Prurient
Full disclosure: I am not “into” noise. My buddy Steve Lowenthal started sending me stuff and I listened to everything
Ode to the Ghetto – Guilty Simpson
Detroit’s own Guilty Simpson is that MC you’d love to hate but can’t, always getting you to nod your head
Black Lips + Quintron at The Earl, Atlanta GA
Saturday was the Black Lip’s homecoming show after six weeks of touring. Even though it was indeed a sold out
Megasoid mixtape
Megasoid is Sixtoo and Hadji from Wolf Parade. Sixtoo used to be an instrumental hip hop producer, long ago he
We done did it
15 cities, five state troopers, countless bands and hangovers behind us, we might prefer to sleep for a few days
Tokyo Police Club sells out dates, readies first album (in that order)
Wait, Tokyo Police Club hasn't even released a full album? How did they sell out New York, San Fran and
Half a Klip – Kool G Rap
It’s open to debate as to whether there has ever been a rapper more influential, yet somehow less celebrated, than
Brother Ali Spring Break 2008, Tampa FL
Tampa was a cluster fuck that reinforced my suspicion, corroborated by Brother Ali himself, that “all of Florida is weird.”
What The Monday: Boo and Boo Too, Indian Jewelry, Bonde Do Role
I might be all full of egg-shaped malt balls right now, but that won't stop me from incepting this first
Impose Tour, 2
[St. Louis, during the Missouri floods.] [St. Louis] [Upon arrival to a new city, it takes Nate Dorr three minutes
