| Nocando, The Wave, and Little Green Monsters | January 31, 2014 |
Max Bell also endorses the Howie Mandel and Fred Savage vehicle, Little Monsters. Nocando has been riding the wave for a minute. Low End Theory remains popping and popular as ever (ask your local fire marshal). Hellfyre Club dropped one of last year’s best rappity-rap releases (Dorner vs. Tookie) and will soon be headed to […]
| Low End Theory Podcast: Episode XXIV (Ft. Gaslamp Killer, D-Styles, Daddy Kev & Nobody) | November 1, 2013 |
Almost a year had elapsed since the last Low End Theory podcast. To be honest, I thought they might be quietly done. The night still cracks every Wednesday, but the podcasts seemed to be the best way to articulate the indefinable. There are only so many adjectives for “awesome” and at a certain point, saying […]
Max Bell was a Blowedian in a past life. If Busdriver is the adenoidal vocal gymnast and Open Mike Eagle is the smooth and laid back “dark-skinned art baron,” then Nocando is the man in the middle (and the man at the helm of Hellfyre Club), with Busdriver’s seemingly inexhaustible energy and Mike’s ability to […]
| 50 Grand In the Nautica Van: Introducing Alpha Pup’s Astronautica | February 12, 2013 |
Max Bell spent time among the wise, went through a garment renaissance. If you listen to ’90s hip-hop, you’ll know there’s no shortage of references to Nautica, the nautical-inspired clothing brand turned street-wear du jour for hustlers, thugs, and (I’m guessing) all Wu members pre-Wu-Wear. Biggie claimed he would put “mad slugs through your Nautica.’ […]
| Nocando’s Up in the Air & The Low End Podcast XXIII ft. Gaslamp Killer & Cut Chemist | December 12, 2012 |
I co-host a podcast with this fellow (oh judontknow), so I am absolving myself of all critical objectivity. This is the new single, “Up in the Air” from Nocando’s forthcoming Jimmy the Burnout. I don’t watch George Clooney movies so I have no clue about its veracity. I dig the song though. In other Low […]
| Low End Theory Podcast XXII – DJ Nobody & Virtual Boy | July 27, 2012 |
Back from a five month hiatus comes the Low End Theory podcast. DJ Nobody drops the trappingest mix in the history of trapezia. Trapezia is a land populated by powder-colored Brits who worship at the feet of Waka Flocka. Reverse colonialism, y’all. On the low, Nobody was first on that wave, even if I think […]
| Supreme Clientele: The Battles of Team Supreme | June 6, 2012 |
Max Bell is slated to release his debut album, Youngest of Da Camp in the Fall. You have a set BPM, one sample, one transition, and a week to make an ill beat. Go. If that sounds like ideal audio dope then check out Team Supreme — a collective of producers/DJs and Low End Theory […]
| Son Raw Live @ Low End Theory (Mix) | March 13, 2012 |
Son Raw still can’t believe he actually did this. Low End Theory is certainly the most unique show I’ve ever played. Coming from a Montreal rave scene that values dancing, partying and a certain sense of wild abandon, playing in front of a head nodding future Hip-Hop crowd was interesting to say the least. Going […]
| Low End Theory Podcast: Episode XXI — Daddy Kev & Syd from Odd Future | February 14, 2012 |
Congratulations to the Low End Theory podcast. It is now 21 episodes deep, old enough to legally drink. However, I suspect it has been illicitly imbibing for years, considering its frequent disappearances and loose-limbed approach. Thankfully, it has returned, now with 24 percent more wolves and gangs. When I interviewed Syd tha Kid many full […]
| Virtual Boy, Vocoder Enthusiasts | January 31, 2012 |
Well before Dave Tompkins decrypted the DNA of the vocoder, it existed as Los Angeles’ preferred funk steroid. No telling how many times the Troutman’s soundtracked my juvenile declensions. Power 106 played “Computer Love” enough to make me wary of my shoddy Intel 486. Through the tubes Snufflupagusing out of his mouth, Roger was able […]
