I honestly can’t decide if I think this track is brilliant or uninteresting which probably means that it’s both. I think I’ll know for sure once I have a chance to listen to their new album, Congratulations, all the way through (which according to the band, is the only way the album is supposed to [...]
Madlib’s been dropping heatrock after heatrock lately (and pretty much always). Among other things he’s recently been releasing a series of albums called the Madlib Medicine Show. The first two releases were dope, but this 3rd one, Beat Konducta in Africa, has me particularly excited, mostly because his Beat Konducta in India was so great. [...]
Sebastien Tellier often flirts the line between genius and pervert (maybe he’s proving that there is no line). I for one think that he’s fallen decidedly into the genius category once again with the new video for Look. It seems like such a simple concept, but it’s done in an incredibly captivating way. The video [...]
Raaaaaaaandy Declares War on Justin Bieber from Aziz Ansari
So apparently this Justin Bieber kid crashed one of the studio sessions for Raaaaaaaandy’s upcoming mixtape with Dave Sitek and started stealing track ideas. Not cool man. Not cool. Check out the dramatic reenactment of what went down above.
peace,
-the judge
Our homie and DC resident Dave Nada has invented a new subgenre of dance music called Moombahton. The story, according to the T&A Records website is:
Dave Nada invented Moombahton (pronounced Moom-buh-tone) at his little cousin’s house party when he slowed an Afrojack remix down to 108 beats per minute. Since then, he’s been making reggaeton-tempo [...]
It still impresses me that Mayer Hawthorne composed, played, engineered, sang, and arranged everything on his fantastic debut, A Strange Arrangement. Just listen to the complex arrangement and subtle progressions on this track and hopefully you’ll see what I mean. Those chord changes are just fantastic. The video simply but effectively reinforces the message [...]
Reni Lane’s single, Place for Us, is a dancey, alternative pop tune that you may have heard originally as part of the soundtrack to Showtime’s The L Word. Our homie Will Eastman took the frantic energy of Reni Lane’s original track and cools it off into a chill lounge track. Some really fantastic use of [...]
what.
peace,
-the judge
Earlier today I took the subway out to Brooklyn to catch the Freelance Whales give a live acoustic set at the Bedford Avenue station. Aside from a brief conflict with the law, the performance was incredible. I talked to some of the bandmembers briefly afterwords and they mentioned how this was one of the first [...]
I’ve been slow on hyping these guys but they are the real deal. Their style is a mish-mash of hip hop, rock, and some other stuff that I really can’t place but feels like hot fire. Honestly, I’m at a loss for words at how to describe these guys, not to mention for me, they [...]
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