Will Schube takes a look at The Buttertones' "You and Your Knife."
| Outer Space Radio Jams: Nosaj Thing’s Outstanding NO REALITY | April 28, 2016 |
The new EP from Nosaj Thing is another stellar exercise in finely crafted electronic music.
| Bedroom & B: Gossamer’s Debut Record ‘Automaton’ | June 15, 2015 |
Ambient tracks and tropical beats that split the difference between instrumental hip-hop and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Out July 10th on Innovative Leisure.
| Satin Black in the Desert: Hanni El Khatib x Freddie Gibbs | January 16, 2015 |
Max Bell never gives up. The second season of True Detective has been cast. If only Hanni El Khatib and Freddie Gibbs had auditioned, if only they acted. Instead, both would rather reflect on 2Pac in the desert in ’95: fresh from Clinton Correctional, Mad Max leather fetish in full effect. Gibbs took the rhymes and […]
| The Most Overlooked Albums of 2014 | January 5, 2015 |
Max Bell selects his picks for last year's best and unsung.
| Shades of Blues and Blakroc: Hanni El Khatib’s “Moonlight” | November 11, 2014 |
Max Bell is looking for a spoonful. Hanni El Khatib likes hip-hop. See his website for the pictures of Outkast and vintage Mac Dre album covers. For aural evidence, listen to his latest single, “Moonlight.” The title track of his next album — out via Innovative Leisure in January of 2015 –“Moonlight” sounds as if it […]
| The Hypnotic Attack of Tijuana Panthers | June 19, 2014 |
You can hear the specters of the Tijuana Panthers surf rock past in the wipe out jangle of the guitar solo in the middle of “Nobo.” It’s an effective riff because it relies on feel and functionality not being some jerk off trying to flex. There’s also a tongue-in-cheek cry of “guitar” before it starts. […]
| III Kings: BadBadNotGood Eyes the Throne | May 16, 2014 |
Brad Beatson is the latest head coach candidate for the New York Knicks Phil Jackson would hire Matthew Tavares after hearing the opening run on “Triangle.” It leads the first third of BADBADNOTGOOD’s 9 track Innovative Leisure LP, and plays out like a noirish descent. Starting with drums and keys like a Mad Men preview, the […]
| Strangers to Love: A Classixx Remix EP | May 9, 2014 |
Brad Beatson only dates girls in 5411 Reeboks Classixx’ debut, Hanging Gardens, is about to enter its peak replay season. Thanks to Innovative Leisure, we’re treated with a remix EP dedicated to one of its finest cuts, “A Stranger Love.”
| BADBADNOTGOOD — CS60 | January 14, 2014 |
Signed to the 95 percent free-throw shooting imprint Innovative Leisuire, BADBADNOTGOOD continue their impressive evolution. If you’ve been following the inscrutable jazz-hop fusion crew for a while, you might be floored by their growth from “Lemonade” and OF covers. They always had chops, but now they’ve learned the sneaky skills that separate good from great: […]
