Dec
06

Passion of the Weiss Mix Series, Volume 6: Silent Dust – “Lukewarm Coffee and Half a Packet of Bourbons”

The music should ideally explain it all. Not necessarily for my job prospects, but for the notion that this stuff should transcend buzz-bin adjectives and ephemeral trends. If you’re doing it right, it’s transportive, allusive to not just other forms of art but buried emotions. Mobb Deep had it right the first time: it ought… Continue reading »

Dec
05

The Pharcyde’s SlimKid3, Now in His Older Days

Tosten Burks prefers No Shave Novembeard to Movember. There’s a slim line between a revival and revivalism. Take a mid-90’s MC and the producer for Jurassic 5 – a group that made a career on old-school homage – and it’s easy to be skeptical that the collaboration between SlimKid3 (of The Pharcyde) and DJ Nu-Mark… Continue reading »

Dec
05

Douglas Martin’s Favorite Shoes: The Top Five Seven-Inch Singles of 2011

Maybe you’re a complete different from me. Perhaps you didn’t think that 2011 was an unspeakably good for music. Maybe you didn’t pull all-nighters narrowing down your favorite music of the year to a manageable– not concise, but manageable– length. Perhaps you didn’t have to tweak your lists dozens of times to make sure it… Continue reading »

Dec
03

Sach O – Hessle Audio vs 502 on Rinse FM

Sach O‘s alternate post title: Ramadanman vs. Oneman – FITE! We interrupt your weekend and my endless march through the depths of academia to bring you this all-vinyl set from some of London’s finest. While I occasionally gripe about how gentrified and blog friendly London Bass music has become (irony noted), Hessle Audio have long… Continue reading »

Dec
02

Hellfyre and Extended Nightmares

I will probably scream until I’m Blu in the face that the Hellfyre Club deserve a fraction of the attention that other LA rappers receive. But it’s cool. I am as tired as you of rap writers getting agog that people will pay for Wale records but won’t support their personal favorite subterraneans (mine is… Continue reading »

Dec
02

Sach O: Coki doesn’t get it Twisted

Sach O wants to smack the Grammy nomination committee till they stop nominating. And breathing. Legendary DMZ producer Coki’s predicament reminds me of Raekwon’s late 90s situation: what do you do when an entire musical Universe bites your style and proceeds to miss the point entirely? As the innovator behind Dubstep’s wobbling bass lines, Coki… Continue reading »

Dec
02

Not A Blogger: My Beautiful, Immediate, Ill-Thought Reactions To This Year’s Grammy Nominations

Doc Zeus sees your cliche about complaining about the Grammy’s and raises you some arsenic. The Grammy’s are one of the universe’s central mysteries.  From 54 years of experience, we know that the Gramophone Awards don’t actually reward anything approaching excellence, merit or achievement in the music industry. At best, they reward a toxic combination… Continue reading »

Dec
01

Sach O: Zomby’s Labyrinth

Sach O kinda wishes this track had a Bowie sample. Zomby’s a weird dude. Unseen but always tweeting, dedicated to the future but still holding a torch for old school rave, constantly in demand but only occasionally making gigs. When he’s not busy chastising American reviewers for their take on British music, he’s reblogging chopped… Continue reading »

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