Under no circumstances should Skinny Jeans and a Mic be better than Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon. After all, Cudi has the co-signs (Kanye, Common, the uh, Black Eyed Peas) the would-be indie icons brought in for Aoki-crowd mustache cred (MGMT, Crookers, Ratatat) and the back-story: at age 11 loses father to cancer, makes… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcu7OCIqlqE A link to my review at Pop and Hiss. No more Cuban Linx talk until year-end list time. More content coming later today. And while we’re on topic… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew Download: MP3: Raekwon-”Can’t Hide It” (Left-Click) MP3: Raekwon ft. Ghostface-”Criminology’09″
On the Nile. Great cover or greatest cover? Granted, my review of Old School Fest at the Greek should only appeal to the scant but savvy readership who may or may not have sported a buoffant during the mid-80s. I myself once used Murray’s pomade for a two year-stretch, but I don’t think that counts.… Continue reading »
Today is hirsute white person day at the Passion of the Weiss. Clearly, it’s a corollary to yesterday’s revelation that I secretly hate hip-hop, especially the dromedary-looking fellow who sampled Orphan Annie. Concluding this bearded extravaganza is Division Day, a local band that has recently and deservedly received high praise from both the LA Weekly… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwcHGtSbaKA Akron/Family performing “Ed is a Portal” at the Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar/Dead Oceans showcase was my favorite moment of this year’s SXSW. The Rza isn’t the only one who is a hip-hop hippie. Of course, watching a secondhand YouTube clip can only do so much for you. Kief-coated Bong rips may help–if you’re into that sort… Continue reading »
Yesterday, in the midst of the commotion regarding the leak of Blueprint 3, my editors at the Times requested that I do a first-listen live-blog review. The result is up now, with roughly half the best jokes and three quarters of the venom siphoned out. It’s probably for the best. Had my original draft ran,… Continue reading »
Photo By Jeff Cowan I stopped having a “favorite band” when I started to take this whole writing about music thing seriously. It seemed a relic of childhood absolutism, where there is A FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER (Eric Davis), FOOD (McDonald’s hamburgers), LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST (Tom Snyder, be thy name). But for this week–at… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfyQVilf9OA In my ongoing quest to avoid asking the 1,247th consecutive musician what they hope to achieve in the future, I discussed Summer Jamz with the Cut Chemist: specifically, his love of 80s French Industrial music, Metric, and that Michael Jackson fellow. We also discussed the new album that he hopes to drop next Spring,… Continue reading »
A quick one before I head to an undisclosed locale that involves absinthe appetizers, scantily clad women, and Cypress Hill. I should probably watch Nosaj Thing and Daddy Kev crush the Roxy tonight, but I’m clearly striving to embody the spirit of the Los Angeles D-bag. Although, to paraphrase Jay, I could be a fedora… Continue reading »
I was offered the chance to see Amadou & Miriam open for Coldplay tomorrow night. While the former rank among my favorite blind Malian husband and wife duos ever (just below the Blind Boys of Bamako, just ahead of the Timbuktu Two-Steppers), I’ll be heading to Beach Dazed instead. Partially, because I don’t think I… Continue reading »
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