fly Me to the Moon”

Astrud Gilberto, Dibia$e, psychedelic visuals of B-Boy alien skeletons smoking blunts? Where do I sign the contract and do I get a mid-level exception? Then there is Versis, the 20-year old Angeleno, who continues to progress with every track. He uses his Twitter to endorse Bibio and the Theremin and raps in the vein of… Continue reading »

Dec
06

Curly Castro – “They Call Me Castro”

The President of the Big Juss fan club and the only rapper to own every season of Sliders, returns with “They Call Me Castro.” Flipping a Biggie hook to good purpose, Curly Castro rides a minimalist Blueprint beat to break down conspiracy theories, his upbringing in Brooklyn, and the dawn of his radicalism. Moby Dick… Continue reading »

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