| Son Raw Piknic Electronik mix | July 19, 2012 |
Son Raw didn’t know this was online. As I mentioned earlier this week, I’ll have the honor of playing a special 3-hour set at Montreal’s Piknic Electronik – AKA the most fun you can have on a Sunday afternoon in this city, on July 29th. Without spoiling anything, expect a monster tour-de-force performance from yours […]
| Danny Brown & Araabmuzik: huge John Hughes fans. | July 18, 2012 |
Don’t get it twisted, Son Raw hasn’t seen Molly in a minute. Quick history lesson: back when E was all the rage in Europe, rave music became increasingly frenetic, euphoric and (let’s face it) cheesy. Everyone knows that part of the story, but what happens next is the real interesting bit: as the drug addicted […]
Son Raw don’t like your kind, you a bougie hoe. Lunice and Hudson Mohawke have apparently had enough of canny interlopers borrowing bits and pieces of their swag for the purpose of multi-million dollar rap hits. To be honest, I’m not too sure what they’re talking about: the dialogue between their luminescent brand of bass […]
| DMZ live and musical transcendence | July 12, 2012 |
Son Raw never saw so many people smiling because of music so pardon him if he gets a bit personal today. This is part show review, part confessional and mostly him just getting it all out on paper. We’ll return to your usual brand of snark and mockery ASAP. Full disclosure: had The Digital Mystikz […]
| Mista Men give away untitled goodness | July 5, 2012 |
Son Raw is Mr. Blunted. Since the entire American interweb is currently in a post-fireworks haze (no Brooklyn, “Post-Fireworks haze” is not an appropriate band or genre name) it seems right to post something from across the pond. The Mista Men are a production duo who’ve been making some noise recently with releases ranging from […]
| Shackleton’s loud music for the Quiet Hour. | July 3, 2012 |
Son Raw is rocking a Public Enemy shirt and outrunning the Terminator. Dubstep’s best producers now lord over the “genre” from above, releasing Earth shattering missives while lesser beatmakers resort to gnarly dance music for candy kids. Burial’s Kindred EP was this year’s emotional peak while Mala’s forthcoming Cuba Electronic promises to redefine swing and […]
Son Raw is in the lab or lambo, Kangol or camo. I actually really liked Azealia Banks’ 1991 EP despite the fact that everything about her public persona makes me want to hate her (fish) guts. The truth is, if you rap well at a fast pace over good production I’ll forgive you for both […]
| Swing Ting’s Head Gone (Also: genre) | June 27, 2012 |
Son Raw may break his no blunts before breakfast rule. Rough morning. What makes a musical genre? The typical answer would be a common set of musical signifiers and in a commercial sense, that description works quite well. If you’re selling a product, it helps if the customer gets what’s written on the tin. In […]
| Nas Remixed | June 25, 2012 |
Son Raw checked his calendar: Escobar season has arrived. All apologies to Deen but The Don connected like a Mike Tyson uppercut in the original Punch Out!, at least on an underground level. Nasir has been a topic of discussion amongst my peers over the weekend and while some would crown him the greatest of […]
| Taking Trap out of the trap. | June 22, 2012 |
Son Raw might take on Grimes tomorrow. Don’t look now but Mad Decent affiliates are actually releasing music that’s umm…decent. Now I refuse to apologize for bashing Diplo because that dude is a carpetbagging bumbahole who’s never seen a trend he couldn’t exploit for 5 minutes but for once, this rape-n-pillage attitude towards music may […]
