| Patience is a Virtue: Can’s Lost Tapes | March 26, 2015 |
Essential for any fans of the band
Doc Zeus is wearing no makeup. How do you follow a masterpiece? It’s a question that humans have asked since Homer wallowed in an Athenian bathhouse and drunkenly panicked: “How do you top the fucking Illiad?” What do you do after you’ve stretched each sinewy fiber towards grabbing the brass ring and you actually catch it? For […]
| Premiere: Lilacs & Champagne’s “All The Room” Video | March 11, 2015 |
Through the smoke you can catch a glimpse of Morricone tapping his foot
The multitalented musician pairs with Woodsist to release his new album
The Canadian atmospheric deities come back to life.
| On Yung Simmie’s “Yung Smokey” Mixtape and Seeing Him Live in Concert | February 23, 2015 |
The Raider Klan rapper just might find his way into your bored mind.
| The Most Villainous: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Break the Piñata | March 18, 2014 |
Max Bell is not against rap or those thugs. Freddie Gibbs rose from scary Gary to Interscope refugee to widespread critical adoration. Some argue that the dexterous Gibbs can rap well over anything. Yet his last album, E.S.G.N. received mixed reviews. The album was solid, but it was also what you’d expect too. It didn’t help […]
| MobbDeen: Lil Herb & Lil Bibby in Fazoland | March 4, 2014 |
Deen drinks with Scarface every weekend. Messrs Herb & Bibby first came to my attention circa 2012 when I came across their remake of Project Pat’s classic, “My Hood.” A remake isn’t necessarily the most efficient way to gain attention in 2014 and the same was true back in 2012 when we all thought the […]
