Released two years ago, Cody ChesnuTT‘s Landing on a Hundred was one of my favorite albums as it was the first co-number 1 on this site’s Best of 2012 List, and among a list of my favorite […]
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https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USUYG1041298&playerType=embedded Waajeed, a founding member of the famed Detroit-based act Slum Village met Dede Reynolds and Tim K, who were working together in a duo called Dede, in a bar beneath the J train in […]
I caught the Brooklyn-based trio Sharkmuffin during a hot summer night at Fort Useless, and was impressive by their energy – at one point, their lead vocalist was standing on her amplifier and wandering around […]
Starting his career in the 1990s dance music scene in Washington, DC, Thomas Blondet has developed a reputation for blurring genre lines by infusing just about any beat and funk oriented genre known to man including deep house, […]
Lenses, the latest album by the Los Angeles-based (by way of Portland, OR) duo of Soft Metals sonically owes a great debt to the legendary godfather of contemporary electronic music, Giorgio Moroder and to late […]
https://myspace.com/play/video/thundercat-evangelion-we-ll-die-109499274-112170973 Thundercat “Evangelion / We’ll Die” from Thundercat on Myspace. Over the years, there have been a long line of incredible electric bass virtuosos, who can walk the tightrope of playing with a propulsive, throbbing […]
Early last year, I had interviewed Morgan Christopher Geer who writes and records under the moniker of Drunken Prayer about his fantastic 2012 release Into the Missionfield and other subjects. And for me, it was among a batch of favorite interviews […]
The duo of Isle of Rhodes — Rob Farren (vocals, keys) and Colin Behram (drums) — have received quite a bit of attention after the release of the first single off their forthcoming EP, Affirmation Caravan, “Islands”; in […]
As we all know, in the UK there’s a deep reverence for American blues and R&B that goes back to the very foundations of much of the music and artists we love and admire today […]
The Chicago, IL-based quintet, the Orwells have quickly developed a reputation for passionate and frenetic live sets. Their Who Needs You EP was produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, and managed to get attention from blogs across the country, […]
Yeah Right, the Philadelphia, PA-based Bleeding Rainbow’s 2013 release gained quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a scuzzy, densely layered sound reminiscent of L7, Smashing Pumpkins, and several other 90s-era bands. “So You Know,” the first […]
Throughout their almost four years of existence, the members of the Toronto, ON-based band Animal Parts have relentlessly toured North America, and that dizzying experience of continuously being on the road has heavily informed the second EP of […]
Post-Everything will be the forthcoming debut effort from the New York-based electro pop duo of Weeknight. Slated for a March 4th release through Artificial Records, an imprint of Hand Drawn Dracula Records, the duo just known […]
Brooklyn-based duo of Denetia and Sene have a sound that effortlessly meshes elements of electronica, hip hop, R&B and soul, and in many ways it sounds comfortable and warmly familiar – all while managing to be coolly […]
Originally from Columbia, MO, Patrick Phillips (vocals/guitar) and Tyson Moore (guitar/vocals) moved to Brooklyn, and when they reencountered each other in NYC, they decided that they had to play music together again. Nick Atria (bass) […]