Dec
15

Because Sleep is the Cousin of Death: The Most Slept-On Beat Records of the Year (Part II)

El-P – Wearegoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 – [Gold Dust] Funcrush this — 15 instrumental odds and ends too haywire to fit onto a solo rap record. Volume III of Wearegoingtoburninhellmegamixx found El-Producto hawking his garbage on iTunes instead of giving it to Goodwill, with previous installments available only as tour-only affairs (and later for free download.) Cannily aligning… Continue reading »

Dec
15

Because Sleep is the Cousin of Death: The Most Slept-On Beat Records of the Year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZECaxyBYEw Part two coming later today, because occasionally sleep can be more than just the cousin of death.  Alex B – Moments – Elm & Oak Empirical evidence has long proven that Boulder, Colorado and blunts usually creates something either copacetic or completely hare-brained. Extended Low End Theory affiliate, Alex Botwin opts for the former… Continue reading »

Dec
13

I Can’t Go To Sleep: The Most Slept-On Rock Records of the Year

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 »

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