A few days ago, the Caribou album leaked and I commented how it was only March and I could conceivably be comfortable with three albums (Pantha Du Prince, Four Tet, and Caribou) at the top of my year-end list. Then a friend chimed in, “you really think any of them have a chance at topping […]

I’m set to interview Gonjasufi next week, so I’ll momentarily defer to Nate Patrin’s excellent Best New Music review of A Sufi and a Killer.  This post mainly exists to point out that Bleep is offering a free download of “Ancestors” and “Holidays,” available from now until Sunday. Scooping the entire album is highly advised […]

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, […]