Oct
18

Flying Lotus-”Kill Your Coworkers” Video

Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers from beeple on Vimeo. Some will interpret Flying Lotus’ robotic-futuristic-Main St. parade-cyborg war as a trenchant commentary on automation in society and hatred for co-workers. I prefer to see this Rorschach clip as a hybrid of the “Whacking Day” parade from “The Simpsons” crossed with the “Itchy and Scratchy”… Continue reading »

Oct
11

Ada or Ardour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4aeNXdC_Eg The unofficial but Teebs-approved video for “Anchor Steam” puts a pixie-haired face on his interstellar synesthesia. The press kit one-liner comes courtesy of Flying Lotus who described his music as sounding the way Avatar looks. It’s a perfect description — one validated by  Google image searching, “Teebs Paintings.” Even in pixelated form, his abstract… Continue reading »

Sep
03

Low End Theory Podcast XVII: Daddy Kev & Baths

In the nick of time for Labor Day Weekend, Daddy Kev and Baths drop the 17th Low End Theory podcast. Ready for your day off, Kev kicks things off with a Ferris Bueller sample and enough heavy bass to wake Mr. Rooney out of his perpetual coma. Later Baths drops a set suffused with Cerulean… Continue reading »

Aug
30

Teebs-”Arthur’s Birds”

Thanks to hiring a one-legged, but highly capable Moldavian hacker to break into the Alpha Pup server, I was able to swipe the first leak from Teebs’ forthcoming Brainfeeder debut, Ardour. Those six of you who enjoy my use of mythological metaphors and beats to gems similes, should head over there.  It is a Monday.… Continue reading »

Jul
13

Lumps and Low Ends

Back like cooked Cav. Almost. I write this from several miles in the air, in front of a guy asking to borrow my copy of US Air magazine, next to a trio of teenagers flipping breathlessly through Life & Style. I have apparently not been keeping up with the Kardashians, but I know that Derek… Continue reading »

Jun
01

Low End Theory and Teebs Podcasts

With each passing month, the Low End Theory podcast covers grow darker and weirder. Barring a collage of Josef Mengele’s greatest hits, it will be tough to imagine how they’re going to top the latest episode — a Columbine still of a rampaging Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold that seemingly matches the sinister beat music… Continue reading »

May
11

Free Kutmah & Free Kutmah

All apologies for the inactivity from me [Jeff] around these parts. I needed a day or two to let my liver regenerate after a whiskey and weed-wracked Saturday night. I also have been working on a feature for the Times about the sad saga surrounding the Low End Theory-affiliated DJ and artist Kutmah. The details… Continue reading »

May
04

Nocando – “Hurry Up and Wait Remix” ft. Murs, Intuition, Open Mike Eagle, & Dumbfoundead

Lest I cannibalize myself (and not in the inspiring Alive way), should you have any interest in reading my thoughts on Nocando’s excellent “Hurry Up and Wait Remix,” I will point you in the direction of my Sam Zell-owned feudal overlords. The concise version is that its arguably the best morning commute anthem since “9-5ers… Continue reading »

Apr
29

Taking the Summit

Take “Incredibright” from Alpha Pup on Vimeo. Aaron Frank has never climbed a mountain nor played an electric guitar. However it happened, Take had a right to be irate that Only Mountain leaked a month early. A driving force behind the underground LA beat scene for the last decade, Sweatson Klank’s debut not only evidences… Continue reading »

Apr
28

Getting to Know, Alex B

I’ve been meaning to write about Boulder-based Alex B’s excellent Moments for the last month, but a Low End Theory appearance finally compelled me to do a post about it at Pop & Hiss. For fans of my most Cam’ron-purple prose, here’s what I had to say about “Getting to Know You,” the latest leak… Continue reading »

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