As a rapper, Homeboy Sandman is probably the most talented and inventive rapper out there. Often rhyming over complex beats no one else has considered, he makes references that are hyper-literature, and use complex rhyme […]
Nicola at the Rockwood Music Hall 10/25/12
So back in October, I caught the very lovely and very talented Nicola, backed by her incredible backing band at Rockwood Music Hall, and the show was intended as a celebratory sort of show, as […]
Boston Fielder and his band Muthawit have played with the likes of Spoek Mathambo, MF Doom, the Shins, Jneiro Jarel, and others. Their latest effort, PMS Junkie – PMS is actually an acronym for Pre Military […]
Album Review: Easy Star All Stars’ Easy Star’s Thrillah
Easy Star All Stars Easy Star’s Thrillah Easy Star Records Release Date: August 28, 2012 Track Listing 1. Wanna Be Startin’ Something (featuring JoWill and Ruff Scott) 2. Baby Be Mine (featuring The Green) […]
The Minneapolis, MN-based Solid Gold just recently released their latest effort, Eat Your Young through Totally Gross National Product Records, and it comes after a pretty busy year for some of the band – as members of […]
Moon King, the collaboration between Doldrums’ Daniel Benjamin and Maddy Wilde, released their debut EP, Obsessions I earlier this summer on One Big Silence, the label founded by Fucked Up’s Mike Haliechuk, and the label home […]
Suicide Squeeze Records recently released The World Is Too Much With Us, the latest EP from Vancouver, BC-based band Peace. The band is finishing up a North American tour with fellow Vancouverites Nu Sensae, which included […]
I saw Hercules and Love Affair during the first day of the Catalpa Festival, and I have to admit that I was quite impressed. Their sound reminded me a lot of the gigantic, cavernous room-filling […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USSM21201157&playerType=embedded Rolling Stone premiered the official video for Wild Belle’s latest single, “Keep You.” Directed by Melinda Matsoukas in Kingston, Jamaica, the video features the band’s lead singer Natalie Bergman as a caretaker for a rather […]
Album Review: Cody ChesnuTT’s Landing on a Hundred
Cody ChesnuTT Landing on a Hundred One Little Indian Records Release Date: October 30, 2012 Track Listing ‘Til I Met Thee I’ve Been Life That’s Still Mama What Kind of Cool (Will We Think […]
“Good Fortune,” is one of my favorite PJ Harvey songs, off one of my favorite PJ Harvey albums, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – part of what I love about the album is […]
Kim Talon of duo Eagle and Talon, just released her debut, self-titled solo effort under the name of JAN via Enclaves Records. The album was produced by John Goodmanson who produced Blonde Redhead, The Gossip, […]
Midnight Magic just released their anticipated debut effort, Walking the Midnight Streets on Tuesday, and to celebrate the release of the album, the band released a rare B side, “Threshold,” which has elements of House and techno. […]
Boys Noize teams up with Snoop Dogg – er, Snoop Lion – on Boys Noize’s newest album, Out of the Black on one of the hottest songs to date this year. With that in mind, Boys […]
Empresarios have developed a reputation for their unique blend of Cumbia, Salsa, Dub, House and Reggae into what is known as Tropicaliente. The band is releasing their second album, El Sonido Magico tomorrow – but to give […]