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Despite popular mythologies that insist otherwise, great music doesn’t always rise to the top — at least not immediately. Depending on popular tastes, media whims, marketing ploys, and inherent marketability, exceptional songs can be overlooked. See also, Skipp Coon, Souvenir, Monkey Swallows the Universe, essentially any band that Stylus championed that were ignored so that… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upy3ZkVEdjQ Bring it back, bring it back, bring it back. Autolux – Transit Transit – [TBD] Returning to Transit squared several months after its unheralded release, I’m struck by the vast lunar spaces captured by Autolux. The veteran LA art rockers conduct their transportation exercises among nebulae and quasars, capturing a cold world of found… Continue reading »
Douglas Martin is no stranger to totally awesome decisions. With the road to “hipness” in 2010 paved with scuzz, filth, and layers of distortion, somewhere along the line, it became slightly uncool to listen to power-pop. Whether it’s the squandered goodwill of post-Matt Sharp Weezer, the tragic car crash that shortened the lives of members… Continue reading »
The platitude proclaims “be careful what you wish for. ” Admittedly, I rooted for Graduation over Curtis, myopically confident that Kanye’s win would usher in an era of creativity and comedy that had been lacking since the heyday of the Native Tongues. While the King of Louis luggage’s victory may have opened the floodgates for… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLIdD5UfXIo Brought to you by our sponsors, Brother Love and The Honky Tonk Man. 25. Diamond District – In The Ruff [Mello Music Group] Taking artists at their word is a notoriously tricky enterprise. Even allowing for 100 percent sincerity, intentions and ambitions are often discordant with the final results. Luckily, anyone attempting to assess… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9ByHQ6PAY Brought to you by our sponsor: “Piper’s Pit.” 50. Exile – Radio [Plug Research] Best known for producing 2006’s acclaimed collaboration with Blu, “Below the Heavens,” Exile emerged as a viable creative force in his own right on “Radio,” a found-art opus that found him re-configuring taped snippets of everything from old commercials to… Continue reading »
Disco Vietnam approves of pharmacists, street or otherwise. If it ain’t raw it’s worthless. Ted Leo’s forthcoming album and first for Matador, The Brutalist Bricks, takes its title from the post-World War II architectural style known as brutalism, which incorporated raw concrete to construct buildings with “striking repetitive angular geometries.” If Leo and his… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrAXdX6AS_U You can’t trust a rapper who can’t roll a good blunt. You can trust Freddie Gibbs. During the 48 hours prior to his show with Atlanta Grind Time Rap Gang affiliate, Pill, Gibbs rolled the best blunts I’ve seen since the last time I kicked it in New York with Disco Vietnam. Durable Duracell… Continue reading »
When he’s not cooking up something marvelous in the lab, Disco Vietnam drops basic instructions before leaving earth via Twitter. Three minutes after our interview with Austin-based producer’s Eli Elkin, AKA Memory Man, a tweet appeared on Twitter (as they are wont to do) from the Chef himself. @RAEKWONICEWATER Ayo foreal i dont know who… Continue reading »
30. El-P — I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead (2007) The migraine mid-point between Nine Inch Nails and the Bomb Squad. Math rap. Bombs + Nails = the sort of weapon built by suicide squads intent on creating obscene carnage. If last time, the damage was fantastic, now it’s fatal. El-P’s masterpiece is both explicit and subtle,… Continue reading »