Peter Holslin smoked weed with Peter Fonda in 1969 Action Bronson is as Action Bronson does. The Queens rapper’s new song, “Easy Rider,” doesn’t have any fancy choruses or glossy radio-ready hooks or any of that stuff. But that’s not the kind of thing one would expect from the guy who once rapped over the […]
| With a Pledge of $50 or More, You Can Have Chance the Rapper & Wyclef: “Wonderful Everyday: Arthur” | August 4, 2014 |
Peter Holslin ghost-wrote the music to Rugrats I know the lyrics to the Reading Rainbow theme by heart. And while it’s been a long time since I’ve watched that show, I can still dig the tripped-out synths and funky drums featured on the original recording from the series premiere in 1983. But, alas, PBS children’s […]
| CLF Style: Riff Raff In Cairo | July 31, 2014 |
Peter Holslin pulled up at the club in a helicopter The Egyptian street-rap movement known as “electro chaabi” took root in a Cairo suburb. But by now, it’s pretty much become a global phenomenon, with beat heads and sonic collectors from all over the world devouring the FruityLoops grooves and Auto-Tuned rhymes of DJ Figo, […]
| The Book of Matthewdavid “In My World” | July 24, 2014 |
Peter Holslin thinks cassette tapes are sexy I’m picturing a bedroom on the moon. Two lovers are tangled on a purple divan. Tendrils of burning sage float in zero gravity. And on a dresser-drawer, a Sony Walkman ripples with the New Age R&B love vibes of Matthewdavid’s new album, In My World. The beat-maker born […]
| These Ninjas Are Into Pepperoni and Cheese: Juicy J x Wiz Khalifa x Ty Dolla $ign “Shell Shocked” | July 23, 2014 |
Peter Holslin always liked Raphael the best “Ninja Rap” is the best song Vanilla Ice ever wrote. I’m not just saying that because I used to be a five-year-old boy who loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. I know the original 1990 film is way better. But you can’t mess […]
| It Began in Africa: Kasai Allstars | July 14, 2014 |
Peter Holslin was a pizza in a past life There’s hypnotic music, and then there’s Kasai Allstars. Hailing from the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this regional supergroup—whose 15 core members belong to five different ethnic groups, each with its own language and musical tradition—specializes in a mix of melodious xylophone, fuzzed-out likembe, […]
| Once Upon a Time In Mexico: ’70s Rock In La Onda | July 7, 2014 |
Peter Holslin snaked the Silver Surfer Like most freelance music writers, I spend a lot of time hurtling through the Internet with no direction or goals in mind. The laptop is my rocketship, the wifi is my fuel, and the only thing stopping me from having 50,000 tabs open on my Firefox is my own […]
Peter Holslin spent all his bitcoins on a Fabergé egg After four years of manning what they call a “conceptual art exhibition anchored by sound and vision,” Death Grips have decided to go the way of Seinfeld and quit while they’re still at their “best,” according to an announcement they made on Facebook on Wednesday. […]
| Summer Mixtape: Peter Holslin | June 26, 2014 |
Peter Holslin is Seth Rogen’s stunt double I realized recently that I’m a desert person. I enjoy a hike up a mountain from time to time, and as a resident of Southern California, I know the beauty of the beach more than most. But for years, it’s the sand dunes and backcountry scrub that’s drawn […]
| He Gotcha Open Like 7-Eleven: Siete Catorce | June 16, 2014 |
Peter Holslin shells seashells down by the sheshore Some of the best music in Mexico has its roots in a podunk desert city just south of California’s Imperial Valley. Mexicali (pop. 689,775) has a large Chinese-Mexican population, fields of green onions, maquiladoras, dirt roads, and a charming strip club-turned-hipster bar called Berlin 77. The spazzed-out […]
