| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Beards, Blazers, and Sex Bob-ombs | December 28, 2010 |
Douglas Martin has no recollection of hitting on Ramona Flowers backstage. To say Sex Bob-omb has had an incredible year would be a drastic understatement. After breaking up earlier this year to pursue other musical interests, the cult favorite has seen both a biopic of Sex Bob-omb bassist Scott Pilgrim (starring Michael Cera, master of […]
| The Top DJ Mixes of 2010 | December 27, 2010 |
Aaron Frank and Sach O write dope as a tastykake….mix! The following are some of our favorite mixes of the past year in no particular order. If a mix was given out for free, click through for audio, if it was commercially released, click through to buy it. If it was released in another dimension, […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#10-1) – Sponsored by Nintendo | December 24, 2010 |
May your Xmas morning be filled with nothing but The Legend of Zelda and rapping 10-year olds. To see the complete Top 50, click here. 10. Guido – Anidea – [Punch Drunk] If you smashed videogame soundtracks, G-Funk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Grime, Jungle, Dubstep and orchestral film scores into the Hadron collider, you’d get an album […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#20-11) – Sponsored by Ovaltine | December 23, 2010 |
Why don’t they call it roundtine? 20. Yelawolf – Trunk Muzik 0-60 – [Interscope/Ghetovision] Yelawolf is an inked-up, part-Cherokee rapper from Alabama with a haircut that the erstwhile members of Japan and Duran Duran would kill for. The guy has more personality than 99% of all rappers solely based on appearance. But he also outdoes […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#30-21) – Sponsored by the Lawrence Welk Show | December 22, 2010 |
Good morning…. 30. Beach Fossils – Beach Fossils – [Captured Tracks] Beach Fossils practically set themselves up to fail in the unflattering glare of critical spotlight. A lo-fi-ish (groan) Brooklyn band (groan) playing sun-kissed post-punk (GROAN), reaching for the indie zeitgeist by practically naming themselves after the go-to overused inspiration for most run-in-the-mill indie bands […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#40-31) (Sponsored by Admiral Cigarettes) | December 21, 2010 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5Bqn6VlF0&feature=related Sponsored by the cigarette that even David Robinson enjoys. 40. James Blake – CMYK/Klavierwerke EP’s – [R&S Records] James Blake is smart enough to know that if you’re going to reshape bass music in your own indie-influenced image, including a few R&B samples might be a good idea. Hence, CMYK didn’t just win over […]
| Zip That, Chop That: The Top 50 Rap Songs in ZIP Form | December 20, 2010 |
In the words of the Alkaholiks: run wild. Download: ZIP: V/A – The Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Rap Songs of 2010 (Left-Click)
| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#50-1) – Sponsored by the Arthur Murray Party | December 20, 2010 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrN3tt62BI You’re always welcome at an Arthur Murray dance party. 50. DaVinci – The Day the Turf Stood Still – [SWTBRDS] A cursory skim of The Day the Turf Stood Still might convince you that DaVinci is the latest underground talent from New York, but the longtime Fillmore resident reps San Francisco through and through. […]
| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2010 (#25-1) | December 17, 2010 |
25. Grimace Federation “Bosico (Aesop Rock Remix)” [900 Bats] In a year where we discovered the sweeping influence of Ian Mathias Bavitz touched not only The Knux but Danny Brown, Aesop Rock started his post-Def Jux career by creating an official online home, www.900bats.com, dedicated to the “900 bats needeleslly torched to death by renovation […]
| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2010 (#50-1) | December 16, 2010 |
50. Celph Titled & Buckwild – “Fuckmaster Sex” [No Sleep] Legendary producer from DITC releases archived beats from everybody’s favorite era in hip hop? Don’t mind if I do. An album of verses from Demigod also-ran, Celph-Titled? Uh…. But taken in minor doses the formula appeased even the grumpiest boom bap dinosaurs. […]
