Leaping Legacies: Ratking’s “700 Fill” & Cannibal Ox | March 18, 2015 |
“Buzzard” Gives the System the Bird | March 17, 2015 |
On Yung Simmie’s “Yung Smokey” Mixtape and Seeing Him Live in Concert | February 23, 2015 |
Thomas Johnson is more Paul Coffey than Mark Messier Edmonton isn’t exactly a hub for entertainment. Mac Demarco has started to get some international recognition with his latest two albums, and Cadence Weapon has been doing his thing for the better part of a decade now on the indie rap circuit. Otherwise, no waves bigger […]
Who is the Prettiest of Them All? A$AP Rocky “Pretty Flacko 2” | January 6, 2015 |
Art by Chad Cooper Chris Inoa is the Eastbay Catalog Killa “Multiply” was Rocky reintroducing himself to those of us who forgot about him while he was making dirty looking Jeremy Scott sneakers and being engaged to former America’s Next Top Model judges. Before the ball dropped in Times Square, just a few train stops uptown, […]
The Soul of BJ the Chicago Kid | October 27, 2014 |
Like Huey Lewis & the News, Thomas Johnson was born out of time. Since Detroit’s heyday, people have been trying to recapture its essence. In the past decade though, the 60’s soul revival has peaked. There’s no fault in being indebted to greatness, but while a few have put out some fantastic work, like Raphael […]