December 18, 2009
2009 featured a good mix of offerings from nearly every genre imaginable. But I was most impressed by the work done by harder rock and metal bands over a lot of the standard auto-tuned hip-hop and over-shined pop. Some of the indie lovefest for certain bands (*cough*Animal Collective*cough*) seemed to be based on the strength [...]
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December 9, 2009
A breakdown of Jay-Z’s most misunderstood lyric from “Empire State of Mind.” I love reading cultural anthropology like this.
July 10, 2009
Future of the Left, Travels With Myself And Another
There was a huge void in angry noise punk when Mclusky disbanded a few years back. But singer/guitarist Andy Falkous’ darkly humorous tales have found a new home. All you need to know: There’s a song called “You Need Satan More Than He Needs You.”
J Dilla, Jay [...]
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March 13, 2009
Not sure if I can add to the discussion happening around Kutiman’s massively popular ThruYOU video experiment, except his work feels like the first strike in the beginning of something evolutionary.
His work reminds me of the DangerMouse/Grey Album situation: A massively creative and original concept that found instant diehard fans and litigation lawyers; offered for [...]
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