I was having this interesting discussion today with a dear friend Odette about how you either have to much time on your hands or not enough. And now that i have a white collar job with an income (strange) i can’t help but think in the back of my heady wed that, ‘this is all [...]

I posted an old A Certain Ratio track maybe last week or so, and since then Ive been digging into their ‘newer’ stuff (like ‘82 still). I really am surprised that these guys weren’t bigger. They had all the elements: signed to Factory Records, 80’s punk-funk dance, and they were all seriously stylish guys.
This is [...]

This is the part of Hip Hop I love the most: the beats. Its always been about the beats, particularly from the J. Dilla school of sound. I think thats why Ive been falling so hard for the recent tunes from dudes like Flying Lotus, Bullion, Hudson Mohawke and Onra. These particular tracks come from [...]

1517, the newish single from the second album by the wonders Whitest Boy Alive has just reached us and boy have I got a monster for you.
This remix by Metro Area’s Morgan Geist is just that beautiful – an amazing, subtle journey that you will keep close to your heart. Epic intro with Erlend’s vocals [...]

NYC has been producing some of the freshest disco there is to offer for quite a long time. Actually, to be honest New York has produced pretty much every good band/genre since the beginning of time. Lee Douglas was a name that slipped me by til recently. This cowbell heavy track is keeping me tied [...]

Two excellent purveyors of tape-hiss and ethereal pop. Ducktails have been getting a fair bit of exposure from blogs like GorillaVsBear and the like, with comparisons that they’re a tropical version of Wavves. Ducktails sound like something being broadcast from the middle of a distant heatwave on a far away island.
MP3: Ducktails – Backyard
Gary [...]

During the mid-’90s, the short-lived Speedking released four nearly impossible-to-find 7″s, toured with Six Finger Satellite (The Juan Maclean’s previous outfit) and June of 44, and quickly disbanded. But the 2002 release of The Fist and the Laurels, a two-disc anthology including the New York City band’s previously unreleased full-length as well as their 7″ [...]

The new album from The Field, ‘Yesterday And Today’, is about to drop and its pretty much the same kind of affair as last time. Short, stabbing samples mashed up into a smooth laid-back, sometimes 10 minute, cut. Not as fresh as the first album, but I still like it.
MP3: The Field – Leave It

This Friday Granny has a mighty storm brewing in her fine tea. Jacques Renault, one half of Brookyn duo Runaway (DFA / REKIDS / I’m a Cliche / Wurst Edits) will be making an appearence at Sorry Grandma!, alongside UK’s dub house & deep space disco guru Trus’Me – this night won’t disappoint.
Jacques has also [...]

When your alone in the dark and all you can see is your self pity, wake up! turn the damn light on in your head and brush the dust off the fun part of your brain! Because everyone likes fun, i’m pretty sure it was like a commandment or something, thou shalt have party fun.
So [...]