Sach O was too young to go rumble but would have probably really liked Jungle. Chillness is a volatile commodity. After a great run in the 90s, (Trip-Hop! Acid-Jazz! Ambient! Chill-out!) the bottom fell out around 2002 as electro-trash took center stage in a vain attempt to convince the world that everything was ok and […]

Sach O drums mechanical In adition to showcasing a (metric) fuckton of new producers to the public, one of the unexpected benefits of the bass music explosion has been the increased attention given to formerly orphaned artists. From Daedleus to Shadow to RSD, a large swath of producers working outside of the critical spotlight are […]

Directly or indirectly, DJ Shadow started this abstract instrumental Hip-Hop shit and that’s the motherfucking thanks he gets? From Flying Lotus’ epic Californian space symphonies to Bristol’s blunted beats, the whole of today’s urban electronic landscape owes Josh Davis a debt of gratitude yet the man’s cultural capital seems to be at an all time […]

You already know by now. The 12th installment of the LET podcast eschews Dirty Dozen clips for Shlohmo’s decision to sample the hell out of Half Baked. Contemporary jeep music. The other half is manned by D-Styles, who brews a head-bobbing blend of Project Pat, “Welcome to Jamrock,”  M.I.A., and dubstep remixes of “Hip-Hop.” We […]

In nearly five years of blogging, the number of bands I’ve written about following unsolicited submissions hovers at a rate of approximately one a year. Pollyn, a local dream-pop three-piece, is the exception. For those shopping your demos in overheated cars,  here’s how they beat the odds. First of all, it helps when your producer/”sound […]

Let’s be honest, a significant portion of the purple/wonky/whatever tunes–even the exceptional ones–lack personality. Enter Rudi Zygadlo, yet another of the Scottish-bred beat contingent, who have spent the last year and change convincing the seven Americans paying attention that Glasgow is far more than the sum of Belle & Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, and cheap stereotypes […]

There’s something terribly incongruous about following up a post on Lil Boosie with something called “La Mixette.” To say nothing of the fact it is on a label called Musique Large. I understand that Louisiana has deep French roots, but something tells me that this would not be the soundtrack for Torrence Hatch’s dalliances with […]

For the purposes of equipoise, Side B of Paul White’s Sounds from the Skylight. See also: Sach O’s post on Side A.  Download: ZIP: Paul White-Sounds From the Skylight Part B (Left-Click)

With CD sales about as robust as the typewriter industry, it’s little secret that labels have had to get wiser about packaging and promo to entice customers to shill out $15 for a piece of plastic that they can readily pirate. So credit Bleep, the digital arm of Warp Records for their ambitious North/South/East/West Project, […]

Scottish bred bass music prodigy Rustie may or may not sleep. After all, when I was 21, I could subsist on a Lamar Odom diet of skittles and sour patch kids, three hours of sleep, and a half pack of Parliaments. But Rustie may or may not be 21. According to his bio, “Rustie is […]