| Caribou — “Home” | October 14, 2019 |
Will Schube goes in on the new single from the elusive electronic musician.
| The Best Mixes of 2014 | January 12, 2015 |
Aaron Frank and Son Raw listened to every mix posted on Soundcloud in 2014 to prove their allegiance to high quality electronic music. Salute them if you see them, but stand at least 30 yards away.
| Frank N Beats Mix 007 | December 16, 2014 |
Aaron Frank is a hybrid Black Messiah/Black Hippy First off, I want to offer my sincerest apology for my recent absence. As it usually happens during the holidays, I’ve recently been faced with a torrential onslaught of bullshit, which includes several major personal and family matters. However, my brief respite from Passion of the Weiss […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2014 #25-1 | December 12, 2014 |
In the conclusion of a special two part series, the Passion of the Weiss staff crown their top albums of 2014 and learn the value of friendship, decency, and karate.
| Fall Mixtape: Peter Holslin | December 3, 2014 |
Peter Holslin vows to be the first music writer to file copy from the International Space Station. I have a friend who has a toddler son who’s obsessed with the moon. He immediately grabs onto anything circle-shaped, and when the sun goes down, I hear once trotted out to the backyard to yell, “Moon! Moon!” […]
| Wordless Signals: Caribou’s Our Love | November 5, 2014 |
Peter Holslin looks good in a mustache It’s impossible to say who invented the four-to-the-floor beat. My guess is it dates back to a primordial age, when Homo neanderthalensis first realized they could bang rock to ground in an effort to convey the fire in their loins. Some 350,000 years later, plenty of dance music […]
| Frank N Beats Mix: 006 | October 14, 2014 |
Aaron Frank prefers turning up to looking at pictures on the wall. As the state of the site has reflected, it’s been a stressful transition period for us here at Passion of the Weiss in recent weeks. Luckily, our patience and hard work has paid off, and together with his design team, Jeff has restructured a […]
| Frank N Beats Mix 004 | June 30, 2014 |
Aaron Frank’s girl just wants to party all the time Over the last few years, the rise of EDM has resulted in a widening gap between underground and commercial dance music. As a result, certain hallmarks of the genre, like huge drops and pop-inspired hooks, are being discarded by underground producers in favor of a […]
| No Way Out – Caribou “Can’t Do Without You” | June 5, 2014 |
Will Schube slap chops venison Every couple of years, Dan Snaith re-emerges as Caribou, just to remind us that he’s a Lebowski-level capital D Dude. The Milk of Human Kindness came out in ’05, and was the kind of “oh shit” release that left you dying for new tunes as soon as you wore out […]
