Genre: Electronic
Category: Album Review, Audio, Music Commentary
Battery Collection debuts on Kid Without Radio
There were a few ways to begin this review: some good, some bad, but none quite right. So let’s begin with just the facts. Kid Without Radio is a netlabel, notably featuring underground electronic artists such as Egadz and Edison. Battery Collection is the newest artist on Kid Without Radio and his debut LP is titled Future Ruins. Bottom line: Future Ruins is worth your...
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Album Review
New LCD Soundsystem Leaks, Thumps, Perpetrates Eargasms
James Murphy’s LCD Soundsystem has been in the studio for the last little while, so when he pronounced (via Twitter) the album complete and sent for mastering, the heads sat up in their chairs and waited for it to leak; it doesn’t take long these days. Leak it did, at least a week ago today; by Tuesday it was streaming for free on their website (MGMT took this approach...
Genre: Hip Hop
Category: Album Review, Featured Artist
Streetlab Leaks “Keep On Gettin Up” Off AUTO-SPK...
We’re going to see this album in two days now, on April 20th 2010, and I expect the huge following of our recent remix competition with Streetlab is eagerly awaiting the new album by veteran remixers Streetlab. This new original track was sent with love from their management, and is a sample of the pulsing electro-rock we can expect to hear on their first full length...
Genre: Electronic
Category: Album Review, Music Videos
Destination Gaudino
Alex Gaudino is an Italian DJ/Producer who was born in one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen – Salerno, nestled in a mountain’ish area of the Amalfi Coast, in southern Italy. He makes extremely high quality, extremely popular, electronic music. You know.. the kind that embarrassingly drunk Brits want to hear when they’re at the club. He released an...
Genre: Electronic
Category: Album Review
My World As They Remixed It
Dennis Ferrer is a NY based DJ/Producer with 12 years of releases under his belt. In 2009 he won Beatport’s best Deep House Artist award. He was also recently nominated for a Grammy, for his “Dennis Ferrer Objektivity Mix” of Dido’s “Don’t Believe In Love” (Arista). He’s got cross genre appeal in tech and house, and is heavily...
Genre: Hip Hop
Category: Album Review
Dela’s Changes of Atmosphere
Formerly of Soul Village, Dela started making music at a young age (about 10 years old). He discovered sampling at 14. It was at this time he began to make beats for local rappers, doing $10 studio sessions when he wasn’t in school. His newest album “Changes Of Atmosphere” dropped last year. Original beats and a gathering of skilled emcee’s including J-Live,...
Genre: Hip Hop
Category: Album Review
BBU’s Fear of a Clear Channel Planet
Plenty of artists have written songs about Chicago. Common raps in Chi-City “The game need a makeover”. Chicago sings in Street Player “Trouble was often in the air”. Wesley Willis serenades in Rock and Roll McDonalds “Rock on Chicago”. Enter BBU. These guys have been described by everyone from PMA to Pitchfork, and the Washington Post...
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: Album Review
Take a walk on the Plastic Beach
How huge are Gorillaz? So huge that their latest album has TWO intro tracks, and one of them features the eminently recognizable voice of the doggfather of hip hop himself. For you, dear reader, I will distill his performance into two components (in lowercase, because I doubt he would have gone to the effort of capitalizing it either): a) i’m snoop dogg, bitches and b)...
Genre: Electronic
Category: Album Review, Rhymesayers Artist Spotlight, Salacious Sunday Hip Hop Hits
BK-One Drops His Debut ‘Radio Do Canibal’
This article is part one in a thirteen part series, on the artists from the Rhymesayers Entertainment label. Rhymesayers Entertainment recently won URB Magazine’s Best Label of the Decade. The rappers covered in the series include BK-One, Atmosphere, Mr. Dibbs, Abstract Rude, Freeway, Grieves, Toki Wright, Eyedea & Abilities, Jake One, P.O.S, Evidence, Felt,...
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Album Review
Hot Chip Will Break Your Legs
Actually, it’ll technically be YOU breaking your legs, “The Warning”‘s lyrics notwithstanding – but you can blame it on Hot Chip. Here’s why: first, find a Really Big Stereo – those crappy white earbuds just aren’t going to cut it for this one, pal. Crank the volume up… that’s right, way louder than your mom plays Tegan...
