Will Schube gets on down everytime that we hit ’em With each subsequent internet single or album release, it becomes clearer and clearer that Open Mike Eagle’s satiric art rap isn’t meant to be that funny. The only way Eagle knows how to talk about how fucked we really are is through sardonic half-jokes; we’re […]

Will Schube is the ill crimin-al sumblin-al Everyone’s got that one band that goes criminally ignored for extended periods, before one of their song’s shows up randomly on your iTunes one day and you’re like, “Shit, I need to listen to them more”. And then you don’t. This process is cyclical. We all die alone. […]

Willie Schube chooses light over dark The consistent excellence of Woods is by nature, both surprising and not. Why wouldn’t a band that turns out great record after great record be capable of doing exactly that again? While law of averages would suggest otherwise, such a law would also suggest that a band capable of […]

Will Schube is gonna Eat At Joe’s The re-emergence of guitar-centric folk music is indebted to the great work we’ve been exposed to courtesy of re-issue labels and the ever expanding cartography of the internet. Michael Chapman’s Fully Qualified Survivor is now a touchstone for many young songwriters, thanks to the work of Light in […]

If it was up to Will Schube you’d all be dancing in the dark Attention: Folks who dream of hanging out at LA piano bars doing coke until 4 AM but weren’t born or fortunate enough to be around at that time: Light in the Attic’s got your back. The best re-issue label in town […]

Will Schube’s favorite band is still The Lone Rangers Sunny days and smiles abound! Lone’s new single, “2 is 8”, is the sort of thing a Disney movie would bump if Disney movies had a place for swaggering rap beats. The new track is a far cry from his earlier forays into the nether regions […]

Will Schube is studying the benefits of the paleo diet Some weird form of joy nonchalantly oozes its way out of Mac DeMarco’s second full-length, Salad Days. Eleven tracks clock in at just under 35 minutes, and DeMarco’s music asks little more of its listeners than simply pressing play and maybe getting high. Mac makes great couch sitting music. Musically, […]

Will Schube is the second cousin, thrice removed of John Fahey. William Tyler creates songs that unfold in infinite layers. His guitar is heavy and his compositions are extremely dense.His latest full-length, Impossible Truth, is full of those moments. My particular favorite is the swaggering drone romp, “Cadillac Desert.” It doesn’t stray far from its […]

Will Schube has a two-track mind. James McCall wears many hats. He’s one of the best freestyle rappers on the planet. He’s a label head for Hellfyre Club,  quite possibly the most exciting label in otherground rap music. He’s the resident MC at the highly influential, Low End Theory Club in LA. He has a […]

Willie Schube ordered Caesar’s salad at Caesar’s Palace. It’s hard to sound both uninterested and engaging. Few do it better than Mac DeMarco, who’s turned that sort of slacker pop into an art form. His music is surprisingly nuanced and cohesive—signifiers not typically assigned to the jangle-y glam rock DeMarco creates. But what sets DeMarco […]